Eight Americans to compete in Finland at the Arvo Haavisto International this Saturday

Photo of Alex Mossing by Tony Rotundo/Wrestlers are Warriors

Eight Greco-Roman wrestlers will compete in the Arvo Haavisto International this Saturday in Ilmajoki, Finland. Seven of the eight Americans also competed in the Haparanda Cup last Saturday in Haparanda, Sweden.
No. 2 on the National Team at 72 kg, Alex Mossing (Colorado Springs, Colo./Airforce) will compete for the second weekend in a row at 77 kg, which is an Olympic weight class. Mossing is the only National Team member competing at the Arvo Haavisto.
At 67 kg, Nolan Baker (Colorado Springs, Colo./USOPTC) will look to earn medals on back-to-back weekends. Baker took bronze at the Haparanda Cup.
Diante Cooper (Colorado Springs, Colo./Airforce) is the only wrestler in the group that did not compete in the Haparanda Cup last weekend. He will be the sole American entered at 97 kg.
Other Americans to watch for in the brackets are Nick Tarpley, (Colorado Springs, Colo./NYAC) and Morgan Flaharty, (Colorado Springs, Colo/New York AC) at 67 kg, Chris Rodgers (Colorado Springs, Colo./USOPTC) at 72 kg and Brandon Mueller (Colorado Springs, Colo./Airforce) and Corey Hope (Colorado Springs, Colo./NYAC) at 77 kg.
Arvo Haavisto International

at Ilmajoki, Finland


U.S. Men’s Greco-Roman Roster
67 kg Nick Tarpley, Colorado Springs, Colo. (NYAC)
67 kg Nolan Baker, Colorado Springs, Colo. (USOPTC)
67 kg Morgan Flaharty, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)
72 kg Chris Rodgers, Colorado Springs, Colo. (USOPTC)
77kg Brandon Mueller, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Airforce)
77kg Corey Hope, Colorado Springs, Colo. (NYAC)
77kg Alex Mossing, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Airforce)
97 kg Diante Cooper, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Airforce)
Official - Dalton Halbig, Princeton, Ind.