Besides the 13 current Gopher underclassmen that will be in Las Vegas this weekend, there are several incoming Freshmen and future recruiting targets that are also competing. These are:
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Rising Junior Patrick McKee (MN Storm)(St. Michael-Albertville). #8 at 106 last year, younger brother of 2016-17 commit Mitch McKee. Competing in both Freestyle and Greco-Roman.
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Mitch McKee (MN Storm) (St. M-A) #20 ranked Senior and #4 ranked at 138. 2016-17 incoming Freshman commit. Competing in both Freestyle and Greco-Roman.
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Rising Senior Jake Allar (MN Storm) (St. M-A) #34 ranked Junior and #8 at 152. FloWrestling has him in their preview, but I don't see him in the brackets.
Best chances to compete for a win (from the wrestlers above): both McKee brothers.
From below: Stroker, Steveson & Streifel.
Gopher Underclassmen Head to Junior Nationals
A collection of 13 Gophers will compete in Las Vegas this weekend to secure spots at the U.S. Junior World Team Trials
Gophersports.com
April 28, 2016
More than a dozen Gopher wrestlers are heading to Las Vegas this weekend for the United World Wrestling Junior Greco-Roman and Freestyle National Championships. In all, 13 current Gophers will be competing in the tournament, with the entire baker's dozen competing in freestyle. They'll get started on Friday, with opening matches at 6 p.m. Central, and wrap up on Saturday night.
The group of Gopher competing in the tournament includes nine rookie wrestlers who just finished their freshman seasons, as well as four second-year grapplers who recently completed their redshirt freshman seasons.
The full list of competing Gophers includes: Gresh Jones (63kg), Ben Brancale and Fredy Stroker (66kg), Carson Brolsma and James Berg (70kg), Larry Early III and Dalton Clark (74kg), Darius Wright, Colin Carr and Tijani Karaborni (79kg); Bobby Steveson and Faris Karaborni (84kg); and, Rylee Streifel (120kg).
That spread means Minnesota will be represented in seven of the tournament's 11 weight classes, with multiple participants at five of those weights.
Last season, six Gophers competed in the event, four of whom placed. Tommy Thorn led the way, claiming the tournament title at 63kg. The lone returning placewinnner will be Colin Carr, who took seventh at 79kg last year. The other two placewinners were Ethan Lizak (sixth at 55kg) and Chris Pfarr (eighth at 84kg).
The opening session for freestyle will run for approximately four hours, wrapping up at 10 p.m. Central. Action resumes on Saturday with the second session beginning at 11 a.m. Central. The third and final session starts at 5 p.m. Central Saturday evening and will include semifinals, consolation quarters and semis, as well as all placer matches.
Matches from the tournament can be watched live on Flowrestling.org (requires a FloPRO subscription) and live stats are available on TrackWrestling.com.
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Rising Junior Patrick McKee (MN Storm)(St. Michael-Albertville). #8 at 106 last year, younger brother of 2016-17 commit Mitch McKee. Competing in both Freestyle and Greco-Roman.
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Mitch McKee (MN Storm) (St. M-A) #20 ranked Senior and #4 ranked at 138. 2016-17 incoming Freshman commit. Competing in both Freestyle and Greco-Roman.
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Rising Senior Jake Allar (MN Storm) (St. M-A) #34 ranked Junior and #8 at 152. FloWrestling has him in their preview, but I don't see him in the brackets.
Best chances to compete for a win (from the wrestlers above): both McKee brothers.
From below: Stroker, Steveson & Streifel.
Gopher Underclassmen Head to Junior Nationals
A collection of 13 Gophers will compete in Las Vegas this weekend to secure spots at the U.S. Junior World Team Trials
Gophersports.com
April 28, 2016
More than a dozen Gopher wrestlers are heading to Las Vegas this weekend for the United World Wrestling Junior Greco-Roman and Freestyle National Championships. In all, 13 current Gophers will be competing in the tournament, with the entire baker's dozen competing in freestyle. They'll get started on Friday, with opening matches at 6 p.m. Central, and wrap up on Saturday night.
The group of Gopher competing in the tournament includes nine rookie wrestlers who just finished their freshman seasons, as well as four second-year grapplers who recently completed their redshirt freshman seasons.
The full list of competing Gophers includes: Gresh Jones (63kg), Ben Brancale and Fredy Stroker (66kg), Carson Brolsma and James Berg (70kg), Larry Early III and Dalton Clark (74kg), Darius Wright, Colin Carr and Tijani Karaborni (79kg); Bobby Steveson and Faris Karaborni (84kg); and, Rylee Streifel (120kg).
That spread means Minnesota will be represented in seven of the tournament's 11 weight classes, with multiple participants at five of those weights.
Last season, six Gophers competed in the event, four of whom placed. Tommy Thorn led the way, claiming the tournament title at 63kg. The lone returning placewinnner will be Colin Carr, who took seventh at 79kg last year. The other two placewinners were Ethan Lizak (sixth at 55kg) and Chris Pfarr (eighth at 84kg).
The opening session for freestyle will run for approximately four hours, wrapping up at 10 p.m. Central. Action resumes on Saturday with the second session beginning at 11 a.m. Central. The third and final session starts at 5 p.m. Central Saturday evening and will include semifinals, consolation quarters and semis, as well as all placer matches.
Matches from the tournament can be watched live on Flowrestling.org (requires a FloPRO subscription) and live stats are available on TrackWrestling.com.
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