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#FreestyleFriday: A look at who’s registered so far for UWW Junior and U23 Nationals

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by Taylor Miller, USA Wrestling

The UWW U23 and Junior Nationals will take place in Omaha, Nebraska, next week from November 13-15. Each division will feature all three Olympic styles (men’s freestyle, women’s freestyle and Greco-Roman) with 10 weight classes in each style.

The tournament was initially slated to act as a World Team Trials for the Junior and U23 World Teams. However, both age-group-level World tournaments have been cancelled by United World Wrestling. Winners of each weight class will receive a bid to the 2021 World Team Trials.

Fans can watch all the action live on Flowrestling.

While registration doesn’t close until Tuesday, November 10, we’re taking a look at which men’s freestyle athletes have registered so far. Many other athletes are expected to register for the event.

U23 men’s freestyle

  • 57 kg – Brandon Courtney (Arizona State), 2018 Pan Am bronze medalist
  • 61 kg – Taylor LaMont (Utah Valley), 2016 Junior World bronze medalist; seven-time age-group World Team member in Greco-Roman
  • 65 kg – Dylan Gregerson, 2018 Pan Am champion in freestyle and Greco-Roman
  • 70 kg – Lenny Merkin (Princeton), 2018 Pan Am champion in Greco-Roman; 2019 U23 World Team member in Greco
  • 74 kg – Jacori Teemer (Arizona State), 2017 Cadet World bronze medalist
  • 74 kg – Evan Wick (Wisconsin), two-time NCAA DI All-American
  • 79 kg – David McFadden, 2018 U23 World Team member; three-time All-American for Virginia Tech
  • 92 kg – Kordell Norfleet (Arizona State), 2018 Pan Am champion
  • 97 kg – Tanner Sloan (South Dakota State), 2019 Junior Pan Am champion, 2019 Junior World Team member

Junior men’s freestyle

  • 57 kg – Eric Barnett (Univ. of Wisconsin), 2015 Cadet World Team member
  • 57 kg – Patrick Glory (Princeton), 2018 NCAA DI All-American
  • 57 kg – Conor Knopick, 2019 Cadet World Team member in Greco-Roman
  • 57 kg – Chance Lamer, 2018 Cadet World Team member
  • 57 kg – Jett Strickenberger, 2019 Cadet World Team member, 2020 Preseason Nationals champion
  • 74 kg – Alex Facundo, 2018 and 2019 Cadet World bronze medalist
  • 86 kg – Jake Hendricks (Univ. of Penn), 2016 Pan Am champion in freestyle, 2017 Cadet World Team member in Greco-Roman

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