World Team Trials by the numbers: An in-depth breakdown of the 2017 freestyle WTT qualifiers

More than 80 wrestlers have qualified for this weekend’s 2017 Freestyle World Team Trials, set to be held at the Bob Devaney Sports Center in Lincoln, Neb.

Among those qualified, there are three Olympic medals, seven Senior World medals from four athletes and 13 age-group World medals.

Two-time Olympian and four-time World Team member Jordan Burroughs (Lincoln, Neb./Sunkist Kids WC) is the most decorated athlete in the field with a 2012 Olympic gold, three other World Championships and a 2014 World bronze.

Joining him is 2016 Olympic champion and 2015 World champion Kyle Snyder (Woodbine, Md./Titan Mercury WC/Ohio RTC) and 2016 World champion Logan Stieber (Columbus, Ohio/ Titan Mercury WC/Ohio RTC). Snyder is the youngest American to win a World championship and Olympic championship in wrestling.

Bronze medals in the field come from 2016 Olympic bronze medalist J’den Cox (Columbia, Mo./Missouri Wrestling Foundation) and James Green (Lincoln, Neb./Sunkist Kids WC), who won bronze at the 2015 World Championships.

There are five World championships from the age-group level, including Cadet and Junior World champion Mark Hall (Apple Valley, Minn./Nittany Lion WC), Junior World champs Snyder and Dom Bradley (Ames, Iowa/Sunkist Kids) and Cadet World champ Zain Retherford (Benton, Pa./Nittany Lion WC).

The tournament also features 35 NCAA Division I national champions, holding 59 titles. Standing out with four NCAA championships each are Kyle Dake (Ithaca, N.Y./Titan Mercury WC) and Stieber, who became only the third and fourth wrestlers in NCAA Div. I history to accomplish the feat.

Additionally, there are five collegiate national champs, who did not compete at the Div. I level, representing nine titles. Leading the way is three-time DIII champion Nazar Kulchytskyy (Madison, Wisc./Titan Mercury WC).

Penn State leads the World Team Trials qualifiers by school with eight wrestlers, followed by Minnesota and Oklahoma State, which each entered seven. Overall, 39 colleges will be represented this weekend.

As far as conferences go, the Big Ten overwhelms the field with 38 qualifiers. Big 12 is No. 2 with 16.

The Nittany Lions also lead the field in RTC participants with eight. There are nearly 30 RTC embodied at the Trials.

Check out the complete breakdown below.

The 2017 Senior World Team Trials start at 10 a.m. CT on Saturday. All the action will be streamed live on Flowrestling.org.

OLYMPIC MEDALISTS
Jordan Burroughs – 2012 gold
Kyle Snyder – 2016 gold
J’den Cox – 2016 bronze

OLYMPIANS
Jordan Burroughs – 2012, 2016
Tervel Dlagnev – 2012, 2016
J’den Cox – 2016
Daniel Dennis – 2016
Frank Molinaro – 2016
Kyle Snyder – 2016

SENIOR WORLD MEDALISTS
Jordan Burroughs – 2011 gold, 2013 gold, 2014 bronze, 2015 gold
Logan Stieber – 2016 gold
Kyle Snyder – 2015 gold
James Green – 2015 bronze

SENIOR WORLD TEAM MEMBERS
Jordan Burroughs – 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015
James Green – 2015, 2016
Tony Ramos – 2014, 2015
Kyle Snyder – 2015
Jimmy Kennedy – 2014
Logan Stieber - 2016
Zach Rey – 2015
Joe Rau – 2014 (Greco)


JUNIOR WORLD MEDALISTS
Kyle Snyder – gold 2013, bronze 2014
Mark Hall – 2016 gold
Dom Bradley – 2009 gold
Alex Dieringer – 2013 silver
Patrick Downey – 2012 silver
Logan Stieber – 2011 silver
Nathan Butler – 2015 bronze
Gabe Dean – 2014 bronze
Thomas Gilman – 2014 bronze
Chris Perry – 2010 bronze
Jordan Oliver – 2009 bronze

CADET WORLD MEDALISTS
Zain Retherford – 2012 gold
Mark Hall – 2014 gold

NCAA DIVISION I NATIONAL CHAMPIONS

Four-time – Kyle Dake, Logan Stieber
Three-time – Alex Dieringer, J’den Cox
Two-time – Zain Retherford, Kyle Snyder, Jason Nolf, Dean Heil, David Taylor, Jordan Oliver, Chris Perry, Jesse Delgado, Isaiah Martinez, Gabe Dean, Jordan Burroughs, Tony Nelson, Nick Gwiazdowski, Kellen Russell
One-time – Nico Megaludis, Frank Molinaro, Vincenzo Joseph, Mark Hall, Bo Nickal, Tony Ramos, Cory Clark, Nahshon Garrett, Nathan Tomasello, Kyven Gadson, Jayson Ness, Darian Cruz, Zach Rey, Cody Brewer, Kendric Maple, Dustin Kilgore, Seth Gross

NON-DIV. I COLLEGE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS

Div. II – Tervel Dlagnev (2)

Div. III – Nazar Kulchytskyy (3), Joe Rau (1)
NAIA – Brandon Wright (2), Pat Downey (1)

