Held every four years, the Olympic Team Trials bring together current American wrestlers. How great will the 2024 trials in State College be? Keep reading.
2024 Olympic Games Watch Party
To give you a better idea of how great the men's freestyle tournament can be, we've tallied up all of the NCAA competitors and All-America honors earned by all of the competitors.
By our count, there are 241 NCAA qualifications, 175 NCAA medals and 67 NCAA titles in parentheses this weekend.
pretty good!
Especially considering how that number will grow as the years go by, as many of the trial participants still have years of NCAA eligibility left.
Note: Not everyone who qualifies for the men's freestyle competition will be able to participate in the trials. We have tried to be consistent by removing some of the wrestlers we believe will not compete and only listing programs for which the wrestler has competed in the postseason. We've also done our best to accurately tally your praise, but please let us know if we need to make any corrections.
Air Force – 125: Wyatt Hendrickson, NQ 4X, Anti-Air 2X (3rd and 3rd)
Arizona State University – 65: Caleb Larkin
Arizona State – 86: Zahid Valencia, 3 NQ, 3 AA (3rd, 1st, 1st)
Binghamton/NC State – 125: Nick Gwiazdowski, 4-time NQ, 4-time AA (8th, 1st, 1st, 2nd)
Cornell University – 57: Vitali Aljau, 4-time NQ, 4-time AA (4th, 3rd, 1st, 1st)
Cornell University – 65: Nashon Garrett, NQ 4X, AA 4X (3rd, 2nd, 5th, 1st)
Cornell University – 65: Yani Diakomihalis, 4-time NQ, 4-time AA (1st, 1st, 1st & 1st)
Cornell University – 74: Kyle Dake, NQ 4X, AA 4X (1st, 1st, 1st & 1st)
Cornell University – 74: Meyer Shapiro, 1X NQ, 1X AA (3rd place)
Cornell/Penn State – 86: Max Dean, 4 NQ, 4 AA (8th, 2nd, 1st, 7th)
Illinois – 57: Zane Richards, 4 NQ, 2 AA (4th and 7th)
Indiana – 97: Nathan Jackson, 3x NQ, 2x AA (5th and 8th)
Indiana/Nebraska – 57: Liam Cronin, 3 NQ, 1 AA (5th)
Iowa – 57: Thomas Gilman, 3x NQ, 2x AA (4th, 2nd, 3rd)
Iowa – 57: Spencer Lee, NQ 5X, AA 4X (1st, 1st, 1st, 6th)
Iowa – 74: Alex Marinelli, 5 NQ, 3 AA (6th, 7th, 5th)
Iowa – 97: Anthony Cassioppi, 4 NQ, 3 AA (3rd, 7th, 4th)
Iowa State – 74: David Carr, NQ 5X, 4X (1st, 3rd, 2nd, 1st)
Iowa State – 86: Patrick Downey, 1X NQ, 1X AA (5th)
Lock Haven – 86: Chance Marsteller, 2X NQ, 2X AA (4th and 3rd)
Maryland – 125: Jaron Smith, 2X NQ
Michigan – 65: Alec Pantaleo, 4 NQ, 3 AA (6th, 5th, 3rd)
Michigan – 125: Mason Paris, 5 NQ, 3 AA (2nd, 5th, 1st)
Missouri – 74: Keegan O'Toole, 4 NQ, 4 AA (3rd, 1st, 1st, 3rd)
Missouri – 74: Jarrett Jack, NQ 5X
Missouri – 97: Jayden Cox, 4-time NQ, 4-time AA (1st, 5th, 1st, 1st)
Missouri – 125: Dominic Bradley, 2x NQ, 2x AA (3rd and 4th)
North Carolina State University – 86: Trent Hidley, 5 NQ, 4 AA (2nd, 5th, 4th, 2nd)
North Carolina State University – 97: Isaac Trumbull, 2-time NQ.
North Carolina State University – 97: Mike Machiavello, 2x NQ, 1x AA (1st)
Nebraska – 125: Christian Rance, 2X NQ, 1X AA (8th place)
Nebraska – 65: James Green, 4-time NQ, 4-time AA (7th, 7th, 3rd, 3rd)
Nebraska – 74: Jordan Burrows, 4-time NQ, 3-time AA (3rd, 1st, 1st).
