All of our 2024-2025 commits are eligible.
Registrants so far: Lilledahl, Sealey, Ryder, the twins, Duke, Desmond, Henckel.
Registrants so far: Lilledahl, Sealey, Ryder, the twins, Duke, Desmond, Henckel.
U17/U20 Nationals 4/24-28 in Las Vegas
- Thread starter El-Jefe
- Start date
I can’t wait. Good to see Duke competing. He hasn’t done a ton of freestyle lately mainly because of injury I think. Is he U17 eligible?
i put up contenders list on matscouts.
will do the write up and picks in the next day or so.
monster field and tons of PSU flavor as you said, Jefe.
will do the write up and picks in the next day or so.
monster field and tons of PSU flavor as you said, Jefe.
That is quite a talented group of 8 young wrestlers. Can you imagine if they all decided to go to the same college? That would be Game-Changing.
Game sustaining?
Just imagine if that school also got 2 more PA state champs and another PA finalist who was a Fargo All-American, in the same 2-year window.
I'm just amazed that Lilledahl and the twins just competed at a senior-level ass-kicking contest, and less than a week later will fly cross-country to compete in this ass-kicking contest.
That school would definitely come back to earth after those 8 wrestlers graduate.
It truly is. I am amazed at the number of matches today's top wrestlers wrestle.
Very excited for U20’s. Just about every wrestler involved with the Gophers future is registered. I think it’ll be a bright one.
I hope we see Nelson vs Mirasola again. They know each other well.
Edited to say actually I think Nelson knows the Mirasola that’s now at 97kg well, not the one now at 92kg. But at this point, who the hell knows which is which.
I hope we see Nelson vs Mirasola again. They know each other well.
Edited to say actually I think Nelson knows the Mirasola that’s now at 97kg well, not the one now at 92kg. But at this point, who the hell knows which is which.
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If I had twins I'd name them the same... Tom is the older one by 3 minutes, Tom is the youngest.Ohhh yeah and thats my dog Tom, he's my favorite..
57kg = Blaze, Forrest, Lilledahl, Knox, Desmond, DeLuca & Jordan.
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That is some weight. Whoever wins is going to be battle tested!
Will Kasak and Davis be participating along with the recruits? Without looking it up the only other 2 I thought might be Mitchell and Levi for U20. Maybe Cunningham from State High
neither Blaze nor Jordan are registered. Registration closes tomorrow.
So I just saw registration lists. These brackets are massive! So many kids. If I can find time I’ll do a brief rundown of the U20 weights. Does anyone know if Mesenbrink is still eligible? I assume Levi is but he’s not registered. Mainly high school kids but I few good college guys mixed in. I can’t wait. I love this tournament
Link to who is registered so far
www.flowrestling.org
Link to who is registered so far
All Registered For The 2024 US Open Wrestling Championships - FloWrestling
Check out all the wrestlers who are registered for the 2024 US Open Wrestling Championships.
Is this for the spot or just a bye to the finals at a later date? Not sure if the format changes this year.
So I’ll start my preview at 57kg. These weights are so deep I could probably list 25 guys. Here are some of the best registered
Luke Lilledahl-PSU commit. #1 overall recruit for 2024. #1 p4p on Flo. Super 32 champ. U17 silver and gold. 2023 U20 silver
Jax Forrest-#2 p4p on Flo. PA state champ. Super 32 champ. 2022 U17 world silver. 4th at the 2024 57kg Olympic trials
Anthony Knox-Cornell commit. Fargo champ. 2X super 32 champ. 3X NJ state champ. #4 recruit in 2025
Nate Desmond-PSU commit. #18 in class of 2025. #2 at 120lbs on Flo. 2X PA state champ. 1X prep champ. Super 32 runner-up
Leo DeLuca-Iowa commit. 2021 and 2023 Fargo champ. #26 p4p on Flo. #6 recruit in 2025. #3 at 120 lbs on Flo
Seth Mendoza-Mizzou commit. 2021 Fargo champ. 3X IL state champ. Placed 4, 2, and 5 at Super 32. #3 at 126 on Flo. #24 recruit in 2025
Ayden Smith-Rutgers commit. 2X PA state champ. #2 at 113 on Flo
Alan Koehler-Freshman at Nebraska. 3X MN state champ. 6X Fargo AA. 2X pan-am champ
Kael Lauridsen-Nebraska commit but spent the past year at the EAP in CO. 4X Nebraska state champ. Multiple time Fargo champ
Spencer Moore-redshirt sophomore at North Carolina. Started at 125lbs this year. 2X Kentucky state champ. U17 world team member
I’m picking a final of Jax vs Lilledahl. I really have no idea who to pick. I’ll be a homer and pick Lilledahl but I feel like these guys are as close as humanly possible. Wrestle 10 times and they go 5-5. Pretty sure they have split up to this point with each winning twice. Knox is obviously dangerous and Mendoza is a really good freestyler. Desmond seems to be improving at a good rate seeing as how he had lost to DeLuca multiple times but beat him solidly at preps. Not sure if any of the college guys can beat this group of amazing youngsters but Spencer Moore did make the U17 world team a few years back
