Trackwrestling top 100 for 2019. Overall a solid list, but there is quite a bit there I disagree with. Connor Brady too high, Chlebove probably 15-20 spots too low, then there are several guys in the 60s-80s I'd move up a lot. Andy HamiltonTrackwrestling 03/28/2019 Top 100 for 2019 Presented By X-Athletic The first postseason Top 100 list is out and a pair of Colorado natives are at the top of the class for 2019. Andrew Alirez and Cohlton Schultz check in at No. 1 and 2 on the list after becoming four-timers in Colorado and adding to their impressive credentials outside their age groups. Alirez, a Northern Colorado recruit, scored a technical fall win last year against Penn State All-American Nick Lee at the Junior World Team Trials and defeated All-American Joey Lazor and two-time NCAA champion Dean Heil on his way to a fourth-place finish in January at the Dave Schultz Memorial International. Cohlton Schultz grabbed a Greco-Roman Junior World bronze medal last September and qualified for the USA U23 Greco-Roman squad. The Arizona State-bound heavyweight ran through his senior season without surrendering a point. Schultz is one of six Arizona State recruits who cracked the top 70. A pair of Ohio State recruits, Greg Kerkvliet and Carson Kharchla, and Michigan recruit Kurt McHenry round out the top five. The Buckeyes also picked up pledges from No. 10 Jordan Decatur and No. 22 Dylan D'Emilio. (Photo: Austin Bernard) Ranking Name High School Weight College 1 Andrew Alirez Greeley, CO 152 Northern Colorado 2 Cohlton Schultz Ponderosa, CO 285 Arizona State 3 Greg Kerkvliet Simley, MN 285 Ohio State 4 Carson Kharchla Olentangy Liberty, OH 170 Ohio State 5 Kurt McHenry St. Paul's, MD 113 Michigan 6 Eric Barnett Hortonville, WI 126 Wisconsin 7 Carter Starocci Erie Cathedral Prep, PA 182 Penn State 8 Joseph Aragona Pope John XXIII, NJ 138 Rutgers 9 Connor Brady Olentangy Liberty, OH 160 Virginia Tech 10 Jordan Decatur Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy, OH 132 Ohio State 11 Cameron Amine Detroit Central Catholic, MI 152 Michigan 12 Ryan Anderson Bethlehem Catholic, PA 145 Iowa State 13 Abe Assad Glenbard North, IL 182 Iowa 14 Devin Winston Park Hill, MO 182 Minnesota 15 Jacob Cardenas Bergen Catholic, NJ 195 Cornell 16 Julian Ramirez Blair Academy, NJ 170 Cornell 17 Adam Busiello Eastport, NY 138 Arizona State 18 Lucas Byrd LaSalle, OH 120 19 Ridge Lovett Post Falls, ID 145 Nebraska 20 Michael Colaiocco Blair Academy, NJ 126 Penn 21 Jaden Abas Rancho Bernardo, CA 145 Stanford 22 Dylan D'Emilio Genoa, OH 138 Ohio State 23 Brevin Balmeceda South Dade, FL 160 Oklahoma State 24 Wyatt Hendrickson Newton, KS 220 Air Force 25 Pete Christensen Montini Catholic, IL 195 Wisconsin 26 Reece Witcraft Broken Arrow, OK 132 Oklahoma State 27 Bryce Andonian St. Edward, OH 145 Virginia Tech 28 Aden Reeves Albia, IA 126 Iowa State 29 Jake Stiles Montini Catholic, IL 152 Oklahoma 30 Gabe Tagg Brecksville, OH/USA Wrestling EAP 126 North Carolina 31 Cole Urbas State College, PA 195 Penn 32 Luke Luffman Urbana, IL 285 Illinois 33 Parker Keckeisen Nicolet, WI 182 Northern Iowa 34 Jordan Crace Bellefontaine, OH 145 Michigan State 35 Julian Chlebove Northampton, PA 132 Arizona State 36 Matthew Olguin Buchanan, CA 160 Fresno State 37 Sam Dover St. Edward, OH 152 Oklahoma 38 Sam Latona Thompson, AL 120 Virginia