UWW Junior Greco-Roman World Team Trials set for this Friday in Indianapolis

Warren Central High School sets the stage for the 2018 UWW Junior Greco World Team Trials on Friday, June 8.

The event features 18-20 year-old athletes born in 1998-2000 (2001 with a medical certificate), who are eligible to compete for their ticket to the Junior Greco-Roman World Championship.

Winners of the best-of-three finals series will represent the U.S. at the World Championship, Sept. 17 in Tvnava, Slovakia.

Held alongside this event is the Schoolboy National Duals, June 6-10.

The live event will be streamed on Flowrestling.org.

Online registration ends tonight, June 5 at 10 pm CST. However, athletes can still register on-site.

2017 Junior World Champion Kamal Bey of Sunkist Kids qualifies to hold his wrestle-off later, due to him placing top-3 at the 2018 US Senior Open and being a returning Junior World medalist. The time and date for his expected delayed wrestle-off is to be determined.

Already registered to compete is 2017 Cadet World Champion Cohlton Schultz, who was also on the 2017 Junior World Team.

Here is a watchlist of registered athletes for this Friday as of Tuesday, June 5:

55 kg
• Brady Koontz (Ohio State-Unattached) - 2015 Cadet World Team Member
• Cevion Severado (NYAC) - 2018 UWW Junior Nationals Champion, 2017 Junior World Silver Medalist, 2017 UWW Junior WTT Runner-up
• Elijah Varona (Garage Boyz) - 2017 Junior World Team Member

60 kg
• Malik Johnson (Unattached) - 2018 UWW Junior National Champion, 2x Cadet World Team Member
• Taylor LaMont (Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club) - 2016 Junior World Bronze Medalist, 4x Greco World Team Member

63 kg
• Raphael Rodriguez (Golden Pride Wrestling Club) - 2017 UWW Junior World Team Trials Runner-up

67 kg
• Dominick Demas (University of Oklahoma) - 2017 Junior World Team Member, 2017 UWW Junior National Champion , 2x Cadet World Team Member
• Peyton Omania (Unattached) - 2018 UWW Junior National Champion, 2016 Cadet World Team Member

72 kg
• Tyler Dow (Badger Regional Training Center) - 2018 UWW Junior National Champion, 2017 Junior World Team Member
• Lenny Merkin (NJRTC) - 2017 UWW Junior World Team Trials Runner-up

77 kg
• Jake Hendricks (X-Calibur) - 2017 Cadet World Team Member
• Anthony Mantanona (University of Oklahoma) - 2018 UWW Junior National Champion

82 kg
• Thomas Brackett (Wave Wrestling Club) - 2017 U23 World Team Trials Runner-up, 2017 Pan-Am Silver Medalist, 2017 Junior World Team Trials Runner-Up

97 kg
• Anthony Riopelle (NMU-OTS) - 2018 U23 World Team Trials Runner-up

130 kg
• Cohlton Schultz (NYAC) - 2018 U23 World Team Member, 2018 UWW Junior National Champion, 2017 Cadet World Champion, 2017 Junior World Team Member

Along with meeting age requirements, qualifications for this Trials tournament are as follows:

• Previous Junior World Team Member.
• Previous Cadet World Team Member.
• Any medalist from a UWW scheduled event from 2017 & 2018 calendar years.
• Top six place winners from the 2017 Junior Nationals (Fargo).
• Top eight place winners from the 2017 or 2018 UWW Junior National tournament.
• Any All-American from the 2017 University Nationals.
• Top 4 place winners from the 2017 U23 World Team Trials.
• 2018 Inter-service top 3 finish.
• Any All-American from the 2017 or 2018 NCAA I, II or III Nationals.
• Any All-American from the 2018 Folk-style Nationals.
• Top eight place winners from the April 2018 U.S. Senior Greco-Roman & Freestyle Open.
• Any All-American from the 2018 NAIA Nationals.
• Any All-American from the 2018 Junior College Nationals.

2018 JUNIOR WORLD TEAM TRIALS
at Indianapolis, Ind., June 5

Session I
9:00 am – 2:00 pm – UWW Junior Greco-Roman: 1st Round, Quarterfinals and Semifinals

Session II
3:00 pm – 9:00 pm – UWW Junior Greco-Roman: Challenge Tournament Finals, Consolation and (2 out of 3 WTT Finals)

2017 UWW Junior Greco-Roman World Team Trials Champions
46-50 kg: Elijah Varona (NYAC/New York RTC)
55 kg: Randon Miranda (NYAC)
60 kg: Dalton Young (Team Washington)
63 kg: Tristan Porsch (Trojan Wrestling Club)
66 kg: Dominick Demas (Columbus WC)
70 kg: Tyler Dow (Badger RTC)
74 kg: Jesse Porter (NYAC)
79 kg: Spencer Carey (Navy- Marine Corps RTC)
84 kg: Wyatt Koelling (Missouri Wrestling Foundation)
96 kg: Blake Smith (NMU-OTS)
120 kg: Cohlton Schultz (NYAC)
2017 UWW Junior Greco World Team Special Wrestle-off Winners
74 kg: Kamal Bey (Sunkist Kids)
96 kg: G’Angelo Hancock (New York AC/Sunkist Kids)

2018 UWW Junior Greco National Champions
55 kg: Cevion Severado, St. Peters, MO (NYAC)
60 kg: Malik Johnson, Florissant, MO (Unattached)
63 kg: Alston Nutter, Fennimore, WI (NMU-OTS)
67 kg: Peyton Omania, Concord, CA (CYC)
72 kg: Tyler Dow, Stoughton, WI (BRTC)
77 kg: Anthony Mantanona, Indio, CA (OklahomaRTC)
82 kg: Andrew Berreyesa, Ithaca, NY (NYAC/FLWC)
87 kg: Barrett Hughes, Wagoner, OK (Cowboy Wrestling Club/TMWC)
130 kg: Cohlton Schultz, Parker, CO (NYAC)