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01/12/2023
18/11/2023
Navy Classic. ** All box scores credited to flowrestling
Bill Farrell Results of Final Live
57kg Spencer Lee win by dec over Nico Megaludis 7-4
65kg Kaleb Larkin win by tech fall over Matt Kolodzik 15-4
74kg Jason Nolf win by tech fall over Alex Marinelli 11-0
86kg Trent Hidlay win by dec over Alex Dieringer 2-1.
97kg Mike Macchiavello win by dec over Jacob Warner 4-0
125kg Nick Gwiazdowski win by dec over Christian Lance 7-0
All winners qualify for Olympic Trials
*** Kaleb Larkin was the 8th seed. His path to the title
- tech fall over Joey Silva 12-2 (Puerto Rico world team member
- tech fall over Henry Porter 12-2
-dec over #1 seed Jesse Mendez 7-6
-dec over #4 seed Patrick Lugo 3-2
-tech fall #3 seed Kolodzik 15-4
In this bracket was also Yahya Thomas, Austin DeSanto, Colin Realbuto, Michael McGee, Ian Parker, Joshua Finesilver, Aden Valencia.
Very Impressive! Larkin is at Arizona St and is red shirting this year. Next year he will be a redshirt freshman.
12/11/2023
Missouri Open Finals
Notable::
- #18 Kemp (son of Lee Kemp) over #6 Mocco
-Smith got upset in finals 197
-O’Toole teched everyone
-Edmond got upset at 141
-157- Everyone was wondering who would be the starter between the two for Missouri, guess now we know
Teemer’s return was short lasted. 1:15 into his match with Lockhaven’s Alderfer, he inj defaults with a concussion. I clipped together below the initial blow to Teemer’s head which was uncalled for, and then the moment that Teemer looked dazed and went out when he was hit in head again. It doesn’t look like the second hit to the head was really bad, which makes me think that the initial smack may have been catching up with him . With that being said, it looks like the last swipe to the head caught him on the lower part of the head/upper part of the neck. You can get hit just right there where it gives you a stinger. Alderfer…talk about one of those guys you wrestle in gym class who is really strong but really stiff and awkward and ends up injuring people that know what they were doing because of his awkwardness. Pi**es me off watching this because the Lock Haven wrestler got the victory and Lock Haven gets 6 team points and Teemer takes the loss. Plus Teemer vs Shapiro tomorrow seems highly unlikely now. The officials should’ve nailed the Lock Haven wrestler for that initial bash to the head in my opinion.
11/11/2023
Update: Scratch that …this is why the sport struggles. Zona st did not send out Figueroa so no #1 vs #2 matchup today.
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Anyone who wants to watch the Lockhaven vs Arizona St dual it’s free and live on this youtube link (non spam).
#1 Noto vs #2 Figueroa will be the last match of the dual. They are on 149 lbs now
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11/11/2023
Mesenbrink is Penn State’s guy this year at 165! He will be wrestling at the journeymen tomorrow attached for Penn St. He is not a true freshman so he cannot use the 5 match rule. This means Facundo will be taking the red shirt this year.
Mitchell Mesenbrink Wrestling Attached For Penn State On Sunday - FloWrestling Mitchell Mesenbrink will be wrestling 165 lbs for the Nittany Lions at the Journeymen Collegiate Classic.
11/11/2023
#13 Ohio St 24 #4 Virginia tech 12 Final
Match Notes:
- Ohio St looked reeeeeal good. They came to Blacksburg to battle despite being big underdogs. They had 5 upset wins
-5 of the 6 matches that Ohio St won, were matches that they were not favored to win at; 125, 165, 184, 197, 285.
(Mendez was favored at 141).
- Va tech wins 4/10 matches and all 4 wins by decision (no bonus). Wins all by the usual suspects; Latona, Hanson, Andonian, Lewis
-Ohio St on the other hand wins 6/10 matches and half their wins came by way of bonus (fall, tech, major).
- Lewis beats Kharchla 4-2..very close
- Henson owned D’Emilio
-Andonian/Gallagher match wasn’t as close as score may have you think, same with Latona/Bouzakis
Results: Live!
