Stieber and Oliver top seeds, Green sits out at Non-Olympic Weight World Team Trials in freestyle

Logan Stieber and Jordan Oliver, pictured at the Olympic Trials, are top seeds at the Non-Olympic Weight World Team Trials. Photo by Tony Rotundo, Wrestlers Are Warriors.
The weigh-ins have been held and the seeds have been established for men’s freestyle at the U.S. Non-Olympic Weights World Team Trials, which will be held on Friday.
Competition will be held at 61 kg/134 lbs. and 70 kg/154 lbs. The winners in these weight classes will compete for the United States at the Non-Olympic Weight World Championships in Budapest, Hungary on December 10-11.
Earning the top seed at 61 kg/134 lbs. is Logan Stieber (Columbus, Ohio/Titan Mercury WC/Ohio RTC), the four-time NCAA champion and past Junior World silver medalist.
Based upon the Trials procedures approved in men’s freestyle, 2015 World bronze medalist James Green (Lincoln, Neb./Titan Mercury WC) advances directly to the Championship Series at 70 kg/154 lbs.
The No. 1 seed in the Challenge Tournament at 70 kg/154 lbs. is Jordan Oliver (Tempe, Ariz./Sunkist Kids) who has been on the USA Freestyle National Team, ranked as high as No. 2 on the ladder.
All of the athletes who have weighed in received a seed and were placed in the bracket based on that seed.
The winners of the semifinals in each weight class will advance to the best-of-three championship series, with the winner earning the World Team berth.
It will be held alongside the Bill Farrell Memorial International, which will include action in the six Olympic weight classes and features wrestlers from a number of different nations.
Competition will be held on Friday at the New York Athletic Club, in the sixth-floor gymnasium. Preliminaries are set for 10:00 a.m., with the finals starting at 6:30 p.m. All of the action will be broadcast live on Flowrestling.
Greco-Roman weighs in Friday and competes Saturday.
U.S. NON-OLYMPIC WEIGHT WORLD TEAM TRIALS SEEDS


61 kg/134 lbs.
1. Logan Stieber, Columbus, Ohio (Titan Mercury WC/Ohio RTC)
2. Tyler Graff, New Brunswick, N.J. (New York AC)
3. Nahshon Garrett, Tempe, Ariz. (Sunkist Kids)
4. Alan Waters, Columbia, Mo. (Missouri Wrestling Foundation)
5. Jayson Ness, Minneapolis, Minn. (Minnesota Storm)
6. Cody Brewer, Evanston, Ill. (Chicago RTC)
7. Josh Kindig, Durham, N.C. (Tar Heel WC)
8. Darrius Little, Bethlehem, Pa. (Lehigh Valley AC)
9. Andrew Hochstrasser, Boise, Idaho (Titan Mercury WC)
10. Joey Lazor, Cedar Falls, Iowa (Panther WC RTC)
11. Shelton Mack, Charlottesville, Va. (Titan Mercury WC)
12. Joel Webster, Norfolk, Conn.
13. Nick Lee, State College, Pa. (Nittany Lion WC)
14. Alex Radsky, Lexington, Va. (Mat Pack WC)
15. Mizam Tamaradze, West Springfield, Mass.
70 kg/154 lbs.

Advances directly to Finals Series - James Green, Lincoln, Neb. (Titan Mercury WC)
Challenge Tournament Seeds
1. Jordan Oliver, Tempe, Ariz. (Sunkist Kids)
2. Jimmy Kennedy, Ann Arbor, Mich. (New York AC/Michigan RTC)
3. Isaiah Martinez, Lemoore, Calif. (Illinois RTC)
4. Adam Hall, Raleigh, N.C. (Titan Mercury WC)
5. Jason Chamberlain, Lincoln, Neb. (Titan Mercury WC)
6. Kellen Russell, Ann Arbor, Mich. (New York AC/Cliff Keen WC)
7. Nazar Kulchytskyy, Madison, Wis. (Titan Mercury WC)
8. Kevin LeValley, Lewisburg, Pa. (Buffalo Valley RTC)
9. Thomas Gantt, Raleigh, N.C. (Titan Mercury WC)
10. Dylan Alton, West Point, N.Y. (West Point WC)
11. Mitch Finesilver, Greenwood Village, Colo. (Blue Blood WC)
12. Markus Scheidel, New York, N.Y. (New York City RTC)
13. Hayden Hidlay, Lewiston, Pa. (Wolfpack WC)
14. Alexander Steen, San Antonio, Texas (The Open Mat)
15. Robert Zyko, Staten Island, N.Y. (NYAC)