Brock Hardy won a Cadet freestyle title in Fargo, and movess up six spots (Photo/John Sachs, Tech-Fall.com)Seventeen wrestlers from the Class of 2018 were champions at the recently completed Cadet and Junior National Championships in Fargo, N.D. That includes eleven members of the top 50 rankings, led by Junior National freestyle champion Gavin Teasdale (Jefferson Morgan, Pa.), who remains third overall in the class. Cadet Triple Crown winner Travis Wittlake (Marshfield, Ore.) jumps up two positions in the class rankings and is now ranked No. 5 overall. Rounding out the top five are No. 1 Gable Steveson (Apple Valley, Minn.), No. 2 David Carr (Massillon Perry, Ohio), and No. 4 Seth Nevills (Clovis, Calif.)
A pair of Junior National freestyle champions was among the notable upward movers in the rankings. Anthony Cassioppi (Hononegah, Ill.), winner at 285 pounds, moved up seven positions to No. 35 overall; while previously unranked Nico Aguilar (Gilroy, Calif.) is now positioned at No. 43 after winning the title at 113 pounds. Fellow Junior freestyle champion Anthony Artalona (Tampa Prep, Fla.) jumps two positions to No. 15 overall in the rising junior class.
Also among the major upward movers was a pair of Cadet freestyle national champions. Brock Hardy (Box Elder, Utah) jumps six positions to No. 20, as he is now a four-time Cadet finalist in Fargo, including earning that elusive title; while Aaron Brooks (North Hagerstown, Md.) jumps back into the rankings at No. 38 after winning Cadet titles in both styles at 160 pounds last month. Others in the rankings to win Cadet freestyle titles were No. 10 Frankie Gissendanner (Penfield, N.Y.), double champion No. 25 Ryan Karoly (Malvern Prep, Pa.), and No. 29 Jacori Teemer (Long Beach, N.Y.)
Another quartet of wrestlers join Brooks and Aguilar as wrestlers to appear in the top 50 at this update, though they were outside of the rankings in the late June update. They include a pair of consolation finalists in Junior freestyle at 145 pounds, No. 36 Jarrett Jacques (Owensville, Mo.) and No. 37 Phil Conigliaro (Belmont Hill, Mass.). The other pair was Cadet freestyle runner-up Brody Teske (Fort Dodge, Iowa), a two-time state champion who is ranked No. 46 in the class; as well as Cadet freestyle All-American Gerard Angelo (Bergen Catholic, N.J.), a two-time state finalist now ranked No. 47 overall.
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