Match of the Day: Lenny Merkin rolls in the 67 kg third-place match at the U23 Nationals
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by USA Wrestling
In a battle between former U23 World Team members, Lenny Merkin turned in a dominant performance over Nolan Baker in the 67 kg third-place match at the 2020 U23 Nationals.
Merkin is a 2018 Junior Pan Am champion and a 2019 U23 World Team member who competes collegiately for Princeton. He also placed third at the 2020 Senior Nationals. Baker is a 2018 U23 World Team member who trains at the USOPTC. He is a 2020 Senior Nationals fifth-place finisher and a 2019 Bill Farrell Memorial third-place finisher.
Watch Merkin and Baker wrestle below:
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