12 Mountaineers In Action At U20/U23s

[KBratke]

This weekend the WVU wrestling team will have 12 wrestlers competing at the U20 & U23 World Team Trials.

U20 Greco-Roman World Team Trials

72kg – Brayden Roberts

Brayden earned this spot in the U20 World Team Trials bracket by placing top 8 at the U20 Greco-Roman Open at the end of April in Las Vegas.

U23 Greco-Roman World Team Trials

87kg – Scott Joll

U23 Men’s Freestyle World Team Trials

57kg – Jace Schafer
61kg – Davin Rhoads
65kg – Michael Dolan
65kg – Jordan Titus
70kg – Brayden Roberts
74kg – Peyton Hall
74kg – Walker Heard
79kg – Andrew Sharer
86kg – Anthony Carman
86kg – Scott Joll
86kg – Dennis Robin
92kg – Austin Cooley

You can watch the action and follow brackets all weekend long on FloWrestling. We'll also have live updates on the @WVUWrestling twitter account, and I'll post complete results here at the end of the weekend.

Let's Go Mountaineers!

[mscoach57]

Great to see the team working in the offseason! How nice would it be to take a trip to Spain to watch some of the Mountaineers in the World Championships? Thank you for the report Kyle. Lets Go Mountaineers.

[KBratke]

There were some ups and down, but overall it was a pretty solid weekend in Ohio for Mountaineer Wrestling. Across three days of wrestling, we finished with three U23 All-Americans. Scott Joll finishes 6th in Greco-Roman, Peyton Hall 2nd in freestyle, and Austin Cooley 5th in freestyle.

It was quite the week for Peyton has he spent Wednesday and Thursday in Dallas, Texas as the lone student-athlete represent for WVU athletics at the Big 12 Champions for life dinner. He attended the dinner with Gordon Gee, Shane Lyons, Kelli Zinn, to name a few.

It was also great to have Austin Cooley back on the mat. This weekend was his first matches since he injured his shoulder as this same tournament a year ago. He improved his finish by three spots from last year, and in the placing round, avenged a previous loss.

Below you'll see complete results from everyone who competed. Since you don't compete for your university in Greco-Roman and freestyle, I've tried to make it clear who each wrestler competes for collegiately. Unfortunately, Davin Rhoads wasn't able to compete. He was a little banged up, and we weren't able to get him ready in time.

U20 Greco-Roman World Team Trials
70kg
Brayden Roberts tech fall Ratbek Erkinbekov (Menlo WC - Menlo College), 11-2
Ashton Miess (Combat WC School of Wrestling) tech Brayden Roberts, 13-4
Kaden Reetz (Minnesota Storm - Augsburg University) dec Brayden Roberts, 3-2

U23 Greco-Roman World Team Trials
87kg
Cornell Beachem (Mount St. Joseph) FALL Scott Joll, 0:59
Scott Joll tech fall Branson Britten (Northern Colorado WC - Northern Colorado), 8-0
Scott Joll tech fall Eli Sheeren (Bulls WC - Buffalo), 10-1
Cornell Beachem (Mount St. Joseph) tech fall Scott Joll, 14-5
Gevorg Arakelov (Hunter College) tech fall Scott Joll, 10-2
Joll finishes in 6th place


U23 Freestyle World Team Trials
57kg
Anthony Hughes (Marian University) tech fall Jace Schafer, 12-0
Brett Ungar (Spartan Combat RTC - Cornell) tech fall Jace Schafer, 10-0

65kg
Jordan Titus tech fall Caleb Edwards (Rootstown WC - Edinboro), 10-0
Jordan Titus tech fall Emory Taylor (Pittsburgh WC - Pitt), 11-1
Clay Carlson (Jackrabbit WC - South Dakota State) tech fall Jordan Titus, 11-1
Nathan Lucier (Bearcat WC - Binghamton) dec Jordan Titus, 9-6

