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Dave Schultz men's freestyle seeds released for Thursday

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by Taylor Miller, USA Wrestling

Nahshon Garrett competes at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials. Photo by Tony Rotundo, WrestlersareWarriors.com.


COLORADO SPRINGS – The seeds have been set for men’s freestyle action of the Dave Schultz International Memorial, set for Thursday at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.


Six of the eight weights feature Americans as the No. 1 seed, including Tyler Graff (57 kg), Kellen Russell (65 kg), Jordan Oliver (70 kg), Kevin LeValley (74 kg), Austin Trotman (86 kg) and Dom Bradley (125 kg).


Bulgaria, Canada, Japan, South Africa, Switzerland, Ukraine and United States are among the seven countries that will be represented in freestyle competition.


All weight will be contested in men’s freestyle tomorrow, with women’s freestyle competing on Friday.


Complete brackets and a live stream of the Dave Schultz Memorial International can be found on Flowrestling.com.


Dave Schultz Memorial International Brackets

Freestyle seeds

57 kg/125.5 lbs

1.Tyler Graff, New Brunswick, N.J. (New York AC)

2. Alan Waters, Columbia, Mo. (Missouri Wrestling Foundation)

3. Nahshon Garrett, Tempe, Ariz. (Sunkist Kids)

4. Joe Colon, Cedar Falls, Iowa (Titan Mercury WC)

5. Yudai Fujita, Japan
6. Frank Perrelli, (Titan Mercury WC)


7. David Terao, Washington, D.C. (Titan Mercury WC)
8. Jarrod Patterson, Cushing, OK. (Titan Mercury WC)
61 kg/134 lbs
1. Dimitar Ivanov, Bulgaria
2. Taishi Narikuni, Japan
3. Joshua Kindig, Durham, N.C. (Sunkist Kids)
4. Shelton Mack, Charlottesville, Va. (Titan Mercury WC)
5. Darrius Little, Bethlehem, Pa. (Lehigh Valley WC)
6. Joey Lazor, (Panther WC RTC)
65 kg/143 lbs.
1. Kellen Russell, Ann Arbor, Mich. (New York AC)
2. Hunter Stieber, Norman, Okla. (Titan Mercury WC)
3. Dave Habat, Parma, Ohio (New York AC)
4. Mario Mason, Moorestown, N.J. (Lehigh Valley WC)
5. Evan Henderson, Chapel Hill, N.C. (Titan Mercury WC)
6. Filip Novachkov, Bulgaria
7. Robbie Mathers, Phoenix, Ariz. (Sunkist Kids)
70 kg/154 lbs.
1. Jordan Oliver, Tempe, Ariz. (Sunkist Kids)
2. Borislav Novachkov, Bulgaria
3. Jason Chamberlain, Fresno, Calif. (Titan Mercury WC)
4. Nazar Kulchytskyy, Madison, Wisc. (Titan Mercury WC)
5. Thomas Gantt, Raleigh, N.C. ( Titan Mercury WC)
6. Markus Scheidel, New York, N.Y. (Titan Mercury WC)
74 kg/163 lbs.
1. Kevin LeValley, Lewisburg, Pa. (Buffalo Valley WC)
2. Yajuro Yamasaki, Japan
3. Jevon Balfour, Canada
4. Quinton Godley, Raleigh, N.C. (Titan Mercury WC)
5. Vladyslav Dombrovskiy, State College, Pa. (Army WCAP)
86 kg/189 lbs.
1. Austin Trotman, Lincoln, Neb. (Titan Mercury WC)
2. Timmy McCall, Raleigh, N.C. (Titan Mercury WC)
3. Victor Terrell, State College, Pa. (Army WCAP)
4. Joshua Asper, Annapolis, M.D. (Navy-Marines Corps Mat Club)
97 kg/213 lbs.
1. Pavlo Olinyk, Ukraine
2. Dustin Kilgore, Colorado Springs, Colo, (Sunkist Kids)
3. Jeffery Felix, Ann Arbor, Mich. (Titan Mercury WC)
4. Kyven Gadson, Ames, Iowa (Sunkist Kids)
5. Micah Burak, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Titan Mercury WC)
125 kg/275 lbs.
1. Dom Bradley, Ames, Iowa (Sunkist Kids)
2. Justin Grant, Easton, Pa. (New York AC)
3. Ben Durbin, Ankeny, Iowa (Cyclone WC)

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