Iowa Wrestling will be well represented at U20 World Team Trials and U23 Nationals in Geneva, Ohio this weekend.
The U20 WTT will be on Saturday, June 3. Gabe Arnold has already qualified for the Best of 3 finals at 79 KG from winning U20 Nationals in Las Vegas in April. Kale Petersen had a real impressive showing at U20 Nationals in placing second at 61 KG. Arnold, Petersen, and Ryder Block (65 KG) are in the Iowa Recruiting Class of 2023.
Jace Rhodes (61 KG), Joel Jesuroga (70 KG), Aiden Riggins (74 KG), and Brad Hill (125 KG) just completed their true freshman season at Iowa.
The winner of the U20 WTT will represent Team USA at the U20 World Championships in Warsaw, Poland in August.
U23 Nationals will be on Saturday and Sunday. Current Iowa Hawkeyes Cullan Schriever (61 (KG), Caleb Rathjen (70 KG), Bretli Reyna (70 KG), and Sebastian Robles (74 KG) will compete.
Of all the Hawks competing this weekend I am most looking forward to seeing how Rathjen does. I believe Rathjen has a huge upside and is underrated by Iowa Wrestling fans. I believe Rathjen has the goods to be elite. We will get some answers this weekend.
FloWrestling will provide a live stream for all of the wrestling on their premium service.
U20 WTT
Kale Petersen – 61 KG
Jace Rhodes – 61 KG
Ryder Block – 65 KG
Joel Jesuroga – 70 KG
Aiden Riggins – 74 KG
Gabe Arnold – 79 KG
Brad Hill – 125 KG
U23 Nationals
Cullan Schriever – 61 KG
Caleb Rathjen – 70 KG
Bretli Reyna – 70 KG
Sebastian Robles – 74 KG
*****All times listed are CST.
Saturday, June 3rd
U20 Freestyle and U23 Freestyle
Session 1: Freestyle
U20 Freestyle World Team Trials
Challenge Tournament – Preliminaries, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Challenge Finals & Consolations
8:30 AM – 1:30 PM
U23 Freestyle
Preliminaries and Consolations
8:30 AM – 1:30 PM
Session 2: Freestyle
U20 Freestyle World Team Trials
FINAL WTT Best 2 out of 3 finals
3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
U23 Freestyle
Preliminaries, and Consolations
3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Sunday, June 4th
U23 Freestyle
Session 3: U23 Freestyle
Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Consolations, All Medal Matches, and Best 2 out of 3 Finals
9:00 AM to 2:30 PM
It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.
Go Hawks!
