Junior National Duals to start Wednesday in Tulsa, Okla.
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by Taylor Miller, USA Wrestling
The final portion of USA Wrestling’s age-group National Duals starts Wednesday with the Junior National Duals in Tulsa, Okla.
State-level teams of Junior-level high school athletes compete in Greco-Roman and freestyle dual meets all weekend. Greco action will start Wednesday at 9 a.m., with the finals taking place on Thursday, while freestyle will compete in preliminary rounds on Friday with finals on Saturday.
At last year’s Junior National Duals, Minnesota dominated Illinois, 42-21, for Greco gold, while Ohio picked up the freestyle title over Illinois, 37-27.
Finishing behind Minnesota and Illinois in Greco were third-place California, fourth-place Washington, fifth-place Michigan, sixth-place Oklahoma, seventh-place Iowa and eighth-place Florida.
Placing in freestyle behind Ohio and Illinois were New Jersey Red at third, Minnesota Red at fourth, Pennsylvania at fifth, Iowa Red at sixth, Oklahoma Blue at seventh and Michigan Blue at eighth.
This weekend’s National Duals will be broadcast live by Trackcast.
2017 JUNIOR NATIONAL DUALS
at Tulsa, Okla., June 21-24
Event Schedule
Wednesday, June 21
9:00 AM to 12:30 PM – Session 1 – Greco (Preliminary rounds 1 and 2)
1:30 PM to 7:00 PM – Session 2 – Greco (Preliminary rounds 3, 4 and 5)
Thursday, June 22
8:00 AM to 12:00 PM – Session 3 – Greco Gold/Silver, Bronze/Copper, Red/Blue, Green/Yellow (3 rounds)
1:00 PM to 5:00 PM – Session 4- Greco Finals and awards (1 round)
Friday, June 23
8:00 AM to 12:30 PM – Session 1 – Freestyle (Preliminary rounds 1, 2 and 3)
1:30 PM to 8:00 PM – Session 2 – Freestyle (Preliminary rounds 4, 5 and 6; preliminary Gold/Silver, Bronze/Copper, Red/Blue, Green/Yellow)
Saturday, June 24
9:00 AM to 3:00 PM – Session 3 – Freestyle Finals and awards (3 rounds)
2016 Junior National Duals results
Greco-Roman results
1st - Minnesota Blue def. Illinois, 42-21
3rd - California def. Washington, 40-23
5th - Michigan Blue def. Oklahoma Red, 45-21
7th - Iowa def. Florida, 36-30
Freestyle results
1st - Ohio def. Illinois, 37-27
3rd - New Jersey def. Minnesota Red, 50-17
5th - Pennsylvania def. Iowa Red, 35-32
7th - Oklahoma Blue def. Michigan Blue, 56-15
