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2009 World bronze medalist Tervel Dlagnev outlasted 2008 Olympian Steve Mocco to win the freestyle title at 120 kg/264.5 lbs. Dlagnev came back strong after finishing second in this event last year. Dlagnev made his second World Team. 2008 World champion Clarissa Chun
looked dominant in sweeping Alyssa Lampe in the women’s freestyle finals at 48 kg/105.5 lbs. Lampe beat Chun in the finals of the 2010 Trials. “I’m just so focused right now,” said
Chun, who missed most of last season after suffering a shoulder injury just before the 2009 Worlds. “Every day in practice, I made promises to myself. I am just making each practice mine. I am get- ting my confidence, timing and technique back together. I’m so happy to represent the U.S. again. I want to win the Worlds again.” 2010 World silver medalist Elena Pirozhkova took two straight matches from Adeline Gray to win the women’s freestyle title at 63 kg/138.75 lbs. Gray, fifth in the World in 2009, dropped down a weight class for this event. Veteran Justin Ruiz made his sixth
World Team after sweeping John Lorenz in the Greco-Roman finals at 96 kg/211.5 lbs. Ruiz won a World bronze medal in 2005 and placed fifth in the World last year.
“This gives me another shot to wrestle
the World’s best and this gives me a shot to qualify the weight class for the Olympics,” Ruiz said. “It’s real big for me to make this team. We have four guys on this team who were on the World Championship team in 2007. We have some guys who are real hungry.” Jake Fisher made his second straight
World Team after beating Ben Provisor in the Greco-Roman finals at 74 kg/163 lbs. Joe Betterman made his second World
Team after sweeping Jeremiah Davis in the Greco finals at 60 kg/132 lbs. NINE OTHER CHAMPIONS were crowned on the first day of the two-day competiton on June 10. Eight of the nine advance to the Worlds. Jordan Burroughs, the two-time NCAA champion and reigning Hodge Trophy winner, defeated Andrew Howe to make his first World Team in freestyle at 74 kg/163 lbs. He won the first match 1-0, 1- 2, 3-2 before taking the second 3-1, 1-0. “I was tense, and you could see it in
that first match,” Burroughs said. “I gave up a lot of takedowns, but I just opened up more in the second match. Howe is a real tough wrestler. Coach (Mark) Manning just told me to relax and do
Teyon Ware shoots in during his win over Brent Metcalf. Larry Slater photo.
what I came here to do and what got me to this point. I wrestled hard and stayed in good position in the second match.” World gold, silver and bronze medalist Dremiel Byers made his sixth straight World Team and eighth overall in Greco- Roman at 120 kg/264.5 lbs. He swept U.S. Army teammate and close friend Tim Taylor in the finals. “I’m still chasing those medals until the
right one comes,” said Byers, a 2008 Olympian. “I want to win that Olympic gold medal.” Two-time World bronze medalist Justin
Lester made his fifth World Team after sweeping Army teammate Glenn Garrison in the Greco finals at 66 kg/145.5 lbs. 2008 Olympian Spenser Mango made
his third straight World Team after sweep- ing Paul Tellgren in the Greco finals at 55 kg/121 lbs. Cheney Haight downed training partner
Jordan Holm in a rematch of the U.S. Open finals in Greco at 84 kg/185 lbs. The series went the full three matches. Haight came back to beat Holm after falling to him in the finals of the Open. 2008 Olympian Ali Bernard took two straight matches over past World champi-
on Iris Smith to make her second World Team at 72 kg/158.5 lbs. Two-time Junior World bronze medalist
Helen Maroulis made her second World Team after defeating Ashley Hudson in women’s freestyle at 55 kg/121 lbs. Jake Varner made his second World
Team after sweeping surprise finalist Chad Hanke in the freestyle finals at 96 kg/211.5 lbs. Reece Humphrey outlasted Shawn
Bunch in a gritty, three-match series between Ohio Regional Training Center teammates in freestyle at 60 kg/132 lbs. Humphrey won the World Team Trials,
but the World Team member is not yet determined in this weight class. Humphrey and Bunch will be entered in
an international tournament later this year. In order for Bunch to make the team,
he will have to medal at the event and place higher in the standings than Humphrey. Bunch qualifies for this under new cri-
teria which recognizes international per- formances. Bunch won the Medved International in Belarus to meet this crite- ria.
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