Minnesota tops Junior Greco-Roman National Duals All-Tournament Team with five members
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TULSA, Okla. – The All-Tournament Team in Greco-Roman has been announced from the Junior National Duals, a dual meet competition featuring high school wrestlers representing state association teams.
An athlete must go undefeated in a minimum number of matches in that specific style to earn All-Tournament Team honors.
In Greco-Roman, there were 51 athletes on the All-Tournament Team, representing 23 different states. Minnesota, which won the championship this year, had the most All-Tournament Team members with five. Four states had four on the All-Tournament Team, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Arizona and Utah.
Of the athletes on both All-Tournament Team, the best records were held by Elijah Varona of Florida at 106 pounds and Nolan Funk of Colorado at 195 pounds, both who had 9-0 records in the competition.
Included on the All-Tournament Team were six Junior Nationals Greco-Roman finalists from 2015, including Junior National champions Jaret Lane of Pennsylvania (now at 106), Mitchell McKee of Minnesota (now at 138) and Trent Hidlay of Pennsylvania (now at 160), plus Junior Nationals runners-up Elijah Varona of Florida (now at 106), Taylor LaMont of Utah (now at 132) and Austin O’Connor of Illinois (now at 152).
The freestyle competition is being held on Friday and Saturday, with all of the action broadcast live on Flowrestling.
2016 JUNIOR NATIONAL GRECO-ROMAN DUALS ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
100 - Lucas Byrd of Ohio went 8-0
100 - Kellyn March of South Dakota went 6-0
100 - Brenden Chaowanapibool of Washington went 6-0
106 - Elijah Varona of Florida went 9-0
106 - Jaret Lane of Pennsylvania went 8-0
106 - Tucker Scholl of Michigan-Red went 7-0
106 - Brandon Kaylor of Washington went 7-0
106 - Jason Holmes of Arizona went 7-0
113 - Joe Harrison of Nebraska Blue went 8-0
113 - Patrick McKee of Minnesota Blue went 8-0
113 - Cody Phippen of Missouri went 6-0
120 - Drew Mattin of Ohio went 8-0
120 - Trae Vasquez of Montana went 7-0
126 - Wesley Dawkins of Nebraska Blue went 8-0
126 - Peyton Robb of Minnesota Blue went 5-0
132 - Taylor LaMont of Utah Green went 8-0
132 - Blaine Martinez of Texas-Blue went 8-0
132 - Clayton Currier of Montana went 7-0
132 - Trevor Mansfield of South Carolina went 7-0
132 - Jacob Butler of Oklahoma Red went 6-0
132 - Quen Campbell of Georgia went 6-0
138 - Brock Hardy of Utah Green went 7-0
138 - Jarrett Degen of Montana went 7-0
138 - Jacob Hart of Texas Red went 6-0
138 - Mitchell McKee of Minnesota Blue went 6-0
145 - Brock Hardy of Utah Green went 7-0
145 - Dom Demas of Ohio went 5-0
145 - Brandon Konecny of Arizona went 5-0
152 - Billy Higgins of Nebraska Blue went 8-0
152 - Anthony Scantlin of Kansas-Red went 8-0
152 - Quentin Hovis of Arizona went 7-0
152 - Thomas Lisher of Missouri went 6-0
152 - Austin O`Connor of Illinois went 6-0
160 - Max Wohlabaugh of Florida went 8-0
160 - Trent Hidlay of Pennsylvania went 7-0
160 - Anthony Wokasch of Arizona went 6-0
170 - Clay Lautt of Kansas Blue went 7-0
170 - Eric Hong of Pennsylvania went 7-0
170 - Thomas Brackett of Tennessee went 6-0
182 - Jesse Shearer of North Dakota Blue went 8-0
182 - Clay Lautt of Kansas Blue went 7-0
182 - Jelani Embree of Michigan Blue went 7-0
182 - Owen Webster of Minnesota Blue went 7-0
182 - Taylor Venz of Minnesota Blue went 6-0
195 - Nolan Funk of Colorado went 9-0
195 - Benjamin Darmstadt of Ohio went 8-0
220 - Zane Black of Pennsylvania went 8-0
220 - Darryl Aiello of California went 7-0
220 - Brandon Closson of Utah White went 7-0
285 - Gavin Nye of California went 8-0
285 - Nicholas Boykin of Tennessee went 8-0
An athlete must go undefeated in a minimum number of matches in that specific style to earn All-Tournament Team honors.
