Iowa Wrestling will be well represented at the World Team Trials this weekend in Lincoln, Nebraska. On Friday, the Hawks will have Paul Glynn (60 kg), Jeren Glosser (66 kg), Keegan Shaw (66 kg) and Alex Marinelli (74 kg) competing in the UWW Junior World Team Trials challenge tournament. The action begins at 10 AM CST at the Bob Devaney Sports Center with a challenge tournament with the winner facing the number one seed in a best of three series at 5 PM.
The winner at each weight will qualify to represent Team USA at the 2017 UWW Junior World Freestyle Championships in Tampere, Finland on August 1-6.
Five members of the Hawkeye Wrestling Club will compete in the U.S. World Team Trials challenge tournament on Saturday. Nathan Burak (97 kg), Bobby Telford (125 kg), Thomas Gilman (57 kg), Chris Dardanes (61 kg), and Nick Dardanes (65 kg) will be in action.
The winner of the mini-tournament will face the number one seed in a best of three format on Saturday night. The winner of each weight will represent Team USA at the 2017 UWW Freestyle World Championships in Paris, France on August 21-26.
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Friday, June 9
Junior WTT Challenge Tournament
Preliminaries, Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Finals
Consolations and Consolation Semifinals
Junior Freestyle: All weights
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Final Trials: Best of 3 Series: Match #1, Match #2 and Match #3 (if needed), 3rd Place
FILA Jr. Freestyle: All weights
5:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Saturday, June 10
Senior WTT Challenge Tournament
SESSION I–Preliminaries, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Challenge Finals/Consolations and 3rd Place, Challenge Tournament Finals, True Second Place Matches from Challenge Tournament
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
SESSION II–Final World Team Trials – Best of 3 Series (Rd # 1, Rd # 2 and Rd # 3(If Needed)
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
***All times are CST***
