This coming weekend is the Last Chance (Olympic Team Trials) Qualifier.
The following weekend is the Olympic Team Trials.
Who goes and who makes the team from the NLWC?
57 KG: Gilman is qualified.for trials.
RBY is qualified but expressed serious reservations about making the "deep weight cut," as he put it. He said he will think about it, but also said he wants to help Gilman to make a run. It's more likely he makes a go in 2024.
Haven't heard anything about Josh Rodriquez of late.
65 KG: Both Zain and Nick Lee are qualified for trials. Zain should get the #1 seed.
The US has not qualified the weight, however. Whoever wins the spot will need to go abroad to qualify it this summer.
We could see a Zain vs. Nick match at some point. Nick has improved a great deal and has upped his game in freestyle. Zain, however, is elite; he beat Bajrang this fall.
74 KG: Nolf is qualified for trials. Probably get the #3 seed after Dake and IMar. JB sits in the finals waiting the winner of the challenge tournament.
Van Ness (PSU commit) is registered for the Last Chance Qualifier.
Joseph is not (yet) registered for the Last Chance Qualifier. Will he go or no?
Starocci is qualified for either 74 KG or 86 KG, but he seems like a "tweener" and there is no 79 KG for the Olympics. He did say something about the Olympics though in his post NCAA interview, I think, so who knows?
86 KG: Taylor, Nickal, and Brooks are all qualified for the trials.
DT should get the #1 seed. Might Nickal get a #3 or #4 or #5 seed (after Zahid, Dieringer, and/or Gabe Dean, if the latter qualifies at Last Chance)..
Where does Brooks land in the seeding. He has some good international freestyle credits.
Mark Hall is registered for the Last Chance Qualifier.
We could see some crazy NLWC matches here. Any forecasts or predictions?
97 KG: Kyle Snyder is qualified. I think he might have a bye to the finals (as a medal winner in the last Worlds).
125 KG: Kerkvliet, Nick Nevills, and Cassar are all qualified.
Cassar isn't going to wrestle because of recovery from an injury and surgery.
The following weekend is the Olympic Team Trials.
Who goes and who makes the team from the NLWC?
57 KG: Gilman is qualified.for trials.
RBY is qualified but expressed serious reservations about making the "deep weight cut," as he put it. He said he will think about it, but also said he wants to help Gilman to make a run. It's more likely he makes a go in 2024.
Haven't heard anything about Josh Rodriquez of late.
65 KG: Both Zain and Nick Lee are qualified for trials. Zain should get the #1 seed.
The US has not qualified the weight, however. Whoever wins the spot will need to go abroad to qualify it this summer.
We could see a Zain vs. Nick match at some point. Nick has improved a great deal and has upped his game in freestyle. Zain, however, is elite; he beat Bajrang this fall.
74 KG: Nolf is qualified for trials. Probably get the #3 seed after Dake and IMar. JB sits in the finals waiting the winner of the challenge tournament.
Van Ness (PSU commit) is registered for the Last Chance Qualifier.
Joseph is not (yet) registered for the Last Chance Qualifier. Will he go or no?
Starocci is qualified for either 74 KG or 86 KG, but he seems like a "tweener" and there is no 79 KG for the Olympics. He did say something about the Olympics though in his post NCAA interview, I think, so who knows?
86 KG: Taylor, Nickal, and Brooks are all qualified for the trials.
DT should get the #1 seed. Might Nickal get a #3 or #4 or #5 seed (after Zahid, Dieringer, and/or Gabe Dean, if the latter qualifies at Last Chance)..
Where does Brooks land in the seeding. He has some good international freestyle credits.
Mark Hall is registered for the Last Chance Qualifier.
We could see some crazy NLWC matches here. Any forecasts or predictions?
97 KG: Kyle Snyder is qualified. I think he might have a bye to the finals (as a medal winner in the last Worlds).
125 KG: Kerkvliet, Nick Nevills, and Cassar are all qualified.
Cassar isn't going to wrestle because of recovery from an injury and surgery.
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