In Greco-Roman, there were 51 athletes on the All-Tournament Team, representing 23 different states. Minnesota, which won the championship this year, had the most All-Tournament Team members with five. Four states had four on the All-Tournament Team, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Arizona and Utah.
Of the athletes on both All-Tournament Team, the best records were held by Elijah Varona of Florida at 106 pounds and Nolan Funk of Colorado at 195 pounds, both who had 9-0 records in the competition.
Included on the All-Tournament Team were six Junior Nationals Greco-Roman finalists from 2015, including Junior National champions Jaret Lane of Pennsylvania (now at 106), Mitchell McKee of Minnesota (now at 138) and Trent Hidlay of Pennsylvania (now at 160), plus Junior Nationals runners-up Elijah Varona of Florida (now at 106), Taylor LaMont of Utah (now at 132) and Austin O’Connor of Illinois (now at 152).
The freestyle competition is being held on Friday and Saturday, with all of the action broadcast live on Flowrestling.
2016 JUNIOR NATIONAL GRECO-ROMAN DUALS ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
100 - Lucas Byrd of Ohio went 8-0
100 - Kellyn March of South Dakota went 6-0
100 - Brenden Chaowanapibool of Washington went 6-0
106 - Elijah Varona of Florida went 9-0
106 - Jaret Lane of Pennsylvania went 8-0
106 - Tucker Scholl of Michigan-Red went 7-0
106 - Brandon Kaylor of Washington went 7-0
106 - Jason Holmes of Arizona went 7-0
113 - Joe Harrison of Nebraska Blue went 8-0
113 - Patrick McKee of Minnesota Blue went 8-0
113 - Cody Phippen of Missouri went 6-0
120 - Drew Mattin of Ohio went 8-0
120 - Trae Vasquez of Montana went 7-0
126 - Wesley Dawkins of Nebraska Blue went 8-0
126 - Peyton Robb of Minnesota Blue went 5-0
132 - Taylor LaMont of Utah Green went 8-0
132 - Blaine Martinez of Texas-Blue went 8-0
132 - Clayton Currier of Montana went 7-0
132 - Trevor Mansfield of South Carolina went 7-0
132 - Jacob Butler of Oklahoma Red went 6-0
132 - Quen Campbell of Georgia went 6-0
138 - Brock Hardy of Utah Green went 7-0
138 - Jarrett Degen of Montana went 7-0
138 - Jacob Hart of Texas Red went 6-0
138 - Mitchell McKee of Minnesota Blue went 6-0
145 - Brock Hardy of Utah Green went 7-0
145 - Dom Demas of Ohio went 5-0
145 - Brandon Konecny of Arizona went 5-0
152 - Billy Higgins of Nebraska Blue went 8-0
152 - Anthony Scantlin of Kansas-Red went 8-0
152 - Quentin Hovis of Arizona went 7-0
152 - Thomas Lisher of Missouri went 6-0
152 - Austin O`Connor of Illinois went 6-0
160 - Max Wohlabaugh of Florida went 8-0
160 - Trent Hidlay of Pennsylvania went 7-0
160 - Anthony Wokasch of Arizona went 6-0
170 - Clay Lautt of Kansas Blue went 7-0
170 - Eric Hong of Pennsylvania went 7-0
170 - Thomas Brackett of Tennessee went 6-0
182 - Jesse Shearer of North Dakota Blue went 8-0
182 - Clay Lautt of Kansas Blue went 7-0
182 - Jelani Embree of Michigan Blue went 7-0
182 - Owen Webster of Minnesota Blue went 7-0
182 - Taylor Venz of Minnesota Blue went 6-0
195 - Nolan Funk of Colorado went 9-0
195 - Benjamin Darmstadt of Ohio went 8-0
220 - Zane Black of Pennsylvania went 8-0
220 - Darryl Aiello of California went 7-0
220 - Brandon Closson of Utah White went 7-0
285 - Gavin Nye of California went 8-0
285 - Nicholas Boykin of Tennessee went 8-0
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