Senior Nationals Finals Are Set For Sunday
Senior Nationals Finals Are Set For Sunday
The finals are set for the US Senior Nationals - Olympic Trials Qualifier on Sunday. Here's what happened and what to look forward to in Fort Worth.
The 2019 Senior Nationals - Olympic Trials Qualifier is going down in Fort Worth, Texas this weekend. The live action can be viewed over on FloWrestling, with the men's freestyle finals taking place on Sunday. I'll be giving some live updates over the next two days in the men's freestyle divisions. Check out my article from yesterday about five exciting wrestlers to watch. Here's the schedule for Sunday -
Sunday, December 22
11 AM – 3 PM - Men’s Freestyle (57 KG, 65 KG, 74 KG, 86 KG , 97 KG, 125 KG) - Consolation, Consolation Semifinals, 3rd Place, 5th Place and 7th Place
11 AM – 3 PM - Women’s Freestyle (62 KG, 68 KG, 76 KG) - Consolation, Consolation Semifinals, 3rd Place, 5th Place and 7th Place
4 PM – 5:30 PM - Men’s Freestyle (57 KG, 65 KG, 74 KG, 86 KG , 97 KG, 125 KG) - Championship Finals
4 PM – 5:30 PM - Women’s Freestyle (62 KG, 68 KG, 76 KG) - Championship Finals
The finals are set and there's some exciting matchups taking place on Sunday. There were some seriously dominant wrestlers that will collide in these finals.
At 57 kg both Nathan Tomasello and Spencer Lee ripped through the division, with Spencer getting four techs to Nato's 3. These two have met three times in folkstyle competition, Lee hold's the edge there 2-1. Spencer's senior level debut has looked about as good as can be, outscoring his opponents 44-4 en route to the final.
65 kg saw Joey Mckenna take out top seed Yianni Diakomihalis in a wild comeback in the semifinals. He will face off with vet Jordan Oliver, who looked flawless on Saturday. Oliver had four techs with a score of 40-0 in those matches.
Logan Massa pulled off the upset at 74 kg, running up 15 points on the top seed in the semis. He will have to get through reigning NCAA Champ Mekhi Lewis, who knocked off Thomas Gantt in the semis.
The two and four seeds made the finals at 86 kg. Myles Martin eliminated Alex Dieringer with a last second takedown in his semi, and Zahid Valencia took down true freshman from Penn State Aaron Brooks 6-0 in the other semi.
A fourth straight top seed went down when Kollin Moore took out Kyven Gadson at 97 kg. He will meet up with Hayden Zillmer in that final.
Tony Nelson defeated true freshman Daniel Kerkvliet 3-2 in his semi to set up a final with Dom Bradley. Bradley was running up the score on NCAA champ Anthony Cassar before an injury to Cassar stopped the match.
Here's a rundown of the results on Saturday-
Round of 32
57Nick Suriano (NYC RTC) VPO1 Shelton Mack (Titan Mercury Wrestling Club), 4-1 - Suriano keeps it close but controlled the entire match, only giving up a late step out point to Mack.
Round of 16
57Darian Cruz (New York Athletic Club) VPO1 Sean Russell (Gopher Wrestling Club - RTC), 5-2 - gonna get Cruz vs Lee in the quarters.
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
65 KG
Round of 32
65Joey Lazor (Panther Wrestling Club RTC) VFA Earl Hall (Titan Mercury Wrestling Club), 14-9 5:30
65Sean Fausz (Titan Mercury Wrestling Club) VSU Aldon Isenberg (Unattached), 10-0 1:06
Round of 16
65Nick Lee (Nittany Lion Wrestling Club) VPO1 Jaydin Eierman (Titan Mercury Wrestling Club), 10-6
65Jordan Oliver (Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club) VSU Sean Fausz (Titan Mercury Wrestling Club), 10-0 3:30 - JO looking sharp he's up 20-0 through two matches. Meredith vs Oliver in the quarters.
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
74 KG
Round of 64
Round of 32
74Mekhi Lewis (Titan Mercury Wrestling Club) VSU Jaison White (Unattached), 10-0 1:02 - 2019 NCAA champ Mekhi Lewis with a real quick tech here.
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
86 KG
Round of 32
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
97 KG
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
125 KG
Round of 32
125Nick Nevills (Nittany Lion Wrestling Club) VSU1 Jacob Evans (Unattached), 14-3 4:33
125Ceron Francisco (Titan Mercury Wrestling Club) VPO1 Michael Kosoy (Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club), 4-3
Round of 16
125Anthony Cassar (Nittany Lion Wrestling Club) VSU Jeremy Benton (Unattached), 10-0 0:47 - current NCAA champ Cassar with the easy tech.