125- McCrone (Ohio St) wins by major over #4 Ventresca (Va tech) 11-3
Va tech 0 Ohio St 4
133- #4 Latona (Va tech) wins by decision over Bouzakis (Ohio St) 7-5
Va tech 3 Ohio St 4
141- Mendez (Ohio St) wins by tech fall over Mason (Va tech) 18-3
Va tech 3 Ohio St 9
149- #4 Henson (Va tech) wins by dec over #9 D’Emilio (Ohio St) 10-5
Va tech 6 Ohio St 9
157- # 6 Andonian (Va tech ) wins by dec over #15 Gallagher 7-4
Va tech 9 Ohio St 9
165- Wilcox (Ohio St) wins by dec over #22 Brady (Va tech) 6-5
Va tech 9 Ohio St 12
174- #3 Lewis (Va tech) wins by dec over #7 Kharchla (Ohio St) 4-2
Va tech 12 Ohio St 12
184- Rogotzke (Ohio St) wins by Fall over #15 Fisher (Va tech).
Ohio St 18 Va tech 12
197: Geog (Ohio St) wins by dec over #17 Smith (Va Tech) 11-8.
Ohio St 21 Va Tech 12
285: #25 Nick Feldman (Ohio St) wins by dec over #20 Hunter Catka (Va tech) 3-2
22/08/2023
16/08/2023
U20 Worlds final team scores
U20 Final USA
57kg Lilledahl - Penn St commit Silver (4-1)
61kg Bouzakis - Ohio St redshirt freshman (4-1) Bronze
65kg Mendez - Ohio St Soph - 6th NCAAs Silver (4-1)
70kg Shapiro - Cornell fresh Incoming Gold (5-0)
74kg Mesenbrink- Penn St fresh incoming Gold (5-0)
79kg Singleton - NC State Bronze (4-1)
86kg Berge - South Dakota st Bronze (3-1)
92kg Darrah - Stanford DNP (0-1)
97kg Mc Danel - Nebraska bronze (3-1)
125kg Carroll - Okla St DNP (1-2)
USA went 33-9 in 42 matches and won
2 gold
2 silver
4 bronze
2 DNP
8/10 medaled
16/08/2023
U20 update
Gold Medal matches
57kg Lilledahl (Penn St recruit) loses 5-0 to Japan to take silver
61kg Bouzakis bronze medal with two tech falls today. He lost to India 12-11 in quarters and India won gold.
65kg Mendez (Ohio St) loses 5-2 to Iran to take silver
70kg Meyer Shapiro (Cornell) wins Gold with a 11-6 win over Iran . What a battle that was. He went down 4-0 early but kept attacking. Has quite the gas tank on him.
74kg Mitchell Mesenbrink gold with a 16-5 win over Iran . He went 5-0 in the tourney with no match going the distance and only his final going past the break.
79kg Singleton takes Bronze with a 9-7 win
86kg Berge wrestling for Bronze next.
92kg Darrah 0-1 DNP (lost 4-3 was tied 3-3 with 4 seconds left and he missed the go ahead push out by about half second as time ran out).
97kg Mc Danel takes bronze with a 8-2 win
125kg Carroll got tech falled today and DNP going 1-2
So far USA has 2 gold, 2 silver and 3 bronze
with 1 possible bronze left.
If Berge gets Bronze we would medal 8/10.
USA is 32-9 thus far
Gold Medal for Meyer Shapiro (Cornell)!
He wins 11-6 over Iran.
Mendez and Lilledahl take Silver
Singleton and Mc Danel take bronze
Summary
USA has 4 wrestling for Gold in the finals
57kg Lilledahl (today)
65kg Mendez (today)
70kg Shapiro (today)
74kg Mesenbrink (tomorrow)
USA has 2 wrestling for a bronze
79kg Singleton (today)
97kg Mc Danel (today)
USA has 3 in repache, all needing to win 1 to wrestle for bronze.