Tech 39 Owen Trephan Blair Academy, NJ 220 North Carolina State 40 Jackson Turley St. Christophers, VA 182 Rutgers 41 Christopher Foca Bergen Catholic, NJ 182 Cornell 42 Sammy Alvarez St. Joseph Montvale, NJ 126 North Carolina State 43 Matt Ramos Lockport, IL 120 Minnesota 44 Kai Orine Seckman, MO 126 North Carolina State 45 Jace Luchau Selma, CA 152 Fresno State 46 Kyle Burwick Hettinger, ND 126 Wisconsin 47 Darrien Roberts Wyoming Seminary, PA 182 Oklahoma 48 Ryan Vulakh Pope John Paul II, PA 152 George Mason 49 James Whitaker St. Johns, MI 152 Virginia 50 Jake Logan New Rochelle, NY 182 Lehigh 51 Connor McGonagle Timberlane, NH 132 Lehigh 52 Nick Raimo Hanover Park, NJ 132 Arizona State 53 Trey Munoz Trabuca Hills, CA 170 Arizona State 54 KeVon Davenport Detroit Central Catholic, MI 145 Nebraska 55 Malyke Hines Osceola, FL 138 Lehigh 56 Ryan Reyes Gilroy, CA 195 Fresno State 57 Lucas Revano Camden Catholic, NJ 145 Penn 58 Zach DelVecchio South Plainfield, NJ 220 59 Zach Glazier Albert Lea, MN 182 Iowa 60 Nick South Columbus East, IN 170 Indiana 61 Kyle Mosher South Side/East Rockaway, NY 160 Columbia 62 Robert Kanniard Wall Township, NJ 160 Rutgers 63 Luke Baughman Wadsworth, OH 138 Indiana 64 Julian Broderson Davenport Assumption, IA 195 Iowa State 65 Christopher Donathon Mason, OH 145 Tiffin 66 Mosha Schwartz Ponderosa, CO 126 Northern Colorado 67 Travis Ford-Melton Marian Catholic, IL 126 Purdue 68 Edmond Ruth Susquehanna Twp, PA 170 Lehigh 69 Cleveland Belton St. John Bosco, CA 132 Arizona State 70 Noah Surtin Edwardsville, IL 120 Missouri 71 John Birchmeier Broad Run, VA 285 Navy 72 Lewis Fernandes Voorhees, NJ 285 Cornell 73 Lance Runyon Southeast Polk, IA 152 Northern Iowa 74 Jake Svihel Totino-Grace, MN 126 Wyoming 75 Trevor Chumbley Marmion Academy, IL 145 Northwestern 76 Nicholas Incontrera Blair Academy, NJ 152 Penn 77 Christian Knop Alexandria, AL 195 North Carolina State 78 Cade DeVos Southeast Polk, IA 160 South Dakota State 79 Michael North Wadsworth, OH 145 Maryland 80 Isaac Wilcox Olympus, UT 152 Ohio State 81 Mason Reiniche Baylor School, TN 170 Cornell 82 Jared McGill Chestnut Ridge, PA 170 Pittsburgh 83 Daniel Mancini Owen J. Roberts, PA 152 Virginia Tech 84 Eli Pokorney Chesterton, IN 285 Purdue 85 Trent Dooley Allen, TX 138 Little Rock 86 Alex Cramer Grayslake Central, IL 170 Old Dominion 87 Michael Wolfgram Central York, PA 285 West Virginia 88 Spencer Trenary Clarion-Goldfield Dows, IA 285 South Dakota State 89 Theorius Robison Pomono, CO 145 Northern Colorado 90 Ricky Cabanillas DePaul Catholic, NJ 145 Brown 91 Daniel Manibog Katy, TX 160 Oklahoma State 92 Donnell Washington Portage, IN 160 Indiana 93 Max Shaw Thomas Jefferson, PA 195 North Carolina 94 Colton Yapoujian Finger Lakes Prep, NY 160 Cornell 95 Kawaun Deboe Erie Cathedral Prep, PA 285 96 Jacob Bullock Cahokia, IL 220 Old Dominion 97 Victor Jaquez Bellarmine Prep, CA 220 Cal Poly 98 Phillip Moomey Kearney, NE 132 Cornell 99 Jonathon Fagen Fruitland, ID 195 Cornell 100 Kyle Gollhofer Woodland Cartersville, GA 120 Northern Iowa
