USA Wrestling World Team Trials Qualified Grapplers

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Jason Townsend (USA Wrestling)
05/27/2008


(as of May 26, 2008)

Men

136.5 pounds
Darren Uyenoyama (Fogtown JJ) -  returning World Team Trials Champion
Vinh Phung (No Limits MMA) - 1st So. Cal.
Alejandro Zeas (Team Yamasaki) - 1st Mason Dixon
Dan Gupton (Primal Grappling) - 2nd Mason Dixon
Andrew Perez (Air Force) - 1st Rocky Mtn.
Ryan Hall (USOEC) - 2nd Rocky Mtn.
Leonard Snow (Grappler's Edge) - 3rd Rocky Mtn. 
Roger Stewart (NYAC) - 4th Rocky Mtn.

154 pounds
Ricky Lundell (Team Pedro Sauer) - returning World Team Trials Champion
Shannon Slack (No Limits MMA) - 1st So. Cal.
Peter Sutton (Team Quest) - 2nd So. Cal
John Blalock (10th Planet JJ) - 3rd So. Cal
Jimmy Kirkemo (Prodigy Elite) - 4th So. Cal.
William Schaeffer (York MMA Academy) - 1st Mason Dixon
Marty Kusick (Prodigy Elite) - 2nd Mason Dixon
Jacob Hey (H.I.T. Squad) - 1st Rocky Mtn.
Manuel Gallardo (Unattached) - 2nd Rocky Mtn.
Brett Tellis (Grappler's Edge) - 3rd Rocky Mtn. 

176 pounds
Don Ortega (New Mexico) - returning World Team Trials Champion
Joseph Gutierrez (Millenia JJ) -  1st So. Cal.
Eric Brown (Combat Submission Wrestling) -  2nd So. Cal.
Sean Robinson (BJJ Revolution) - 3rd So. Cal.)
Antares Simensis (San Diego Undisputed) - 4th So. Cal.
George McGinnis (York MMA Academy) - 1st Mason Dixon
Keith Wilson (Colorado Fight Factory) - 1st Rocky Mtn.
Kenny Johnson (Phantom Wrestling Club) - 2nd Rocky Mtn.
Eric Koble (Grappler's Edge) - 3rd Rocky Mtn.

202.5 pounds
Malcolm Havens (Grappler's Edge) - returning World Team Trials Champion
Timmy Bond (Street Sports BJJ) - 1st So. Cal.
Andres Salas (Shingu Fighter Academy) - 2nd So. Cal.
Brett Collins (No Limits MMA) - 3rd So. Cal.
Genesis Vailu`u Genesis Vailu'u (No Limits MMA) - 4th So. Cal.
Ricky MacCauley (Team Balance) - 1st Mason Dixon
Daniel Clark (MMA Institute) 2nd Mason Dixon
Shimon Kafka (Baltimore BJJ) - 3rd Mason Dixon
Daniel Jones (MMA Institute) - 4th Mason Dixon
Chaun Sims (Easton BJJ) - 1st Rocky Mtn.
Chilo Gonzales (Grappler's Edge) - 2nd Rocky Mtn.
Jason Pacheco (Axiom) - 3rd Rocky Mtn.
Nader Maghribi (Air Force) - 4th Rocky Mtn.

275 pounds
Jeff Monson (Victory Athletics, returning World Team Trials Champion)
Ramon Diaz (No Limits MMA) - 1st So. Cal. 
Kadillac Marshbanks (Team Kadillac) - 2nd So. Cal.
Wesley Arnstad (New Breed JJ - 3rd So. Cal.
Daniel Pollaccia (Team Titan) - 4th So. Cal.
Todd Margolis (Lloyd Irvin) - 1st  Mason Dixon
Brandon Ruiz (Grappler's Edge) - 1st Rocky Mtn.
Joe Trujillo (Grappler's Edge) - 2nd Rocky Mtn.

Women:

105.5 pounds
Lisa Ward (United Training Center) - returning World Team Trials Champion

121 pounds
Felicia Oh (BJMUTA) - returning World Team Trials Champion
Bahar Shahidi (Grappler's Edge) - 1st So. Cal.
Vanessa Hardy (Riverside Submissions) - 2nd So. Cal.

138.5 pounds
Tara Larosa (Philadelphia Fight Factory) - returning World Team Trials Champion
Ginele Marquez-Lee (Combat Submission Wrestling) -  1st So. Cal
Carla O'Connell (No Limits MMA) - 2nd So. Cal.
Sandy Nickal (Rio Rancho Wrestling Club) - 1st Rocky Mtn.

158.5 pounds
Valerie Worthington (New Breed JJ) - returning World Team Trials Champion
Lindsay Thorsen (No Limits MMA) - 2nd So. Cal.
Angela Poe (Grappler's Edge) - 1st Rocky Mtn.
Tori Adams (Colorado Fight Factory) - 2nd Rocky Mtn.

To register for upcoming USA Wrestling Grappling World Team Trials Qualifying Events, visit:

http://www.themat.com/schedules.php?page=grappling