61kg Bouzakis (will wrestle repache today, if wins bronze tomorrow)
86kg Berge (will wrestle repache today, if wins bronze tomorrow)
125kg Carroll (will wrestle repache today, if wins bronze tomorrow)
USA has 1 eliminated
92kg Darrah (0-1 losing 3-4)
So best we can do would be 4 gold and 5 bronze which would be outstanding. I think Shapiro and Mesenbrink are Gold.
57kg will be very difficult as the Japanese he has in the final is awesome. With that being said, after what I saw Lilledahl do in the semi, not about to doubt him. Mendez not sure about his final.
All the bronze matches will be on mat A and the gold matches on mat B coming up here today.
After day 1 the team score was
Place Team Points
1 United States 80
2 Iran 60
3 India 30
T4 Azerbaijan 20
T4 Japan 20
T4 Ukraine 20
T7 Turkiye 10
T7 Kyrgyzstan 10
T7 Puerto Rico 10
again, they was prior to today.
Junior worlds update
Today decent day for USA but no where near yesterday where we have 3 in the finals and 2 wrestling for bronze.
74kg - Mitchell Mesenbrink made it look as if he was wrestling youth 74kg opponents. He stormed through to the finals with 4 tech falls out scoring his opponents 43-1.
Qual. 10-0 over Moldova in 2:10
1/8 12-1 over Azerbaijan in 2:53
1/4. 11-0 over India in 1:10
1/2. 10-0 over Kyrgyzstan in 0:57
Final Mitchell Mesenbrink (USA) vs Hossein Mohammad aghaei (Iran)
* Iran won his 4 matches 6-2, 10-0, 7-1, 9-0
* Mesenbrink has not been in the 2nd period yet.
I can’t picture anyone in his bracket even lasting an entire match let alone defeating him so he is as close to a gold lock as can be.
61kg Bouzakis lost in the quarters 12-11 to India. India then won his semi 8-6 so Bouzakis is still alive and needs to win one more match in order to wrestle for a bronze. His quarterfinal loss was frustrating to watch. He went up 4-0 right away and then got sloppy. Continued to get himself into a seatbelt position with a much longer opponent and would get his leg sucked under. He also looked like he ran out of gas with about 1:30 left in match. He was down 8-6 at intermission. I imagine the weight cut was difficult as he wrestled 141 all college season and now is at 134 1/2 lbs. Who knows. Anyway he for sure had the talent to make the finals but didn’t get it done. As long as his head is still in it, no reason he won’t get a bronze.
86kg Berge lost in the semis to France 9-2 which surprised me.
He won his 1/8 over Ukraine 9-5
He won his 1/4 over Bulgaria 11-0 tech fall.
He will be wrestling for a bronze
125kg Carroll got teched in the 10-0 to Amirreza Masoumi valadi (Iran). The Iranian made the final as he has been smoking everyone
9-1, 11-0, 10-0, 11-0 with all 3 of his techs in the first. Iran continues to produce outstanding heavyweights.
Carroll will have to win another match in order to wrestle for Bronze. He did win his first match over Poland 14-2 tech.
92kg Darrah is the only American that has been eliminated from Medal contention. He lost his first match to Georgia 4-3. The Georgian than won his next match before getting teched in the semis. So Darrah ends his trip 0-1. Tough to lose by a point and be done.
Man oh man is USA wrestling great!
All 5 guys that have wrestled made the semis . The 3 of the 5 that wrestled thus far are in the final. USA is 17-0 so far!
57kg Luke Lilledahl in final (4-0)
9-2 over Pavlov Russia
6-1 over Ozbek Turkey
8-3 over Harutyunyan Arm
Fall w/ 13 seconds left was down 7-9
65kg Jesse Mendez in final (4-0)
scores of matches in order
2-1, 7-2, 13-4, 3-1
70kg Meyer Shapiro in final (4-0)
scores of matches in order
11-0
6-4
8-0
11-0
79kg Singleton in semis (3-0)
scores of matches in order
12-2
10-0
10-6
97kg McDanel in semis (2-0)
scores of matches in order
12-1
12-2
Meyer Shapiro Cornell’s next 4xer ?
Watch him just make light work of his Junior world team trial final opponent who took out Paniro Johnson 9-4 in the challenger final.
