App State Wrestling’s Codi Russell has qualified for USA Wrestling’s World Team Trails thanks to his 57 kg (freestyle) victory at the Last Chance World Team Trials Qualifier event Friday at the FargoDome.
Competing in a round-robin format with three other wrestlers, Russell went 2-1 with a 9-4 victory against Jakason Burks, an Oklahoma State wrestler who also finished 2-1. With a 1-1 record going into his third match, Russell posted a 12-8 victory against Peter Del Gallo, a standout at Southern Maine.
The World Team Trials will be held over Labor Day weekend at a to-be-determined site.
Men’s Freestyle winners