QUALIFIERS BY SCHOOL

Penn State (8) - Nico Megaludis, Frank Molinaro, Zain Retherford, Jason Nolf, Vincenzo Joseph, David Taylor, Mark Hall, Bo Nickal
Minnesota (7) - Zach Sanders, Chris Dardanes, Jayson Ness, Nick Dardanes, Dylan Ness, Mario Mason, Tony Nelson
Oklahoma State (7) - Josh Kindig, Dean Heil, Jordan Oliver, Alex Dieringer, Chance Marsteller, Chris Perry, Kyle Crutchmer
Iowa (6) - Daniel Dennis, Thomas Gilman, Tony Ramos, Cory Clark, Nathan Burak, Bobby Telford
Illinois (5) - Jesse Delgado, Bernard Futrell, Jimmy Kennedy, Isaiah Martinez, Nikko Reyes
Cornell (4) - Frank Perrelli, Nahshon Garrett, Kyle Dake, Gabe Dean
Missouri (4) - Alan Waters, Jaydin Eierman, J’den Cox, Dom Bradley
Ohio State (4) - Nathan Tomasello, Logan Stieber, Nick Heflin, Kyle Snyder
Iowa State (3) - Kanen Storr, Patrick Downey, Kyven Gadson
Nebraska (3) - James Green, Jordan Burroughs, Patrick Downey
Bloomsburg (2) - Richard Perry, Justin Grant
Lehigh (2) - Darian Cruz, Zach Rey
Michigan (2) - Kellen Russell, Alec Pantaleo
North Carolina State (2) - Tommy Gantt, Nick Gwiazdowski
North Dakota State (2) - Hayden Zillmer, Kallen Kleinschmidt
Northern Iowa (2) - Joe Colon, Blaize Cabell
Oklahoma (2) - Cody Brewer, Kendric Maple
Appalachian State (1) - Austin Trotman
Arizona State (1) - Anthony Valencia
Boise State (1) - Jason Chamberlain
Bucknell (1) - Kevin LeValley
Cal Poly (1) - Chase Pami
Cal State Bakersfield (1) - Matt Williams
Elmhurst (1) - Josef Rau
Grand View (1) - Brandon Wright
Iowa Central (1) - Patrick Downey
Kent State (1) - Dustin Kilgore
Lockhaven (1) - Chance Marsteller
Maryland (1) - Josh Asper
Nebraska-Kearney (1) - Tervel Dlagnev
North Carolina (1) - Evan Henderson
Northern Colorado (1) - Nikko Reyes
Penn (1) - Micah Burak
Rutgers (1) - Mario Mason
South Dakota State (1) - Seth Gross
Stanford (1) - Nathan Butler
Virginia Tech (1) - Ty Walz
Wisconsin (1) - Tyler Graff
Wisconsin-Oshkosh (1) - Nazar Kulchytskyy

QUALIFIERS BY CONFERENCE
Big Ten – 38
Big 12 – 16
EIWA – 8
MAC – 7
Pac 12 – 5
ACC – 3
EWL – 3
Div. III – 2
NAIA – 2
SoCon – 1
Div. II – 1

QUALIFIERS BY REGIONAL TRAINING CENTER

Nittany Lion WC (8) – Nico Megaludis, Frank Molinaro, Zain Retherford, Jason Nolf, Vincenzo Joseph, Mark Hall, Bo Nickal, David Taylor
Minnesota RTC (7) – Zach Sanders, Chris Dardanes, Jayson Ness, Dylan Ness, Joe Rau, Hayden Zillmer, Tony Nelson
Hawkeye RTC (6) – Daniel Dennis, Thomas Gilman, Cory Clark, Nick Dardanes, Nathan Burak, Bobby Telford
Cowboy WC (4)– Dean Heil, Alex Dieringer, Chris Perry, Kyle Crutchmer
Ohio RTC (4) – Nathan Tomasello, Logan Stieber, Kyle Snyder, Tervel Dlagnev
Cyclone RTC (3) – Kanen Storr, Kyven Gadson, Dom Bradley
Lehigh Valley WC (3) – Darian Cruz, Mario Mason, Zach Rey
Missouri Wrestling Foundation (3) – Alan Waters, Jaydin Eierman, J’den Cox
Nebraska RTC (3) – James Green, Jordan Burroughs, Austin Trotman
Penn RTC (3) – Bernard Futrell, Chase Pami, Richard Perry
Sunkist Kids RTC (3) – Nahshon Garrett, Jordan Oliver, Anthony Valencia
Tar Heel WC (3) – Tony Ramos, Josh Kindig, Evan Henderson
U.S. Olympic Training Center (3) – Dustin Kilgore, Micah Burak, Kallen Kleinschmidt
Valley RTC (3) – Jason Chamberlain, Nikko Reyes, Blaize Cabell
Finger Lakes RTC (2) – Kyle Dake, Gabe Dean
Illinois RTC (2) – Jesse Delgado, Isaiah Martinez
Michigan RTC (2) – Jimmy Kennedy, Kellen Russell
Wolfpack RTC (2) – Tommy Gantt, Nick Gwiazdowski
Buffalo Valley RTC (1) – Kevin LeValley
California RTC (1) – Nathan Butler
Cavalier RTC (1) – Frank Perrelli
Chicago RTC (1) – Cody Brewer
Navy-Marine Corps RTC (1) – Josh Asper
New Jersey RTC (1) – Tyler Graff
Northern Plains RTC (1) – Seth Gross
Panther WC RTC (1) – Joe Colon
Princeton RTC (1) – Nick Heflin
Roadrunner WC (1) – Matt Williams
Wisconsin RTC (1) – Nazar Kulchytskyy