Luke Lilledahl-PSU commit. #1 overall recruit for 2024. #1 p4p on Flo. Super 32 champ. U17 silver and gold. 2023 U20 silver
Jax Forrest-#2 p4p on Flo. PA state champ. Super 32 champ. 2022 U17 world silver. 4th at the 2024 57kg Olympic trials
Anthony Knox-Cornell commit. Fargo champ. 2X super 32 champ. 3X NJ state champ. #4 recruit in 2025
Nate Desmond-PSU commit. #18 in class of 2025. #2 at 120lbs on Flo. 2X PA state champ. 1X prep champ. Super 32 runner-up
Leo DeLuca-Iowa commit. 2021 and 2023 Fargo champ. #26 p4p on Flo. #6 recruit in 2025. #3 at 120 lbs on Flo
Seth Mendoza-Mizzou commit. 2021 Fargo champ. 3X IL state champ. Placed 4, 2, and 5 at Super 32. #3 at 126 on Flo. #24 recruit in 2025
Ayden Smith-Rutgers commit. 2X PA state champ. #2 at 113 on Flo
Alan Koehler-Freshman at Nebraska. 3X MN state champ. 6X Fargo AA. 2X pan-am champ
Kael Lauridsen-Nebraska commit but spent the past year at the EAP in CO. 4X Nebraska state champ. Multiple time Fargo champ
Spencer Moore-redshirt sophomore at North Carolina. Started at 125lbs this year. 2X Kentucky state champ. U17 world team member
I’m picking a final of Jax vs Lilledahl. I really have no idea who to pick. I’ll be a homer and pick Lilledahl but I feel like these guys are as close as humanly possible. Wrestle 10 times and they go 5-5. Pretty sure they have split up to this point with each winning twice. Knox is obviously dangerous and Mendoza is a really good freestyler. Desmond seems to be improving at a good rate seeing as how he had lost to DeLuca multiple times but beat him solidly at preps. Not sure if any of the college guys can beat this group of amazing youngsters but Spencer Moore did make the U17 world team a few years back
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Davis is registered @ 61
Barr @ 86
No Mesenbrink(too old?), but he does get the U23 spot since he placed top 3 at OTTs
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Davis will win 61kg. That weight is one of the only not super stacked weights. He will be a man amongst boys.
What weight will Kasak be if he enters 65 or 70. I could see him fitting in either
What weight will Kasak be if he enters 65 or 70. I could see him fitting in either
I don’t know. Larkin is a stud freestyler. I am very excited to see Davis compete though
Can't wait to see Ryder. Want to see how much he has improved.
I'd assume OKST's Cael Hughes is the favorite. U20 World Team member and a Fargo freestyle champ a couple years before. And he's bigger than Davis -- wrestled both 133 and 141 last year.
Appreciate you jrod! I don't think he placed Top 3 at OTTs technically because I think JB got True 3rd by default since he had H2H over Mesenbrink already.
@poorwrestler - Good pick up by you guys in Whiting out o’ the portal. Anything else cooking? I’ve seen some rumors flying on Intermat.
JB not weighing in put Mesenbrink 3rd on the ladder. Actually, according to USA wrestling website, JB didn't make the team....
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Did not know that, guessing if he weighed in, he's 3rd then. Thank you!JB not weighing in put Mesenbrink 3rd on the ladder. Actually, according to USA wrestling website, JB didn't make the team....
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Yep. And Mesenbrink would have finished 4th, and not get the auto U23 spot.
So maybe you all should be a little nicer to JB. This clearly was an olive branch to regain the favor of the PSU faithful...
On any of the Nebraska apology tour broadcasts has Willie blamed JB's decision to not weigh in on PSU fans?JB not weighing in put Mesenbrink 3rd on the ladder. Actually, according to USA wrestling website, JB didn't make the team....
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... and some on the internet wonder why a full scholarship offer isn't as important to some of these kids as selecting the right place to hone their skills. In some cases the family has already invested a hefty sum into their kid's future. Why would they cut corners at a crucial moment just to save a few dollars. The argument that full scholly trumps partial scholly never made sense. The equation has a lot more variables than that.
I'm jumping in late and this was probably said weeks ago, but there was a discussion about PSU wrestling on the howard stern show right after nationals. Sterns wife's brother was TE under Paterno and was on the show talking briefly about college sports, NIL, etc. He started to talk about PSU wrestling and how great they are. He said, that PSU has only 2 full ride scholarships currently on the PSU team. I don't know if this is true, how he got the information or if he just made it up out of thin air but was an interesting point. Was happy for the team to get some praise from the dark corners of the air waves.
It's plausible. Carter and Aaron were the only returning national champs at the start of the year, so only they would get full rides.
PSU under Cael has treated scholarships as what you've earned today, and future scholarship levels as an incentive. So scholarships have often been lower than what people generally think.
