Freestyle Seeds - 2002 World Team Trials in St.Paul, Minn.

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Gary Abbott (USA Wrestling)
06/20/2002


MEN'S FREESTYLE  55 kg/121 lbs.  National champion - Teague Moore, Norman, Okla. (Gator WC)  Challenge Tournament seeds  1. Stephen Abas, Fresno, Calif. (Sunkist Kids)  2. Jody Strittmatter, Iowa City, Iowa (Hawkeye WC)  3. Mike Mena, Bloomington, Ind. (New York AC)  4. Jeff Prescott, Colorado Springs, Colo.   5. Tim Dernlan, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Dave Schultz WC)  6. T.J. Hill, Farmington, Mo. (Team Hoggs)  7. Eric Albarracin, Fort Carson, Colo. (U.S. Army)  8. Martin Kusick, Baltimore, Md. (Sunkist Kids)  9. Rocco Mansueto, Cleveland, Ohio, (Cleveland WC)    Challenge Tournament pigtail match  Kusick vs. Mansueto    Challenge Tournament first round bouts  Abas vs. winner of Kusick/Mansueto  Prescott vs. Dernlan  Mena vs. Hill  Strittmatter vs. Albarracin    60 kg/132 lbs.  National champion - Eric Guerrero, Stillwater, Okla. (Gator WC)  Challenge Tournament seeds  1. Eric Akin, Lincoln, Neb. (Dave Schultz WC)  2. Michael Lightner, Norman, Okla. (Sunkist Kids)  3. Jesus Wilson, Fayette, Iowa (Minnesota Storm)  4. Jeff Bedard, Fort Carson, Colo. (U.S. Army);  5. Jason Kutz, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)  6. Eric Juergens, Iowa City, Iowa (Hawkeye WC)  7. C.C. Fisher, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Team Excel)  8. Phil Mansueto, Cleveland, Ohio (Cleveland WC)    Challenge Tournament first round bouts  Akin vs. Mansueto  Bedard vs. Kutz  Wilson vs. Juergens  Lightner vs. Fisher    66 kg/145.5 lbs.  National runner-up and top seed - Jamill Kelly, Stillwater, Okla. (Gator WC)  Challenge Tournament seeds  1. Chris Bono, Gilbert, Iowa (Sunkist Kids)  2.  Doug Schwab, Iowa City, Iowa (Hawkeye WC)  3. John Fisher, Flint, Mich. (Sunkist Kids)  4. Jesse Jantzen, Cambridge, Mass. (Dave Schultz WC)  5. Reggie Wright, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Gator WC)  6. David Zuniga, New Brighton, Minn. (Minnesota Storm)  7. James Woodall, State College, Pa. (Nittany Lion)    Challenge Tournament first round seeds  Bono, bye  Jantzen vs. Wright  Fisher vs. Zuniga  Schwab vs. Woodall    National champion Bill Zadick, Iowa City, Iowa (Hawkeye) received an extension for his finals series, due to injury. Zadick will face the winner of the this week's tournament in a best-of-three series for the World Team position at a time and location to be determined prior to the World Championships.    74 kg/163 lbs.  National champion - Joe Williams, Coralville, Iowa (Sunkist Kids)   Challenge Tournament seeds  1. Casey Cunningham, Mt. Pleasant, Mich. (Sunkist Kids);  2. Donny Pritzlaff, Madison, Wis. (Dave Schultz WC)  3. Byron Tucker, Norman, Okla. (Sunkist Kids)  4. Kirk White, Boise, Idaho (Dave Schultz WC)  5. Joe Heskett, Ames, Iowa (Sunkist Kids)  6. Matt Lackey, Urbana, Ill. (New York AC)  7. Chris Ayres, Bethlehem, Pa. (New York AC)  8. Kevin Stanley, Columbia, Mo. (Dave Schultz WC)    Challenge Tournament first round bouts  Cunningham vs. Stanley  White vs. Heskett  Tucker vs. Lackey  Pritzlaff vs. Ayres    84 kg/185 lbs.  National champion - Cael Sanderson, Heber City, Utah (Sunkist Kids)  Challenge Tournament seeds  1. Lee Fullhart, Iowa City, Iowa (Hawkeye WC)  2. Brandon Eggum, Minneapolis, Minn. (Minnesota Storm)  3. Charles Burton, Bloomington, Ind. (New York AC)  4. Randy Pugh, Cedar Falls, Iowa (Cat WC)  5. Markus Mollica, Huntington Beach, Calif. (Dave Schultz WC)  6.  Clint Wattenburg, Ithaca, N.Y. (Cornell)  7.  Eddie Gifford, Fresno, Calif. (Sunkist Kids)    Challenge Tournament first round bouts  Fullhart, bye  Pugh vs. Mollica  Burton vs. Wattenburg  Eggum vs. Gifford    96 kg/211.5 lbs.  National champion - Tim Hartung, Minneapolis, Minn. (Minnesota Storm)  Challenge Tournament seeds   1. Chad Lamer, Iowa City, Iowa (Hawkeye WC)  2. Dean Morrison, Ithaca, N.Y. (New York AC)  3. Daniel Cormier, Stillwater, Okla. (Gator WC)  4.  Raphael Davis, Bakersfield, Calif. (Dave Schultz WC)  5. Nick Preston, Columbus, Ohio (Ohio International)  6. Franklin Lashley, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)  7. Mark Munoz, Stillwater, Okla. (Gator WC)  8. Ryan Tobin, Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Dave Schultz WC)  9. Zach Thompson, Ames, Iowa (Sunkist Kids)  10. Roy Mokosso, Minneapolis, Minn. (Minnesota Storm)    Challenge Tournament pigtail matches  Tobin vs. Thompson  Munoz vs. Mokosso    Challenge Tournament first round bouts  Lamer vs. Tobin/Thompson winner  Davis vs. Preston  Cormier vs. Lashley  Morrison vs. Munoz/Mokosso winner    120 kg/264.5 lbs.  National champion - Kerry McCoy, Bethlehem, Pa. (New York AC)  Challenge Tournament seeds  1. Tolly Thompson, Lincoln, Neb. (Sunkist Kids)  2. Tommy Rowlands, Columbus, Ohio (Dave Schultz WC)  3. Brian Keck, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)  4. Angelo Borzio, East Stroudsburg, Pa. (New York AC)  5. Kevin Hoy, US Air Force Academy, Colo. (Falcon WC)  6. Tony Walters, Amityville, N.Y. (St. Anthony's)    Challenge Tournament first round bouts  Thompson, bye  Borzio vs. Hoy  Keck vs. Walters  Rowlands, bye