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James Green Wins Senior National Title
Green leads Husker squad at Senior level; Dominick Serrano paces at Junior level with 3rd place
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The Huskers were led by a familiar face in five-time World Team member and two-time World medalist James Green, who went 5-0 on his way to a Senior Freestyle National Championship at 70kg over the weekend.
Nebraska had 13 wrestlers competing at the 2021 Senior and Junior Nationals over the weekend at the Xtrema Arena in Coralville, Iowa. Green led the way at the Senior level, while Tyler Berger finished fourth at 70kg. Senior Christian Lance took fifth at 125kg to earn a spot at the World Team Trials in early September. The top-5 finishers at the senior level advance to the World Team Trials, while the Junior champs from this weekend will represent Team USA at the World Championships.
Minnesotans stumble in Greco-Roman Olympic wrestling trials
By RaCHEL BLOUNT, Star Tribune April 3, 2021 8:13pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Some of the toughest matches of Pat Smith s career have come in consolation bouts. The Chaska wrestler was reminded of that Saturday in Fort Worth, Texas, when he had to shake off the disappointment of Friday s semifinal loss at the Olympic wrestling trials and try to forge ahead.
Smith made it to the consolation finals of the Greco-Roman 77-kilogram class, but he dropped a 4-0 decision to RaVaughn Perkins to finish in fourth place. Two other Minnesotans also wrestled for third place in the Greco-Roman division Saturday. Leslie Fuenffinger, a Hibbing native and two-time NCAA champ at Augsburg, pinned Sam Jones in the 60 kg class, while heavyweight Donny Longendyke, an Augsburg alumnus from Vadnais Heights, fell 3-1 to Jacob Mitchell.