Eleven alive for Kids Triple Crown after Greco-Roman titles at ASICS Kids Nationals in Utah

OREM, Utah – Eleven athletes remain alive for the coveted Kids Triple Crown after victories in Greco-Roman on Tuesday at the ASICS Kids Freestyle and Greco-Roman Nationals.


An athlete receives the Triple Crown by winning USA Wrestling national titles in folkstyle, Greco-Roman and freestyle during the same year.


All nine of these athletes were also winners at the USA Wrestling Folkstyle Nationals in Cedar Falls, Iowa in April.


Only one Intermediate athlete remains eligible for this year’s Triple Crown, Joshua Barr of Team Donahoe in Michigan at 75 pounds.


 Four Novice wrestlers are in the Triple Crown hunt after Greco titles, Alex Facundo of Team Donahoe in Michigan at 95 pounds, Rocky Elam of Team Central Wrestling in Missouri at 100 pounds, Greyden Penner of Sudden Victory Wrestling in Missouri at 112 pounds and Sawyer Hobbs of EIWA Elite in Idaho at 120 pounds.


Six Schoolboy wrestlers have won the first two legs of the Triple Crown: Cullan Schriever of Sebolt Wrestling Academy in Iowa at 70 pounds , Colton Yapoujian of Mile High Wrestling Club in Colorado at 91 pounds, Theorius Robison of Colorado National Team at 112 pounds, Brock Hardy of Team Utah at 136 pounds, Travis Wittlake of Team Bucs in Oregon at 152 pounds and Kaleb Reeves of Savage Wrestling in Iowa at 190 pouinds.


Wittlake has won three previous Triple Crowns, as an Intermediate in 2010, a Novice in 2011 and a Schoolboy in 2013. Robison was a Triple Crown winner in 2012 as a Novice.


There have been 142 Kids Triple Crowns awarded since the program was launched in 1997. Past winners have included U.S. Senior World Team members Brent Metcalf of Michigan, Angel Escobedo of Indiana, Jesse Thielke of Wisconsin and RaVaughn Perkins of Nebraska, plus NCAA champions Metcalf, Escobedo and Jon Reader of Michigan.


The freestyle competition begins Tuesday afternoon, and will be completed on Wednesday.

USA WRESTLING ASICS KIDS GRECO-ROMAN NATIONALS

At Orem, Utah, June 24


Intermediate Greco-Roman champions

50 - Brandon Morvari of Minnesota

55 - Cole Tate of Washington

60 - Dylan Gilcher of Michigan

65 - Jake Deutsch of North Dakota

70 - Anton Chacon of Oregon

75 - Joshua Barr of Michigan

80 - Ryder Rogotzke of Minnesota

87- Tainui Kellner of Wyoming

95 - Paolo Salminen of Montana

103 - Quentin Saunders of Kansas

112 - Navarro Schunke of Colorado

Novice Greco-Roman champions

60 - Jett Strickenberger of Colorado

65 - Christopher Martino of Idaho

70- Alejandro Herrera-Rondon of Pennsylvania

75 - Robby Vaughn of Washington

80 - Carson Manville of Virginia

85 - Hunter Meinzen of Montana

90 - Deon Davis of Nebraska

95 - Alex Facundo of Michigan

100 - Rocky Elam of Missouri

105 - Ridge Troupe of Montana

112 - Greyden Penner of Missouri

120 - Sawyer Hobbs of Idaho

130 - Christopher Dugger of Oklahoma

140 - Damarzhe Nelson of Oregon

140+ - Spencer Tauteoli of Utah

Schoolboy Greco-Roman champions

70 - Cullan Schriever of Iowa

77 - Beau Ohlson of Colorado

84 - Steele Dias of Nevada

91- Colton Yapoujian of Colorado

98 - Job Greenwood of Colorado

105 - Peyton Robb of Minnesota

112 - Theorius Robinson of Colorado

120 - Logan Jensen of Utah

128 - Cole Matthews of Pennsylvania

136 - Brock Hardy of Utah

144 - Tyler Dow of Wisconsin

152 - Travis Wittlake of Oregon

160 - Sebastian Mordecai of Arizona

175 - Tino Lopez of Colorado

190 - Kaleb Reeves of Iowa

265 - Andy Garcia of Colorado

Note: A Bantam Festival is also held with the USA Wrestling ASICS Kids Nationals in Utah. These winners are not national champions, nor are they eligible for the Kids Triple Crown.

Bantam Festival Greco-Roman champions

40 - Karson Shelley of Utah

45- Jeremiah Wachsmuth of Oregon

50 - Carlitos Stanton Jr. of Arizona

55 - Che Jenkins of Arizona

60 - Caleb Rocha of Colorado

65 - Cody Miller of Washington

70 - Hudson Rogers of Idaho

75 - J`Sean McIver of Oregon

75+ - Joshua Meehl of North Dakota