03/05/2023
Pan American USA team. Gable and Taylor are out , Hall and Bradley in. 65kg most loaded weight with Yianni D (USA) Sebastian Rivera (Puerto Rico) , Austin Gomez (Mexico), Valdez Tobie (Cuba). This weekend on flowrestling.
US OPEN FINALS LIVE RESULTS
That’s a wrap! Finals complete
57kg
Zain Richards over Nick Suriano 3-3 criteria
Final X Thomas Gilman vs Zain Richards
in best 2 out of 3 for world team spot
61kg
Vito Arujau over Austin DeSanto via tech fall 10-0 in 0:54.
Vito is a bad man right now
Single leg takedown to leg lace and done
Final X Vito Arujau vs winner of challenger tournament in May in best 2 out of 3 for world team spot
65kg
Nick Lee over Joey Mckenna 10-5
Mckenna had a 5-0 lead and a 5-2 lead at break . Lee came back .
I still think this is complete bu****it in regards to his semifinal match and what happened. If you aren’t sure check out my post last night. I am happy that Nick Lee won however cause now we will see a Nick Lee Yianni Diakomihalis best 2 out of 3 match with a world team spot on the line.
Final X Yianni Diakomihalis vs Nick Lee in best 2 out of 3 for world team spot
70kg
Tyler Berger over Sammy Sasso 10-9
Wow what a match .
Berger with a last second takedown while down 9-7.
Prior to that the score was scored 10-6 Sasso and Berger’s corner threw a brick and good thing cuase they came back scoring it 9-7 rather than 10-6.
Last second takedown made it 9-9 criteria Berger , failed challenge by Sasso made it 10-9 final
Final X Zain Retherford vs Tyler Berger in best 2 out of 3 for world team spot .
74kg
Jason Nolf over Vincenzo Joseph 10-5
This match much closer than score .
Joseph was up 4-0 at break prior to Nolf doing Nolf things after intermission
Final X Kyle Dake vs Jason Nolf in best 2 out of 3 with world team spot on the line.
79kg
Chance Marsteller over A. Dieringer 3-2
Shot clock point the difference.
Final X Marsteller vs Burroughs in best 2 out of 3 for world team spot
86kg
Aaron Brooks over Zahid Valencia 10-6
Tale of two halves. Zahid was up 6-0 in the 2nd before gassing and Brooks scoring 10 unanswered.
Final X David Taylor vs Aaron Brooks in best 2 out of 3 with world team spot on the line.
92kg
Macchiavello over Kollin Moore via tech fall 12-2.
Was 2-0 Moore at the break.
Final X : Macchiavello vs the winner of the challenger tournament (Most likely Moore) in a best 2 out of 3 for a world team spot.
97kg
J’den Cox over Isaac Tremble 12-3
Cox was down 2-0 at break then steam rolled
Final X : Cox vs Kyle Snyder in best 2 out of 3 for a world team spot .
125kg
Ganle Steveson over Nick Gwiazdowski via tech fall 10-0
Different level generational wrestler
Final X: Gable Steveson vs the winner of the challenger tournament in a best 2 out of 3 for a world team spot.
FYI he did do a back flip after match
Incase anyone was wondering about the conclusion to this
Watching the video Bartlett wins but after words the wrestlers were told in locker room that the outcome had been reversed. This was the US Open semifinals!! Meaning these guys are two opponents away from a possible world team spot. How do you screw this up so bad? .. It has been explained and it is total bu****it. If i was Bartlett I’d be livid. Nick Lee did not deserve to win this match. First off, Bartlett was up 10-8 and with 5 seconds left Nick Lee gets a push out and the official calls a caution one against Bartlett which makes it 10-10. The score table screwed up and put the criteria in Bartlett’s favor. So the last 5 seconds Bartlett is defending rather than attacking thinking that he is winning. Nick Lee is on the offense thinking he is losing. They shake and raise Bartlett’s hand and walk off the mat only to later tell him he isn’t going to the finals and he lost and will be in the consis. Kolat all over again. First off to decide the match on a caution one is just ridiculous. Especially with 5 seconds left . Then to score it wrong and declare the wrong winner..awful.
