The following is a weight-by-weight overview of the field for this event. Keep in mind, information for this analysis is based on weight classes and registrations posted on Track Wrestling as of late Saturday evening.
100:
Last year's opening weight champion in Cadet Greco-Roman enters this tournament as a joint favorite in the opening weight of the Junior Greco-Roman competition. That would be Louie Hayes (Illinois), who is also a three-time All-American in the FILA Cadet Greco-Roman competition. The other primary contender is Randon Miranda (California), who seeks the second leg of the Junior Triple Crown, after winning the folkstyle title in early April at this weight class. Last year Miranda was runner-up in Cadet Greco-Roman at 94 pounds, and this spring was fifth at 101 pounds in the FILA Cadet Greco-Roman event.
Other challengers in this weight class include returning Cadet freestyle runner-up Zach Murillo (Connecticut), state qualifier Victor Gliva (Minnesota), and state champion Cole Rohan (Oregon).
106:
Last year's champion in Junior Greco-Roman at 100 pounds, Dalton Roberts (Michigan) is entered in this weight class. However, the two rated favorites in this field would be Kirk Johansen (Illinois) and Danny Vega (Arizona). Johansen was runner-up to Roberts in Greco-Roman last summer, but won the freestyle tournament, and was a FILA Junior freestyle champion this spring at 110 pounds (third in Greco-Roman); while Vega is after the second leg of a Junior Triple Crown after winning the folkstyle title in this weight class in April, and last year was a Cadet double finalist (runner-up in Greco-Roman, champion in freestyle) at 100 pounds.
Others to watch in this weight class include past Fargo All-Americans Bryce Brimhall (Utah), Brendan Coughlin (Maryland), and Kade Evans (Utah).
113:
Two Junior National folkstyle champions are among the contenders in this weight class, Joey Cisneros (California) and Doyle Trout (Nebraska). Cisneros won his title at 113 pounds, and last year was a Junior National double runner-up (Greco-Roman and freestyle) in Fargo at 106 pounds; while Trout was fourth in Cadet Greco-Roman in 2012. The Fargo champion in this weight class is Joey Prata (Virginia), who won the Cadet Greco-Roman title at 100 pounds last summer, and was also a Cadet double All-American in 2012 at 94 pounds.
Other contenders in this weight class include 2013 FILA Cadet Greco-Roman World Team member Tanner Cox (Utah); Brock George (Utah), who was third in Junior Greco-Roman at 106 pounds last summer; 2013 state champion Benny Gomez (Michigan), 2012 Cadet Greco-Roman third place finisher Ethan Koan (Missouri), state champion Corbin Nirschl (Kansas) and Toribio Navarro (Tennessee), two-time state runner-up Garrett Pepple (Indiana), two-time state champion DeVaughn Sapien (Idaho), and returning Cadet double All-American Josh Venia (Ohio).
120:
There is a defending Junior Greco-Roman champion in this weight class, Brandon Staley (Florida), who won the 106 pound title last year. However, the joint favorites would have to be Anthony Cefolo (New Jersey) and Skyler Petry (Minnesota). Cefolo was third in Junior Greco-Roman last year at 113 pounds after earning a pair of Cadet All-American honors in Greco-Roman the previous two years, while Petry was finished second in the Junior Greco-Roman competition at 113 pounds last year.
Others to watch include two-time state champion Nelson Baker (Illinois); 2013 state champion Dalton Duffield (Oklahoma); Paul Fitterer (Minnesota) and Trayton Libolt (Oregon), a pair of two-time Cadet Greco-Roman All-American; Cadet Greco-Roman runner-up Adam Flatt (Georgia); Ryan Friedman (Maryland), who placed sixth at 113 pounds in Junior Greco-Roman last year; two-time state champion Logan Griffin (Michigan); returning Cadet double All-American Josh Kramer (Arizona); J.J. McClelland (Wisconsin), a two-time Junior Greco-Roman All-American; and a pair of 2012 Cadet Greco-Roman All-Americans in Perez Perez (California) and Tyler Schilling (Oregon).
