Keith Sieracki has begun to dominate the Greco-Roman circuit at 74 kg. He was a member of the World Team last year at 76 kg and seems to be on course to repeat that feat again this year at his new weight.

He has not lost to a U.S. opponent this year. Sieracki has improved at every stage of his career, and he has waited long enough for a World Medal.

TheMat.com spoke with Sieracki about his training and how he has become so dominant in the past three years.

TheMat.com: Over the past few years, you have established yourself as the one of the top wrestlers in the U.S. at your weight, whether it be 76 kg or 74 kg. To what do you attribute your success in that time period?

Sieracki: A lot of it is hard work, good coaching and good support from the military.

TheMat.com: You did not place at the World Championships last year. What do you now have to do to make yourself dominant on the international level?

Sieracki: I have to be disciplined and mentally focused and just sharpen up on my skills. That's the key for me.

TheMat.com: We all remember the situation in 2000 with you and Matt Lindland. He ended up winning a Silver Medal at the Olympics that year. Do you ever look back and wonder what would have happened if you would have been the Olympian that year?

Sieracki: Sometimes. It is weird somedays I can be doing something or somebody can say something that pertains nothing to it and it will remind me of that situation. I think about it. I think about the mistakes I made and the court process. Yes I wonder how I would have done.

TheMat.com: The new weight classes seem to have affected 66 kg and 74 kg the most in both styles. What seems different about your weight and is it tougher all-around?

Sieracki: My toughest guy to wrestle is still T.C. Dantzler, but now the number three and four guys are on their way to the top now as well. It is that which makes this weight better, when there are numerous guys who are making a push to be at the top.

TheMat.com: Has the new weight been tough for you personally?

Sieracki: With the new weight I am down to about as far as I can possibly go. It's a lot harder to make the new weight.

TheMat.com: What would you say is the wrestling attribute or skill that you have improved the most over the past year?

Sieracki: My positioning and domination on my feet.

TheMat.com: How has being involved with the Army team helped you to improve and excel as a Greco-Roman wrestler?

Sieracki: The Army over the years has been predominantly a Greco-Roman team. It has given me the opportunity to work with some great coaches who have great experience. They have helped me a lot mentally and physically getting me prepared. The military just takes care of everything you need. There are no worries. That gives me a chance to focus on the task at hand.

TheMat.com: Did competing collegiately ever cross your mind, or did you know that Greco-Roman was a style you could be successful in?

Sieracki: When I was coming out of high school, I had never wrestled Greco. I came to the Army to be a military policeman. I had wrestled a lot of freestyle. When I qualified for the Army team, I qualified on the freestyle side, and then I eventually learned Greco.

TheMat.com: Is it helpful to have a talented brother, Aaron, by your side and training with you throughout your career?

Sieracki: Oh yeah! The most help is that he's competitive. We both want to succeed. I don't want to say that we want to be better than one another, but it sure helps to have someone there a little bit better than you because it makes you want to get as good as him if not a little better. We go through our times. When one of us is having trouble, the other one will work out with him more to get him back on track. If we're both doing good, we might work out once in a while just to work out some bugs. Lately, we have been working out a lot together.

TheMat.com: Growing up in Wisconsin, who did you look up to in wrestling?

Sieracki: I looked up to Dennis Hall. He is the guy that I watched all through my career and always wanted to be as good as.