28/04/2023
US Open Semis living up to the hype.
There you have it…Semis are completed and Finals tomorrow with a spot in Final X (World team trials final) on the line.
57kg Suriano vs Richards
61kg Arujau vs DeSanto
65kg Mckenna vs Bartlett
70kg Sasso vs Berger
74kg Nolf vs Joseph
79kg Martsteller vs Ringer
86kg Valencia vs Brooks
92kg Moore vs Macchiavello
97kg Cox vs Tremble
125kg Steveson vs Gwiazdowski
Gable Steveson is back good lord. Outscorwd his opponents 33-1. Tech fall over Wyatt Hendrickson and then a tech fall over this years Hodge Winner Mason Parris 11-1.
57kg.
#3 Nick Suriano wins fft over #2 Spencer Lee
#1 Zain Richards wins 8-4 over #5 Camacho
Final: #3 Nick Suriano vs #1 Zain Richards
Winner to face Thomas Gilman best
2 out of 3 in Final X for world team spot.
61kg
#2 Vito Arujau over #3 Nathan Tomasello 9-3
#4 Austin DeSanto over #1 Seth Gross 5-4
Final: #2 Vito Arujau vs #4 Austin DeSanto
Winner will face an opponent yet to be determined in Final X. That opponent will be the winner of the challenger tournament in May.
65kg
#10 B.Bartlett over #3 Nick Lee 10-10 criteria
#1 Joey Mckenna over #5 Ridge Lovett 8-3
Final: #10 Beau Bartlett vs #1 Joey Mckenna
Winner to face Yianni Diakomihalis in best
2 out of 3 in Final X for world team spot.
70kg
#4 Sammy Sasso over Jacques 9-2
#2 Tyler Berger over #3 Hayden Hidley 11-10
Final #4 Sammy Sasso vs #2 Tyler Berger
Winner to face Zain Retherford in best
2 out of 3 in Final X for world team spot.
74kg
#1 Jason Nolf over #4 Keegan O’Toole 9-2
#3 Vincenzo Joseph over #7 Shields 5-3
Final: #1 Jason Nolf vs #3 Vincenzo Joseph
Winner to face Kyle Dake in best
2 out of 3 in Final X for world team spot.
79kg
#1 Chance Marsteller over #5 Mcfadden 6-1
#3 Alex Dieringer over #2 Carter Starocci 7-1
Final: #1 Marsteller vs #3 Dieringer
Winner to face Jordan Burroughs in best
2 out of 3 in Final X for world team spot.
86kg
#1 Zahid Valencia over #4 Trent Hidlay 8-3
#3 Aaron Brooks over #2 Mark Hall 6-1
Final: #1 Zahid Valencia vs #3 Aaron Brooks
Winner to face David Taylor in best 2 out of 3 in Final X for world team spot
92kg
#1 Kollin Moore over #4 Eric Shultz tech 10-0
#3 Macchiavello over #2 Nate Jackson 4-2
Final: #1 Kollin Moore vs #3 Macchiavello
Winner will face an opponent yet to be determined in Final X. That opponent will be the winner of the challenger tournament in May.
97kg
#1 J’den Cox over #4 Mitchell tech fall 11-1
Trumble over #2 Dudley 12-4
Final: #1 J’den Cox vs Tremble
Winner to face Kyle Snyder in best 2 out of 3 in Final X for world team spot
125kg
#1 Gable Steveson over #4 Mason Parris via tech fall 11–1
#2 Nick Gwiazdowski over #3 Dom Bradley 8-0
Final: #1 Steveson vs #2 Gwiazdowski
Winner will face an opponent yet to be determined in Final X. That opponent will be the winner of the challenger tournament in May.
