2019 TEAM USA

JUNIOR WORLD

CHAMPIONSHIPS MEDIA GUIDE

TALLINN, ESTONIA AUGUST 12-18

 

2019 UWW JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS At Tallinn, Estonia, August 12-18 U.S. Men's Freestyle roster 57 kg/125.5 lbs.: Vitali Arujau, Syosset, N.Y. (Finger Lakes WC) 61 kg/134 lbs.: Gabriel Tagg, Mayfield Heights, Ohio (EAP) 65 kg/143 lbs.: Yahya Thomas, Chicago, Ill. (Wildcat WC/Chicago RTC) 70 kg/154 lbs.: Brayton Lee, Brownsburg, Ind. (Minnesota RTC) 74 kg/163 lbs.: David Carr, Canton, Ohio (Titan Mercury WC/Cyclone WC) 79 kg/174 lbs.: Aaron Brooks, Hagerstown, Md. (Titan Mercury WC/EAP) 86 kg/189 lbs.: Trent Hidlay, Lewistown, Pa. (Wolfpack WC) 92 kg/202 lbs.: Lucas Davison, Chesterton, Ind. (Wildcat WC/Chicago RTC) 97 kg/213.75 lbs.: Tanner Sloan, Alburnett, Iowa (Jackrabbit WC) 125 kg/275 lbs.: Mason Parris, Lawrenceburg, Ind. (Cliff Keen WC) USA Wrestling Freestyle Developmental Coach: Kevin Jackson, Colorado Springs, Colo. Junior World Men’s Freestyle Coach: Shawn Charles, Chandler, Ariz. Personal/Club Coaches: Mike Grey, Ithaca, N.Y.; Josh Churella, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Luke Becker, Minneapolis, Minn.; Cael Sanderson, State College, Pa.; Cody Caldwell, Brooking, S.D.; Nate Carr, Ames, Iowa; Kevin Jack, Raleigh, N.C. U.S. Women’s Freestyle roster 50 kg/110 lbs.: Alleida Martinez, Selma, Calif. (Titan Mercury WC) 53 kg/116.5 lbs.: Gracie Figueroa, Selma, Calif. (Titan Mercury WC) 55 kg/121 lbs.: Alex Hedrick, Fair Oaks, Calif. (Titan Mercury WC) 57 kg/125.5 lbs.: Cameron Guerin, Yakima, Wash. (Titan Mercury WC/EAP) 59 kg/130 lbs: Michaela Beck, New York, N.Y. (New York AC/Hawkeye WC) 62 kg/136.5 lbs.: Alara Boyd, Yorktown, Ind. (CIA) 65 kg/143 lbs.: Macey Kilty, Stratford, Wis. (Sunkist Kids) 68 kg/149.75 lbs.: Jayden Laurent, Denmark, Wis. (Titan Mercury WC) 72 kg/158 lbs.: Alyvia Fiske, Napa, Calif. (Titan Mercury WC) 76 kg/167 lbs.: Korinahe Bullock, Chahokia, Ill. (Titan Mercury WC/McKendree Bearcat WC) USA Wrestling National Women’s Developmental Coach: Jess Medina, Colorado Springs, Colo. Junior World Team Coach: Chad Shilson. Maple Grove, Minn. Junior World Team Coach: Jacque Davis, Boston, Mass. Personal/Club Coaches: Alexio Garcia, Yakima, Wash., Cleo Lane, Pinedale, Calif.; Mark Perry, Iowa City, Iowa; Tony Ramos, Chapel Hill, N.C. U.S. Greco-Roman roster 55 kg/121 lbs.: Dylan Ragusin, Elk Grove Village, Ill. (Izzy Style) 60 kg/132 lbs.: Mason Hartshorn, Antioch, Calif (NMU-OTS) 63 kg/139 lbs.: Alston Nutter, Fennimore, Wis. (Sunkist Kids/NMU-OTS) 67 kg/147 lbs.: Peyton Omania, Concord, Calif. (Michigan State/CYC) 72 kg/158 lbs.: Tyler Eischens, Anoka, Minn. (Stanford/California RTC) 77 kg/169.5 lbs.: Jack Ervien, Bonny Lake, Wash. (Takedown Express WC) 82 kg/180.5 lbs.: Zachary Braunagel, O’Fallon, Ill. (Illinois RTC) 87 kg/191.5 lbs: Cameron Caffey, Carbondale, Ill. (Michigan State) 97 kg/213 lbs.: Nicholas Boykin, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids/OTC) 130 kg/286 lbs.: Cohlton Schultz, Parker, Colo. (Sunkist Kids/EAP) USA Wrestling Manager of Greco-Roman Programs: Gary Mayabb, Colorado Springs, Colo. Junior World Greco-Roman Coach: Nate Engel, San Jose, Calif. Personal/Club Coaches: Herb House, Colorado Springs, Colo.; James Johnson, Phoenix, Ariz.; Lucas Steldt, Blue River, Wis.; Chris Williams, East Lansing, Mich.; Mark Halvorson, Concord, Calif. Medical: Dr. Mike Baria, Powell, Ohio, Judi Tekautz, Rushford, Minn. Referees: Nicholas Kindred, Wildomar, Calif., Drew Hayes, Tempe, Ariz., Kevin Maxwell, Utica, N.Y., James Speelman, Ashland, Ohio USA Wrestling Communications Director: Gary Abbott

 

EVENT SCHEDULE In local time in Tallinn, Estonia, which is seven hours ahead of U.S. Eastern time zone Monday, August 12 10:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Qualification rounds for 57 kg, 65 kg, 70 kg, 79 kg, 97 kg in MFS 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. – Semifinals for 57 kg, 65 kg, 70 kg, 79 kg, 97 kg in MFS Tuesday, August 13 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. - Qualification rounds for 61 kg, 74 kg, 86 kg, 92 kg, 125 kg in MFS 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. – Repechage for 57 kg, 65 kg, 70 kg, 79 kg, 97 kg in MFS 5:15 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. – Semifinals for 61 kg, 74 kg, 86 kg, 92 kg, 125 kg in MFS 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. – Finals for 57 kg, 65 kg, 70 kg, 79 kg, 97 kg in MFS Wednesday, August 14 10:30 a.m. -1:30 p.m. – Qualification rounds for 50 kg, 55 kg, 59 kg, 68 kg, 76 kg in WFS 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. – Repechage for 61 kg, 74 kg, 86 kg, 92 kg, 125 kg in MFS 5:15 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. – Semifinals for 50 kg, 55 kg, 59 kg, 68 kg, 76 kg in WFS 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. – Finals for 61 kg, 74 kg, 86 kg, 92 kg, 125 kg in MFS Thursday, August 15 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. – Qualification rounds for 53 kg, 57 kg, 62 kg, 65 kg, 72 kg in WFS 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m – Repechage for 50 kg, 55 kg, 59 kg, 68 kg, 76 kg in WFS 5:15 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. – Semifinals for 53 kg, 57 kg, 62 kg, 65 kg, 72 kg in WFS 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. – Finals for 50 kg, 55 kg, 59 kg, 68 kg, 76 kg in WFS Friday, August 16 10:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. – Qualification rounds for 55 kg, 63 kg, 77 kg, 87 kg, 130 kg in GR 10:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. – Repechage for 53 kg, 57 kg, 62 kg, 65 kg, 72 kg in WFS 5:15 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. – Semifinals for 55 kg, 63 kg, 77 kg, 87 kg, 130 kg in GR 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. – Finals for 53 kg, 57 kg, 62 kg, 65 kg, 72 kg in WFS Saturday, August 17 10:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. – Qualification rounds for 60 kg, 67 kg, 72 kg, 82 kg, 97 kg in GR 10:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. – Repechage for 55 kg, 63 kg, 77 kg, 87 kg, 130 kg in GR 5:15 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. – Semifinals for 60 kg, 67 kg, 72 kg, 82 kg, 97 kg in GR 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. – Finals for 55 kg, 63 kg, 77 kg, 87 kg, 130 kg in GR Sunday, August 18 4:00 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. – Repechage for 60 kg, 67 kg, 72 kg, 82 kg, 97 kg in GR 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. – Finals for 60 kg, 67 kg, 72 kg, 82 kg, 97 kg in GR LIVE BROADCAST ON TRACKWRESTLING (IN U.S. MARKET)

 

The U.S. will send a talented team of men’s freestyle wrestlers to compete at the UWW Junior World Championships in Tallinn, Estonia next week. The UWW Junior World age-group includes athletes who are 17-20 years old. All 10 of the U.S. team members earned their spots on the team with victories at the 2019 UWW Junior World Team Trials in Raleigh, N.C. in May. The U.S. team is led by 2018 Junior World silver medalist and 2017 Cadet World champion Aaron Brooks (Hagerstown, Md./Titan Mercury WC/EAP) at 79 kg/174 lbs. Brooks will be competing at an age-group World Championships for Team USA for the third straight summer. Brooks was a member of the Elite Accelerator Program (EAP) at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center (USOPTC) for a year after graduating as a four-time state champion from North Hagerstown High School in Maryland. He begins his college career at Penn State this season. Brooks won a gold medal at the Senior-level Dave Schultz Memorial International earlier this year. He won three Fargo titles, two as a Cadet and one as a Junior. The team includes two other past age-group World medalists, 2016 Cadet World silver medalist Vitali Arujau (Syosset, N.Y./Finger Lakes WC) at 57 kg/125.5 lbs. and 2016 Cadet World bronze medalist David Carr (Canton, Ohio (Titan Mercury WC/Cyclone WC) at 74 kg/163 lbs. Arujau was fourth at the 2019 NCAA Championships as a freshman at Cornell University, and also placed an impressive fourth at the 2019 U.S. Senior Nationals in men’s freestyle. He won the 2018 U23 World Team Trials. Arujau captured four New York state high school titles for Syosset High School, and was a Cadet Nationals freestyle champion. Carr won a bronze medal at the Senior-level Granma Cup in Cuba this winter, while taking a redshirt year at Iowa State. He won USA Wrestling age-group national titles at the UWW Cadet, Junior and UWW Junior levels. Carr won four Ohio state titles for Massillon Perry High School. Both Arujau and Carr are the sons of Olympic wrestling medalists. Vitaly’s father Vougar Orudjev was a 1996 Olympic bronze medalist and a two-time World champion for the Soviet Union. David’s father Nate won a 1988 Olympic bronze medal for the United States, and won three NCAA titles for Iowa State. There are two EAP athletes on the 2019 UWW Junior World Team, as Brooks is joined by Gabriel Tagg (Mayfield Heights, Ohio/EAP) at 61 kg/134 lbs. Tagg, a 2018 Ohio state high school champion and two-time state runner-up for Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School, gave up his senior year of high school competition to join the EAP

