Jace Koelzer of Kansas is after a Cadet Triple Crown(Photo/John Sachs, Tech-Fall.com) FARGO, N.D. -- Day 1 of Cadet freestyle saw the field of over 1100 wrestlers pared down to 24 in each of 17 weight classes, which means only about 35 percent of the wrestlers that started in the tournament remain headed into two sessions of wrestling on Thursday. The quarterfinals will be wrestled during the 9:30 a.m. CT session, while the semifinals will be wrestled in the 3:30 p.m. session. Medal matches are scheduled for 2 p.m. on Friday.
Quarterfinal pairings:
88 pounds: Andrew Chambal (Michigan) vs. Cody Minor (Wisconsin), Paxton Creese (Minnesota) vs. Sam Latona (Alabama); Wyatt Yapoujian (Colorado) vs. Cullan Schriever (Iowa), Timothy Levine (California) vs. Blake Noonan (Michigan)
Chambal and Schriever were champions in Cadet folkstyle, Latona won Cadet Greco, while Schriever is ranked No. 25 overall in the Class of 2020
94: Jeremiah Reno (Missouri) vs. Braydon Mogle (Utah), David Stepanian (Michigan) vs. Josh Ogunsanya (Illinois); Justin Bierdumpfel (New Jersey) vs. Dominic Chavez (Texas), Isaac Romero (Montana) vs. Dylan Ragusin (Illinois)
Ragusin was champion in Cadet Greco, while Reno (UWW Cadet freestyle runner-up) and Bierdumpfel are ranked No. 6 and No. 20 respectively in the Class of 2020.
100: Eric Barnett (Wisconsin) vs. Oscar Sanchez (Ohio), Kellyn March (South Dakota) vs. Ridge Lovett (Idaho); Julian Tagg (Ohio) vs. Trey Crawford (Missouri), Matthew Ramos (Illinois) vs. Eric Faught (Iowa)
Lovett was champion in Cadet Greco, Tagg is ranked No. 18 in the Class of 2020, and Faught was runner-up in freestyle at the UWW Cadet Nationals.
106: Angelo Rini (Ohio) vs. Patrick Allis (Colorado), Corey Gamet (Michigan) vs. Beau Bayless (Pennsylvania); Joseph Heilmann (New Jersey) vs. Greg Diakomihalis (New York), Dylan Ryder (New York) vs. Jace Koelzer (Kansas)
Koelzer seeks a Cadet Triple Crown, having won the folkstyle title in April and the Greco-Roman title on Monday afternoon.
113: Coltan Yapoujian (Colorado) vs. Trevor Mastrogiovanni (New Jersey), Malyke Hines (Florida) vs. Jordan Hamdan (Michigan); Travis Ford-Melton (Illinios) vs. Adrian Marquez (Colorado), Kyle Burwick (North Dakota) vs. Adam Busiello (New York)
Hamdan was champion in Cadet Greco, while Yapoujian (No. 22), Ford-Melton (No. 11), and Busiello (No. 3) are all ranked within the Class of 2019.
120: Jordan Decatur (Ohio) vs. Reece Witcraft (Oklahoma), Theorius Robison (Colorado) vs. Andrew Alirez (Colorado); Brody Teske (Iowa) vs. Carmen Ferrante (New Jersey), Robbie Precin (Illinois) vs. Joshua Saunders (Missouri)
Robison was champion in Cadet Greco, and is ranked nationally (No. 15) in the Class of 2019 along with Decatur (No. 5) and Alirez (No. 17); while Saunders is ranked No. 2 in the Class of 2020.
126: Nick Raimo (New Jersey) vs. Caleb Birdwell (Montana), Jacob Garcia (Arizona) vs. Chris Cannon (New Jersey); Peyton Robb (Minnesota) vs. Aidan Medora (Wisconsin), Job Greenwood (Colorado) vs. Jaden Abas (California)
Raimo seeks a second straight sweep of the Cadet titles in Fargo, and is ranked No. 2 overall in the Class of 2019. Also ranked overall in the Class of 2019 are Abas (No. 12) and Cannon (No. 13).
132: Jacori Teemer (New York) vs. Dustin Plott (Oklahoma), Nick Freeman (Michigan) vs. Tyler Eischens (Minnesota); Trevor Mansfield (South Carolina) vs. Kevon Davenport (Michigan), Alfonso Martinez (Arizona) vs. Mason Phillips (Washington)
Phillips was champion in Cadet Greco, Teemer is ranked No. 29 overall in the Class of 2018, Davenport is ranked No. 49 in the Class of 2019, while Plott (No. 11) and Martinez (No. 16) are ranked nationally in the Class of 2020.