US Open Semis on Flowrestling @ 9pm Eastern time
Semis tonight on flowrestling 9pm Eastern time
57kg
#1. Z. Richards vs #5 J. Camacho
#5 3 N. Suriano vs #2 S. Lee
*** Camacho tech fall 2023 NCAA champ Patrick Glory 10-0
61kg
#1 S. Gross vs #5 A. DeSanto
#3 N. Tomasello vs # 2 V. Arujau
*** Vito over Nahshon Garrett 9-2
***DeSanto tech fall over #4 Joe Colon
65kg
#1 J. McKenna vs #5 R. Lovett
#3 N. Lee vs #10 B. Bartlett
****Bartlett defeated Henderson. They had it Henderson up 10-7 with 40 seconds left, Penn st corner through brick and then they changed it to 10-6 Bartlett. Mckenna tech fall Ashnault, Lovett was down 5-3 to #4 Lugo with 30 seconds left and won 7-5
70kg
J. Jacques vs #4 S. Sasso
#3 H. Hidlay vs #2 T. Berger
*** #1 Pantaleo loses first round (round of 64)
74kg
#1 Jason Nolf vs #4 Keegan O'Toole
#3 Vincenzo Joseph vs #7 J. Shields
79kg
#1 C. Marsteller vs #5 D. McFadden
#3 Alex Dieringer vs # 2 Carter Starocci
86kg
#1 Zahid Valencia vs #4 Trent Hidlay
#3 Aaron Brooks vs #2 Mark Hall
92kg
# 1 Kollin Moore vs #4 E. Schultz
#3 M. Macchiavello vs #2 Nate Jackson
97kg
#1 J’den Cox vs #4 S. Mitchell
Isaac Trumble vs #2 T. Dudley
125kg
#1 Gable Steveson vs #4 Mason Parris
#3 Dom Bradley vs #2 Nick Gwiazdowski
NLWC (Penn St Nittany Lion Wrestling Club has the following wrestlers in the semis
1- Nick Lee 65kg
2- Beau Bartlett 65kg
3- Jason Nolf 74kg
4- Vincenzo Joseph 74kg
5- Carter Starocci 79kg
6- Mark Hall 86kg
7- Aaron Brooks 86kg
Plus they have waiting at Final X
57kg Thomas Gilman (Iowa moved to NLWC)
70kg Zain Retheford (Penn St)
74kg Kyle Dake (Cornell moved to NLWC)
86kg David Taylor (Penn St)
97kg Kyle Snyder ( Ohio St moved to NLWC)
So they have 5 of the 7 wrestlers who await at Final X (don’t have Jordan Burroughs and Yianni Diakomihalis..only 2)
plus they have 2 wrestlers in the same weight in the semis at 3 different weights plus Carter Starocci. All this and RBY and Kerklviet stayed home 😂 Insane
21/03/2023
Your 2023 NCAA Division 1
Individual wrestling champions
(With Austin O’Connor super-imposed cause apparently he missed the photo-shoot )
Couple interesting thoughts at the conclusion of the first round of NCAA wrestling…
- @ 165- Ramirez (Cornell) and Facundo (Penn St) will in fact be wrestling later today. It will be in the consi’s however instead of the round of 16 as anticipated as both were upset and took a first round loss
- @ 165 part 2 - #4 Ramirez (Cornell) was the highest seed to lose first round. Stevo Poulin (N Col) was the second highest seed to go down seeded 6th @ 125
- @ 149 - This was the second consecutive year Yianni Diakomihalis had to wrestle a returning all american round 1 despite being the #1 seed at the weight. (Last year Sherman UNC, this year Demas Poly)
- @ 197- This weight is a gamblers absolute nightmare as you can argueably say that the first 20 seeded wrestlers at the weight are almost inner-changeable. With that being said, hell of a job they did seeding this nightmare as it is the only weight to make it through round one without having one upset in coordinance to the seeds of the bracket.
- 17 seeds - 17 seeds for the most part got the better of the 16s . Out of the 10
weight classes, the only 16 seeds to beat the 17 were
125 Medley won 4-2
149 Arrington defeated Kinner 5-3 in OT
197 Pentz over Amos by injury default.
Very close to going 10/10 with a little change here and there
14/03/2023
Cornell Wrestling Yianni Diakomihalis 2023 NCAA Tournament Interview Interview with three-time NCAA Champion, Cornell's Yianni Diakomihalis. Seeded first at 149 pounds, Yianni (16-1) will look to make college wrestling history...
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