program at the USOPTC. He won a gold at the Senior-level Flatz Open in Austria this summer. Tagg was named Outstanding Wrestler at the UWW Junior Nationals in Las Vegas in April. Another wrestler with previous international experience on the team is Tanner Sloan (Alburnett, Iowa/Jackrabbit WC) at 97 kg/213.75 lbs., who won a silver medal at the 2019 Pan American Junior Championships in freestyle. Sloan was second at the 2019 Midlands Championships while taking his redshirt year at South Dakota State. He won two Iowa state titles for Alburnett High School. All 10 of the U.S. Junior World Team members are either competing for an NCAA Div. I wrestling team, or are incoming freshmen for an NCAA Div. I program. Among this group is heavyweight Mason Parris (Lawrenceburg, Ind./Cliff Keen WC), who was an NCAA qualifier for Michigan this season as a true freshman. Parris, who won three Indiana state titles for Lawrenceburg High School, came out of redshirt for the Wolverines this year. There are two members of the 2019 U.S. Junior World Team who compete for Northwestern University, Yahya Thomas (Chicago, Ill./Wildcat WC/Chicago RTC) at 65 kg/143 lbs. and Lucas Davison (Chesterton, Ind./Wildcat WC/Chicago RTC) at 92 kg/202 lbs. Both placed third at the 2018 Midlands Championships. Thomas competed for Mt. Carmel High School in Chicago, while Davison was a state champion for Chesterton High School in Indiana. The other NCAA Div. I wrestlers who made the Junior World Team were Minnesota’s Brayton Lee (Brownsburg, Ind./Minnesota RTC) at 70 kg/154 lbs. and NC State’s Trent Hidlay (Lewistown, Pa./Wolfpack WC) at 86 kg/189 lbs. Lee, who won the UWW Junior World Team Trials after taking second at the UWW Junior Nationals, was a 2018 Junior Nationals champion in Fargo. He won three state high school titles for Brownsburg High School in Indiana. Hidlay was a two-time Pennsylvania state champion for Mifflin County High School. He was a 2017 Junior Nationals finalist in both freestyle and Greco-Roman. With three past age-group World Team members, and one wrestler who has competed at an age-group Pan American Championships, this team has six team members who do not have World or Continental international experience. However, all have been successful in USA Wrestling’s age-group national tournaments, are affiliated with successful NCAA Div. I programs and have been active in the international styles for many years.

World medalists Brooks, Arujau, Carr headline U.S. Junior World Men’s Freestyle Team

 

57 kg: VITALI ARUJAU Hometown: Syosett, N.Y. Club: Finger Lakes WC College: Cornell High School: Syosset, N.Y. Born: June 1, 1999 (Age: 20) Weight: 57 kg/125.5 lbs. Career highlights

• Second in 2016 Cadet World Championships • Fourth in 2019 U.S. Senior Open • 2019 UWW Junior World Team Trials champion • 2019 U23 World Team Trials champion • Fourth in 2019 NCAA Championships for Cornell • Four-time New York state high school champion

2019: UWW Junior World Team Trials champion… Fourth in U.S. Senior Open… 2018: U23 World Team Trials champion… Second in UWW Junior World Team Trials…. Fourth in UWW Junior Nationals… 2017: Second in UWW Junior World Team Trials… Second in UWW Junior Nationals… 2016: Second in Cadet World Championships… UWW Cadet Nationals champion… 2014: Cadet Nationals champion (Fargo)… College: Fourth in 2019 NCAA Championships as a freshman for Cornell… Second in EIWA Championships… High School: Four-time New York state high school champion for Syosset High School… Five-time Suffolk County (Section XI) champion… Personal: His father Vougar Oruudjov was a two-time World champion and 1996 Olympic bronze medalist in freestyle wrestling for the Soviet Union… Vougar is a coach at Nassau Community College on Long Island… His older brother Nick Arujau also competed for Cornell… Instagram: varujau_lgr Twitter: @vArujau Previous World Championship results 2016 Cadet World Championships - 58 kg/127.75 lbs. - SILVER WIN Hector Candelaria Rivera (Puerto Rico), 10-0 WIN Ryuto Sakaki (Japan), 9-6 WIN Denys Borohan (Ukraine), 10-0 LOSS Amirhossein Maghsoudi (Iran), 12-8

61 kg: GABRIEL TAGG Hometown: Mayfield Heights, Ohio Club: Elite Accelerator Program (EAP) College: North Carolina (rising freshman) High School: Brecksville, Ohio (Brecksville-Broadview Heights), AIM Global Academy, Colo. Born: May 10, 2000 (Age: 19) Weight: 61 kg/134 lbs. Career highlights

• 2019 UWW Junior World Team Trials champion • 2019 UWW Junior Nationals champion • 2019 Flatz Open champion (Austria) • Second in 2018 Junior Nationals • 2018 Ohio state high school champion and three-time

state medalist 2019: UWW Junior World Team Trials champion… UWW Junior Nationals champion… Flatz Open champion (Austria)… Fifth in Roman Dmitriev Memorial (Russia) 2018: Second in Junior Nationals (Fargo)… Sixth in UWW Junior Nationals… 2017: Fifth in 2017 UWW Cadet Nationals 2015: Third in Cadet Nationals (Fargo) High School: 2018 Ohio state high school champion for Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School… Third in 2017 Ohio state championships… Second in 2016 Ohio state championships… Note: Tagg did not compete in folkstyle as a high school senior, joining the EAP program at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, where he completed his high school academics… Instagram: gabe_tagg Twitter: @gabrieltagg

U.S. Junior World Men’s Freestyle Team biographies – Arujau and Tagg

 

65 kg: YAHYA THOMAS Hometown: Chicago, Ill. Club: Wildcat WC/Chicago RTC College: Northwestern High School: Chicago, Ill. (Mount Carmel) Born: February 11, 1999 (age: 20) Weight: 65 kg/143 lbs. Career highlights

• 2019 UWW Junior World Team Trials champion • 2019 UWW Junior Nationals champion • Fifth at 2015 Junior Nationals • Third in 2016 and 2017 Illinois state championships

2019: UWW Junior World Team Trials champion…. UWW Junior Nationals champion… 2018: Seventh in UWW Junior Nationals… 2015: Fifth in Cadet Nationals (Fargo) … Eighth in Cadet Preseason Nationals… College: Thomas is a rising redshirt sophomore for Northwestern…Third in 2018 Midlands Championships… Seventh in 2017 Midlands Championships…. High School: Third in 2016 and 2017 Illinois state championships for Mount Carmel High School… Team captain for Mount Carmel… Instagram: yahya2020prime Twitter: @yahya2020prime

70 kg BRAYTON LEE Hometown: Brownsburg, Ind. Club: Minnesota RTC College: Minnesota High School: Brownsburg, Ind. Born: May 25, 1999 (age: 20) Weight: 70 kg/154 lbs. Career highlights

• 2019 UWW Junior World Team Trials champion • 2019 UWW Junior Nationals champion • 2018 Junior Nationals champion • Three-time Indiana state high school champion

2019: UWW Junior World Team Trials champion… Second in UWW Junior Nationals… 2018: Junior Nationals champion (Fargo)… 2017: Third in Junior Nationals (Fargo)… 2016: Third in Cadet Nationals (Fargo)… Third in UWW Cadet Nationals…. College: Redshirt freshman at the University of Minnesota… High School: Three-time Indiana state champion for Brownsburg High School… Instagram: brayton_lee Twitter: @brayton_lee4

U.S. Junior World Men’s Freestyle Team biographies – Thomas and Lee 

 

74 kg DAVID CARR Hometown: Canton, Ohio Club: Titan Mercury WC/Cyclone WC College: Iowa State High School: Massillon, Ohio (Perry) Born: March 28, 1999 (Age: 20) Weight: 74 kg/163 lbs. Career highlights

• 2016 Cadet World bronze medalist • 2019 UWW Junior World Team Trials champion • 2019 UWW Junior Nationals champion • 2017 Junior Nationals champion • 2016 UWW Cadet Nationals champion • Four-time Ohio state high school champion

2019: UWW Junior World Team Trials champion… UWW Junior Nationals champion… Third in Granma Cup (Cuba)… 2018: Second in UWW Junior World Team Trials… Fourth in UWW Junior Nationals… 2017: Junior Nationals champion… Fourth in Junior World Team Trials… Sixth in UWW Junior Nationals in freestyle… 2016: Third in Cadet World Championships… 2016 UWW Cadet Nationals champion… 2015: Second in UWW Cadet Nationals… College: Redshirt freshman at Iowa State… High School: Four-time Ohio state high school champion for Massillon Perry High School… Personal: His father Nate Carr was a 1988 Olympic bronze medalist and three-time NCAA champion for Iowa State… Twitter: @carrchamp Previous World Championship results 2016 Cadet Worlds - 69 kg/152 lbs. - BRONZE WIN Davud Alizalau (Belarus), 11-0 WIN Yevhenii Dubovyi (Ukraine), 10-2 LOSS Sajjad Gholami (Iran), 8-8 WIN Gegham Galstyan (Armenia), 7-2

79 kg AARON BROOKS Hometown: Hagerstown, Md. Club: Titan Mercury WC/ EAP College: Penn State (rising freshman) High School: Hagerstown, Md. (North Hagerstown) Born: June 15, 2000 (Age: 19) Weight: 79 kg/174 lbs. Career highlights

• 2017 Cadet World champion • 2018 Junior World silver medalist • 2019 Dave Schultz Memorial International champion • 2018 and 2019 UWW Junior World Team Trials

champion • 2018 and 2019 UWW Nationals champion • Three-time Fargo champion (two in freestyle, one in

Greco-Roman) 2019: UWW Junior World Team Trials champion…. UWW Junior Nationals champion… Dave Schultz Memorial International champion… Flatz Open champion (Austria)… 2018: Second in Junior World Championships… Junior World Team Trials champion… UWW Freestyle Nationals champion… 2017: Cadet World champion… Second in Cadet Freestyle World Team Trials… Filled in for injured Travis Wittlake… Junior Freestyle national champion (Fargo)… 2016: Cadet Freestyle national champion (Fargo)… Cadet Greco-Roman national champion (Fargo)… High School: Four-time Maryland state high school champion for North Hagerstown High School… Note: Brooks spent a year after high school with the Elite Accelerator Program (EAP), and starts his college career at Penn State in 2019-2020. Instagram: 301_ab Twitter: @aaronbrooks2000 Previous World Championship results 2018 Junior Worlds : 79 kg/174 lbs. - SILVER WIN Daniar Meldebek (Kazakhstan), 12-1 WIN Andrian Grosul (Moldova), 9-4 WIN Orhan Abasov (Azerbaijan), win by cautions LOSS Hayato Ishiguro (Japan), 11-10 2017 Cadet Worlds: 76 kg/167 lbs. – GOLD WIN Lasha Bairamovi (Georgia), 12-2 WIN Alex Hoerner (Germany), 11-0 WIN Filip Jires (Czech Republic), 10-0 WIN Meysam Zaree (Iran), 12-1 WIN Arsamag Khostikoev (Russia), 12-7

