Body Bar Women’s Nationals and UWW Junior Men’s FS World Trials set for Irving, Texas, May 20-22

2015 UWW Junior World champion Spencer Lee and 2015 UWW Junior World bronze medalist Becka Leathers are among the top stars expected to compete for UWW Junior World Team berths in Irving, Texas next weekend.


Registration is still open for two major age-group events, the 2016 Body Bar Women’s National Championships and the UWW Junior Men’s Freestyle World Team Trials, which will be held at the Irving Convention Center in Irving, Texas, May 20-22.


The Body Bar National Championships includes the national championships at the UWW Cadet (15-17 years) and the UWW Junior (17-20 years) levels, as well for Schoolgirls and Girls Div. I and Div. II


For the first time, the UWW Men’s Freestyle Junior World Team Trials will be hosted alongside the Body Bar Women’s Nationals.


The winners of the Body Bar Women’s UWW Junior Nationals, as well as the winners at the UWW Men’s Freestyle Junior World Team Trials will earn a spot on the U.S. Junior World Team, which will compete in Macon, France in August.


The winners of the Body Bar Women’s UWW Cadet Nationals will earn a spot on the U.S. Cadet World Team, which will compete in Tbilisi, Georgia in September.


The championship finals for the three World Team Trials qualifiers will be best-of-three series.

Click to register online for the Body Bar Nationals

Click to register online for the UWW Junior Men’s Freestyle World Team Trials


Athletes must qualify to compete in the UWW Men’s Freestyle World Team Trials. For more information on the qualification standards and other event details, click on the Juniors Freestyle Packet below.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.ngin.com/attachments/document/0097/2739/UWW_Junior_FS_Trials_Packet_updated.pdf


Athletes can register online for all divisions at TrackWrestling until 10:00 p.m. CST on Wednesday, May 18


Note: The winners of the 2016 UWW Junior National Championships in freestyle at the UWW Championship weights will earn automatic berth to the best of three final wrestle-off against the challenge tournament champion. The winners of the non-UWW weights from the UWW National Championships must choose a UWW Championship weight and will be drawn into the challenge tournament.


There are four UWW Junior National champions who will be competing against Iran in Times Square on May 19: Daton Fix (55 kg), Mitchell McKee (60 kg), Mark Hall (74 kg) and Zahid Valencia (84 kg). They will have the right to delay their best-of-three Championship Series for the UWW Junior World Team to a later date for any reason.

We will provide in-depth previews of these tournaments next week.


This event will be broadcast live on Flowrestling.org

BODY BAR WOMEN’S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

IRVING, TEXAS, MAY 20-22

Friday, May 20

7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. - Registration - UWW Cadets, Schoolgirls, and Girls Divisions I and II

8:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. - Medical Check & Weigh-ins - UWW Cadets, Schoolgirls, and Girls Divisions I and II

Saturday, May 21

9:30 a.m. - 1:30 PM - Session I - UWW Women Cadets, Schoolgirls and Girls Divisions I and II

• Preliminaries through 3rd place matches - UWW Women Cadets

• Preliminaries through finals - Schoolgirls, Girls Divisions I and II

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Session II - UWW Women Cadets - Round 1 of best of 3 finals

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. - Session III - UWW Women Cadets - Round 2 of best of 3 finals

4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. - Session IV - UWW Women Cadets - Round 3 of best of 3 finals - if necessary

Sunday, May 22

9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Session I - UWW Women Juniors - Preliminaries through 3rd place matches

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Session II - UWW Women Juniors - Round 1 of best of 3 finals

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. - Session III - UWW Women Juniors - Round 2 of best of 3 finals

4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. - Session IV - UWW Women Juniors - Round 3 of best of 3 finals

UWW JUNIOR MEN’S FREESTYLE WORLD TEAM TRIALS

At Irving, Texas, May 20-22

Friday, May 20

5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. - Credential and Weigh-in Card Pick-up: UWW Men’s Junior Freestyle: 50 KG, 66 KG, 96 KG and 120 KG

5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. - Medical Check & Weigh-ins - UWW Men’s Junior Freestyle: 50 KG, 66 KG, 96 KG and 120 KG

Saturday, May 21

9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Session I - UWW Men’s Junior Freestyle: 50 KG, 66 KG, 96 KG and 120 KG -Preliminaries, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Challenge Tournament Finals, Consolations and Consolation

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Session II - UWW Men’s Junior Freestyle: 50 KG, 66 KG, 96 KG and 120 KG - Round 1 of best of 3 finals and 3rd place matches – Challenge Tournament

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. - Session III - UWW Men’s Junior Freestyle: 50 KG, 66 KG, 96 KG and 120 KG - Round 2 of best of 3 finals and True 3rd Place matches

4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. - Session IV - UWW Men’s Junior Freestyle: 50 KG, 66 KG, 96 KG and 120 KG - Round 3 of best of 3 finals - if necessary

5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. - Credential and Weigh-in Card Pick-up: UWW Men’s Junior Freestyle: 55 KG, 60 KG, 84 KG and 120 KG

5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. -Medical Check & Weigh-ins - UWW Men’s Junior Freestyle: 55 KG, 60 KG, 74 KG, and 84 KG

Sunday, May 22

9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Session I - UWW Men’s Junior Freestyle: 55 KG, 60 KG, 74 KG, and 84 KG Preliminaries, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Challenge Tournament Finals, Consolations and Consolation Semifinals (2 mats)

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Session II - UWW Men’s Junior Freestyle: 55 KG, 60 KG, 74 KG, and 84 KG - Round 1 of best of 3 finals and 3rd place matches – Challenge Tournament

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. - Session III - UWW Men’s Junior Freestyle: 55 KG, 60 KG, 74 KG, and 84 KG - Round 2 of best of 3 finals and True 3rd Place matches

4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. - Session IV - UWW Men’s Junior Freestyle: 55 KG, 60 KG, 74 KG, and 84 KG - Round 3 of best of 3 finals - if necessary