Free Agency News: Dom Bradley To Nebraska

Free Agency News: Dom Bradley To Nebraska

Senior level free agency news this week includes Dom Bradley to the NWTC, Kyven Gadson staying in Ames at the Cyclone RTC, and Frank Perrelli heading to the Lehigh Valley WC.

Jun 28, 2017 by Wrestling Nomad
Free Agency News: Dom Bradley To Nebraska
For most senior level athletes, World Team Trials is the end of their "season." Which means the time after WTT is a free agency period of sorts.

The latest athlete to change training locations is trials finalist Dom Bradley. The six-time national team member will be joining the Nebraska Wrestling Training Center.

Bradley has won the Pan Am championship each of the past two years, and has also won the U.S. Open twice. The two-time All American from Missouri won a junior world title back in 2009 and appears poised to compete through the Tokyo Olympics in 2020. Watch him win the challenge tournament here.

We spoke to Bradley before his decision, and he mentioned being close to his native Missouri as a factor in his move. He also had this to say:
What could be better than getting the opportunity to work with tremendous coaches like Mark Manning and Bryan Snyder? Not to mention they already have two of the best wrestlers in the world in the room. With Jordan Burroughs and James Green already there, I think that we could be the best RTC in the country if I can keep making the strides I have in the past year.
Before WTT, Bradley had been training at Ames high school with another trials finalist in Kyven Gadson. Just yesterday, Gadson announced via twitter that he would be staying at Iowa State. He became the first official athlete of the new Cyclone Regional Training Center, being headed up by Dan Dresser, the brother of new ISU head coach Kevin Dresser. [tweet url="https://twitter.com/GadsonStrong/status/879502622394269696" hide_media="0" hide_thread="1"]
According to the Cyclones' official press release, the 2015 NCAA champ chose staying at his alma mater over other suitors such as Minnesota, Arizona State, Penn State, Northern Iowa and Northwestern. More from the release:
I grew up an Iowa State fan based off the legacy that my Uncle Charlie and my late father Willie Gadson helped create in the 1970s. Family and legacy are huge to me. I want to thank coaches Kevin Dresser, Mike Zadick, Derek St. John and Brent Metcalf for inviting me to be a part of the new vision and continue the legacy.
Rounding out the free agency news for the week is Frank Perrelli heading to Bethlehem. The signing was shard by Denny Diehl of the Lehigh Valley Wrestling Club. Perrelli was also considering offers from Cornell, Rutgers, and his most recent training location at UVA. Per the announcement:
Lehigh head wrestling coach Pat Santoro and Jeff Buxton, head coach of the Lehigh Valley Wrestling Club, are pleased to announce the signing of Frank Perrelli, one of the East's top lightweight freestyle veterans to the club's post-graduate resident athlete staff.
The former All American for Cornell had one of his best years on the senior level. He placed fourth at the U.S. Open, as well as a silver medal at the Outstanding Ukrainian Memorial, and a bronze medal at the Henri Deglane in France.