U.S. Junior World Men’s Freestyle Team biographies – Carr and Brooks 

 

86 kg TRENT HIDLAY Hometown: Lewistown, Pa. Club: Wolfpack WC College: North Carolina State High School: Highland Park, Pa. (Mifflin County) Born: April 7, 1999 (Age: 20) Weight: 86 kg/189 lbs. Career highlights

• 2019 UWW Junior World Team Trials champion • 2019 UWW Junior Nationals champion • Third in 2019 UWW Junior World Team Trials • Second in 2017 Junior Nationals in both freestyle and

Greco-Roman • Two-time Pennsylvania state high school champion

2019: UWW Junior World Team Trials champion… UWW Junior Nationals champion… 2018: Third in UWW Junior World Team Trials… Sixth in UWW Junior Nationals… 2017: Second in Junior Nationals in both freestyle and Greco-Roman (Fargo)… 2016: Seventh in Junior Nationals…Third in UWW Cadet Nationals… 2015: Eighth in UWW Cadet Nationals… College: Redshirt freshman for North Carolina State… His brother Hayden is a two-time All-American and 2018 NCAA finalist for North Carolina State… High School: Two-time Pennsylvania state high school champion for Mifflin County High School… Second in the Pennsylvania state championships as a sophomore… Instagram: trent_hidlay Twitter: @hoagieboyhidlay

92 kg LUCAS DAVISON Hometown: Chesterton, Ind. Club: Wildcat WC/Chicago RTC College: Northwestern High School: Chesterton, Ind. Born: July 5, 2000 (Age: 19) Weight: 92 kg/202 lbs. Career highlights

• 2019 UWW Junior World Team Trials champion • 2019 UWW Junior Nationals champion • Third in 2019 Dave Schultz Memorial • Third in 2018 Midlands Championships • 2018 Junior Nationals champion in freestyle and

Greco-Roman • 2018 Indiana state high school champion

2019: UWW Junior World Team Trials champion… UWW Junior Nationals champion… Third in Dave Schultz Memorial International… 2018: Junior Nationals champion in freestyle and Greco-Roman (Fargo)… Third in UWW Junior Nationals… Seventh in UWW Junior Nationals… 2017: Third in Junior Nationals in freestyle and seventh in Greco-Roman (Fargo)… Fourth in UWW Cadet Nationals… 2016: Second in Cadet Nationals in freestyle and fifth in Greco-Roman (Fargo)… 2016 Cadet Folkstyle Nationals champion… 2015: Second in Cadet Folkstyle Nationals… College: Redshirt freshman for Northwestern… Third in 2018 Midlands Championships… High School: 2018 Indiana state champion for Chesterton High School… Second in 2017 Indiana state championships Personal: His father Keith was a two-time All-American at Wisconsin, and serves as the USA Wrestling state chairperson in Indiana… His brother Andrew wrestles for Michigan… Instagram: lewcas Twitter: @LucasDavison

U.S. Junior World Men’s Freestyle Team biographies – Hidlay and Davison 

 

97 kg TANNER SLOAN Hometown: Alburnett, Iowa Club: Jackrabbit WC College: South Dakota State High School: Alburnett, Iowa Born: November 25, 1999 (Age: 19) Weight: 97 kg/213.75 lbs. Career highlights

• 2019 UWW Junior World Team Trials champion • Second in 2019 Pan American Junior Championships • Second in 2019 UWW Junior Nationals • Second in 2018 Midlands Championships • Two-time Iowa state high school champion

2019: Second in Pan American Junior Championships… UWW Junior World Team Trials champion… Second in UWW Junior Nationals… College: Sophomore at South Dakota State… Second in 2018 Midlands Championships… High School: Two-time Iowa state champion for Alburnett High School… Also third in the Iowa state championships as a junior and sixth in the Iowa state championships as a freshman… Instagram: tannersloan_23 Twitter: @T_Sloaner

125 kg MASON PARRIS Hometown: Lawrenceburg, Ind. Club: Cliff Keen WC College: Michigan High School: Lawrenceburg, Ind. Born: October 9, 1999 (Age: 19) Weight: 125 kg/275 lbs. Career highlights

• 2019 UWW Junior World Team Trials champion • Third in 2018 Junior Nationals • NCAA qualifier as a freshman for Michigan • Fifth in 2018 Midlands Championships • Three-time Indiana state high school champion

2019: UWW Junior World Team Trials champion… 2018: Third in Junior Nationals (Fargo)… College: NCAA qualifier as a freshman for Michigan… Fifth at 2018 Midlands Championships… High School: Three-time Indiana state high school champion for Lawrenceburg High School… Third in the Indiana state championships as a freshman… Instagram: mason_parris Twitter: @Parris58

U.S. Junior World Men’s Freestyle Team biographies – Sloan and Parris 

 

There are two ways to describe the 2019 U.S. Junior World Team in women’s freestyle that will compete at the UWW Junior World Championships in Tallinn, Estonia next week. Experienced. Talented.

• Five of the team members, which is half of the team, have won a total of nine age-group World medals for Team USA

• Nine of the 10 team members have competed in a past U.S. age-group World Championships

• The one who has not been to a World Championships has won Pan American medals and Senior international events

• Three of the team members are on the current Senior Women’s National Team, and three others were on last year’s Senior Women’s National Team. One made the last two Senior Women’s National Teams.

Leading the team effort is 2018 Cadet World champion and three-time age-group World medalist Macey Kilty (Stratford, Wis./Sunkist Kids) at 65 kg/143 lbs. Kilty was also a 2018 Junior World silver medalist and a 2016 Cadet World bronze medalist. Kilty is a member of the Senior Women’s National Team, at No. 3 on the ladder. She is currently an Elite Accelerator Program (EAP) athlete at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. She has won numerous USA Wrestling age-group national titles during her career. Two-time age-group World medalist on the roster are Alleida Martinez (Selma, Calif./Titan Mercury WC) at 50 kg/110 lbs. and Alara Boyd (Yorktown, Ind./CIA at 62 kg/136.5 lbs. Martinez was a 2015 Cadet World silver medalist and 2016 Cadet World bronze medalist. Martinez won a 2019 WCWA National title and a 2019 NAIA National Invitational title as a freshman for Menlo College. She won four California state titles for Selma High School. He boasts four Fargo national titles (two as a Junior and two as a Cadet). Boyd won a 2017 Cadet World silver medal and a 2016 Cadet World bronze medal. She has won Junior National titles in both freestyle and folkstyle. Boyd is a rising freshman for McKendree University. The other two past age-group World medalists are Gracie Figueroa (Selma, Calif./Titan Mercury WC) at 53 kg/116.5 lbs. and Korinahe Bullock (Chahokia, Ill./Titan Mercury WC/McKendree Bearcat WC) at 76 kg/167 lbs. Figueroa won a Cadet World bronze medal in 2016. She has been on three past U.S. Cadet World Teams, and will be competing on her second U.S. Junior World Team. Figueroa was a WCWA National champion for Menlo College this year, and also like Martinez, she won four California state titles for Selma High School.

Bullock came home with a U23 World bronze medal in 2018 in her first World Championships appearance. She was a member of the 2018-19 Senior Women’s National Team after placing second in the 2018 Final X to four-time World champion Adeline Gray. Bullock is a two-time WCWA All-American for McKendree University. The four team members who also have age-group World Championship experience are Alex Hedrick (Fair Oaks, Calif./Titan Mercury WC) at 55 kg/121 lbs., Cameron Guerin (Yakima, Wash./Titan Mercury WC/EAP) at 57 kg/125.5 lbs., Jayden Laurent (Denmark, Wis./Titan Mercury WC) at 68 kg/149.75 lbs. and Alyvia Fiske (Napa, Calif./Titan Mercury WC) at 72 kg/158 lbs. Hedrick competed on the 2018 Junior World Team. She was No. 2 on the 2017-18 Senior Women’s National Team, after falling to 2016 Olympic champion Helen Maroulis in a Final X Special Wrestle-off in 2018. Hedrick was a 2018 U.S. Senior Open champion, and was a 2019 Pan American Senior Championships gold medalist. Hedrick is a WCWA All-American for Simon Fraser, and won two California state titles for Bella Vista High School. Guerin placed fifth in the 2017 Junior World Championships, qualifying for a medal match at her weight class. She has twice been third at the U.S. Senior Open, and won the Senior-level Grand Prix of Germany this year. She boasts Pan American Championships titles as both a Junior and a Cadet. Also a Junior Nationals champion, Guerin won four state high school titles for Davis High School in Washington. She became an EAP athlete at the USOPTC this past year. Laurent was a member of the 2018 U.S. Junior World Team. She has made the last two U.S. Senior National Teams, placing No. 3 on the ladder in 2018 and 2019. Laurent won the Senior Canada Cup this season. She was a 2019 U.S. Senior Open runner-up and was third in 2018. Laurent won a 2019 WCWA national title as a freshman at Lakeland University and is now with the Badger RTC. Fiske was also a 2018 Junior World Team member. She will compete at the U23 World Championships in October. Fiske is currently No. 2 on the Senior Women’s National Team, after placing second at the 2019 Final X. She won a U.S. Senior Open title in 2019. Add in a gold medal at the 2019 Dave Schultz Memorial International, to boot. She was third in the 2019 WCWA Nationals for Simon Fraser, and won two California state titles for Vintage High School. At 59 kg/130 lbs., Michaela Beck (New York, N.Y./New York AC/Hawkeye WC) was on the 2018-19 Senior National Team, after taking third on the ladder. She was a 2018 U.S. Senior Open runner-up. Beck won the Senior-level Flatz Open in Austria, and boasts Pan American medals as both a Junior and a Cadet and was a 2016 Junior Nationals champion.