Nebraska – 74: Tyler Berger, 4 NQ, 3 AA (5th, 3rd, 2nd)
Nebraska – 97: Eric Schultz, 5 NQ, 1 AA (5th)
North Dakota State – 125: Hayden Gilmer, 3X NQ, 1X AA (6th place)
Northern Colorado – 65: Andrew Alires, 4X NQ, 1X AA (1st place)
Ohio State – 65: Jesse Mendez, 2x NQ, 2x AA (6th and 1st)
Ohio State – 97: Kyle Snyder, 4-time NQ, 4-time AA (2nd, 1st, 1st, 1st)
Ohio State – 97: Collin Moore, 4 NQ, 3 AA (3rd, 4th, 2nd)
Ohio State/Oregon – 125: Gary Traub, 2x NQ;
Oklahoma State University – 57: Dayton Fix, NQ 5X, AA 5X (2nd, 2nd, 2nd, 4th & 2nd)
Oklahoma State University – 74: Ladarion Lockett
Oklahoma State University – 86: Alex Dearinger, NQ 4X, AA 4X (3rd, 1st, 1st, 1st)
Oklahoma State University – 97: Christian Carroll
Penn State – 74: Mitchell Mazenbrink, 1X NQ, 1X AA (2nd)
Penn State – 57: Nico Megaroudis, NQ 4X, AA 4X (2nd, 2nd, 3rd, 1st)
Penn State – 65: Nick Lee, NQ 5X, AA 4X (5th, 5th, 1st, 1st)
Penn State – 65: Zane Retherford, NQ 4X, AA 4X (5th, 1st, 1st, 1st)
Penn State – 65: Bo Bartlett, 3x NQ, 2x AA (3rd and 2nd)
Penn State – 74: Jason Nolf, NQ 4X, AA 4X (2nd, 1st, 1st, 1st)
Penn State – 74: Alex Facundo, NQ 1X
Penn State – 74: Levi Haynes, 2x NQ, 2x AA (2nd and 1st)
Penn State – 74: Vincenzo Joseph, 4-time NQ, 3-time AA (1st, 1st, 2nd).
Penn State – 74: Carter Starocci, NQ 4X, AA 4X (1st, 1st, 1st & 1st)
Penn State – 86: David Taylor, 4-time NQ, 4-time AA (2nd, 1st, 2nd, 1st)
Penn State – 86: Aaron Brooks, 5 NQ, 4 AA (1st, 1st, 1st, 1st)
Penn State – 86: Mark Hall, 4 NQ, 3 AA (1st, 2nd, 2nd)
Penn State – 125: Greg Kerkvliet, NQ 4X, AA 4X (7th, 4th, 2nd, 1st)
Penn State Commitment – 57: Luke Lilledahl
Penn State Commitment – 86: Connor Mirasola
Pittsburgh – 125: Demetrius Thomas, 2X NQ
Princeton – 65: Matthew Kolodzik, 4X NQ, 3X AA (7th, 3rd, 5th)
Princeton – 74: Quincy Monday, 4 NQ, 2 AA (2nd and 3rd)
Rutgers/Michigan – 57: Nick Suriano, 4 NQ, 3 AA (2nd, 1st, 1st)
South Dakota/Wisconsin – 65: Seth Gross, 4X NQ, 2X AA (2nd and 1st)
Stanford/Ohio State – 65: Joey McKenna, 4 NQ, 3 AA (3rd, 3rd, 2nd)
Virginia – 97: Jay Aiello, NQ 4X
Virginia Tech – 86: David McFadden, 4 NQ, 3 AA (6th, 5th, 5th)
Wisconsin – 125: Trent Hilger, 5 NQ, 3 AA (8th, 6th, 8th)
Wisconsin/Cal Poly – 86: Evan Wick, 4X NQ, 3X AA (3rd, 4th, 3rd)
And we can't forget two of the most popular recruits who haven't committed to a college program yet.
Uncommitted – 57: Marcus Blades
Uncommitted – 57: Jax Forrest
Finally, it would be remiss to not mention Daniel DeShazer, a two-time NCAA DII Champion and three-time NCAA DII All-American at Nebraska-Kearney who competes in the 57kg weight class.
