Tennessee’s Dayne Dalrymple finished off a spectacular run through the 132 lb. Junior bracket to claim a stopsign. His win and Ashton Davis taking 4th at 220 pushed Tennessee to 12th overall. Dalrymple went 6-0, but had to really fight through a tough opening day - especially a tough first round match over Florida’s Braden Basile (10-9). His semifinal win over Nash Singleton looked “easier” as he won by a tech fall and then downed Nevada’s Anthony Anciete 4-0 in the finals. Dalrymple became Tennessee’s 6th overall Champ (all divisions and both styles) and their first Junior Greco Champ since Tommy Bracket won it in 2016 (Dayne is actually just Tennessee’s second overall Junior Greco Champ).

Florida put 3 on the podium as Ryan Cody finished 2nd at 195, Vincent Biondoletti was 5th at 100, and Tyler Washburn finished 8th at 106. Georgia’s Michael Kilic and RJ Weston rounded out the Junior All Americans from the Southeast. Kilic finished 8th at 152 and Weston was 3rd at 160. Weston put on an incredible run through the consolation bracket … he lost his opening match to the eventual champ and then won 10 in a row to take 3rd.

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Alabama’s Cory Land Makes the World Finals in Budapest

Land made a huge run through the 55 kg bracket in Budapest - downing Turkey’s Berati Inac 10-0, Adam Anders Silverin of Sweden 9-6, and Zhantoro Mirzaliev of Kyrgyzstan 5-0 to make the finals. He will take on Russia’s Valerii Mangutov in the finals tomorrow at 11 am on Flowrestling.

Set your alarm early … Alabama’s Cory Land will attempt to bring home Gold and a World Title to Alabama tomorrow. You can watch the action on Flowrestling at 4 am. Land draws Turkey’s Bernati Inac in the first round. For those of you unfamiliar with repechange … if you lose your only way back into the tournament is for your opponent to make the finals. Land will focus on Inec first and worry about the winner of Sweden and Serbia after getting the first round win.

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Final Day in Fargo

Fargo concludes with the Junior semis and consolations in the morning and the placement matches at 2 pm. Ryan Cody and Dayne Dalrymple have already secured their place on the podium and will now try to bring home a stopsign with 2 more wins. The following SE hammers will look to secure one more win in the morning to secure their spot on the podium. Each is 3 wins away from finishing 3rd.

• 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)

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)