Cadet World champ Kilty among five World medalists on tough U.S. women’s Junior World Team

 

50 kg ALLEIDA MARTINEZ Hometown: Selma, Calif. Club: Titan Mercury WC College: Menlo College High School: Selma, Calif. Born: April 4, 2000 (Age: 19) Weight: 50 kg/110 lbs. Career highlights

• 2015 Cadet World silver medalist • 2016 Cadet World bronze medalist • Seventh in 2018 Junior World Championships • Fourth in 2019 Senior World Team Trials Challenge

Tournament • 2019 WCWA Nationals champion for Menlo College • 2019 NAIA National Invitational champion • Four-time Fargo Nationals champion (2 in Junior, 2 in

Cadet) • Four-time California state high school champion

2019: Fourth in Senior World Team Trials Challenge Tournament… UWW Junior Nationals champion… Seventh in U.S. Senior Open… 2018: Seventh in Junior World Championships… UWW Junior World Team Trials champion… Second at U23 World Team Trials… Fourth at Bill Farrell International… 2017: Junior Freestyle Nationals champion (Fargo)… Third in UWW Cadet World Team Trials… Second at Junior Folkstyle Nationals… 2016: Bronze at Cadet World Championships… UWW Cadet World Team Trials champion… Junior Freestyle Nationals champion (Fargo)… Cadet Freestyle Nationals champion (Fargo)… Cadet Folkstyle Nationals champion… 2015: Silver at Cadet World Championships… UWW Cadet World Team Trials champion… Cadet Freestyle Nationals champion (Fargo)… Junior Folkstyle Nationals champion… Cadet Folkstyle Nationals champion… College: 2019 WCWA nationals champion for Menlo College… 2019 NAIA National Invitational champion… High School: Four-time California CIF girls state high school champion for Selma High School (2015-2018)… Instagram: awesome_alle Twitter: @awesome_alle Previous World Championship results 2018 Junior Worlds: 50 kg/110 lbs. – SEVENTH WIN Yazaman Majidli (Azerbaijan), fall 4:57 WIN Victoria Apalonik (Belarus), fall 2:34 LOSS Marina Zakshevskaya (Kazakhstan), fall 1:41 2016 Cadet Worlds: 46 kg/101.25 lbs. – BRONZE LOSS Suzuna Yoshimura (Japan), 6-4 WIN Natallia Varakina (Belarus), 5-4 WIN Emma Malmgren (Sweden), 8-3 2015 Cadet Worlds: 46 kg/101.5 lbs. – SILVER WIN Florenta Diaconu (Moldova), pin WIN Aynur Ege (Turkey), 2-1 WIN Maria Tiumerekova (Russia), 3-2 LOSS Yui Susaki (Japan), 0-10

53 kg GRACIE FIGUEROA Hometown: Selma, Calif. Club: Titan Mercury WC College: Menlo College High School: Selma, Calif. Born: January 19, 2000 (Age: 19) Weight: 53 kg/116.5 lbs. Career highlights

• 2016 Cadet World bronze medalist • Three-time Cadet World Team member (2015-2017) • 2017 and 2019 Junior World Team member • Third in 2019 U.S. Senior Open • Third in 2019 U.S. Senior World Team Trials Challenge

Tournament • 2019 WCWA Nationals champion for Menlo College • Four-time California state high school champion

2019: Third in Senior World Team Trials Challenge Tournament… UWW Junior Nationals champion… Third in U.S. Senior Open… 2017: Eighth in Junior World Championships… Ninth in Cadet World Championships… UWW Junior Nationals champion… UWW Cadet Nationals champion… Junior Folkstyle National champion 2016: Third in Cadet World Championships… 2016 Junior Nationals champion (Fargo)…2016 Cadet Nationals champion (Fargo)… UWW Cadet Nationals champion… Junior Folkstyle National champion… Cadet Folkstyle Nationals champion 2015: 10th in Cadet World Championships… UWW Cadet Nationals champion… Junior Nationals champion (Fargo)… Cadet Nationals champion (Fargo)… Second in Junior Folkstyle Nationals… Second in Cadet Folkstyle Nationals… Western Junior Regionals champion… College: 2019 WCWA national champion for Menlo College… Second in NAIA National Invitational… High School: Four-time California CIF girls state high school champion for Selma High School (2015-2018)… Instagram: graceface_01 Previous World Championship results 2017 Junior Worlds: 59 kg/130 lbs.: NINTH WIN Leanco Stans (South Africa), 10-0 LOSS Ilona Prokopevniuk (Ukraine), fall 4:10 2017 Cadet Worlds: 56 kg/123 lbs.: EIGHTH WIN Nuraida Anarkulova (Kyrgyzstan), fall 1:28 WIN Violleta Petrovska (Ukraine), 11-0 LOSS Ida Joensson (Sweden), fall 1:18 2016 Cadet Worlds: 56 kg/123 lbs.: BRONZE LOSS Anastasia Nichita (Moldova), 12-0 WIN Anna Szel (Hungary), 7-6 WIN Anastasia Sizenko (Russia), 6-5 2015 Cadet Worlds: 52 kg/114.5 lbs.: TENTH LOSS Leyla Gurbanov (Azerbaijan), 3-4 LOSS Sae Nanjo (Japan), 2-4

U.S. Junior World Women’s Freestyle Team biographies – Martinez and Figueroa 

 

55 kg ALEX HEDRICK Hometown: Fair Oaks, Calif. Club: Titan Mercury WC College: Simon Fraser High School: Fair Oaks, Calif. (Bella Vista) Born: Feb. 19, 1999 (Age: 20) Weight: 57 kg/125 lbs. Career highlights

• 2018 and 2019 Junior World Team member • Second in 2018 Final X • 2018 World Team Trials Challenge Tournament

champion • 2018 U.S. Senior Open champion • 2019 Pan American Senior champion • Fourth in 2019 Senior World Team Trials Challenge

Tournament • Second in 2018 and 2019 WCWA Nationals for

Simon Fraser • Two-time California state high school champion

2019: Fourth in U.S. Senior World Team Trials Challenge Tournament… UWW Junior Nationals champion… Sixth in U.S. Senior Open… Pan American Senior Championships champion… 2018: Junior World Team member… Second in Final X Special Wrestle-off…. UWW Junior World Team Trials champion… U.S. Senior Open champion… World Team Trials Challenge Tournament champion… Third at U23 World Team Trials… Fifth at Grand Prix of Spain… 2017: Fourth at SFU International… Second at Junior Folkstyle Nationals… 2016: Second at Junior Freestyle Nationals (Fargo)… Fourth at UWW Cadet World Team Trials… College: Second in 2018 and 2019 WCWA Nationals for Simon Fraser University… High School: Two-time California state champion for Bella Vista High School… Instagram: nails_h Twitter: @AlexH1066 Previous World Championship results 2018 Junior Worlds: 57 kg/125.5 lbs.: DNP/14th LOSS Viktoria Vaulina (Russia), 10-0

57 kg CAMERON GUERIN Hometown: Yakima, Wash. Club: Titan Mercury WC/Elite Accelerator Program (EAP) College: High School: Yakima, Wash. (A.C. Davis) Born: April 5, 2000 (Age: 19) Weight: 57 kg/125.5 lbs. Career highlights

• Fifth in 2017 Junior World Championships • Third in 2018 and 2019 U.S. Senior Open • 2019 Grand Prix of Germany champion • 2018 Pan American Junior champion • 2017 Pan American Cadet champion • 2016 Junior Nationals champion • Four-time Washington state high school champion

2019: UWW Junior Nationals champion… Third in U23 World Team Trials… Third in U.S. Senior Open… Grand Prix of Germany champion… Eighth in Klippan Lady Open (Sweden)… 2018: Third in Junior Freestyle Nationals (Fargo)… Second in UWW Junior Nationals… Third in U.S. Senior Open… Pan American Junior Championships champion… 2018 Wayland Women’s Open champion… 2017: Fifth in Junior World Championships… UWW Junior Nationals champion… Pan American Cadet champion… Second in UWW Cadet Nationals… Third in Junior Folkstyle Nationals… 2016: Junior Nationals champion (Fargo)… Third in Cadet Pan American Championships… Second in UWW Cadet Nationals… Northwest Junior Regional champion… High School: Four-time Washington girls state high school champion for A.C. Davis High School (2015-2018)… Instagram: cameron_guerin_ Twitter: @cameronguerin Previous World Championship results 2017 Junior Worlds: 51 kg: FIFTH WIN Yeonseo Choi (Korea), 10-0 LOSS Kseniia Nezgovorova (Russia), 3:52 WIN Jaydn Davis (Canada), 11-3 LOSS Bolor Bat Orshikh (Mongolia), 12-2

U.S. Junior World Women’s Freestyle Team biographies – Hedick and Guerin 

 

59 kg MICHAELA BECK Hometown: New York, N.Y. Club: New York AC/Hawkeye WC College: Iowa High School: New York, N.Y. (Trevor Day) Born: February 5, 2000 (Age: 19) Weight: 59 kg/130 lbs. Career highlights

• Second in 2018 U.S. Senior Open • Second in 2018 and 2019 Senior World Team Trials

Challenge Tournament • Second in 2018 Pan American Junior Championships • 2018 Flatz Open champion (Austria) • Third in 2017 Pan American Cadet Championships • 2016 Junior Nationals champion

2019: Second in Senior World Team Trials Challenge Tournament… UWW Junior Nationals champion… Fourth in Henri Deglane Challenge (France)… 2018: Second in Senior World Team Trials Challenge Tournament… Second in UWW Junior Nationals… Second in U.S. Senior Open… Second in Pan American Junior Championships… Eighth in Grand Prix of Spain… Third in Pan American Senior Championships… Fourth in Bill Farrell Memorial International… 10th in Klippan Lady Open (Sweden)… Flatz Open champion (Austria)… Second in Yoshida Cup (Japan)… 2017: Third in Pan American Cadet Championships… Second in UWW Cadet Nationals… 2016: Junior Freestyle Nationals champion (Fargo)… Second in Cadet Nationals (Fargo)… Fifth in UWW Cadet Nationals… Second in Cadet Folkstyle Nationals… Fourth in Junior Folkstyle Nationals… 2015: Second in Junior Freestyle Nationals (Fargo)… Fourth in Cadet Freestyle Nationals (Fargo)… Seventh in Cadet Folkstyle Nationals… Instagram: mkaykay19 Twitter: @mkaykay_19

62 kg ALARA BOYD Hometown: Yorktown, Ind. Club: CIA College: McKendree (rising freshman) High School: Yorktown, Ind.; River Falls, Wis. Born: May 2, 2001 (age: 18) Weight: 62 kg/138.75 lbs. Career highlights

