#GrecoMonday: Watch the 2018 Bill Farrell International Open finals
by Mike Willis, USA Wrestling
The Bill Farrell International Open will take place at the New York Athletic Club in New York City next Friday and Saturday, November 15 and 16. The Greco-Roman portion of the tournament will take place entirely on Friday.
The highest placer in each bracket will qualify for the Olympic Team Trials, which will take place in April at the Bryce Jordan Center on Penn State’s campus. If the highest placer has already qualified for the Olympic Team Trials, the next-highest placer will earn the qualification.
Normally, the Bill Farrell features all of the weight classes, but during the Olympic year it will only host the six Olympic weight classes per style.
While who is competing is still up in the air given that registration is still open, let’s take a look at the 2018 Bill Farrell finals matches.
*55kg: Elijah Varona vs. Sean Sesnan
60kg: Randon Miranda dec. Dalton Roberts, 6-5 (no match footage)
*63kg: Hayden Tuma vs. Hasan Mustafa
67 kg: Raymond Bunker vs. Jessy Williams
*72kg: Alejandro Sancho vs. Chris Gonzalez
77kg: Kamal Bey vs. Jesse Porter
*82kg: Aliaksandr Kikiniou vs. Geordan Speiller
87kg: Mohamed Moustafa vs. Cheney Haight
97kg: Lucas Sheridan vs. Je woo Park
130kg: Ham Mustafa vs. Donny Longendyke
*Denotes Non-Olympic weights that will not be contested at the 2019 Bill Farrell