126:
Two FILA Cadet Greco-Roman World Team members anchor the field in this weight class, Taylor LaMont (Utah) and Jake Spiess (Ohio). LaMont won the FILA Cadet title at 127 pounds in late May, and was on his second consecutive world team. In addition, the nation's No. 18 ranked Class of 2016 wrestler was seventh last year in Junior Greco-Roman at 120 pounds, and was a Cadet freestyle champion; while Spiess was the representative at 119 pounds, and is now a two-time FILA Cadet All-American, both at 119 pounds.
Another pair of wrestlers is legitimate contenders in this weight class, Mitch McKee (Minnesota) and Cub Yeager (Oklahoma). McKee is ranked No. 44 in the Class of 2016, is a two-time Cadet Greco-Roman champion, and seeks the second leg of a Junior Triple Crown as he was champion in Junior folkstyle this past April. Yeager is a two-time All-American in Junior Greco-Roman, including a runner-up finish last year in this weight class.
Others to watch include multi-time state champions Austin Anderly (Minnesota), Sean DeShazer (Kansas), and Brett Velasquez (Nebraska); returning Junior Greco-Roman All-Americans in Keegan Calkins (Illinois) and Austin Lister (Oregon); three-time state placers Cody Karstetter (Oklahoma) and Justin Patrick (Pennsylvania); Ty Pelot (Wisconsin), a 2011 Junior Greco-Roman All-American; along with returning Cadet Greco-Roman All-Americans in Raul Nevaraez (Idaho) and Ted Rico (Arizona).
132:
The highest returning Junior Greco-Roman placers in this field are Blaine Tschida (Minnesota) and Will Koll (New York); Tschida was runner-up at 120 pounds last year after placing third at 106 pounds on the Cadet level in 2012, while Koll placed third at 126 pounds. Another notable contender here is Josh Bird (Wisconsin), who was the Cadet Greco-Roman champion in this weight class last summer.
Others to watch in this weight class include returning Cadet Greco-Roman All-Americans in Nick Casella (New York), Aaron Grigsby (Arkansas), Marty Margolis (Maryland), and Armando Molina (California); two-time state champion Jarrett Degen (Montana); Hunter Kelley (Georgia), a 2012 Junior Greco-Roman All-American; William Kui (New Jersey), a FILA Cadet Greco-Roman All-American; and 2012 Cadet Greco-Roman runner-up Brady O'Keefe (Nevada).
138:
The lead contender in this weight class is returning Junior Greco-Roman runner-up Blake Clevenger (Missouri), who also was runner-up in the FILA Junior Greco-Roman competition this past April. Others to watch include Griffin Parriott (Minnesota), who is ranked No. 36 in the Class of 2016 and was runner-up in the FILA Cadet Greco-Roman competition this past May; Matt Findley (Utah), who placed fifth in Junior Greco-Roman last summer; four-time state champion Dusty Hones (Utah); Cadet double All-American (seventh Greco-Roman, second freestyle) Chase Lemond (Idaho); and returning Cadet freestyle All-American Johnny O'Hearon (Utah).
145:
Two of the nation's top Class of 2014 wrestlers is the lead figures in this absolutely loaded weight class, No. 35 Grant Leeth (Missouri) and No. 42 Renaldo Rodriguez-Spencer (New York). Leeth was champion in Junior folkstyle this April, and is after the second leg of a Triple Crown, and was ffith in Junior freestyle last summer; while Rodriguez-Spencer is a highly productive Greco-Roman wrestler, third in Junior Greco-Roman in 2012 at 132 pounds, and a three-time FILA Junior All-American in this style.
