U20 Freestyle Preview

SE Registered as of 4.20.24

57 kg

Brodie Christmas Alabama
Caleb Wright Alabama
Mason Moody Georgia
Cael Kusky Georgia
Allen Calderon Georgia
Cameron Stinson Jr. North Carolina
Giulio Fabriziani North Carolina
Isaac Sheehan North Carolina
Jermaine Peace South Carolina
Bryson Terrell Tennessee

61 kg

Marcus Wright Alabama
Cory Land Alabama
Isfandier Sharipov Florida
Colson Hoffman Georgia
Boedi Kirkland North Carolina
Ethan Croom North Carolina
Devon Conner North Carolina
Genaro De La Garza South Carolina

65 kg

Sam Sutton Alabama
William Anderson Alabama
Judge Deyoung Florida
Brennan Van Hoecke Florida
Conner Kimbrough Georgia
Thomas Termini Georgia
Drew Gorman Georgia
Aldo Hernandez North Carolina
Joseph Morris South Carolina

70 kg

Logan W. Paradice Georgia
Tyler Xavier McKnight Georgia
JB Epps Georgia
Anderson Heap Florida
Cedric Griffin North Carolina
Logan Fite North Carolina
Cooper Hilton Tennessee
Hunter Sturgill Tennessee
Colin Dupill Tennessee

74 kg

Claudio Torres Florida
Cooper Haase Florida
Gunner Holland Florida
Dominic Bambinelli Georgia
Latrell Schafer Georgia
Troy Shannon North Carolina
Thomas Snipes South Carolina
Devin Espinoza South Carolina
Logan Fowler Tennessee
Ian McGehee Tennessee

79 kg

Christopher Minto Florida
Christopher Mance III Georgia
Landon Jones Georgia
Pierce Carpenter Kydd South Carolina

86 kg

Mason Ellis Alabama
Keenan Wyatt Alabama
Kennedy Wyatt Alabama
Hunter Jones Alabama
Hoke Hogan Georgia
Conor Mccloskey Georgia
Tomas Brooker North Carolina
Roy Price South Carolina

92 kg

Cayden Bevis Florida
Brock Hacker Georgia
Luke Cochran Georgia
Patrick Brophy South Carolina

97 kg

Kaleb Ivie Florida
Ethan Larsen Florida
Jamarion Ward North Carolina

125 kg

Zack Chatman Alabama
Jamier Ferere North Carolina

Who to Watch (Based on PIN Ratings from USA Wrestling … not sure what PIN is? Check out my interview with Coach Mathews - starts at 16:36). PIN Ratings are listed for each wrestler below. Keep in mind that a wrestler may not have a PIN rating (I don’t know why that would be the case … just going by USA Wrestling’s information).

NOTE: The weight listed below is the weight they registered … don’t be surprised if they weigh-in at a different weight class.

Each of the weights in U20 Freestyle are going to be tough. 57 and 74 kg might be the deepest brackets. Imagine a weight that if seeded by PIN rating will have a placer at Olympic Trials in Jax Forrest as the 3 seed (unless the PIN rating is updated before then). Any SE wrestler that makes a run to the podium will have had an outstanding weekend. 74 kg is exceptionally deep with SE hammers and we could have listed a bunch, but we’ve highlighted those that have the highest PIN ratings to avoid any bias.

Keep in mind that several current college freshmen are not listed below … I’d guess the reason for that is they did not wrestle Fargo after their senior season and have not wrestled many freestyle events over the last 12 months. Many of the names below are current high school juniors or seniors, but keep an eye on those that you might not have heard from for a minute.