"We've got a great bunch of guys," Greco-Roman National Team head coach Matt Lindland said. "I'm super excited about this team, very mentally tough guys that fought hard. We had a lot of matches go to three, so they had to gut it out, and hopefully they can carry that all the way through the training process and into Budapest for the World Championships."
Highlighting the squad are four past Senior World Team members, including 2017 World Teamers Ellis Coleman and G'Angelo Hancock, now-three-time World Team member Patrick Martinez and 2013 World Team member Jesse Thielke.
Hancock and Thielke won their weights in two-straight matches, while Coleman's and Martinez's series went to three matches.
Wrestling at 63 kg, Jesse Thielke, a 2016 Olympian, had a rematch of the U.S. Open semifinals with Ryan Mango. Avenging a 9-0 loss to Mango, Thielke grabbed decisive 12-6 and 6-4 wins to make his second Senior World Team and first since 2013.
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Finals results
55 kilograms: Sam Hazewinkel (Sunkist Kids) def. Max Nowry (Army WCAP), 2 matches to 0
Match 1: Hazewinkel dec. Nowry, 4-4
Match 2: Hazewinkel tech. fall Nowry, 11-0
60 kilograms: Dalton Roberts (NYAC) def. Ildar Hafizov (Army WCAP), 2 matches to 1
Match 1: Hafizov dec. Roberts, 4-2
Match 2: Roberts tech. fall Hafizov, 10-2
Match 3: Roberts dec. Hafizov, 4-3
63 kilograms: Jesse Thielke (NYAC/LOG) def. Ryan Mango (Army WCAP), 2 matches to 0
Match 1: Thielke dec. Mango, 12-6
Match 2: Thielke dec. Mango, 6-4
67 kilograms: Ellis Coleman (Army WCAP) def. Alejandro Sancho (NYAC), 2 matches to 1
Match 1: Sancho dec. Coleman, 6-3
Match 2: Coleman tech. fall Sancho, 9-0
Match 3: Coleman tech. fall Sancho, 8-0
72 kilograms: Jon Jay Chavez (Finger Lakes WC) def. RaVaughn Perkins (NYAC), 2 matches to 0
Match 1: Perkins tech. fall Chavez, 8-0
Match 2: Chavez dec. Perkins, 5-4
Match 3: Chavez dec. Perkins, 7-5
77 kilograms: Kamal Bey (Sunkist Kids) def. Mason Manville (Army WCAP), 2 matches to 0
Match 1: Bey dec. Manville, 5-3
Match 2: Bey tech. fall Manville, 10-0
82 kilograms: Geordan Speiller (Florida Jets) def. Cheney Haight (NYAC), 2 matches to 0
Match 1: Speiller dec. Haight, 7-2
Match 2: Speiller tech. fall Haight, 8-0
87 kilograms: Patrick Martinez (NYAC) def. Ben Provisor (NYAC/Nittany Lion WC), 2 matches to 1
Match 1: Martinez dec. Provisor, 6-0
Match 2: Provisor dec. Martinez, 1-1
Match 3: Martinez dec. Provisor, 1-1
97 kilograms: G'Angelo Hancock (Sunkist Kids) def. Daniel Miller (Marines), 2 matches to 0
Match 1: Hancock dec. Miller, 11-8
Match 2: Hancock dec. Miller, 6-3
130 kilograms: Adam Coon (NYAC) def. Robby Smith (NYAC), 2 matches to 0
Match 1: Coon dec. Smith, 3-1
Match 2: Coon pinned Smith, 5:55
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