Additional challengers in this weight class include a trio of top 100 Class of 2015 prospects: No. 74 Patricio Lugo (Florida), a Cadet double All-American (runner-up in Greco-Roman, fifth in freestyle) last summer at 138 pounds; No. 81 Wyatt Wyckoff (California), a two-time state runner-up; and No. 100 Isaac Dulgarian (Kansas). Also in this weight class is a trio of top 50 ranked Class of 2016 wrestlers: No. 25 Hayden Hidlay (Pennsylvania), a Cadet double runner-up last year at 126 pounds; No. 28 Kevin Budock (Maryland); and No. 43 Austin Kraisser (Maryland), a Cadet double All-American (fouth Greco-Roman, runner-up freestyle) last year at 145 pounds.
Additional contenders include returning Cadet Greco-Roman runner-up Logan Kass (Minnesota); additional Cadet Greco-Roman All-Americans in Rudy Guillen (Georgia), Chandler Michael (Oregon), and Fritz Schierl (Wisconsin); along with Sir Romeo Howard (Illinois), who was fifth last year in this weight class in Junior Greco-Roman.
152:
In what is a relatively open weight class, a pair of top 100 Class of 2015 populates the field, No. 67 Dayton Racer (Missouri) and No. 97 Cole Walter (Pennsylvania). Racer was a Cadet Greco-Roman All-American in 2012, while Walter earned Cadet All-American honors in 2011 and 2012. Two other wrestlers in this field have finished runners-up in Greco-Roman in Fargo: Joey Gunther (Illinois), who has done so each of the last two years at the Cadet level; and Andrew Millsap (Kansas), who was second in this Junior weight class last year.
Additional wrestlers to have earned All-American honors in Greco-Roman at the Cadet level are Colbran Meeker (Oregon), Jesse Porter (New York), Jared Scharenbock (Wisconsin), and Chase Straw (Iowa). Another pair of wrestlers were All-Americans in FILA Cadet Greco-Roman in 2013: Brooks Robinson (Utah) and Andrew Webb (Georgia).
160:
The probable favorite in this weight class is Jon-Jay Chavez (Idaho), the No. 32 overall prospect in the Class of 2014 and a FILA Cadet World bronze medalist in Greco-Roman last year. He also has won Fargo titles twice in the style, last year at the Junior level and in 2011 at the Cadet level. Three top 100 Class of 2015 prospects are among the primary challengers in this field: No. 7 Fox Baldwin (Florida), No. 47 Colston DiBlasi (Missouri), and No. 87 Jonathan Viruet (Massachusetts). Baldwin was a Cadet freestyle champion in 2012, DiBlasi finished fifth in Cadet Greco-Roman in 2012, while Viruet was fifth at 152 pounds in this competition last year.
Returning All-Americans in Junior Greco-Roman include Logan Breitenbach (Maryland), Jake Deutschlander (Minnesota), and Dalton Harmon (Utah). Additional wrestlers to earn All-American honors in Cadet Greco-Roman in the past include Dalton Ray (Pennsylvania), Gavin Grater (Kansas), and Spencer Heywood (Utah). Other notables in the field include a FILA Cadet Greco-Roman All-American in Regan Bye (South Daktoa); state champions Dakota Greene (Florida), Jacobe Smith (Oklahoma), and Izaec Quintanilla (Washington); past Cadet freestyle All-Americans in Corbin Allen (Virginia) and John Leal (California); along with Burke Paddock (New York), a Junior Greco-Roman All-American in 2011.
170:
The most notable name in this relatively open weight class is returning All-American Gable Frandsen (Wisconsin), who also finished as the No. 95 overall wrestler in the Class of 2014. The lone other grade-level ranked wrestler in this weight class is Seth McLeod (Idaho), who is positioned at No. 79 in the Class of 2015.
