BATTLEGROUND, WASH . - Two members of the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team, silver medalist Stephen Abas (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) and fourth-place finisher Daniel Cormier (Stillwater, Okla./Gator WC) were among the 10 athletes to qualify for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials with victories at the Northwest Regional Olympic Trials in Battleground, Wash. Both were competing up one weight class from where they normally wrestle. Abas won the 60 kg/132 lbs. division, defeating Tyler Phillips (Salem, Ore./Orange Crush) by technical fall in the finals, 7-0, 6-0. A big win for Abas was in the semifinals where he defeated past NCAA runner-up Dylan Long (Ames, Iowa/Sunkist Kids), 3-0, 4-0. Cormier won the 120 kg/264.5 lbs. division, defeated nationally ranked Les Sigman (Omaha, Neb./Sunkist Kids), 6-0, 2-0 in the finals. Cormier was one of three Gator WC stars who attended Oklahoma State and train in Stillwater, Okla. to win titles at the Northwest Regional Olympic Trials. Also capturing gold medals were Zack Esposito at 66 kg /145.5 lbs. and Chris Pendleton at 84 kg/185 lbs. Esposito won a competitive finals match, stopping past World Team Trials runner-up Jared Frayer (Colorado Springs, Colo./Gator WC) in the finals, 2-2, 4-1. Pendleton won the deepest weight division in the tournament, stopping Bryce Hasseman (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC) in the finals, 3-1, 2-0. Four wrestlers in the division are ranked in the top 10 of their weight class in TheMat.com athlete rankings. Two members of the U.S. Army team, stationed at Fort Carson, Colo., were able to win titles and qualify for the Olympic Trials, Philip Simpson (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army) at 145.5 pounds and Willie Parks (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army) at 96 kg/211.5 lbs. The other champion was Grant Nakamura (Ames, Iowa/Sunkist Kids) at 121 pounds. NORTHWEST REGIONAL OLYMPIC TRIALS Men's freestyle medal match results 55 kg/121 lbs. 1st - Grant Nakamura, Ames, Iowa (Sunkist Kids) tech. fall David Crabtree, Stockton, Calif. (Stockton Crabback Grapplers), 7-1,6-0 3rd - David Klingsheim, Brentwood, Calif. (Delta Wrestling Club) dec. Kelly Martinez, Norwalk, Calif. (Unattached), 5-1, 6-1 60 kg /132 lbs. 1st - Stephen Abas, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids) tech. fall Tyler Phillips, Salem, Ore. (Orange Crush), 7-0, 6-0 3rd - Dylan Long, Ames, Iowa (Sunkist Kids) dec. Kelly Kubec, Lake Stevens, Wash. (Orange Crush), 3-0, 3-1 66 kg /145.5 lbs. 1st - Zack Esposito, Stillwater, Okla. (Gator WC) dec. Jared Frayer, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Gator WC), 2-2, 4-1 3rd - Danny Song (unattached) dec. Michael Mangrum, Auburn, Wash. (Vision Quest), 0-6, 1-0, 4-3 74 kg/ 163 lbs. 1st - Philip Simpson, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army) dec. Colby Covington, Springfield, Iowa (McKenzie River Mat Club), 5-0, 3-1 3rd - Keegan Davis, Salem, Ore. (Orange Crush) dec. Ron Groves, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids), 4-0, 3-0 84 kg/185 lbs. 1st - Chris Pendleton, Stillwater, Okla. (Gator WC) dec. Bryce Hasseman, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC), 3-1, 2-0 3rd - Tony Gansen, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids) dec. BJ Padden, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids), 1-1, 4-0 96 kg/211.5 lbs. 1st - Willie Parks, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army) dec. Kyle Cerminara, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC), 1-0,1-0 3rd - Nate Patrick, Downers Grove, Ill. (Sunkist Kids) dec. Chad Hanke, Dayton, Ore. (Orange Crush), 1-1, 4-0, 3-0 120 kg/264.5 lbs. 1st - Daniel Cormier, Stillwater, Okla. (Gator WC) dec. Les Sigman, Omaha, Neb. (Sunkist Kids), 6-0, 2-0 3rd - Michael Faust, Baltimore, Md. (Gator WC) dec. KC Walsh, Tacoma, Wash. (Bronco WC), 1-0, 0-3, 1-0 For complete results, visit: http://www.themat.com/results.php?page=display_results_style&ResultID=101023