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FAIRFAX, Va. – Six Greco-Roman standouts have secured spots in the tournament. 2024 US Olympic Trials After escaping unscathed, Last Chance Olympic Trials Preliminaries Saturday evening.
2023 U23 World Team Members Tyler Eischens On that day, he weighed 77 kg and had a perfect record of 4 wins and 0 losses, without allowing a single point to his opponent. He earned three shutout technical falls and advanced to the finals with a 6-0 victory over current U.S. national team member Noah Waxmuth.
Eischens has appeared in four NCAA qualifiers, three at Stanford and once at North Carolina. He competed in the NCAA Division I Championships in Kansas City two weeks ago and went 1-2 at 174 pounds.
3-time age group world team member philip mumy He got his revenge en route to winning the 60kg title at James W. Robinson Secondary School. Moomey locked in a four-point headlock with just over a minute left in the final match against Paxton Creese, earning a 7-6 come-from-behind victory. His victory over Creese overturned an 11-9 result at the 2023 Senior Nationals.
67kg champion duncan nelson and 87kg champion fritz seal Both men defeated world medalists in their age groups in the finals. Nelson defeated 2022 U17 World Champion Joel Adams by a 3-1 decision. Sierre highlighted his tournament with a 9-0 technical fall over 2018 U20 World Championship silver medalist Andrew Bereyesa.
They also earned a spot to participate in the Olympic Trials. brandon marshall A heavyweight veteran who weighs 97 kg and belongs to the Big Game Wrestling Club. jacob mitchell At 130 kg. Marshall finished fourth at last year's U.S. Open and Senior World Team Trials. Mitchell last competed in the 2021 World Team Trials where he placed second and the 2020 Olympic Trials where he placed third.
The Last Chance Olympic Team Trial Qualifiers will resume on Sunday morning with the men's freestyle competition. The game begins at 10 a.m. ET in Fairfax, with the final scheduled for the 4 p.m. ET session.
A live stream of the event and archived matches can be viewed on FloWrestling.com. Brackets and live results are available at Trackwrestling.com.
For more information on the Last Chance Olympic Team Trials Qualifiers, visit usawrestlingevents.com.