Top-ranked wrestlers in men’s freestyle include Thomas Gilman at 57 kg, Joe Colon at 61 kg, Logan Stieber at 65 kg, James Green at 70 kg, Jordan Burroughs at 74 kg, Kyle Dake at 79 kg, David Taylor at 86 kg, J’den Cox at 92 kg, Kyle Snyder at 97 kg and Nick Gwiazdowski at 125 kg. 57 kg 1. Thomas Gilman (Titan Mercury WC/Hawkeye WC) 2. Daton Fix (Titan Mercury WC/Cowboy RTC) 3. Spencer Lee (Titan Mercury WC/Hawkeye WC) 4. Zach Sanders (Minnesota Storm) 5. Jack Mueller (Titan Mercury WC/Cavalier WC) 6. Tim Lambert (Sunkist Kids) 7. Darian Cruz (New York AC) 8. Frank Perrelli (Lehigh Valley RTC) 9. Zane Richards (Illinois Regional Training Center/Illini WC) 10. David Terao (DCAC) 61 kg 1. Joe Colon (Titan Mercury WC/Valley RTC) 2. Nahshon Garrett (Sunkist Kids) 3. Nico Megaludis (Titan Mercury WC) 4. Cory Clark (Titan Mercury WC/Hawkeye WC) 5. Tony Ramos (Sunkist Kids/Tar Heel WC) 6. Sean Fausz (Titan Mercury WC/Wolfpack WC) 7. Tyler Graff (Titan Mercury WC/Southeast RTC) 8. Jon Morrison (New York AC/Cliff Keen WC) 9. Cody Brewer (Titan Mercury WC/Chicago RTC) 10. Ben Whitford (Titan Mercury WC) 65 kg 1. Logan Stieber (Titan Mercury WC/Ohio RTC) 2. Joseph McKenna (Titan Mercury WC/Ohio RTC) 3. Jordan Oliver (Sunkist Kids/Finger Lakes WC) 4. Zain Retherford (Nittany Lion WC) 5. Jaydin Eierman (Titan Mercury WC/Missouri Wrestling RTC) 6. Yianni Diakomihalis (Titan Mercury WC/Finger Lakes WC) 7. BJ Futrell (Titan Mercury WC/Penn RTC) 8. Andy Simmons (New York AC/Cliff Keen WC) 9. Evan Henderson (Titan Mercury WC/NYCRTC) 10. Nick Dardanes (Titan Mercury WC/Illinois RTC) 70 kg 1. James Green (Sunkist Kids) 2. Jason Chamberlain (Titan Mercury WC/Valley RTC) 3. Frank Molinaro (Titan Mercury WC/OKRTC) 4. Jason Nolf (Nittany Lion WC) 5. Brandon Sorenson (Titan Mercury WC/Hawkeye WC) 6. Hayden Hidlay (Titan Mercury WC/Wolfpack WC) 7. Alec Pantaleo (Cliff Keen WC) 8. Ryan Deakin (Chicago RTC) 9. Dylan Ness (Minnesota Storm) 10. Tyler Berger (Nebraska WTC) 74 kg 1. Jordan Burroughs (Sunkist Kids) 2. Isaiah Martinez (Titan Mercury WC/Illinois RTC) 3. Nazar Kulchytskyy (Titan Mercury WC) 4. Tommy Gantt (Titan Mercury WC/Wolfpack WC) 5. Mekhi Lewis (Titan Mercury WC/Southeast RTC) 6. Richie Lewis (New York AC/NJRTC) 7. Dan Vallimont (New York AC) 8. Joey Lavallee (Titan Mercury WC) 9. Lavion Mayes (NYCRTC) 10. Evan Wick (Titan Mercury WC/Badger RTC) 79 kg 1. Kyle Dake (Titan Mercury WC/Finger Lakes RTC) 2. Zahid Valencia (Sunkist Kids) 3. Alex Dieringer (Titan Mercury WC/Cowboy RTC) 4. Mark Hall (Nittany Lion WC) 5. Aaron Brooks (Titan Mercury WC/EAP) 6. Nate Jackson (New York AC/NJRTC) 7. Mike Evans (Buies Creek RTC) 8. David McFadden (Titan Mercury WC/Southeast RTC) 9. Daniel Lewis (Missouri Wrestling RTC) 10. CJ Brucki (NJRTC) 86 kg 1. David Taylor (Nittany Lion WC) 2. Nick Reenan (Wolfpack WC) 3. Richard Perry (New York AC/Penn RTC) 4. Sam Brooks (Titan Mercury WC/Hawkeye WC) 5. Nick Heflin (Titan Mercury WC/OKRTC) 6. Kenneth Courts (Titan Mercury WC) 7. Pat Downey (Titan Mercury WC) 8. Brett Pfarr (Minnesota Storm) 9. Joe Rau (Titan Mercury WC) 10. TJ Dudley (Sunkist Kids) 92 kg 1. J’den Cox (Titan Mercury WC/USOTC) 2. Hayden Zillmer (Minnesota Storm) 3. Bo Nickal (Nittany Lion WC) 4. Mike Macchiavello (Titan Mercury WC/Wolfpack WC) 5. Timmy McCall (Titan Mercury WC/Wolfpack WC) 6. Nikko Reyes (Valley RTC) 7. Enock Francois (New York AC/Finger Lakes WC) 8. Scottie Boykin (Titan Mercury WC) 9. Lucas Davison (Chicago RTC) 10. Josh Manu (Navy-Marines) 97 kg 1. Kyle Snyder (Titan Mercury WC/Ohio RTC) 2. Kyven Gadson (Sunkist Kids/Cyclone RTC) 3. Ty Walz (Titan Mercury WC/Southeast RTC) 4. Austin