U.S. Olympic Team Trials - 04/09/2016

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57 kg/125.5 lbs.
1st - Daniel Dennis (Iowa City, Iowa/Titan Mercury WC) dec Tony Ramos (Iowa City, Iowa/Titan Mercury WC), two matches to none
Daniel Dennis (Titan Mercury WC) dec Tony Ramos (Titan Mercury WC), 2-1
Dennis technical fall Ramos, 10-0
Dennis qualifies for 2016 U.S. Olympic Team.

3rd – Tyler Graff, New Brunswick, N.J. (New York AC) tech. fall Alan Waters, Columbia, Mo. (Missouri Wrestling Foundation), 10-0

65 kg/143 lbs.
1st - Frank Molinaro (State College, Pa,/Nittany Lion WC) dec. Aaron Pico (Whittier, Calif., Titan Mercury WC), two matches to one
Pico dec Molinaro, 4-2
Molinaro dec Pico, 4-3
Molinaro dec Pico, 4-3
This weight is not yet qualified for the Olympics.

3rd– Zain Retherford (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC) dec. Jimmy Kennedy (Ann Arbor, Mich./NYAC), 2-2

74 kg/163 lbs.
1st - Jordan Burroughs (Lincoln, Neb./Sunkist Kids) dec Andrew Howe (Norman, Okla./New York AC), two matches to none
Burroughs dec Howe, 9-3
Burroughs technical fall Howe, 10-0
Burroughs qualifies for 2016 U.S. Olympic Team.

Challenge Tournament
1st - Andrew Howe (Norman, Okla./New York AC) dec Nick Marable (Morgantown, W.Va./Sunkist Kids), 2-1
3rd – Alex Dieringer (Stillwater, Okla./Cowboy WC) dec. Adam Hall (Raleigh, N.C./Titan Mercury WC), 6-3
True Third - Alex Dieringer (Stillwater, Okla./Cowboy WC) dec Nick Marable (Morgantown, W.Va./Sunkist Kids), 2-1

86 kg/189 lbs.
1st - J’Den Cox (Columbia, Mo./Missouri Wrestling Foundation) dec Kyle Dake (Ithaca, N.Y./Titan Mercury WC), two matches to none
Cox dec Dake, 8-1
Dake dec Cox, 5-3
Cox dec Dake, 4-3
This weight is not yet qualified for the Olympics.

3rd – David Taylor (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC) tech. fall Keith Gavin (Charlottesville, Va./Titan Mercury WC), 13-3

97 kg/213 lbs.
1st - Kyle Snyder (Woodbine, Md./Titan Mercury WC) dec. Jake Varner (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC), two matches to one
Varner dec Snyder, 4-4
Snyder dec Varner, 4-0
Snyder dec Varner, 6-1
Snyder qualifies for 2016 U.S. Olympic Team.

Challenge Tournament
1st - Jake Varner (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC) dec. Dustin Kilgore (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids), 6-0
3rd – Micah Burak (Colorado Springs, Colo./Titan Mercury WC) dec. J.D. Bergman (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC), 3-1
True Third - Dustin Kilgore (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) dec. Micah Burak (Colorado Springs, Colo./Titan Mercury WC), 3-2

125 kg/275 lbs.
1st - Tervel Dlagnev (Columbus, Ohio/Sunkist Kids) dec Zach Rey (Bethlehem, Pa./Lehigh Valley AC), two matches to none
Dlagnev dec Rey, 3-1
Dlagnev dec Rey, 5-3
Dlagnev qualifies for 2016 U.S. Olympic Team.

3rd – Dom Bradley (Sunkist Kids) dec. Nick Gwiazdowski (NYAC), 2-2