#GrecoMonday: Which U23 and UWW Junior Nationals place winners are affiliated with D1 colleges

Feature photo of Penn’s Jake Hendricks courtesy of Sam Janicki. Hendricks won the Junior division and placed runner-up in the U23 division.

Earlier this month, the U23 and UWW Junior Nationals took place in Omaha, Nebraska, in all three international styles. While many Greco-Roman wrestlers forego the Division 1 college route, a number of them juggle Greco aspirations while wrestling folkstyle almost full-time at the highest level. Below, check out which D1 college affiliated wrestlers placed in Omaha.

U23

55 kg
2nd – Brendon Garcia (Wyoming)

60 kg
1st – Taylor LaMont (Utah Valley)

63 kg
1st – Dylan Gregerson (Utah Valley RTC only)
3rd – Rylee Molitor (South Dakota State)
4th – Jackson Renicker (Michigan State)
5th – Clay Carlson (South Dakota State)
7th – Matt Santos (Michigan State)

67 kg
1st – Peyton Omania (Michigan State)
3rd – Lenny Merkin (Princeton)
6th – Thomas Lisher (Little Rock)

72 kg
5th – Seth Vosters (Wisconsin)

77 kg
2nd – Tyler Dow (Wisconsin)
4th – Augustine Garcia (Cal Bakersfield)
5th – Fritz Schierl (Ohio State)
7th - Jack Ervien, Jr. (Campbell)

82 kg
2nd – Jake Hendricks (UPenn)

87 kg
1st – Cameron Caffey (Michigan State)
4th – Bear Hughes (Little Rock)

130 kg
2nd – Zach Schrader (Cal Baptist)

Junior

55 kg
1st – Connor Knopick (Committed to Iowa State)
4th – Andrew Chambal (Michigan State)
5th – Eric Barnett (Wisconsin)

60 kg
1st – Chayse LaJoie (Cornell)
3rd – Keegan Slyter (Little Rock)
5th – Jordan Hamdan (Michigan State)
7th – Caleb Gross (South Dakota State)

63 kg
6th – Austin Keal (Little Rock)

77 kg
2nd - Jack Ervien (Campbell)
3rd - Guillermo Escobedo (Wyoming)

82 kg
1st- Jake Hendricks (UPenn)

87 kg
4th – Zane Davis (Little Rock)

97 kg
1st – Isaac Trumble (NC State)

130 kg
1st – Spencer Trenary (South Dakota State)
2nd - Josiah Hill (Little Rock)
7th - Caspian Grabowski (Little Rock)