Junior Pan Am team set in men’s freestyle for next week in Guatemala
By Taylor Miller, USA Wrestling | May 28, 2019, The United States has set its men’s freestyle team for the 2019 Junior PanAmerican Championships, which will take place June 5-7 in Guatemala City, Guatemala. The squad features two 2016 Cadet World Team members, Roman Bravo-Young and Real Woods (Greco), as well as two 2019 Junior World Team members, Tanner Sloan and Zach Braunagel (Greco). Also joining Zach is his twin brother Danny. Both are past Fargo champions. Multiple colleges will be represented next weekend by current student-athletes, including Illinois (2), Penn State (2), Stanford (2), Nebraska, Oklahoma and South Dakota State. The team will be led by Israel Silva, who is the USA Wrestling assigned coach for the men’s freestyle portion of the event. Silva is the assistant coach at Fresno State University.
The 2019 Junior Pan American Championships begin with Greco-Roman action on June 5, followed by women’s freestyle on June 6 and closing with men’s freestyle on June 7. Fans can watch all the action live on Trackwrestling.com.
Below is a breakdown of the team and a list of individual accomplishments. 57 kg: Trevor Mastrogiovanni (Blairstown, N.J./Blairstown WC)– 2018 Junior Fargo All-American, 2017 Cadet Fargo All-American, fifth at 2019 UWW Junior Nationals, committed to Oklahoma State
61 kg: Roman Bravo-Young (Tuscon, Ariz./Nittany Lion WC) – 10th at 2016 Cadet World Championships, 2019 NCAA All-American for Penn State, 2nd at 2018 U23 World Team Trials, 2nd at 2019 UWW Junior Nationals, 3rd at 2019 Junior World Team Trials
65 kg: Real Woods (Albuquerque, N.M./CARTC) – 15th at 2016 Cadet World Championship in Greco-Roman, 3rd at UWW Junior Nationals, redshirt freshman for Stanford
70 kg: Peyton Robb (Owattona, Minn./Nebraska) – 2017 Cadet Pan American champion in freestyle and Greco-Roman, 3rd at Junior World Team Trials, 3rd at UWW Junior Nationals, 2018 Junior GR Fargo champion, 2018 Junior Fargo All-American (FS), redshirt freshman for Nebraska. Rest of the team and story at https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2019/May/28/Junior-Pan-Am-team-set-in-mens-freestyle-for-next-week-in-Guatemala?mc_cid=1eedb1e477&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
Final X: Lincoln Card Set
The field for Final X: Lincoln on June 15 was finalized this weekend with the completion of the USA Wrestling Freestyle World Team Trials Challenge Tournament at Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh, North Carolina. Five men’s freestyle, five women’s freestyle and five Greco-Roman weight classes will be contested, with the winners earning a spot on Team USA for the 2019 UWW Freestyle World Championships. Final X: Lincoln is one of two events to determine the United States World Team, as other weight classes will be contested on June 8 on the campus of Rutgers University. During Final X, the top men’s and women’s freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestlers will compete in a best-of-three series, competing to earn spots on the U.S. senior world team and the opportunity to compete at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Sept. 14-22, 2019.
Former Husker greats Jordan Burroughs (74 kg) and James Green (70 kg) will headline the field at Final X: Lincoln. An Olympic gold medalist and four-time world champion, Burroughs will be looking to represent the United States at the premier international competition (Olympics or World Championships) for the ninth year in a row. Burroughs is the reigning Final X Champion at 74 kg, and is tied for second in U.S. history with five world or Olympic titles. A two-time national champion and three-time All-American at Nebraska, Burroughs continues to live in Lincoln and train at the Nebraska Wrestling Training Center under Nebraska Head Coach Mark Manning and Associate Head Coach Bryan Snyder. Burroughs will be wrestling Isaiah Martinez in a rematch of the 2018 Final X: Lincoln match. Burroughs defeated Martinez last year in match one by 4-1 decision and match two by technical fall, 11-1. Green, a two-time world medalist, will be looking to make his fifth-consecutive U.S. world team. Rest of the story at http://www.huskers.com//ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=211803894&mc_cid=7176dda3ce&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
Cascade Conference adds Women’s wrestling
CORVALLIS, Ore. — The Cascade Collegiate Conference has added women’s wrestling as a CCC recognized sport beginning with the 2019-20 season, the league office announced today. With the addition, wrestling becomes the eighth official women’s sport in the CCC. Schools sponsoring the sport include full members Eastern Oregon University, Southern Oregon University and Warner Pacific University. Menlo College, Simpson University, Life Pacific University and the University of Providence, associate members in the conference in men’s wrestling, also sponsor women’s wrestling and will add those programs as associate members as well. Corban University, a league full member, has announced the addition of women’s wrestling in 2020-21.
“We are very excited to add women’s wrestling to our slate conference offerings with,” said CCC Commissioner Robert Cashell, a Butte native. “The sport has seen considerable growth at the intercollegiate level and we want to be at the forefront of providing quality competition, as well as, athletic and academic recognition for the young women working so hard in the classroom and on the mats.” The NAIA has recognized the sport as an offering at the national level and held their first Invitational last season in which Menlo was crowned the champion. Women’s wrestling must remain in the Invitational “status” for a minimum of three-years. After three-years, and if a minimum of forty institutions in the NAIA sponsor, it will be considered for Championship status. Currently thirty programs are being sponsored. The 2020 NAIA Invitational will be held March 13-14 at a site yet to be announced. Rest of the story at https://portal.nwcaonline.com/articles/NWCA_News/Cascade-Conference-adds-Women-s-31-5-2019
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