Men and women come together for the first time at Junior National Duals

Tulsa, Okla. – In previous years, the women’s Junior Duals tournament was held during the last days of Fargo Nationals. However, this year junior men and women will wrestle alongside one another at the Cox Business Center for the 2018 Junior National Duals.

Wednesday kicks off the last installment of age-group National Duals that will run through Saturday.  Greco-Roman and women’s freestyle’s first whistle blows at 9 a.m. and finishes up the next evening. Men’s freestyle begins Friday morning at 8 a.m. and finals will commence at Saturday evening.

State-level teams made up of ninth to twelfth graders will battle their way to a team national championship. These age-group national tournaments give opportunities to young wrestlers for exposure and experience at the national level.

Last year in Greco-Roman and freestyle, Minnesota Blue and Illinois fought for the national title in both final rounds. Illinois ran away with the title for Greco-Roman by defeating Minnesota 41-21. However, the freestyle finals ended with a nail-biting team score of 33-31, and Minnesota held their freestyle national title high.

The women’s dual championship dual presented just as much tension. Coming down to the final match, Washington defeated defending back-to-back national dual champions, California Red, 33-32.

The UWW Senior Greco-Roman World Team Trials also joins Junior National Duals this year. You can find more information at the event web page, and catch the action live at Flowrestling.

Tune in to Trackcast for the Junior National Duals live.

2018 JUNIOR NATIONAL DUALS
at Tulsa, Okla., June 20-23

Event Schedule

Wednesday, June 20

9:00 AM to 12:30 PM
Greco Roman Duals Session 1: Preliminary Rounds 1&2

Women’s Freestyle Duals Session 1: Preliminary Rounds 1&2

1:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Greco-Roman Duals Session 2: Rounds 3, 4 & 5 - Consolation Semi-Finals & 1st Place Match, Placement Match 3rd, 5th, 7th, True 2nd place Match

Women’s Freestyle Duals Session 2: (3 Rounds)

Thursday, June 21

9:00 AM to 12:30 PM
Greco-Roman Duals Session 3:  Color Pools – Rounds 1 & 2 Preliminary Duals

Women’s Freestyle Duals Session 3: (2 Rounds)

1:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Greco-Roman Duals Session 4: Rounds 3 & 4 – Preliminary Duals & Finals Placement Match Dual

Women’s Freestyle Duals Session 4: (Mats 6)

Friday, June 22 (EST. 36 Freestyle Teams)

8:00 AM to 12:30 PM
Freestyle Duals Session 1: Preliminary Rounds 1, 2, & 3

1:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Freestyle Duals Session 2: Rounds 4, 5 & 6 – Consolations, Placement (1st-8th), & True 2nd

Saturday, June 23

9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Freestyle Duals Session 3: Color Pools – Rounds 1 & 2

2:00 PM to 6:00 PM 
Freestyle Duals Session 4: Preliminary Rounds 3 & 4 and Finals Placement Match (Awards to follow)

2017 Junior National Duals results

Greco-Roman results

1st: Illinois defeats Minnesota Blue 41-21
3rd: Michigan Blue defeats Kansas Blue 40-23
5th: Ohio defeats Oklahoma Outlaws Red 33-30
7th: Nebraska defeats Tennessee 36-26

Men’s Freestyle results

1st: Minnesota Blue defeats Illinois 33-21
3rd: Ohio defeats Oklahoma Outlaw Red 40-23
5th: Michigan Blue defeats New Jersey 37-27
7th: Iowa Red defeats Missouri 40-32

Women’s Freestyle results

1st: Washington defeats California Red 33-32
3rd: Illinois defeats Texas Red 46-20
5th: New York defeats California Blue 43-23
7th: Colorado defeats Ohio 32-18