138: Sammy Sasso (Pennsylvania) vs. Fidel Mayora (Illinois), Gerard Angelo (New Jersey) vs. Zac Musselman (Utah); Will Lewan (Illinois) vs. Jacob Tvinnereim (Minnesota), Kiernan Shanahan (New York) vs. Brock Hardy (Utah)
Lewan (No. 28) was champion in Cadet Greco, Sasso (No. 6) seeks a second straight Cadet freestyle title, while Hardy (No. 26) is after a second straight double finals appearance at the Cadet level in Fargo; each is also ranked nationally in the Class of 2018. Mayora is ranked No. 15 in the Class of 2020.
145: Zach Lee (Wisconsin) vs. Baylor Fernandes (Illinois), Abe Assad (Illinois) vs. Markus Hartman (Illinois); Brian Meyer (New Jersey) vs. Devin Roberts (Minnesota), Justin McCoy (Pennsylvania) vs. Jared Franek (North Dakota)
Franek was champion in Cadet folkstyle.
152: Frankie Gissendanner (New York) vs. Jordan Komac (Montana), Carter Starocci (Pennsylvania) vs. Sean Harman (Oregon); Tyler Dow (Wisconsin) vs. Anthony Jackson (Minnesota), Hunter Jump (Oklahoma) vs. Michael O'Malley (New Jersey)
Dow was champion in Cadet folkstyle. Gissendanner is ranked No. 10 overall in the Class of 2018, while Jackson is ranked No. 9 in the Class of 2019.
160: Julian Ramirez (Florida) vs. Bryce Alsteen (Wisconsin), Josh Stillings (Pennsylvania) vs. Jacob Logan (New York); Aaron Brooks (Maryland) vs. Parker Keckelsen (Wisconsin), Drian Hays (Colorado) vs. Jake Hendricks (Pennsylvania)
Brooks was champion in Cadet Greco, while Ramirez is ranked No. 4 in the Class of 2019.
170: Travis Wittlake (Oregon) vs. Joel Shapiro (Iowa), Guillermo Escobedo (California) vs. Devin Winston (Missouri); Tyler Barnes (New York) vs. Joey Ewalt (Kansas), Zach Peterson (Minnesota) vs. Billy Janzer (New Jersey)
Wittlake is after a Cadet Triple Crown, and Winston joins him in having won a Cadet folkstyle title. UWW Cadet World freestyle team member Wittlake is ranked No. 8 in the Class of 2018, while Winston is ranked No. 39 in the Class of 2019.
182: Ryan Karoly (New Jersey) vs. Jonathan Fagen (Idaho), Nick Casperson (South Dakota) vs. Julian Gorring (Pennsylvania); Jake Thompson (Ohio) vs. Lucas Davison (Indiana), David Schultz (Maryland) vs. Austin Cooley (Massachusetts)
Karoly was champion in Cadet Greco, and is after a repeat title in Cadet freestyle (which would mean double finals in Fargo during both Cadet years); he is also ranked No. 25 in the Class of 2018. Davison was the Cadet folkstyle champion.
195: Jake Cook (New York) vs. Sergio Villalobos (Illinois), Hunter DeJong (Iowa) vs. Eli Pokorney (Indiana); Kaleb Reeves (Iowa) vs. Santos Cantu (Oregon), Elijah Osit (Illinois) vs. Braxton Amos (Ohio)
Amos was the Cadet Greco champion, and is ranked No. 5 overall in the Class of 2020, while Villalobos was a champion in Cadet folkstyle.
220: Cohlton Schultz (Colorado) vs. Cabe Dickerson (Oklahoma), Tristan Bennett (Oregon) vs. Tyler Curd (Missouri); Kyle Cornwell (Indiana) vs. Chase Trussell (Utah), Jace Punke (Illinois) vs. Gavin Hoffman (Pennsylvania)
Schultz is ranked No. 1 in the Class of 2019, while Curd was champion in Cadet Greco after upsetting Schultz in the quarterfinals. Also in this weight class is Hoffman, who is ranked No. 27 in the Class of 2018.
285: Ronald Tucker (Illinois) vs. Jayson Gomez (New York), Andy Garcia (Colorado) vs. Austin Emerson (Michigan); Montana Phillips (Oklahoma) vs. Payton Smith (South Dakota), Moses Jackson (Oregon) vs. Spencer Trenary (Iowa)
Trenary was champion in Cadet Greco, while Tucker was champion in Cadet folkstyle; Tucker is ranked No. 25 in the Class of 2019.
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