• Second in 2017 Cadet World Championships • Third in 2016 Cadet World Championships • 2019 Junior Nationals champion • 2019 UWW Junior Nationals champion • 2017 Junior Folkstyle Nationals champion

2019: Junior Nationals champion (Fargo)… UWW Junior Nationals champion… Third in U23 Nationals… 2018: Third in Junior Nationals (Fargo)… Third in UWW Cadet Nationals… 2017: Second in Cadet World Championships… Second in Junior Freestyle Nationals (Fargo)… UWW Cadet Nationals champion… Junior Folkstyle Nationals champion… Second in Cadet Folkstyle Nationals… 2016: Third in Cadet World Championships… Fourth in Junior Nationals (Fargo)… Second in Cadet Nationals (Fargo)… UWW Cadet Nationals champion… Third in 2016 Junior Folkstyle Nationals… Third in Cadet Folkstyle Nationals… College: Will be a freshman at McKendree University… High School: Graduated from Yorktown High School… Attended River Falls High School while training in wrestling there… Instagram: alaraboyd_ Twitter: @alaraboyd Previous World Championship results 2017 Cadet Worlds: 65 kg/143 lbs.: SILVER WIN Oksana Chudyk (Ukraine), 5-2 WIN Nyla Burgess (Canada), 11-0 WIN Siyka Ivanova (Bulgaria), fall 3:26 LOSS Honoka Nakai (Japan), 1-1 2016 Cadet Worlds: 60 kg/132 lbs.: BRONZE WIN Iryna Zhurauliova (Belarus), 8-2 WIN Gamze Adakan (Turkey), 6-2 LOSS Atena Kodama (Japan), 8-0 WIN Kirti Saxena (Canada), 8-1

U.S. Junior World Women’s Freestyle Team biographies – Beck and Boyd 

 

65 kg MACEY KILTY Hometown: Stratford, Wisc. Club: Sunkist Kids/Elite Accelerator Program (EAP) High School: River Falls, Wis., Stratford, Wis. Born: March 13, 2001 (Age: 18) Weight: 65 kg/143 lbs. Career highlights

• 2018 Cadet World champion • 2018 Junior World silver medalist • 2016 Cadet World bronze medalist • 2019 U23 World Team Trials champion • Second in 2019 Senior World Team Trials Challenge

Tournament • Third in 2019 U.S. Senior Open • 2017 Pan American Cadet champion • 2016 Wisconsin boys High school state runner-up

2019: Second in Senior World Team Trials Challenge Tournament… UWW Junior Nationals champion… U23 World Team Trials champion… Third in U.S. Senior Open… Third in Grand Prix of Germany… Second in Dave Schultz Memorial International… 2018: Junior World silver medalist… Cadet World champion… Junior World Team Trials champion… Cadet World Team Trials champion… Junior Freestyle Nationals champion (Fargo)… Western Regional champion… Cadet Klippan Lady Open silver medalist… 2017: Cadet National champion (Fargo)… Junior National champion (Fargo)… Pan-American Cadet champion… Second in UWW Cadet World Team Trials… Cadet Folkstyle Nationals champion… Junior Folkstyle Nationals champion… Cadet Klippan Lady Open champion… 2016: Cadet World bronze medalist… Cadet Nationals champion (Fargo)… Third at Junior Nationals (Fargo)… UWW Cadet World Team Trials champion… High School: Completed high school career at River Falls High School… 2016 Wisconsin state runner-up for Stratford High… Note: Kilty is currently a member of the Elite Accelerator Program (EAP) at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center Instagram: _macethegreat_ Twitter: @_macethegreat_ Previous World Championship results 2018 Junior Worlds: 68 kg/149.75 lbs. – SILVER WIN Tindra Sjoeberg (Sweden), 12-0 WIN Alina Rudnytska (Ukraine), fall 0:50 WIN Yan Wang (China), 11-0 LOSS Khanum Velieva (Russia), 7-0 2018 Cadet Worlds: 69 kg/152 lbs. – GOLD WIN Sonika Hooda (India), fall 3:00 WIN Anastasia Alpyeva (Ukraine), 12-1 WIN Mengwei Zhang (China), fall 1:40 WIN Julia Fridlund (Sweden), 7-3 2016 Cadet Worlds: 49 kg/108 lbs. – BRONZE WIN Aktenge Keunimjaeva (Uzbekistan), 8-6 WIN Szimonetta Szeker (Hungary), 9-4 WIN Minakshi Minakshi (India), Fall 3:19 LOSS Yui Susaki (Japan), Fall WIN Zhala Aliyeva (Azerbaijan), 13-2

68 kg JAYDEN LAURENT Hometown: Green Bay, Wisc. Club: Titan Mercury WC High School: Denmark HS College: Lakeland University Born: Feb. 19, 2000 Weight: 68 kg/149.5 lbs. Career highlights

• 10th in 2018 Junior World Championships • Second in 2019 U.S. Senior Open • Second in 2018 and 2019 Senior World Team Trials

Challenge Tournament • 2019 Canada Cup champion • 2017 Junior Pan American champion • Third at 2018 Senior U.S. Open • 2018 Junior Nationals champion

2019: Second in Senior World Team Trials Challenge Tournament… UWW Junior Nationals champion… Second in U23 World Team Trials… Second in U.S. Senior Open… Canada Cup champion… 2018: 10th in Junior World Championships… UWW Junior World Team Trials champion… Junior Nationals champion (Fargo)… Second at Senior World Team Trials Challenge Tournament… Second at U23 World Team Trials… Third at U.S. Senior Open… Silver at Bill Farrell International… 2017: Junior Pan American Championships champion… Junior Freestyle Nationals champion (Fargo)… Second in UWW Junior World Team Trials… Third in UWW Cadet World Team Trials… Junior Folkstyle Nationals champion… Super 32 champion… 2016: Cadet Freestyle Nationals champion (Fargo)… Third at Junior Freestyle Nationals (Fargo)… Second at UWW Cadet World Team Trials… Cadet Folkstyle Nationals champion…Fourth at Junior Folkstyle Nationals… College: 2019 WCWA Nationals champion for Lakeland College… High School: Atended Denmark High School… Instagram: jaydawwwwwg Twitter: @JaydenLaurent Previous World Championship results 2018 Junior Worlds: 65 kg – TENTH LOSS Yue Zhang (China), fall 2:52

U.S. Junior World Women’s Freestyle Team biographies – Kilty and Laurent 

 

72 kg ALYVIA FISKE Hometown: Napa, Calif. Club: Titan Mercury College: Simon Fraser High School: Napa, Calif. (Vintage) Born: Sept. 29, 1999 Weight: 72 kg/158 lbs. Career highlights

• 2019 Final X runner-up • 2019 U.S. Senior Open champion • 2019 U23 World Team Trials champion • 2018 and 2019 Junior World Team member • 2017 Junior Folkstyle national champion • Fourth in 2018 U.S. Senior Open • Third in 2019 WCWA Nationals for Simon Fraser

2019: Final X runner-up… UWW Junior Nationals champion… U23 World Team Trials champion… U.S. Open champion… Dave Schultz Memorial International champion 2018: Junior World Team member…Third in Senior World Team Trials Challenge Tournament… UWW Junior Nationals champion… Fourth at U.S. Senior Open… Second at U23 World Team Trials… Second in SFU International… 2017: Third at UWW Junior World Team Trials… Junior Folkstyle Nationals champion… Sixth at SFU International… 2016: Second at Junior Folkstyle Nationals… College: Third in 2019 WCWA Nationals for Simon Fraser… High School: Two-time California state champion for Vintage High School… Instagram: alyviafiske Twitter: @AlyviaFiske Previous World Championship results 2018 Junior Worlds: 72 kg/158 lbs. – DNP/14th LOSS Zsuszanna Molnar (Slovakia), 1:04

76 kg KORINAHE BULLOCK Hometown: Cahokia, Ill. Club: Titan Mercury WC/McKendree Bearcat WC College: McKendree High School: Cahokia, Ill. Born: May 26, 1999 (Age: 20) Weight: 76 kg/167.5 lbs. Career highlights

• 2018 U23 World bronze medalist • 2018 Final X runner-up • 2019 UWW Junior Nationals champion • Third in 2019 U.S. Senior Open • 2018 U23 Nationals champion • Two-time WCWA All-American for McKendree

2019: UWW Junior Nationals champion… Third in U.S. Senior Open… 2018: U23 World bronze medalist… Final X runner-up… World Team Trials Challenge Tournament champion… Fourth in U.S. Open… U23 World Team Trials champion 2017: Seventh in Junior Nationals (Fargo)… Seventh in UWW Junior Nationals 2016: Seventh in UWW Cadet Nationals… Eighth in UWW Junior Nationals College: Sixth in 2019 WCWA Nationals for McKendree University… Eighth in 2018 WCWA Nationals… High School: Attended Cahokia High School… Previous World Championship results 2018 U23 Worlds: 76 kg/167.5 lbs – BRONZE WIN Zagardulum Naigalsuren (Mongolia), fall 1:29 LOSS Aysegal Ozbege (Turkey), 2-1 WIN Gracelyn Doogan (Canada), 4-1

U.S. Junior World Women’s Freestyle Team biographies – Fiske and Bullock 

 

2017 Cadet World champion and 2018 Junior World bronze medalist Cohlton Schultz (Parker, Colo./Sunkist Kids/EAP) leads the 2019 U.S. Greco-Roman World Team at the UWW Junior World Championships in Tallinn, Estonia next week. The UWW Junior World age-group includes athletes who are 17-20 years old. All 10 team members earned their spots with victories at the UWW Junior Greco-Roman Nationals in April. Schultz will be competing in his sixth age-group World Championships for Team USA. He will be joined by three other teammates who have competed in past age-group World Championship competition. This will be Schultz’ third Junior World Team, also competing in 2017 and 2018. He competed on two Cadet World Teams (2016 and 2017) and the 2018 U23 World Team. Schultz wrestled Greco-Roman in all six of these competitions. He made his mark on the Senior level this year, placing second behind Adam Coon in Final X and winning the Senior World Team Trials Challenge Tournament. A four-time Colorado state champion for Ponderosa High School, Schultz is going into his freshman year at Arizona State. Competing in his third age-group World Championships is Peyton Omania (Concord, Calif./Michigan State/CYC) at 67 kg/147 lbs. Omania was a teammate of Schultz on the 2018 U.S. Junior World Team, and also competed in the 2016 Cadet World Championships, both in Greco-Roman. Omania was a 2018 Junior Nationals champion and 2017 Junior Nationals runner-up in Greco-Roman. He enters his redshirt freshman year at Michigan State. Another member of the 2018 U.S. Junior World Team who returns is Alston Nutter (Fennimore, Wis./Sunkist Kids/NMU-OTS) at 63 kg/139 lbs. Nutter competes for the Northern Michigan University – Olympic Training Site (NMU-OTS) program at Northern Michigan. He was a 2017 Junior Nationals runner-up and a 2015 Wisconsin state champion for Fennimore High School. Dylan Ragusin (Elk Grove Village, Ill./Izzy Style), a 2017 U.S. Cadet World Team member, will compete at 55 kg/121 lbs. Ragusin won three Cadet National titles in his career, two in Greco-Roman and one in freestyle. A 2019 Illinois state champion for Montini Catholic High School, Ragusin is a rising freshman at Stanford. Ragusin joins another Stanford wrestler on the roster, redshirt freshman Tyler Eischens (Anoka, Minn./Stanford/California RTC) at 72 kg/158 lbs. Eischens was a runner-up in Greco-Roman at the 2018 Junior Nationals and 2016 Cadet Nationals. He won six All-American honors at Fargo

