Smith, Martinez get top seeds at Non-Olympic Weight World Team Trials in Greco-Roman
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by Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling
Pat Smith, shown at the 2016 Olympic Trials, and Patrick Martinez, pictured during the 2015 World Championships, are top seeds in Greco-Roman at the Non-Olympic Weights World Team Trials. Photos by Tony Rotundo, Wrestlers Are Warriors.
The weigh-ins have been held and the seeds have been established for Greco-Roman at the U.S. Non-Olympic Weights World Team Trials, which will be held on Saturday.
Competition will be held at 71 kg/156 lbs. and 80 kg/176 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 71 kg/156 lbs. is Pat Smith (Minneapolis, Minn. (Minnesota Storm), who was second in the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials at 66 kg/145.5 lbs. and was also No. 2 at 71 kg/156 lbs. on the Greco-Roman National Team in the past.
Earning the top seed at 80 kg/176 lbs. is Patrick Martinez (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army WCAP), the 2015 U.S. World Team member at this weight class.
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 Saturday at the New York Athletic Club, in the sixth-floor gymnasium. Preliminaries are set for 1:00 p.m. ET, with the finals starting at 6:30 p.m. ET. All of the action will be broadcast live on Flowrestling.
U.S. NON-OLYMPIC WEIGHT WORLD TEAM TRIALS SEEDS
Greco-Roman
71 kg/156.5 lbs.
1. Pat Smith, Minneapolis, Minn. (Minnesota Storm)
2. Alejandro Sancho, Miami, Fla. (NYAC/NMU)
3. Ellis Coleman, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army WCAP)
4. Chris Gonzalez, Bolingbrook, Ill. (U.S. Army WCAP)
5. Anthonie Linares, San Jose, Calif. (NYAC/NMU)
6. Alec Ortiz, Minneapolis, Minn. (Minnesota Storm)
7. Joshua Russo, Camp LeJeune, N.C. (U.S. Marines)
8. Cody Pack, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Legends of Gold/OTC)
9. Clay Frost, Orem, Utah (Charger WC)
80 kg/176 lbs.
1. Patrick Martinez, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army WCAP)
2. Jon Anderson, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army WCAP)
3. Cheney Haight, Colorado Springs, Colo. (NYAC/USOTC)
4. Kendrick Sanders, Homestead, Fla. (NYAC/NMU)
5. Barrett Stanghill, Philipsburg, Mont. (NYAC/NMU)
6. Jon Jay Chavez, Ithaca, N.Y. (unattached)
7. Curt Calovecchi, Marquette, Mich. (NMU/OTS)
8. Michael Brant, Camp LeJeune, N.C. (U.S. Marines)
9. Ryan Lyons. Ledyard, Conn. (Finger Lakes WC/NYAC)
The weigh-ins have been held and the seeds have been established for Greco-Roman at the U.S. Non-Olympic Weights World Team Trials, which will be held on Saturday.
Competition will be held at 71 kg/156 lbs. and 80 kg/176 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 71 kg/156 lbs. is Pat Smith (Minneapolis, Minn. (Minnesota Storm), who was second in the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials at 66 kg/145.5 lbs. and was also No. 2 at 71 kg/156 lbs. on the Greco-Roman National Team in the past.
Earning the top seed at 80 kg/176 lbs. is Patrick Martinez (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army WCAP), the 2015 U.S. World Team member at this weight class.
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 Saturday at the New York Athletic Club, in the sixth-floor gymnasium. Preliminaries are set for 1:00 p.m. ET, with the finals starting at 6:30 p.m. ET. All of the action will be broadcast live on Flowrestling.
U.S. NON-OLYMPIC WEIGHT WORLD TEAM TRIALS SEEDS
Greco-Roman
71 kg/156.5 lbs.
1. Pat Smith, Minneapolis, Minn. (Minnesota Storm)
2. Alejandro Sancho, Miami, Fla. (NYAC/NMU)
3. Ellis Coleman, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army WCAP)
4. Chris Gonzalez, Bolingbrook, Ill. (U.S. Army WCAP)
5. Anthonie Linares, San Jose, Calif. (NYAC/NMU)
6. Alec Ortiz, Minneapolis, Minn. (Minnesota Storm)
7. Joshua Russo, Camp LeJeune, N.C. (U.S. Marines)
8. Cody Pack, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Legends of Gold/OTC)
9. Clay Frost, Orem, Utah (Charger WC)
80 kg/176 lbs.
1. Patrick Martinez, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army WCAP)
2. Jon Anderson, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army WCAP)
3. Cheney Haight, Colorado Springs, Colo. (NYAC/USOTC)
4. Kendrick Sanders, Homestead, Fla. (NYAC/NMU)
5. Barrett Stanghill, Philipsburg, Mont. (NYAC/NMU)
6. Jon Jay Chavez, Ithaca, N.Y. (unattached)
7. Curt Calovecchi, Marquette, Mich. (NMU/OTS)
8. Michael Brant, Camp LeJeune, N.C. (U.S. Marines)
9. Ryan Lyons. Ledyard, Conn. (Finger Lakes WC/NYAC)
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