American men who have won world freestyle titles in the past 10 years by RTC ...

[CholleyVandine]

NLWC - 4 (Varner, Taylor, Nickal, Hall; Hall won one of his junior world titles during his freshman year at Penn State)

Ohio RTC - 2 (Stieber and current NLWC athlete Kyle Snyder)

Missouri RTC - 2 (Cox, Dom Bradley; Bradley won his junior world title while he was a student at Mizzou)

Michigan RTC - 1 (Mason Parris)

Cornell - 1 (Dake; Yianni's cadet world titles were pre-Cornell)

Nebraska - 1 (Burroughs)

Southeast RTC - 1 (Mekhi Lewis; he won his junior world title during his freshman year at Va Tech)

Cyclone RTC - 1 (Carr; he won his junior world title during his freshman year at Iowa State)

New Jersey RTC - 1 (Richie Lewis)

Cowboy RTC - 1 (Fix; he won his junior title during his freshman year at Okie State)

Hawkeye RTC - 0 (Lee's two junior titles were both won while he was a student at Franklin Regional)

Minnesota RTC - 0 (Steveson's cadet and junior titles came before he enrolled at Minnesota; he was a dnp at junior worlds during his freshman year as a Goofer)

Pennco Tech RTC - 0 (The Fightin' HVACs are tied with the Hawkeyes and the Goofers despite not having an athletic program of any sort)

 

[STAND with PRIDE]

Whacha trying ta say there Cholley?

 

[mrh1645]

Michigan RTC - 1 (Mason Parris)

 

[CholleyVandine]

Whacha trying ta say there Cholley?

If you're an elite wrestler and want to win world titles, you should probably find your way to State College.

 

[CholleyVandine]

Michigan RTC - 1 (Mason Parris)

Thank you. I added them to the list.

 

[STAND with PRIDE]

If you're an elite wrestler and want to win world titles, you should probably find your way to State College.

Exactly what I thought you were tryin to say.

Nice work!!

 

[rmg78]

For some of these who won their titles prior to being at a school, is it possible that they were still training at the RTC but not enrolled in the school at the time?

 

[LorenzoFan]

In regards to YD at Cornell, one can be an athlete at RTCs prior to college and I bet he spent a pile of time in the RTC practice

 

[RoarLions1]

In regards to YD at Cornell, one can be an athlete at RTCs prior to college and I bet he spent a pile of time in the RTC practice

To clarify a bit … not every wrestler can do this. There are rules for high schoolers and unrostered college aged wrestlers to work out at an RTC.

 

[CowboyUp61]

Cowboy RTC - 2 (Caldwell won a U23 in 2014 (Fix; he won his junior title during his freshman year at Okie State)

 

[CholleyVandine]

In regards to YD at Cornell, one can be an athlete at RTCs prior to college and I bet he spent a pile of time in the RTC practice

No doubt.

But he wasn't competing for their RTC during the trials process. In fact, for what it's worth, I found a Tweet from Yianni during the run-up to his 2016 Cadet world title saying he couldn't wait to be part of Finger Lakes RTC.

Likewise Steveson. He was wrestling for the Minnesota Storm during the 2017 junior world team trials, when he was still a high school student, and for the Gopher RTC in 2018 after he enrolled at Minnesota.

 

[CholleyVandine]

Cowboy RTC - 2 (Caldwell won a U23 in 2014 (Fix; he won his junior title during his freshman year at Okie State)

There was no world U23 championships in 2014 ... this year was only the third year UWW has had a U23 world championship event (2017 was the first.)

Caldwell won a world university event sponsored by a group called FISU (the International University Sports Federation). Chris Perry won one that year, too. UWW (and its predecssor, FILA) don't have a world championship event for an age group called "university."

I didn't count World University Championships, World University Games, World Military Games, and other championships that aren't held annually for specific UWW age groups.

 

[CowboyUp61]

There was no world U23 championships in 2014 ... this year was only the third year UWW has had a U23 world championship event (2017 was the first.)

Caldwell won a world university event sponsored by a group called FISU (the International University Sports Federation). Chris Perry won one that year, too. UWW (and its predecssor, FILA) don't have a world championship event for an age group called "university."

I didn't count World University Championships, World University Games, World Military Games, and other championships that aren't held annually for specific UWW age groups.

Chris got second that year. I didn't realize that wasn't an FILA event though. (it was before UWW)

 

[CholleyVandine]

Chris got second that year. I didn't realize that wasn't an FILA event though. (it was before UWW)

It was a FILA event the same way Dave Schultz and the NYAC and the Dan Kolav tournament are FILA/UWW events. It was FILA-sanctioned, but it was not a FILA world championship.

You're right about Perry, but the UWW database lists him as the winner at 86 kg and Piotr Ianulov of Moldova as the runnerup. I see a bunch of contemporaneous accounts from various U.S. sources that say Moldova beat Perry 5-3 in the finals.

 

[Dogwelder]

If you're an elite wrestler and want to win world titles, you should probably find your way to State College.

Why? Is it because that’s what they do?