Nationals events while in high school, and a 2017 Minnesota state high school champion for Anoka High School. Two Michigan State wrestlers will compete in Tallinn, as Cameron Caffey (Carbondale, Ill./Michigan State) will wrestle at 87 kg/191.5 lbs., joining Omania on the team. Caffey was a 2018 Pan American Junior champion in both freestyle and Greco-Roman. A 2017 Junior Nationals runner-up in Greco-Roman, Caffey was a 2017 Illinois state champion for Carbondale High School. There are two NMU-OTS athletes on this team, Nutter and Mason Hartshorn (Antioch, Calif./NMU-OTS) at 60 kg/132 lbs. Hartshorn was also second in the 2018 UWW Junior Nationals. One of the most experienced athletes on the team is Nicholas Boykin (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids/OTC), who competes at 97 kg/213 lbs. Boykin is a resident athlete at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center (USOPTC) in Colorado Springs, Colo. He has been a placewinner in international events in Sweden, Croatia, Austria and Cuba. Boykin won three Tennessee state titles for Riverdale High School before moving to the USOPTC. Another NCAA Div. I wrestler on the team is Illinois redshirt freshman Zachary Braunagel (O’Fallon, Ill./Illinois RTC) at 82 kg/180.5 lbs. Braunagel was a 2018 Junior Nationals champion in Greco-Roman, and boasts five All-American honors from Fargo. He also added a 2019 Pan American Junior title in Greco-Roman. Braunagel won two Illinois state titles for Althoff Catholic High School, before joining the Illinois program last year. An incoming freshman for Div. I Campbell University, Jack Ervien (Bonny Lake, Wash./Takedown Express WC), holds down the spot at 77 kg/169.5 lbs. Ervien powered through a strong field at the UWW Junior Nationals in Las Vegas in April. Ervien was a 2019 Washington state high school runner-up last year for White River High School. Greco-Roman is the final style contested at Junior World Championships, with three days of competition from August 16-18. Each weight class will compete over two days, with semifinals on the first day and medal matches on the second day.

Cadet World champion Schultz leads U.S. Junior Greco-Roman World Team

 

55 kg DYLAN RAGUSIN Hometown: Elk Grove Village, Ill. Club: Izzy Style College: Stanford (rising freshman) High School: Lombard, Ill. (Montini Catholic) Born: July 2, 2001 (Age: 18) Weight: 55 kg/121 lbs. Career highlights

• 2019 UWW Junior Nationals champion • Seventh in 2017 Cadet World Championships • 2016 and 2017 Cadet Nationals champion in Greco-

Roman • 2017 Cadet Nationals freestyle champion • 2019 Illinois state high school champion and two-

time runner-up 2019: UWW Junior Nationals champion… 2018: Fifth in Junior Nationals in Greco-Roman and eighth in freestyle (Fargo)… Second in UWW Cadet Nationals in Greco-Roman and eighth in freestyle… Third in Cadet Pan American Trials… 2017: Seventh in Cadet World Championships… Cadet Nationals champion in freestyle and Greco-Roman (Fargo)… UWW Cadet Nationals champion in Greco-Roman and third in freestyle… USA Wrestling Preseason Nationals High School champion… 2016: Cadet Nationals champion in Greco-Roman and third in freestyle (Fargo)… Third in UWW Cadet Greco-Roman Nationals… Fourth in UWW Cadet Freestyle Nationals… High School: 2019 Illinois state champion for Montini Catholic High School… Second in 2017 and 2018 Illinois state championships… Instagram: dylanragusin2 Twitter: @DylanRagusin2 Previous World Championship results 2017 Cadet Worlds: 46 kg – SEVENTH WIN Mohammadhossein Abolhassanidarounkola (Iran), 11-2 LOSS Anvar Allakhiarov (Russia), pin 3:27

60 kg MASON HARTSHORN Hometown: Oakley, Calif. Club: Northern Michigan University – Olympic Training Site (NMU-OTS) College: Northern Michigan High School: Oakley, Calif. (Freedom) Born: June 22, 1999 (Age: 20) Weight: 60 kg/132 lbs. Career highlights

• 2019 UWW Junior Nationals champion • Third in 2018 Bill Farrell Memorial International • Second in 2018 UWW Junior Nationals • Fifth in 2016 Junior Nationals

2019: UWW Junior Nationals champion… Third in Austria Junior Open… 2018: Eduardo Campbell Cup champion (Panama)… Second in UWW Junior Nationals… Third in Bill Farrell Memorial International… 2017: Fifth in Junior Nationals (Fargo)… Fourth in UWW Junior Nationals… Ninth in Malar Cup (Sweden)… Eighth in Klippan Cup (Sweden)… 2016: Fifth in Junior Nationals (Fargo)… 2015: Seventh in Cadet Nationals (Fargo)… College: Attended Northern Michigan University… High School: 2016 and 2017 California state qualifier for Freedom High School… Instagram: masonbjj Twitter: @_masonh_

U.S. Junior World Greco-Roman Team biographies – Ragusin and Hartshorn 

 

63 kg ALSTON NUTTER Hometown: Fennimore, Wisc. Club: Sunkist Kids/NMU-OTS College: Northern Michigan High School: Fennimore, Wis. Born: Sept. 25, 1999 (Age: 19) Weight: 63 kg/139 lbs. Career highlights:

• 2018 and 2019 Junior World Team member • 2018 and 2019 UWW Junior Nationals champion • 2018 UWW Junior World Team Trials champion • 2017 Junior Greco Austrian Cup bronze medalist • Second in 2017 Junior Nationals • Second in 2016 Cadet Nationals

2019: UWW Junior Nationals champion… 2018: Junior World Team member… UWW Junior World Team Trials champion… UWW Greco-Roman Junior Nationals champion… 2017: Second at Junior Greco-Roman Nationals (Fargo)… Third at Austrian Junior Greco-Roman Open… Fifth at Klippan Cup (Sweden)… Seventh at UWW Junior World Team Trials… 2016: Fourth at Malar Cup (Sweden)... Seventh at Klippan Cup (Sweden)… 2015: Second at UWW Cadet World Team Trials… Second at Cadet Nationals in Greco-Roman (Fargo)… 2014: Eighth at Cadet Nationals in Greco-Roman (Fargo)… College: Attends Northern Michigan University… High School: 2105 Wisconsin state champion for Fennimore High School… Second in 2016 Wisconsin state championships… Instagram: alstman63kg Twitter: @AN63kg Previous World Championship results 2018 Junior Worlds – 63 kg: DNP/27th LOSS Erbol Bakirov (Kyrgyzstan), 10-0 LOSS Hrachya Poghosyan (Armenia), 8-0

67 kg PEYTON OMANIA Hometown: Concord, Calif. Club: Michigan State/CYC High School: Concord, Calif. (De La Salle) College: Michigan State Born: Dec. 15, 1999 (Age: 19) Weight: 67 kg/147 lbs. Career highlights:

• 2018 and 2019 Junior World Team member • 2016 Cadet World Team member • 2018 and 2019 UWW Junior Nationals champion • 2018 UWW Junior World Team Trials champion • 2018 Junior Nationals champion • Second in 2017 Junior Nationals • Second in 2015 Cadet Nationals

2019: U23 World Team Trials champion… UWW Junior Nationals champion… 2018: Junior World Team member… Junior World Team Trials champion… UWW Junior Nationals champion… Junior Nationals champion (Fargo)… 2017: Second at Junior Nationals in Greco-Roman (Fargo)… Fifth at UWW Junior World Team Trials… 2016: DNP/11th at Cadet World Championships… UWW Cadet World Team Trials champion… Fifth at UWW Junior Nationals… 2015: Second at Cadet Nationals in Greco-Roman (Fargo)… College: Redshirt freshman for Michigan State… High School: Fifth in the 2017 California state championships for De La Salle High School… Sixth in the 2016 California state championships… Instagram: p8in_ Twitter: @p8in_ Previous World Championship results 2018 Junior Worlds: 67 kg – DNP/30th LOSS Mohamed Ibrahim Elsayed (Egypt), 10-0 2016 Cadet Worlds: 63 kg – DNP/11th WIN Saurabh Saurabh (India), 2-1 LOSS Ryoma Anraku (Japan), 9-4

U.S. Junior World Greco-Roman Team biographies – Nutter and Omania 

 

72 kg TYLER EISCHENS Hometown: Anoka, Minn. Club: Stanford/California RTC College: Stanford High School: Anoka, Minn. Born: March 26, 2000 (Age: 19) Weight: 72 kg/158 lbs. Career highlights

• 2019 UWW Junior Nationals champion • Second in 2018 Junior Nationals • Third in 2017 Junior Nationals • Second in 2016 Cadet Nationals • Six-time Fargo All-American (both styles) • 2017 Minnesota state high school champion and four-

time finalist 2019: Fourth in U23 World Team Trials… UWW Junior Nationals champion… 2018: Second in Junior Nationals in Greco-Roman and eighth in freestyle (Fargo)… Second in UWW Junior Nationals… 2017: Third in Junior Nationals in Greco-Roman and eighth in freestyle (Fargo)… 2016: Second in Cadet Nationals in Greco-Roman and seventh in freestyle (Fargo)… Third in Cadet Folkstyle Nationals… Third in Cadet Folkstyle Nationals… Second in Preseason High School Nationals… 2015: Fourth in Cadet Folkstyle Nationals… College: Redshirt freshman at Stanford University… High School: 2017 Minnesota state champion for Anoka High School… Three-time Minnesota state runner-up (2015, 2016, 2018)… Instagram: tylereischens Twitter: @Tyler_Eischens_

