Ben Kueter defeated Jimmy Mullen 2-0 in the Best of Three Finals to win the 125 kg title at the U20 World Team Trials in Geneva, Ohio. Kueter will now represent Team USA at the 2024 U20 Freestyle World Championships in Pontevedra, Spain on September 2-8.
In the Best of Three Finals Kueter defeated Mullen 5-4 and 5-3. Kueter won the Challenge Tournament with a tech fall and 11-2 and 8-7 decision.
This past season Kueter took a redshirt in his first season with the Hawks and was also a member of the Iowa Football team. Kueter was a 2022 U20 World Champion at 97kg/213 lbs.
Gabe Arnold won the Challenge Tournament at 79kg/174 lbs. with a tech fall and two decisions. In the Best of Three Finals Arnold dropped two matches to Zach Ryder, 5-4 and 4-2. Arnold took a redshirt this year in his first season at Iowa.
Brad Hill went 1-2 at 125 kg and did not place. Hill was an NCAA Qualifier at Hwt for the Hawks this past season as a redshirt freshman.
U20 World Team Trials
Ben Kueter – 125kg
Challenge Tournament
Quarterfinals: Ben Kueter IA (Hawkeye Wrestling Club) VSU Connor Barket IN (Indiana), 10-0 2:24
Semifinals: Ben Kueter IA (Hawkeye Wrestling Club) VPO1 Aden Attao ID (Beaver Dam RTC), 8-7
Finals: Ben Kueter IA (Hawkeye Wrestling Club) VPO1 Nicholas Sahakian CA (Sunkist Kids Monster Garage), 11-2
Best of Three Finals:
Ben Kueter IA (Hawkeye Wrestling Club) VPO1 Jimmy Mullan (SERTC/Virginia Tech) 5-4
Ben Kueter IA (Hawkeye Wrestling Club) VPO1 Jimmy Mullan (SERTC/Virginia Tech) 5-3
Gabe Arnold – 79kg
Challenge Tournament
Quarterfinals: Gabriel Arnold IA (Hawkeye Wrestling Club) VPO1 Manuel (m.j.) Gaitan CA (Cyclone Regional Training Center C-RTC), 5-2
Semifinals: Gabriel Arnold IA (Hawkeye Wrestling Club) VSU Nicholas Fox IA (Panther Wrestling Club RTC), 10-0 5:04
Finals: Gabriel Arnold IA (Hawkeye Wrestling Club) VPO1 William Henckel CT (Blairstown Wrestling Club), 5-2 0:40
Best of Three Finals:
Zach Ryder (M2 Training) VPO1 Gabriel Arnold IA (Hawkeye Wrestling Club) 5-4
Zach Ryder (M2 Training) VPO1 Gabriel Arnold IA (Hawkeye Wrestling Club) 4-2
Brad Hill – 125kg
Challenge Tournament
Quarterfinals: Nicholas Sahakian CA (Sunkist Kids Monster Garage) VPO1 Bradley Hill IA (Hawkeye Wrestling Club), 7-3
Consi of 4: Bradley Hill IA (Hawkeye Wrestling Club) VSU Nicholas Pavlechko (M2 TC) 10-0
Consi Semis: Aden Attao (Beaver Dam RTC) VPO Bradley Hill IA (Hawkeye Wrestling Club) 7-0
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