Six 2024 U.S. Olympians headline an experienced and talented U.S. roster featuring all three Olympic disciplines at the Polyak Imre & Varga Janos Memorial, a UWW Senior Ranking Series event, set for BOK Sport Hall in Budapest, Hungary, June 6-9.

The six 2024 U.S. Olympians include three in Greco-Roman, Payton Jacobson (87 kg), Josef Rau (97 kg) and Adam Coon (130 kg), plus two in women’s freestyle, two-time Olympic medalist Helen Maroulis (57 kg) and 2020 Olympian Kayla Miracle (62 kg), as well as men’s freestyle World medalist Mason Parris (125 kg).

The USA has qualified 15 athletes to compete in the Olympic Games Paris 2024, which will be held August 5-11 at the Champ de Mars Arena in Paris. Traditionally, Olympic wrestlers will compete at least once after making the U.S. team and prior to their competition at the Olympic Games. Other members of the U.S. Olympic Team in wrestling are expected to compete in different international events in the upcoming weeks.

Maroulis was the first U.S. woman to win an Olympic gold medal in wrestling at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She then became the first U.S. woman to win two Olympic wrestling medals with her bronze medal at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Maroulis has also won three Senior World titles.

Miracle, a two-time World silver medalist, was a member of the 2020 Olympic Team in Tokyo. Among the 2024 Olympians competing in Hungary, other Senior World medalists are Coon, who won a 2018 World silver medal, and Parris, a 2023 World bronze medalist.

All three Greco-Roman entries are first-time Olympians, as is Parris. Of the six U.S. Olympians in the field, only Jacobson is wrestling in his first Senior-level U.S. team.

The team also features two past Olympians, 2016 U.S. Olympian in women’s freestyle, Haley Augello (53 kg) and 2020 Greco-Roman Olympian Alejandro Sancho (72 kg). Both placed second in the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, Augello at 53 kg and Sancho at 67 kg.

Of the 16 athletes on the U.S. team in Hungary, 14 have qualified as members of the 2024-25 National Team, which features the top four athletes in each weight class in each discipline.

Dalton Roberts, who competes at 60 kg in Greco-Roman, won the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, but did not qualify the USA to compete in the Olympic Games at the World Olympic Games Qualifier in Istanbul, Turkey. He is now ranked No. 1 on the National Team at his weight class, and has competed on two Senior World Teams.

Along with Augello and Sancho, athletes competing in the Polyak Imre & Varga Janos Memorial who placed second at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials and are ranked No. 2 on the national team include Spencer Woods (82 kg) in Greco-Roman and Audrey Jimenez (50 kg) in women’s freestyle. Woods competed at 87 kg in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials.

The competition will consist of four days of competition, with each weight class completed in one day. There will be men’s freestyle competition on Thursday and Friday, women’s freestyle on Friday and Saturday and Greco-Roman on Saturday and Sunday. The complete competition schedule is below.

There will be eight athletes seeded at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris in each of the 18 Olympic weight classes. The Polyak Imre & Varga Janos Memorial will be the final event used as part of the seeding criteria for the Olympic Games.

The competition will be broadcast live in the United States by FloWrestling. Session times for each day are 10:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. local time. Budapest is six hours ahead of U.S. Eastern time zone.

POLYAK IMRE & VARGA JANOS MEMORIAL

At Budapest, Hungary, June 6-9

U.S. Greco-Roman roster

60 kg: Dalton Roberts (U.S. Army WCAP)

72 kg: Alejandro Sancho (U.S. Army WCAP)

77 kg: Jesse Porter (New York AC)

82 kg: Spencer Woods (U.S. Army WCAP)

87 kg: Payton Jacobson (Sunkist Kids/NMU NTS)

97 kg: Josef Rau (Titan Mercury WC)

130 kg: Adam Coon (New York AC/Cliff Keen WC)

National Greco-Roman Program Director: Justin Ruiz

National Greco-Roman Coach: Herb House

Personal Coach: Momir Petkovic

Personal Coach: Jesse Porter

U.S. Men’s Freestyle roster

61 kg: Nahshon Garrett (Titan Mercury WC/Lehigh Valley WC)

70 kg: Evan Henderson (Titan Mercury WC/Lehigh Valley WC)

86 kg: Trent Hidlay (Titan Mercury WC/Wolfpack RTC)

125 kg: Mason Parris (Titan Mercury WC/Cliff Keen WC)

Manager of Men’s Freestyle Programs: Joe Russell

Personal Coach: Josh Churella

Personal Coach: Tariq Wilson

Personal Coach: Kerry McCoy

U.S. Women’s Freestyle roster

50 kg: Audrey Jimenez (Sunkist Kids)

53 kg: Haley Augello (New York AC/Izzy Style)

55 kg: Amanda Martinez (Titan Mercury WC/Cardinal WC)

57 kg: Helen Maroulis (Sunkist Kids)

62 kg: Kayla Miracle (Sunkist Kids)

National Women’s Coach: Terry Steiner

Personal Coach: Lee Pritts

Medical (ATC): Sanam Rezazadeh, San Mateo, Calif.

Medical (PT): Jon Duplessis, Wilmington, N.C.

Medical (DO): Matthew Weirath, Bloomington, Ind.

Official: Jim Speelman, Ashland, Ohio

USA Wrestling President: Bruce Baumgartner, Edinboro, Pa.

Event Schedule – local Budapest time

(Budapest is six hours ahead of U.S. Eastern time zone)

Thursday, June 6

10:30 a.m. – Qualification rounds and repechage (MFS 57kg, 61kg, 65kg, 70kg, 79kg, 97kg, 125kg)

5:00 p.m. – Finals (MFS 57kg, 61kg, 65kg, 70kg, 79kg, 97kg, 125kg)

Friday, June 7

10:30 a.m. – Qualification rounds and repechage (MFS 74kg, 86kg, 92kg, WFS 50kg, 53kg, 57kg, 59kg, 72kg)

5:00 p.m. – Finals (MFS 74kg, 86kg, 92kg, WFS 50kg, 53kg, 57kg, 59kg, 72kg)

Saturday, June 8

10:30 a.m. – Qualification rounds and repechage (WFS 55kg, 62kg, 65kg, 68kg, 76kg GR 60kg, 63kg, 130kg)

5:00 p.m. – Finals (WFS 55kg, 62kg, 65kg, 68kg, 76kg GR 60kg, 63kg, 130kg)

Sunday, June 9

10:30 a.m. – Qualification rounds and repechage (GR 55kg, 67kg, 72kg, 77kg, 82kg, 87kg, 97kg)

5:00 p.m. – Finals (GR 55kg, 67kg, 72kg, 77kg, 82kg, 87kg, 97kg)

Six 2024 U.S. Olympians to compete in Polyak & Varga Memorial Ranking Event in Hungary, June 6-9

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