David Evans (Nittany Lion WC - Penn State) dec Michael Dolan, 7-0
Christopher Rivera (Buies Creek WC - Campbell) dec Michael Dolan, 9-0

70kg
Daniel Manibog (Cowboy RTC - Oklahoma State) tech fall Brayden Roberts, 12-2
Vincent Mannella (Pennsylvania RTC - Penn) tech fall Brayden Roberts, 12-2

74kg
Peyton Hall tech fall Melvin Patterson (Notre Dame College), 10-0
Peyton Hall dec Julian Ramirez (Spartan Combat RTC - Cornell), 6-3
Peyton Hall tech fall Jacob Potok (Compound Wrestling – Lake Erie College), 12-1
Peyton Hall tech fall Luke Odom (Illinois RTC - Illinois), 11-0
Peyton Hall dec Joe Lee (Nittany Lion WC - Penn State), 9-4
Peyton Hall dec Bubba Wilson (Nebraska WTC - Nebraska), 9-0
Patrick Kennedy (Hawkeye WC - Iowa) dec Peyton Hall, 8-3
Patrick Kennedy (Hawkeye WC - Iowa) dec Peyton Hall, 5-0
Hall finishes in 2nd place


Daniel Snediker (Brunson UVRTC - Utah Valley) dec Walker Heard, 11-7
Walker Heard dec Riley Onorato (Pennsylvania RTC - Drexel), 6-1
Brett McIntosh (Wyoming RTC - Wyoming) tech fall Walker Heard, 10-0

79kg
Braden Smelser (Central Valley RTC - Cal State Bakersfield) tech fall Andrew Sharer, 11-0
Andrew Sharer tech fall Luke Ciampa (East Stroudsburg), 13-2
Andrew Dickson (George Mason) tech fall Andrew Sharer, 10-0

86kg
Sam Osho (Knights WC - Marian University) wins on criteria over Anthony Carman, 8-8
Anthony Carman dec Nathan Dugan (NJ RTC - Princeton), 8-6
Anthony Carman tech fall Micah Ervin (Southern Illinois RTC - SIUE), 11-1
Anthony Carman tech fall Scott Joll (West Virginia RTC), 11-1
Anthony Carman tech fall Dennis Robin (West Virginia RTC), 10-0
Michial Foy (Gopher WC - Minnesota) tech fall Anthony Carman, 11-0

James Lledo (Pittsburgh WC - Pitt) tech fall Dennis Robin, 11-0
Dennis Robin tech fall Tyler Brandt (Life University), 13-2
Dennis Robin tech fall Alex Hobbs (Wilmington College), 10-0
Dennis Robin FALL Trevo Dopps (Cowboy RTC - Oklahoma State), 1:56
Anthony Carman (West Virginia RTC) tech fall Dennis Robin, 10-0

Scott Joll FALL Michael Ferree (Golden Pride WC - Kent State), 0:26
Maximus Hale (Pennsylvania RTC - Penn) tech fall Scott Joll, 10-0
Anthony Carman (West Virginia RTC) tech fall Scott Joll, 11-0

92kg
Austin Cooley tech fall Carson Berryhill (Oklahoma RTC - Oklahoma), 11-0
Anthony Cooley tech fall Garavous Kouekabakilaho (Viking WC - Grand View), 10-0
Jacob Cardenas (Spartan Combat RTC - Cornell) dec Austin Cooley, 9-1
Austin Cooley tech fall Conor Maslanek (Buies Creek WC - Campbell), 10-0
Austin Cooley tech fall Robert Stiggow (Cliff Keen WC - Michigan), 10-0
Andrew Davison (Wildcat WC - Northwestern) tech fall Austin Cooley, 10-0
Austin Cooley dec Nicholas Willham (Indiana RTC - Indiana), 6-2
Cooley finishes in 5th place


We're looking forward to building off of this success as we head into next season!

Let's Go Mountaineers!

[JohnK73]

Great recap, hopefully the guys can build off this. Nice to see the off season dedication !