77 kg JACK ERVIEN Hometown: Bonny Lake, Wash. Club: Takedown Express WC College: Campbell (rising freshman) High School: Buckley, Wash. (White River) Born: November 19, 2000 (Age: 18) Weight: 77 kg/169.5 lbs. Career highlights

• 2019 UWW Junior Nationals champion • Second in 2018 UWW Junior Nationals • Seventh in 2018 Junior Nationals • Second in 2019 Washington state high school

championships 2019: UWW Junior Nationals champion… 2018: Seventh in Junior Nationals (Fargo)… Second in UWW Junior Nationals… High School: Second in 2019 Washington state championships for White River High School… Third in 2018 Washington state championships… Instagram: jack_ervien19 Twitter: @jackervien19

U.S. Junior World Greco-Roman Team biographies – Eischens and Ervien 

 

82 kg ZACHARY BRAUNAGEL Hometown: O’Fallon, Ill. Club: Illinois RTC College: Illinois High School: Belleville, Ill. (Althoff Catholic) Born: July 15, 2000 (age: 19) Weight: 82 kg/180.5 lbs. Career highlights

• 2019 UWW Junior Nationals champion • 2018 Junior Nationals champion • 2019 Pan American Junior champion in Greco-

Roman • Five-time Fargo All-American • Two-time Illinois state high school champion

2019: Fourth in UWW Junior World Team Trials in freestyle… Pan American Junior champion in Greco-Roman… UWW Junior Nationals champion in Greco-Roman and second in freestyle… 2018: Junior Nationals champion in Greco-Roman and third in freestyle (Fargo)… Second in UWW Junior Greco-Roman World Team Trials… Third in UWW Junior Nationals in Greco-Roman… 2017: Third in Junior Nationals in Greco-Roman and fourth in freestyle (Fargo)… Third in UWW Cadet Nationals in Greco-Roman… 2016: Fifth in the Cadet Nationals in freestyle (Fargo)… Second in Preseason High School Nationals… College: Redshirt freshman at the University of Illinois… High School: Two-time Illinois state champion for Althoff Catholic High School, with titles in 2017 and 2018. Fifth in the 2016 Illinois state championships…

87 kg CAMERON CAFFEY Hometown: Carbondale, Ill. Club: Michigan State College: Michigan State High School: Carbondale, Ill. Born: March 8, 1999 (Age: 20) Weight: 87 kg/191.5 lbs. Career highlights

• 2019 UWW Junior Nationals champion • 2018 Pan American Junior champion in freestyle and

Greco-Roman • Second in 2018 UWW Greco-Roman World Team

Trials • Second in 2018 UWW Junior Nationals • Second in 2017 Junior Nationals • 2017 Illinois state high school champion

2019: Sixth in U23 World Team Trials… UWW Junior Greco-Roman Nationals champion… 2018: Pan American Junior champion in both Greco-Roman and freestyle… Second in UWW Greco-Roman World Team Trials… Second in UWW Junior Nationals in Greco-Roman and sixth in freestyle… 2017: Second in Junior Nationals in Greco-Roman and fourth in freestyle (Fargo)… Fifth in Junior Folkstyle Nationals… 2015: Sixth in Cadet Nationals (Fargo)… College: Redshirt sophomore for Michigan State… NCAA qualifier for Michigan State in 2019… High School: 2017 Illinois state champion for Carbondale High School… Fourth in 2016 Illinois state championships… Fifth in 2015 Illinois state championships… Instagram: camonthelam Twitter: @camonthelam

U.S. Junior World Greco-Roman Team biographies – Braunagel and Caffey 

 

97 kg NICHOLAS BOYKIN Hometown: Colorado Springs, Colo. Club: Sunkist Kids/USOPTC High School: Murphreesboro, Tenn. (Riverdale) Born: February 15, 1999 (Age: 20) Weight: 97 kg/213.75 lbs. Career highlights

• 2019 UWW Junior Nationals champion • Fourth in 2019 Senior World Team Trials Challenge

Tournament • Second in 2018 UWW Junior Nationals • Second in 2017 Klippan Cup (Sweden) • 2015 Cadet Nationals champion in both freestyle and

Greco-Roman • Three-time Tennessee high school state champion

2019: Fourth in Senior World Team Trials Challenge Tournament… UWW Junior Nationals champion… Seventh in Grand Prix of Zagreb (Croatia)… 2018: Third in UWW Junior World Team Trials… Fifth in U23 World Team Trials… Second in UWW Junior Nationals… Seventh in Granma Cup (Cuba)… Third in Klippan Cup (Sweden)… 2017: Second in Klippan Cup (Sweden)… Third in UWW Junior Nationals… Austria Junior Greco-Roman Open champion… 2016: Second in UWW Junior Nationals in Greco-Roman… 2015: Cadet Nationals champion in freestyle and Greco-Roman (Fargo)… High School: Three-time Tennessee state high school champion for Riverdale High School (2015-2017)… Note: Boykin has been a U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center resident athlete since high school… Twitter: @NichlasBoykin

130 kg COHLTON SCHULTZ Hometown: Parker, Colo. Club: Sunkist Kids/Elite Accelerator Program (EAP) College: Arizona State (rising freshman) High School: Parker, Colo. (Ponderosa) Born: Sept. 27, 2000 (Age: 18) Weight: 130 kg/286 lbs. Career highlights:

• 2017 Cadet World champion • 2018 Junior World bronze medalist • Three-time Junior World Team member (2017, 2018,

2019) • Two-time Cadet World Team member (2016, 2017) • 2018 U23 World Team member • 2017 Cadet Croatia Open champion • 2015 Pan American Cadet champion in freestyle and

Greco-Roman • Four-time Colorado state high school champion

2019: Final X runner-up… Senior World Team Trials Challenge Tournament champion… UWW Junior Nationals champion… 2018: Junior World bronze medalist… UWW Junior World Team Trials champion… U23 World Team Trials champion… UWW Junior Nationals champion… 2017: Cadet World champion… 15th in Junior World Championships… UWW Junior Greco World Team Trials champion… UWW Cadet Greco-Roman Nationals champion… Croatia Open champion… Second in Refik Memisevic Brale Memorial Tournament… Second in Junior Greco Austrian Open… 2016: 12th in UWW Cadet World Championships… UWW Cadet Greco World Team Trials champion… Third in UWW Cadet Freestyle World Team Trials… Cadet Freestyle national champion (Fargo)… Third in Cadet Greco-Roman Nationals (Fargo)… Fifth in Junior Greco-Roman Austrian Open… 2015: Cadet Greco-Roman national champion (Fargo)… Second in Cadet Freestyle Nationals (Fargo)… Fourth in UWW Cadet Greco-Roman World Team Trials… Fifth in UWW Cadet Freestyle World Team Trials… College: Freshman at Arizona State… High School: Four-time Colorado state champion for Ponderosa High School… Twitter: @TheCohlTrain Instagram: thecohltrain (see next page for Cohlton Schultz World experience

U.S. Junior World Greco-Roman Team biographies – Boykin and Schultz 

 

2018 Junior Worlds: 130 kg/286 lbs – BRONZE WIN Lingzhe Meng (China), fall 4:50 WIN Oleg Agakhanov (Russia), fall 1:19 LOSS David Ovasapyan (Armenia), 2-1 WIN Ante Milkovic (Croatia), 7-1 2018 U23 Worlds: 130 kg/286 lbs. – DNP/16th LOSS Boban Zivanovic (Serbia), 4-0 2017 Junior Worlds: 120 kg/275 lbs. – DNP/15th LOSS Artur Vititin (Estonia), 4-3 2017 Cadet Worlds: 100 kg/220 lbs. – GOLD WIN Edson Acuna Salazar (Mexico), fall 2:43 WIN Kantemir Shibzukhov (Russia), fall 3:40 WIN Seyedmojtaba Hosseini (Iran), 1-0 WIN Balint Vatzi (Hungary), 3-1 2017 Junior Worlds: 120 kg/264 lbs. – 15th LOSS Artur Vititin (Estonia), 4-3 2016 Cadet Worlds: 100 kg/220 lbs. – 14th LOSS Yuri Nakazato (Japan), 4-2 2016 Cadet Worlds: 100 kg/220 lbs. – DNP/14th LOSS Yuri Nakazato (Japan), 4-2  

Cohlton Schultz previous World Championships results 

 

Men’s Freestyle The assigned coach for the Junior World Men’s Freestyle Team is Shawn Charles. He is currently head coach of the Power Inferno Wrestling Academy in Arizona. He has an extensive coaching resume on the college level, as well as experience with USA Wrestling international teams. Charles coached at the 2018 U23 World Championships in Romania. He has coached Pan American Championships teams at the Cadet, Junior and Senior level. He has been on the coaching staff at two Olympic Games, and coached a number of U.S. international tour teams. His college coaching career includes stints as the head wrestling coach at Arizona State from 2009-2014, as well as at Fresno State in 2005-2006. NCAA Div. I Assistant coaching posts have included Missouri, Brown, Nebraska, Central Michigan and Oklahoma, as well as at Phoenix College. During his career at the Div. I level, eight of his teams have placed in the top 10 at the NCAA Championships. As an athlete, Charles was a four-time All-American for Arizona State, including two trips to the NCAA finals. He was a member of the Senior Freestyle National team, including a second place finish at the World Team Trials and a U.S. Open title. A Pan American champion and an Espoir World medalist, Charles won international medals across the world. Coaching alongside Charles is Olympic champion, two-time World champion and current USA Wrestling National Development Coach Kevin Jackson. During his athletic career, Jackson was the 1992 Olympic champion and a World champion in 1991 and 1995. He was a member of two World Champion Teams in 1993 and 1995. Jackson won three World Cup gold medals, two Pan American Games titles and two Pan American Championships gold medals. On a coaching level, Jackson has extensive experience. This is his second stint with the USA Wrestling National Coaching Staff. He previously served as USA Wrestling’s National Freestyle Coach from 2000-2008, and as the National Freestyle Resident Coach from 1998-2000. Among the athletes Jackson coached as either National Coach or Resident Coach were Olympic champions Brandon Slay, Cael Sanderson and Henry Cejudo. Jackson also spent eight years as Iowa State’s head coach, producing four NCAA champions and 14 All-Americans. He was a four-time All-American, competing for LSU and Iowa State, including an NCAA runner-up finish for the Cyclones. He is a Distinguished Member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.