Schafer (New York AC) 5. Kollin Moore (Titan Mercury WC/Ohio RTC) 6. Nathan Burak (Titan Mercury WC/Hawkeye WC) 7.Blaize Cabell (Titan Mercury WC/Valley RTC) 8. Kevin Beazley (New York AC/Cliff Keen WC) 9. Ben Honis (Finger Lakes WC) 10. Ross Larson (Viking WC) 125 kg 1. Nick Gwiazdowski (Titan Mercury WC) 2. Adam Coon (New York AC/Cliff Keen WC) 3. Anthony Nelson (Minnesota Storm) 4. Gable Steveson (Minnesota Storm) 5. Jake Varner (Nittany Lion WC) 6. Mike Kosoy (Sunkist Kids) 7. Dom Bradley (Sunkist Kids) 8. Youssif Hemida (Terrapin WC) 9. Tanner Hall (Sunkist Kids) 10. Matt Stencel (CWC)
2019 SENIOR PAN AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS at Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 18-21 U.S. Men’s Freestyle roster 57 kg: Josh Rodriguez (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC) 61 kg: Joe Colon (Fresno, Calif./Titan Mercury WC/Valley RTC) 65 kg: Colton McCrystal (Lincoln, Neb./Nebraska WTC) 70 kg: Anthony Ashnault (South Plainfield, N.J./NJRTC) 74 kg: Jordan Burroughs (Lincoln, Neb./Sunkist Kids) 79 kg: Chandler Rogers (Stillwater, Okla./Titan Mercury WC/Cowboy RTC) 86 kg: David Taylor (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC) 92 kg: J’den Cox (Colorado Springs, Colo./Titan Mercury WC/USOTC) 97 kg: Kyle Snyder (Columbus, Ohio/Titan Mercury WC/Ohio RTC) 125 kg: Nick Gwiazdowksi (Raleigh, N.C./Titan Mercury WC)
Woah Former PA state champ shot by PA state police. Went to UT-Chatanooga and was enrolled at WVU https://www.post-gazette.com/news/c...le-times-weapon-domestic/stories/201904140176
There are many fans that want to fire Goodale and promote Pritzlaff if he ever comes close to leaving
I'm pretty sure I remember hearing there's bad blood between Donny and Wisconsin. He didn't leave on good terms IIRC. Unless there is an administration change and Bono is fired I don't see Pritzlaff going anywhere.
Kyle Dake has accepted his 79kg Final X berth. There was lots of speculation he was going to wrestle 74kg this year.
The US Open is going to be fire once again this year. I can't stop thinking about how awesome the Open was in 2017 and I hope we could see something similar again (although Final X kinda gets in the way of that quite a bit). Juniors is going to be amazing. Lots of loaded weight classes. Lots of good kids already registered, lots of studs still yet to register. 57kg is already loaded and we're still a week out. Vito is qualified for senior WTT, will he skip Juniors? Will Kurt McHenry wrestle? Malik Heinselman? 57 already registered: 1. Pat Glory - NCAA AA 2. Julian Tagg Former Cadet WT member, Ironman/S32/Fargo Champ 3. Matthew Ramos - Cadet Gold 4. Rayvon Foley - NCAA AA 5. Eric Barnett - Fargo Champ 6. Dylan Ragusin - Double Fargo Champ 7. Jeremiah Reno - Cadet National runner-up (Kurt McHenry), Fargo Champ
I'm surprised but not surprised. I wouldn't be shocked to see him land a job at Oklahoma somewhat immediately. Best of luck, Logan.
Obviously scared of the Zain train. Did look like he was consistently starving himself to make weight, at least he got a world gold.
Makes me feel old. I remember following the Monroeville Four as they were dominating over a decade ago. Still disappointed Phillips went to NC State.
Chael Sonnen works for ESPN, not the UFC. It's like Michael Irvin offering LeBron a job with the Cowboys.
