Wisconsin has a strong group of wrestlers competing at U23 Nationals and U20 World Team Trials in Ohio this weekend! → view the list in PDF form.

U20 US Open Champions Brett Back (GR), Aeoden Sinclair (FS) and Connor Mirasola (FS) all won the US Open and will sit out of the challenge tournament. They will face the champions of the challenge tournament in the best-of-three finals series.

The three-day event in Geneva will determine the U20 World Teams in freestyle and Greco—all U20 entries had to be pre-qualified.

Four more nationally ranked wrestlers are entered in the U20 freestyle field: #3 Haakon Peterson (57kg), #4 Charlie Millard (74kg), #3 Cole Mirasola (79kg) and #5 Koy Hopke (125kg)—all of whom are slated to compete on the junior national dual team later this month. WI Fargo champs Noah Mulvaney and Max Ramberg will compete at 79kg and 97kg, with Ramberg competing in both freestyle and Greco.

Greco entries for the U20 division include past WWF All-Americans Rhett Koenig, Amryn Nutter, Gunnar Hamre and TJ Schierl. Koenig was runner-up at U20 trials last season. Greco competition will run from start to finish on Friday.

U23 Nationals is part of the team selection criteria for the U23 World Team, plus, the champions at each weight will get to represent USA at the U23 Pan Ams. None of the U23 entries sit into a best-of-three series.

The entry list from Wisconsin is much longer in U23 and includes a large number of collegiate All-Americans and former WWF All-Americans, athletes and coaches:

U23 Freestyle

• 57 kg Nicolar Rivera, Wisconsin Regional Training Center
• 57 kg Shane Corrigan, Ranger Wrestling Club
• 65 kg Connor Thorpe, Panther Wrestling Club RTC
• 65 kg Caleb Gross, Jackrabbit Wrestling Club
• 65 kg Troy Dolphin, B.A.M. Training Center
• 65 kg Cayden Henschel, Ranger Wrestling Club
• 70 kg Benjamin Durocher, Ranger Wrestling Club
• 70 kg Jordan Craft, Ranger Wrestling Club
• 70 kg Jalen Spuhler, Ranger Wrestling Club
• 74 kg Matthew Bianchi, Arkansas Regional Training Center
• 74 kg Brady Schuh, Ranger Wrestling Club
• 74 kg Lowell Arnold, Ranger Wrestling Club
• 79 kg Magnus Kuokkanen, Indiana RTC
• 79 kg Joey Bianchi, Arkansas Regional Training Center
• 79 kg Clayton Whiting, Minnesota Storm
• 79 kg Brody Hemauer, Ranger Wrestling Club
• 86 kg John Gunderson, Panther Wrestling Club RTC
• 86 kg Grant Cook, Wisconsin
• 86 kg Trevor Stuyvenberg, Warrior Regional Training Center

U23 GRECO-ROMAN

• 55 kg Tyler Klein, Dubuque RTC
• 55 kg Brandon Hall, Dubuque RTC
• 77 kg Joey Bianchi, Arkansas Regional Training Center
• 77 kg Caden Young, Mustang Wrestling Club
• 77 kg Max Schierl, NMU-National Training Center
• 82 kg Aaron Dobbs, NMU-National Training Center
• 97 kg Cole Pence, NMU-National Training Center
• 97 kg Tyler Hannah, Combat W.C. School of Wrestling

Schedule in E.T. (from USAW here).
Friday, May 31st
U23 Greco-Roman & U20 Greco-Roman
Session 1 — U20 GR Challenge Tournament - Preliminaries, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Challenge Finals & Consolations
10:00 a.m. – 2:15 p.m.
U23 GR — Preliminaries, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, & Consolations
10:00 a.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Session 2—U20 GR World Team Trials – All Medal Matches, and Best 2 out of 3 Finals
4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
U23 GR – All Medal Matches, and Best 2 out of 3 Finals
4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, June 1st
U23 Freestyle & U20 Freestyle
Session 1:
U20 Freestyle World Team Trials – Challenge Tournament - Preliminaries, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Challenge Finals & Consolations
9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
U23 Freestyle – Preliminaries and Consolations
9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Session 2:
U20 Freestyle World Team Trials – All Medal Matches, and Best 2 out of 3 Finals
4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
U23 Freestyle – Preliminaries and Consolations
4:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Sunday, June 2nd
U23 Freestyle
Session 3:
U23 Freestyle – Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Consolations, All Medal Matches, and Best 2 out of 3 Finals
10:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Good luck, Wisconsin!