The top two teams in each bracket will compete in the Gold/Silver pool, and compete for the tournament championship. Teams placing third and fourth will compete in the Bronze/Copper pool, and so forth. Within each pool, teams will wrestle three dual meets and then a crossover dual meet for placement.
In order for a team to win the national title, they need to finish top two in their first day bracket. Then, they need to be on top of the standings after a three-match round-robin (generally speaking that entails going 3-0), and then win a crossover match against the top team in the other pool.
Cadet-eligible wrestlers have 1999 and 2000 birth dates. This means that the eligible pool of wrestlers is virtually all Class of 2018 prospects, along with some prospects from the Class of 2017 and the Class of 2019. Illinois swept the titles at the Cadet Duals last year, when the event was held in Daytona Beach, Fla. The Land of Lincoln squad beat a team from Ohio in Greco-Roman and a group from Pennsylvania in freestyle.
With Pennsylvania being the host state, this should assure that they bring a high quality squad. The same can be said for neighboring states of Ohio and New Jersey. That said, all three had high quality rosters for the Cadet Duals last year. Illinois will always bring a relatively strong squad for National Dual meet events. In addition, moving the tournament up one week means the return of Minnesota and Iowa squads to the Cadet Duals, as they had been missing the last few years, with the Northern Plains regional being held the same weekend.
Roster information for the Greco-Roman competition is unavailable at the time of compiling the preview. (Track Wrestling had it hidden on Tuesday night.) However, the composition of each day one bracket (at least the one effective at that moment) is available, and the opening round matchups are the following:
Pool A:
Washington vs. North Carolina
Utah vs. Ohio 2
Colorado vs. Kansas 2,
Minnesota vs. Maryland
Pool B:
Illinois vs. South Carolina
Texas vs. Michigan 2
Iowa vs. Pennsylvania 2
New Jersey 1 vs. New York
Pool C:
Kansas 1 vs. Delaware
Indiana with a bye
Oklahoma vs. California
Ohio 1 vs. Virginia
Pool D:
Pennsylvania 1 vs. New Jersey 2
Georgia with a bye
Florida with a bye
Missouri vs. Michigan 1
Link: Cadet Duals Greco-Roman Results
The Gold/Silver pools to be contested on Thursday consist of the following:
*A-1, B-2, C-2, D-1
*A-2, B-1, C-1, D-2
Roster information for the freestyle competition is available on Track Wrestling as of Tuesday evening for the vast majority of teams; only Florida, both Missouri teams slated to compete, and both Pennsylvania teams did not have public roster information.
Jason Renteria (Photo/Rob Preston)Class of 2019+: No. 2 Cohlton Schultz (Colorado), No. 4 Dylan D'Emilio (Ohio)
Class of 2018: No. 8 Brandon Whitman (Michigan), No. 9 David Carr (Ohio), No. 12 Jack Jessen (Illinois), No. 17 Shane Griffith (New Jersey), No. 19 Alex Lloyd (Minnesota), No. 20 Nate Jimenez (Illinois), No. 23 Joe Lee (Indiana), No. 24 Ryan Karoly (New Jersey), and No. 25 Brock Hardy (Utah)
Class of 2017: No. 17 Jason Renteria (Illinois)
Link: Cadet Duals Freestyle Results
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