The Breakdown - Episode 24 - Sawyer Bartelt Claims a 16U Greco National Title

Florida’s Sawyer Bartelt capped off a fantastic run in Greco with a dominant 8-2 win over Utah’s William McCleary in the 195 lb. final. Bartelt went 6-0 and outscored his opponents 56-4 … giving up points in just 2 matches. What might be more impressive is that Bartelt earned a spot on the podium in both styles this week in Fargo. He finished 5th in Freestyle as well.

Bartelt was just one of four Floridians to make the podium. He was joined by Brandon Cody (5th at 138), Ethan Mojena (4th at 145), and Roman Garcia (3rd at 160). The four helped Team Florida into the top 10 - actually a tie for 10th with Virginia in 16U Greco. Georgia finished 17th as a team and put 3 on the podium … Drew Gorman (4th at 113), Dominic Bambinelli (6th at 160), and Hoke Poe-Hogan (4th at 170). Jax Forrest helped North Carolina to 31st in the team race with a 6th place finish at 120. South Carolina and Alabama added their first 16U All Americans in 2021. William Jakeway (88) and Yannis Charles (138) made the podium for South Carolina … SC’s first 16U All Americans in Greco since 2016. Will Caneer (195) and Willie Cox (285) made the podium for Alabama.

As mentioned previously, Bartelt earned double All American honors as we placed in the top 8 in both styles. Bartelt wasn’t alone in accomplishing that feat … 4 others from the Southeast also earned double All American this week. Mojena, Garcia, Gorman, and Bambinelli were also able to secure a top 8 finish in both styles … a significant accomplishment.

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Florida’s Ryan Cody and Tennessee’s Dayne Dalrymple into the Junior Semis

Just 2 SE hammers were able to navigate day 1 of Junior Greco without a loss. Cody, a 2019 Greco Runner-up, showed out at 195 … he finished the day 4-0 and outscored his opponents 41-0. He faces Tom Culp of Illinois in the semifinals tomorrow morning. Dayne Dalrymple also finished 4-0 with some really tough wins. He began the day with a 10-9 win over Florida’s Braden Basile (a Freestyle All American) before getting a fall over Brady Hankin of Colorado. He then beat Georgia’s David Panone and Minnesota’s Walker Bents is tough matches to advance to the semis where he faces Oregon’s Nash Singleton.

The Bloodround

The following wrestlers advanced to the Bloodround - 1 match from making the podium - and each will look to win at least one more in the morning to take home some hardware. Each are still hunting for 3rd, but getting one more win is the first order of business in the morning.

  • 100 - Vincent Biondoletti (Florida)

  • 106 - Tyler Washburn (Florida)

  • 152 - Jeremy Paradice (Georgia)

  • 152 - Michael Kilic (Georgia)

  • 160 - RJ Weston (Georgia)

  • 182 - Gervacio Gonazlez (Tennessee)

  • 220 - Ashton Davis (Tennessee)

 
 
Alabama, Breakdown, Florida, Georgia, Greco, North Carolina, South Carolina, Southeast, TennesseeJason FulmoreComment