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Senior World Team Trials Qualifiers as of May 6, 2019

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – USA Wrestling will post regular updates on the athletes who have qualified for the 2019 World Team Trials Challenge Tournament, which will determine the 30 remaining Final X spots across all three Olympic styles—men’s and women’s freestyle and Greco-Roman. There are two Final X events, Final X in Rutgers on June 8 and Final X in Lincoln on June 15. The winners of these events will compete for the United States at the World Wrestling Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, in October. Half of the Final X field has already been determined through World medalists as well as the 2019 U.S. Open n Las Vegas. With the completion of the 2019 Last Chance Senior World Team Trials tournament this past weekend in East Stroudsburg, Pa., all of the men’s freestyle spots have been filled.

UWW Junior and U23 aged women can still qualify at Women’s Nationals this weekend in Irving, Texas. Greco-Roman athletes can still qualify by placing top-three at the XXIII Outstanding Ukrainian Wrestlers and Coaches Memorial this weekend in Kiev, Ukraine  The qualifiers on this list are determined based upon the approved 2019 World Team Trials Qualification and Procedures for men’s freestyle, women’s freestyle and Greco-Roman.
Click here for Women’s Freestyle Procedures
Click here for Men’s Freestyle Procedures
Click here for Greco-Roman Procedures
For more information and to order tickets for Final X, visit: FinalX.tv
Men’s Freestyle
57 kg
FINAL X: Daton Fix, 2019 U.S. Open champion (Titan Mercury WC)
2018 Senior Men’s Freestyle World Team member – Thomas Gilman (Titan Mercury/Hawkeye WC)
2018 U23 Men’s Freestyle World Team member – Jack Mueller (Titan Mercury/Cavalier WC)
2018 Junior Men’s Freestyle World Team member – Daton Fix (Titan Mercury/Cowboy RTC)
2019 NCAA Division I champion – Spencer Lee (125 pounds) (Titan Mercury/Hawkeye WC)
Rest of the list and story at https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2019/May/06/Complete-list-of-World-Team-Trials-qualifiers?mc_cid=7e512389ee&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

May 7, 2019 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized