2019 U.S. Open men’s freestyle pre-seeds announced

Photo of James Green from the 2018 World Cup by Tony Rotundo.


Two-time World medalist James Green (70 kg) and 2017 World silver medalist Thomas Gilman (57 kg) are among the prominent stars who have received No. 1 pre-seeds in men’s freestyle for this week’s U.S. Open Championships in Las Vegas.


The seeding committee in men’s freestyle for the U.S. Open met this morning and developed these pre-seeds.


The other No. 1 wrestlers in the pre-seeds include Nico Megaludis (61 kg), Jordan Oliver (65 kg), Isaiah Martinez (74 kg), Alex Dieringer (79 kg), Sam Brooks (86 kg), Hayden Zillmer (92 kg), Kyven Gadson (97 kg) and Adam Coon (125 kg).


The champions at the U.S. Open at 57 kg, 65 kg and 70 kg will advance to Final X. The 2019 U.S. Open winners at the other seven weight classes will advance as top seeds at the World Team Trials Challenge Tournament in Raleigh, N.C. in May.

2019 US Open Pre-Seeds: Men’s Freestyle


57kg

1. Thomas Gilman

2. Daton Fix

3. Zach Sanders

4. Nathan Tomasello

5. Frank Perrelli

6. Darian Cruz

7. Vito Arujau

8. Joshua Rodriguez

9. Zane Richards

10. Jesse Delgado

11. Nick Piccinnini

12. Austin Miller

13. Eddie Klimara

14. Austin Assad

61kg

1. Nico Megaludis

2. Tyler Graff

3. Ben Whitford

4. Cory Clark

5. Anthony Ramos

6. Cody Brewer

7. Daniel Deshazer

8. Johnny Dijulius

9. Sheldon Mack

10. Joey Palmer

65kg

1. Jordan Oliver

2. Zain Retherford

3. Joey McKenna

4. Frank Molinaro

5. Yianni Diakomihalis

6. Jayden Eierman

7. BJ Futrell

8. Dominick Demas

9. Colton McCrystal

10. Evan Henderson

11. Jayson Ness

12. Bryce Meredith

13. Nick Dardanes

14. Brandon Wright

15. Dean Heil

16. Mitch McKee

70kg

1. James Green

2. Jason Chamberlain

3. Brandon Sorensen

4. Jason Nolf

5. Nazar Kulchytskyy

6. Alec Pantaleo

7. Lavion Mayes

8. Mario Mason

9. Dylan Ness

10. Anthony Collica

11. Ryan Deakin

74kg

1. Isaiah Martinez

2. Tommy Gantt

3. Evan Wick

4. Quinton Godley

5. Dan Vallimont

6. Anthony Valencia

7. Joshua Shields

8. Jared Frayer

9. Joey Lavallee

10. Logan Massa

11. Chase Pami

79kg

1. Alex Dieringer

2. Chance Marsteller

3. Nathan Jackson

86kg

1. Sam Brooks

2. Myles Martin

3. Pat Downey

4. Nick Heflin

5. Brett Pfarr

6. Kenneth Courts

7. Josh Asper

8. Max Dean

9. Nino Bonaccorsi

92kg

1. Hayden Zillmer

2. Bo Nickal

3. Michael Macchiavello

4. Kollin Moore

5. Timothy McCall

6. Timothy Dudley

7. Scottie Boykin

8. Riley Lefever

9. Nikko Reyes

97kg

1. Kyven Gadson

2. Ty Walz

3. Ben Honis

4. Blaize Cabell

5. Kevin Beazley

6. Wynn Michalak

125kg

1. Adam Coon

2. Dom Bradley

3. Anthony Nelson

4. Tanner Hall

5. Derek White

6. Youssif Hemida

7. Ceron Francisco

8. Garrett Ryan