Women’s freestyle There are two assigned coaches for the U.S. Junior World Women’s Freestyle Team in Tallinn, Jacque Davis and Chad Shilson. Davis currently works as the Director of Girls Development with Boston Youth Wrestling, as well as a coach and leader with Beat the Streets Providence, working with girls in both cities. She is a driving force in the growth of women’s wrestling in New England. She served five years as the Director of Girls Development for Beat the Streets New York, building a nationally respected program that included coaching numerous USA Wrestling All-Americans, while also helping build girls wrestling in New York City high schools and middle schools. Davis has coached USA Wrestling teams in international competition, including posts with age-group World and Pan American teams, as well as international tour teams. She was the first woman to be named Director and National Team Coach for New York State. She also served on USA Wrestling Women’s Age-Group Council. She wrestled for Menlo College and Santa Rosa High School in California, Davis has won major coaching awards, including USA Wrestling Women’s Developmental Coach of the Year and the Dan Gable "America Needs Wrestling" Award. Shilson has previously been an assigned women’s coach for the 2018 Cadet World Championships and the 2017 Cadet Pan American Championships. He has also been a personal coach on the U.S. staff for the 2019 Junior Pan American Championships, the 2017 Cadet World Championships and the 2016 Cadet Pan American Championships. He has also coached U.S. tour teams to the 2018 Klippan Lady Open in Sweden, and the Yoshida Cup in Japan in both 2017 and 2018. He has also coached at over 30 USA Wrestling National Team camps. Shilson has served as the women’s director for Minnesota USA Wrestling and the girls/women coach for the Minnesota Storm since 2009. He has been a volunteer coach at the high school level in Minnesota for more than 20 years. In 2009, he was a volunteer assistant men’s coach at his alma mater Augsburg University, and will serve as a volunteer assistant coach for Augsburg’s varsity women’s program, which launches in 2019-2020. He has won 15 Masters National wrestling titles within USA Wrestling, and was a varsity wrestler at Augsburg. Shilson has also run 134 marathons and/or ultra-marathons.

Charles, Davis, Shilson, Engel join National Coaches on U.S. Junior World Team staff

 Alongside them will be USA Wrestling Women’s Freestyle National Development Coach Jessica Medina, who joined the staff in early 2019. Medina joined the USA Wrestling staff after serving as Ferrum’s women’s wrestling head coach for two seasons. Medina also coached for Beat the Streets Philadelphia, as well as at Montini Catholic High School in Illinois. She coached Team California at the Junior/16U Nationals as well. Also a former USOPTC resident athlete, Medina was a six-time U.S. Senior National Team member and 2009 and 2010 Senior World Team member. She also won a 2006 Junior World bronze medal. Medina won two WCWA national titles for the University of the Cumberlands. Greco-Roman The assigned coach for the Junior World Men’s Greco-Roman Team is Nate Engel, who is in his second season as a member of the Stanford University coaching staff, serving as the volunteer coach. Engel is also the Director of the California Regional Training Center program. He was previously an assistant coach for the U.S. Naval Academy from 2014-18. Engel served as a coach with the 2018 U.S. Junior Greco World Team at the Junior World Championships in Slovakia. Engel was a two-time National Team member in Greco-Roman and a top athlete on the national circiut. He pursued Greco-Roman full-time at Northern Michigan, then became a member of the U.S. Army WCAP program. Engel was the runner-up at the 2013 World Team Trials. He won the 2012 Haparanda Cup in Sweden and took silver at the 2013 Haavisto Tournament in Finland. He was also the Maccabiah Games Champion in both Freesyle and Greco-Roman at 55 kg in 2013, while taking home two bronze medals in 2017. Working with Engel is Gary Mayabb, USA Wrestling’s Manager of Greco-Roman Programs. Mayabb’s position focuses on improving USA Wrestling’s performance in Greco-Roman wrestling at all levels while growing the sport in the United States. He was a successful high school coach in Missouri, developing champion teams and athletes at Staley High School, Oak Park High School and Belton High School. One of the best developmental coaches in the country, Mayabb has tons of experience, coaching nearly 15 age-group World Teams over the years. He was the Greco-Roman coach for Missouri USA Wrestling for 30 years. As an athlete, he was a 1990 U.S. Open runner-up in Greco-Roman, and qualified to compete in four U.S. Olympic Team Trials series (1980, 1984, 1988 and 1992). In college, he was a two-time captain for the wrestling team at the University of Central Missouri, where he was an NCAA qualifier and the MIAA Conference Most Outstanding Wrestler in 1983. The Greco-Roman portion of the competition will take place August 16-18.

 

Junior World freestyle medalists 2018 – Mekhi Lewis (74 kg, gold), Aaron Brooks (79 kg, silver), Zach Elam (97 kg, silver), Daton Fix (57 kg, bronze), Brady Berge (70 kg, bronze) 2017 – Daton Fix (55 kg, gold), Mitchell McKee (60 kg, silver), Ryan Deakin (66 kg, silver), Mark Hall (74 kg, gold), Zahid Valencia (84 kg, silver), Kollin Moore (96 kg, bronze), Gable Steveson (120 kg, gold) 2016 – Spencer Lee (50 kg, gold), Mark Hall (74 kg, gold), Daton Fix (55 kg, bronze) 2015 – Spencer Lee (50 kg, gold), Stevan Micic (55 kg, bronze), Aaron Pico (66 kg, bronze), Nathan Butler (120 kg, bronze) 2014 – Joey McKenna (60 kg, silver), Aaron Pico (66 kg, silver), Thomas Gilman (55 kg, bronze), Gabe Dean (84 kg, bronze), Kyle Snyder (96 kg, bronze), Adam Coon (120 kg, bronze) 2013 – Kyle Snyder (96 kg, gold), Alex Dieringer (74 kg, silver) 2012 – Pat Downey (84 kg, silver) 2011 – Logan Stieber (60 kg, silver) 2010 – Chris Perry (84 kg, bronze) 2009 - Dominique Bradley (120 kg, gold), Jordan Oliver (60 kg, bronze), Andrew Howe (74 kg, bronze) 2008 – Quentin Wright (74 kg, bronze), Mike Letts (84 kg, bronze), Clayton Foster (96 kg, bronze) 2007 – Bubba Jenkins (66 kg, gold) 2006 – Henry Cejudo (55 kg, silver), Patrick McCaffrey (50 kg, bronze) 2005 – Patrick McCaffrey (50 kg, bronze), Bode Ogunwole (120 kg, bronze) 2000 – T.J. Hill (50 kg, silver), Jason Powell (54 kg, silver), Tommy Rowlands (97 kg, silver), Jared Lawrence (69 kg, bronze) 1999 – T.J. Hill (50 kg, gold) 1998 – Donny Pritzlaff (70 kg, gold), Stephen Abas (56 kg, gold), T.J. Hill (49 kg, silver), Mark Munoz (83 kg, silver), Zach Thompson (90 kg, silver)

*1993 – Jeff Walter (100 kg, gold), Les Gutches (82 kg, bronze) *1991 – Alan Fried (62 kg, gold), Joel Sharratt (90 kg, bronze) *1987 – Joe Pantaleo (74 kg, gold), Erin Milsap (48 kg, silver), Mark Whitehead (90 kg, bronze) *1985 – John Smith (62 kg, bronze) *1983 – Jim Heffernan (68 kg, silver), Paul Diekel (90 kg, silver), Gary Albright (100+ kg, silver), Scott Saba (100 kg, bronze) Junior World Greco-Roman medalists 2018 – Andrew Berreyesa (82 kg, silver), Cohlton Schultz (130 kg, bronze) 2017 – Cevion Severado (50 kg, silver), Kamal Bey (74 kg, gold) 2016 – Taylor LaMont (60 kg, bronze), G’Angelo Hancock (96 kg, bronze) 2014 – Adam Coon (120 kg, bronze) 2013 – Sam Stoll (120 kg, bronze) 2012 – Jesse Thielke (60 kg, bronze) 2011 – Ellis Coleman (66 kg, bronze), Toby Erickson (120 kg, bronze) 2010 – Ellis Coleman (66 kg, bronze) 2006 – Spenser Mango (55 kg, bronze) 2000 – Joe Privitere (69 kg, silver) 1999 – Garrett Lowney (97 kg, gold) *1993 – Jason Gleasman (130 kg, gold), Brandon Paulson (52 kg, silver) *1991 – Heath Sims (68 kg, silver), Jason Bingaman (130 kg, silver) *1983 – Gary Albright (130 kg, bronze)

Past U.S. Junior World Medalists (formerly Espoir 17-20 years) – by style and year 

  Junior World Women’s Freestyle medalists 2018 – Macey Kilty (68 kg, silver) 2017 – Asia Ray (44 kg, bronze), Maya Nelson (63 kg, gold) 2016 – Kayla Miracle (59 kg, bronze), Maya Nelson (63 kg, bronze), Alexis Porter (67 kg, bronze) 2015 – Becka Leathers (55 kg, bronze) 2014 – Marina Doi (44 kg, bronze), Kayla Miracle (59 kg, bronze), Victoria Francis (72 kg, bronze) 2013 – Erin Golston (44 kg, silver), Jennifer Page (63 kg, bronze) 2012 – Erin Golston (44 kg, bronze), Alli Ragan (63 kg, bronze) 2011 – Helen Maroulis (55 kg, silver), Adeline Gray (67 kg silver), Erin Golston (44 kg, bronze), Alli Ragan (63 kg, silver) 2010 – Victoria Anthony (48 kg, gold), Amy Whitbeck (51 kg, bronze), Helen Maroulis (55 kg, bronze) 2009 – Victoria Anthony (44 kg, gold), Veronica Carlson (63 kg, silver) 2008 – Adeline Gray (67 kg, gold), Alyssa Lampe (48 kg, bronze), Helen Maroulis (51 kg, bronze), Tatiana Padilla (59 kg, bronze) 2007 – Whitney Conder (51 kg, gold), Tatiana Padilla (59 kg, silver), Alyssa Lampe (48 kg, bronze) 2006 – Nicole Woody (44 kg, gold), Jessica Medina (51 kg, bronze), Danyelle Hedin (55 kg, bronze), Ali Bernard (72 kg, bronze) 2005 – Ali Bernard (72 kg, gold), Sara Fulp-Allen (48 kg, silver), Danyelle Hedin (55 kg, silver), Heather Martin (67 kg, silver), 2003 – Ali Bernard (67 kg, gold), Mary Kelly (48 kg, bronze) 2001 – Toccara Montgomery (67 kg, silver), Tori Adams (63 kg, bronze) 2000 – Dominique Smalley (75 kg, gold), Mary Kelly (43 kg, silver), Toccara Montgomery (68 kg, silver), 1999 – Katie Downing (68 kg, silver) 1998 – Kristie Davis (75 kg, gold)