Others to watch include Preseason Nationals champion Brett Bye (South Dakota); 2012 Cadet Greco-Roman All-Americans in Kaden Campbell (Utah), Billy Duffert (Wisocnsin), Tyler McNutt (Missouri), Mason Reinhardt (Wisconsin), and Keiffer Taylor (Arizona); Dustin Gray (Missouri), a two-time Cadet Greco-Roman All-American; returning Cadet Greco-Roman runner-up Vincent Guerrero (Arizona); and Christian Stackhouse (New Jersey), who placed third last year in Junior freestyle at 160 pounds.
182:
Timothy Young (Illinois) has emerged as a clear specialist figure in this weight class having won the FILA Cadet Greco-Roman title at 187 pounds in May, and earning fifth in the World Championships this past week. However, a pair of top 100 Class of 2015 wrestlers will provide him with a stern challenge: No. 41 Justan Rivera (Georgia) and No. 43 Dylan Wisman (Virginia). Rivera was a two-time Cadet double All-American at 182 pounds, 4th Greco/3rd freestyle in 2012 and 2nd Greco/1st freestyle in 2013; while Wisman placed fourth at the Junior level in both styles at this weight class last year.
Other contenders in this weight class include Jacob Armstrong (Utah), a returning Junior Greco-Roman All-American; state champions Mitch Bowman (Iowa) and Nick Weldon (Alabama); two-time state runner-up Chance Cooper (Missouri); Jeremiah Imonode (Arizona), a returning Cadet Greco-Roman All-American; and Tyler Wildmo (Michigan), who was a Cadet Greco-Roman All-American in 2012.
195:
Samuel Colbray (Oregon), who is ranked No. 12 in the Class of 2016, won Cadet Greco-Roman titles in each of the last two years. He was also a double runner-up at the FILA Cadet level this past May at 187 pounds. Providing his primary competition will be two-time state champion Robert Steveson (Minnesota), who is ranked No. 16 in the Class of 2015.
Returning Junior Greco-Roman All-Americans include Terrell Fields (Pennsylvania) and Edgar Ruano (Illinois). Another pair of wrestlers was double All-Americans at the Cadet level last year, Emilio Fowler (Kansas) and Randy Scott (Indiana). Additional wrestlers to have earned Cadet Greco-Roman All-American honors entered in this weight class include Tyler Crow (Missouri), Andrew Fenton (Ohio), Isaac Florell (Minnesota), Ben Honis (New York), and Nick Osowski (Wisconsin). Others to watch include Cody Damiana (New Jersey), Preseason Nationals champion Kyle Fank (Iowa), and state champion Cody Vigoren (Washington).
220:
Returning Junior double champion Roy Nash (Utah), who ended as the nation's No. 23 overall prospect in the Class of 2014, enters as the favorite in this competition. Primary challengers include returning runner-up in this event Tyler Schmidt (Wisconsin); Austin Myers (Kentucky), who is ranked No. 23 in the Class of 2015; and returning Junior Greco-Roman sixth place finisher Rafael Rokosz (New York).
Others to watch include past Cadet Greco-Roman All-Americans in Kyle Anderegg (Oregon), Shane Coombs (Colorado), and James Ford (Ohio); two-time state runner-up Christian Dulaney (Minnesota); and two-time state third place finisher Robert Enmon (Florida).
285:
Sam Stoll (Photo/Jeff Beshey, The Guillotine)Others to watch in a deep field include returning Cadet Triple Crown winner Jake Marnin (Iowa), who is ranked No. 46 in the Class of 2015; two-time state champion Ryan Prescott (Michigan); state champions Blake Andrews (Texas) and Matt Halverson (Wisconsin); state placer Ryan Monk (Pennsylvania); Cadet freestyle All-Americans Collin Braun (Missouri) and James Huwe (Minnesota); FILA Cadet Greco-Roman champion Tate Orndorff (Washington); Dane Drimmer (Colorado), 2012 Cadet Greco-Roman All-American; along with FILA Cadet Greco-Roman third place finishers in Dante Jiovanetta (Florida) and Michael Rogers (Pennsylvania).
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