Updated List Of Olympic Redshirt Qualifiers
Updated List Of Olympic Redshirt Qualifiers
An updated list of who's qualified to take an Olympic Redshirt in the 2019-20 NCAA season.
Now that our world teams are (nearly) complete, we have an updated list of wrestlers with NCAA eligibility remaining who have qualified to take an Olympic Redshirt this upcoming season.
A reminder that, like real redshirts, the Olympic version is ongoing. You don't need to formally declare your intentions to do so, and if you do plan on taking one you can still end it and begin competing for your team at any time. But if you do take one, you cannot compete collegiately in the 2019-20 season.
Let's first take a look at the criteria:
- Past national team members (top three from the World or Olympic Team Trials)
- Top eight at the 2019 Senior U.S. Open
- Top three at the 2019 NCAA Wrestling Championship; or NCAA champion from a previous year AND top two from the 2019 U23 World Team Trials (must accomplish both).
- Previous Cadet, Junior, U23 world medalist
Of the seven wrestlers who qualified under criteria 1 this spring, six of them had already met the criteria of being a previous age level world medalist, so only Brady Koontz was added. Another 11 were added by placing at the Open.
Again, many thanks to Yankeefan33 on the Hawkeye Report for inspiring us to update this list a second time.
Qualifiers of No. 1 - Past national team members (top three from the World or Olympic Team Trials)
Mason Manville, Penn State - 2017 Greco-Roman World Team Member at 75kg
Nick Reenan, NC State - 2018 National Team, second place at 86kg
Jaydin Eierman, Missouri - 2018 National Team, third place at 65kg
Tate Orndorff, Utah Valley - 2018 National Team, third place at 130kg (Greco)
Brady Koontz, Ohio State - 2019 National Team, second place at 55kg (Greco)
Qualifiers of No. 2 - Top 8 at the 2019 Senior U.S. Open
Matthew Schmitt, West Virginia- 2019 US Open, 6th Place at 60kg (Greco)
Dylan Gregerson, Utah Valley - 2019 US Open, 7th Place at 63kg (Greco)
Lenny Merkin, Princeton - 2019 US Open, 4th Place at 72kg (Greco)
Tyler Dow, Wisconsin - 2019 US Open, 7th Place at 77kg (Grec
Haydn Maley, Stanford - 2019 US Open, 4th Place at 130kg (Grec
Tommy Helton, SIU Edwardsville - 2019 US Open, 7th Place at 130kg (Greco)
Kanen Storr, Michigan - 2019 US Open, 7th Place at 65kg
Anthony Valencia, Arizona State - 2019 US Open, 3rd place at 74kg
Logan Massa, Michigan - 2019 US Open, 4th Place at 74kg
Matt Finesilver, Duke - 2019 US Open, 4th Place at 79kg
Max Dean, Cornell - 2019 US Open, 8th Place at 86kg
Qualifiers of No. 4 - Previous Cadet, Junior, U23 World Medalist
Jordan Wood, Lehigh - silver medal, 2014 Cadet World Championships
Owen Webster, Minnesota - bronze medal, 2015 Cadet World Championships
Jarod Verkleeren, Penn State - gold medal, 2015 Cadet World Championships
Yianni Diakomihalis, Cornell - gold medal, 2015 Cadet World Championships
Spencer Lee, Iowa - gold medal, 2016 Junior World Championships
Mark Hall, Penn State - gold medal, 2016 Junior World Championships
Daton Fix, Oklahoma State - bronze medal, 2016 Junior World Championships
Taylor LaMont, Utah Valley - bronze medal, 2016 Junior World Championships (Greco)
Travis Wittlake, Oklahoma State - bronze medal, 2016 Cadet World Championships
Jacob Warner, Iowa - bronze medal, 2016 Cadet World Championships
Kurt McHenry, Michigan - gold medal, 2016 Cadet World Championships
David Carr, Iowa State - bronze medal, 2016 Cadet World Championships
Vito Arujau, Cornell - silver medal, 2016 Cadet World Championships
Mitch McKee, Minnesota - silver medal, 2017 Junior World Championships
Ryan Deakin, Northwestern - silver medal, 2017 Junior World Championships
Zahid Valencia, Arizona State - silver medal, 2017 Junior World Championships
Kollin Moore, Ohio State - bronze medal, 2017 Junior World Championships
Gable Steveson, Minnesota - gold medal, 2017 Junior World Championships
Cevion Severado, Missouri - silver medal, 2017 Junior World Championships (Greco)
Jacori Teemer, Arizona State - bronze medal, 2017 Cadet World Championships
Will Lewan, Michigan - gold medal, 2017 Cadet World Championships
Daniel Gregory Kerkvliet, Ohio State - gold medal, 2017 Cadet World Championships
Aaron Brooks, Penn State - gold medal, 2017 Cadet World Championships
Gavin Hoffman, Ohio State - bronze medal, 2017 Cadet World Championships
Cohlton Schultz, Arizona State - gold medal, 2017 Junior World Championships (Greco)
Andrew Berreyesa, Cornell - silver medal, 2018 Junior World Championships (Greco)
Zach Elam, Missouri - silver medal, 2018 Junior World Championships
Mekhi Lewis, Virginia Tech - gold medal, 2018 Junior World Championships
Brady Berge, Penn State - bronze medal, 2018 Junior World Championships
Abe Assad, Iowa - bronze medal, 2018 Cadet World Championships
Matt Ramos, Minnesota - gold medal, 2018 Cadet World Championships