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Mendez over McKenna 8-2

Wrestlers from all over will converge upon State College, Pennsylvania Friday and Saturday for one of 18 coveted spots on the Olympic team. Seven wrestlers with Indiana ties will look to call themselves Olympians after the dust settles on Saturday evening. Men's Freestyle At 65kg there are two entries from Indiana in Nick Lee and Jesse Mendez. Lee is coming in as the top seed, while Mendez is the 11th seed. This weight is not qualified for the Olympics yet, so the winner here will go to Turkey with hopes of getting a qualifying spot. Lee won the spot last year and wrestled at Worlds, but did not qualify the spot. He potentially see Penn State teammate Beau Bartlett or 2023 NCAA champ Andrew Alirez to make the best of three finals. Moving up to 97kg we will see Christian Carroll attempt to make the team. He qualified at the Last Chance Qualifier a couple weeks ago and slots in as the 9th seed. He will have Iowa's Anthony Cassioppi in the first round with the winner getting former Olympic medalist J'den Cox in the quarters. At heavyweight Mason Parris will sit out until the finals on Saturday. He will away the challenge tournament winner in a best of three series due to winning a bronze medal at last year's world championships. It will be very fitting to see Parris in Paris this summer. Women's Freestyle Three wrestlers will look to earn spots on the team in Women's Freestyle. All of the women's weights are qualified for the Olympics which means winning here will get you a trip to Paris. At 50kg the Queen of Granger Sarah Hildebrandt will be sitting out until Saturday's best of three finals. She has medaled multiple times on the world stage and looks to make her second Olympic team. Kayla Miracle will be in the best of three series at 62kg awaiting the winner of the challenge tournament. She was an Olympian in 2021 and qualified the weight again for the Olympics at the Pan Am qualifier. Lastly, Yorktown's Alara Boyd will look to earn a spot at 68kg. She comes in as the 5th seed in the challenge tournament. She has multiple world medals and will be a threat to make the best of three series against Amit Elor. Schedule Friday, April 19 Session 1: 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM Challenge Tournament: Preliminaries, Quarterfinals and Consolation Rounds* (ALL STYLES AND WEIGHTS) *All championship matches will wrestle prior to consolation rounds Session 2: 6:30 PM - 10:00 PM Challange Tournament: Semifinals and Finals (ALL STYLES AND WEIGHTS) Saturday, April 20 Session 3: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM Final 2 out of 3 Championship Series Round 1** **Weights not currently qualified for the Olympics will wrestle match 2 in this session Challenge Tournament: Consolations, Consolation Semi-finals, 3rd place and True 3rd (if needed) (ALL STYLES AND WEIGHTS) Session 4: 6:30 PM - 10:00 PM Final 2 out of 3 Championship Series Round 2** **Weights not currently qualified for the Olympics will wrestle match 3 at beginning of session (if needed) Final 2 out of 3 Championship Series Round 3 (If Needed) How to Watch On Peacock and USA https://www.themat.com/news/2024/april/16/how-to-watch-live-u-s-olympic-team-trials-wrestling-live-on-peacock-and-usa-network Brackets Brackets on TrackWrestling TheMat.com Coverage Page View full article

Mendez has Yanni next Carroll over Cassioppi.... has Cox next

Mesenbrink get another TD, gets a deep gut, turns Lockett, leads 8-1 at the break. Burroughs just knows how to win, but credit Facundo with getting deep in on Burroughs' legs. He just can't complete the TD. Facundo with a stepout point, cuts it to 5-3 but only 9 seconds left. A TD would win it for Facundo...JB survives!, 5-3

Mendez over Green 6-3 Lee over Plantaleo 9-2

Nick Lee wins 9-2. Green using some stepouts to get a 3-0 lead, Mendez responds with a TD with a minute left. 40 seconds, Mendez stalking...gets the leg, get the TD and 2 for a quick exposure....Mendez winning 6-3. Wins 6-3! Indiana wrestlers have been phenomenal thus far. Yianni looking vulnerable against Larkin, who is so long for this weight. Very tough body type to compete against in FS....8-8, with Larkin with criteria...Yianni with a sweep single, chops out Larkin's leg to complete the takedown. Bricks from both sides Bartlett up on Alirez 2-2 by criteria in the 2nd period.....Alirez stalking

Lee and Mendez moving on!!!!!!

Carroll with another big toss, leads by criteria 6-6...wins it in an absolutely phenomenal match

18 year old Connor Mirasola up against McFadden at 86kg. Mendez with another TD, pouring it on, leads 8-2, Wins 8-2 Bartlett over Garrett in a changing of the guard match. Pantaleo wins 5-3 over Gross

Good preview. Thanks for that. I just got to State College about a half hour ago. I'll be reporting live from the event the next couple of days, rooting for our Hoosier hammers of course. Hope to see any of you that might be around during the competition. Let's GO!

What is VHS? Here is the IHSAA's library https://www.myihsaa.net/store/products?category=28 It has 2002, but no 1976

I’m trying to get the 2002 finals, had it on VHS but can’t find it now . My kids don’t belive I ever wrestled there until I can provide video evidence.

unknown Andrew, what’s so wrong about posting notable results? We have parents who post when their kid commits to what high school they decide to go to and that seems totally acceptable. What’s wrong with posting a kid who had a good weekend?

From what I understand the kid from Tennessee actually went to CP through like JH. Hoping those Delta boys stay home but wish the best to them no matter where they end up!