His gold medal was in an absolutely stacked weight class though. Lomtadze, Chakaev, Ehsanpoor, Bajrang Punia, Gvarzatilov, Shuptar, Topal... And he had to go through Shuptar, Ehsanpoor, Chakaev, and Lomtadze to win his gold. Let's not minimize his gold medal because it was a non-olympic gold. That is a murderers row of opponents right there.
Just saying, Stieber is an all-time great. A couple years back Askren and Rowlands had a podcast and they ranked their all-time top 10 American wrestlers. A lot has changed since then, but if Stieber isn't top 10 on that list now he's right on the outside peeking in.
I think you need a little more on the international resume to make top 10, personally, but if that's not the 'main' criteria he's already there. Lot of guys making a charge up that list in the last few years.
Kyle Dake was on Askren's list at #10 two years ago, and Cael was #5. Stieber still has better wins than Dake overall (although more losses as well). For reference (and again, this was before Rio I believe, so Snyder isn't even on either list: Askren: 1. John Smith 2. Jordan Burroughs 3. Lee Kemp 4. Bruce Baumgartner 5. Cael Sanderson 6. Mark Schultz 7. Tom Brands 8. Kenny Monday 9. Dan Gable 10. Kyle Dake HM 11. Terry Brands 12. Kevin Jackson 13. Dave Schultz 14. Ed Bannach 15. Stephen Abas Rowlands: 1. John Smith 2. Bruce Baumgartner 3. Jordan Burroughs 4. Lee Kemp 5. Dave Schultz 6. Mark Schultz 7. Kenny Monday 8. Kevin Jackson 9. Tom Brands 10. Cael Sanderson HM 11. Dan Gable
Because he's one of the great prep wrestlers of all time, one of the great college wrestlers of all time, and won a gold medal. His resume is pretty similar to Dake's and Cox tbh, and I'd put him over Taylor. For me: 1. John Smith 2. Bruce Baumgartner 3. Jordan Burroughs 4. Kyle Snyder 5. Lee Kemp 6. Dave Schultz 7. Mark Schultz 8. Kenny Monday 9. Cael Sanderson 10. Dan Gable 11. Tom Brands 12. Kevin Jackson 13. Logan Stieber 14. Kyle Dake 15. J'den Cox 16. David Taylor 17. Ed Bannach (Edit: Thought about it and switched Magicman and Bananch) We'll prob have to amend this list in a few years for the Spencer Lee/Yianni D/Gable Steveson generation and obviously 5 of the above guys are still active, but I feel pretty good about that list as of today.
I think I'd still have Lee Kemp above Snyder, but no real complaints there. For me, Burroughs above Baumgartner and maybe Smith if he gets another, because this ERA, at his weight, has been amazing. He's beaten some freaking hammers over years(pour one out for poor Sadegh Goudarzi, 3 straight finals and 3 losses, to Burroughs and Tsargush) and has won titles in 3 different Olympic quads.
Baumgartner won titles in 4 quads and has just as many gold medals, 4 more silvers and 2 more bronze. Just one more DNP. One less college NC. 13 world medals is actually ridiculous. 2 Olympic golds, 1 olympic silver, 1 olympic bronze. Burroughs only has one olympic medal. That's the difference for me, even if '84 was kinda a freebie.
Yeah, can't really count '84 as a serious criteria. Be like a world championship of American Football if we weren't there. Baumgartner's career is certainly ridiculous and without comparison on the longevity/consistency front, I'm just partial to guys in the post-USSR world, where the sport got like infinity deeper. Half the 10 best teams in the world are former Soviet SR's. But, I'm not going to argue too hard. Baumgartner is the man, taking that beating at HWT for 20 years is insane
Think I might try to follow some of the non collegiate wrestling going on this summer. Is most everything streamed on Flo? How much is their service?
Think it's $125 for the year. Flo is really your best bet. It's crazy the amount of content you get for that price. Most notably they will be carrying the US Open next week, then BTS, Last Chance Qualifier, senior WTT, and final X. I think they also have Cadet/U23 trials, not sure about juniors. Meanwhile Trackwrestling is charging 20-30 bucks to watch one tournament. It's bonkers. edit: I will note that they do not currently own the rights for cadet/jr/sr worlds. You'll have to shell out to watch those.
For these If you use a VPN and set your location to Switzerland you can stream for free on the UWW website
They must have bumped up the cost, it's been 125. 150 is still a steal. The amount of content you get for that money versus any other wrestling site is absurd.
If you're ggcd and want all their radio shows and random wrestlers, it's a steal. I have it and not sure, absolutely want some of the major events but don't think I've used it in 4-5 months besides looking at rankings. Really hope these qualifiers deliver.