Three US Marines Among Greco Roman World Team Trials Champions
After a brutal and demanding weekend of Greco Roman wrestling, we now have the final two wrestlers at every weight class who will vie for the honor of representing the USA at this year's World Championships in Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan. The winners of the World Team Trials will face the winners of the US Open (or the returning world medalist Adam Coon at 125kg) at every weight in best two-out-of-three action at the Final X showdowns occuring in just a few weeks. Among the World Team Trials champions were three members of the US Marine's athletics program, Xavier Johnson, Jamel Johnson, and John Stefanowicz.
Best-of-three finals results
55 kilograms: Brady Koontz over Dalton Duffield, 2 matches to 0
Match 1: Koontz dec. Duffield, 6-4
Match 2: Koontz dec. Duffield, 5-0
60 kilograms: Ildar Hafizov over Randon Miranda, 2 matches to 0
Match 1: Hafizov dec. Miranda, 7-0
Match 2: Hafizov dec. Miranda, 6-1
63 kilograms: Xavier Johnson over Sam Jones, 2 matches to 0
Match 1: Johnson tech. fall Jones, 8-0
Match 2: Johnson dec. Jones, 7-4
67 kilograms: Jamel Johnson over Hayden Tuma, 2 matches to 0
Match 1: Johnson dec. Tuma, 4-1
Match 2: Johnson dec. Tuma, 5-1
72 kilograms: Alex Mossing over Michael Hooker, 2 matches to 1
Match 1: Hooker tech. fall Mossing, 9-0
Match 2: Mossing dec. Hooker, 7-4
Match 3: Mossing over Hooker, fall 3:56
77 kilograms: Pat Smith over Mason Manville, 2 matches to 0
Match 1: Smith dec. Manville, 3-0
Match 2: Smith dec. Manville, 3-2
82 kilograms: John Stefanowicz over Cheney Haight, 2 matches to 0
Match 1: Stefanowicz dec. Haight, 5-1
Match 2: Stefanowicz dec. Haight, 5-1
87 kilograms: Ben Provisor over Patrick Martinez, 2 matches to 0
Match 1: Provisor dec. Martinez, 1-1
Match 2: Provisor dec. Martinez, 3-1
97 kilograms: Lucas Sheridan over Daniel Miller, 2 matches to 1
Match 1: Miller dec. Sheridan, 7-5
Match 2: Sheridan dec. Miller, 5-0
Match 3: Sheridan dec. Miller, 4-3
130 kilograms: Cohlton Schultz over Robby Smith, 2 matches to 1
Match 1: Smith dec. Schultz, 2-1
Match 2: Schultz dec. Smith, 2-1
Match 3: Schultz dec. Smith, 5-1