Who's Not Yet Qualified For The 2020 Olympic Trials
Who's Not Yet Qualified For The 2020 Olympic Trials
The long and exhaustive list of senior-level men's freestyle wrestlers who still have not yet qualified for the 2020 Olympic Team Trials in State College.
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The Olympic year is almost upon us, and we've established who will constitute the bulk of the field at the Olympic Trials in April.
But now that Senior Nationals is over, there is a long break in between senior-level freestyle events in this country. With no domestic tournaments for three months, we must review who still has yet to qualify for OTT in State College, PA.
Below is our long and exhaustive list of guys who haven't qualified in men's freestyle for the Trials, which have already sold out the Bryce Jordan Center at Penn State. The next (and really only) chance to qualify is in Millersville, PA, the week before the Trials. There is, of course, the possibility someone wins gold at Pan Ams who is not yet qualified, but that seems highly unlikely.
Without further ado, here is who could (and should) be wrestling at the Last Chance Qualifier the final weekend in March.
57kg
Frank Perrelli
Darian Cruz
Nico Megaludis
Alan Waters
Zane Richards
Eddie Klimara
David Terao
Tim Lambert
Brent Fleetwood
Josh Rodriguez
Jack Mueller
Jesse Delgado
Daniel DeShazer
Shelton Mack
Austin Miller
Jacob Moran
Jarrod Patterson
Nick Piccininni
Pat Glory
Gabe Townsell
Malik Heinselman
Commentary: Alan Waters and Nico Megaludis both wrestled in the 2016 Olympic Trials, and Frank Perrelli is the only guy not currently qualified who has wrestled in all three World Team Trials this quad at 57kg.
65kg
Jaydin Eierman
Evan Henderson
Bryce Meredith
Anthony Ashnault
Josh Saunders
Dean Heil
Ben Whitford
Ethan Lizak
Joey Lazor
Sean Fausz
Johnni DiJulius
Nick Dardanes
Mario Mason
Rob Mathers
Matt Kolodzik
Earl Hall
Jayson Ness
Dom Demas
Colton McCrystal
Kanen Storr
Commentary: Pretty wild to think Jaydin Eierman, who was on the national team and is on an Olympic Redshirt, has yet to qualify. We're also expecting Anthony Ashnault to throw his hat in the ring at Millersville if his knee is healed up.
74kg
Jason Nolf
Vincenzo Joseph
Nazar Kulchytskyy
Joey Lavallee
Alec Pantaleo
Ryan Deakin
Hayden Hidlay
Jake Sueflohn
Chance Marsteller
Tyler Berger
Branson Ashworth
Quinton Godley
Muhamed McBryde
Dylan Ness
Nick Becker
Commentary: How healthy will Nolf be in a few months? If Cenzo doesn't win NCAAs, does he go to Millersville?
86kg
Aaron Brooks
Nate Jackson
Nick Heflin
Tim Dudley
Max Dean
Leo Tarantino
Drew Foster
Willie Miklus
Ryan Loder
Kevin Radford
Josh Asper
CJ Brucki
Pete Renda
Parker Keckeisen
Kadeem Samuels
Stacey Davis
Nino Bonaccorsi
Kenny Courts
Commentary: Apart from Brooks, this is perhaps the most veteran-heavy group that doesn't have many college guys in the mix.
97kg
Timmy McCall
Kevin Beazley
Derek White
Donald Scott
Scottie Boykin
Donald McNeil
Josh Manu
Riley Lefever
Enock Francois
Ben Honis
Daniel Chaid
Michael Boykin
Commentary: The brackets for Bill Farrell and Senior Nationals weren't big, so we're curious to see how the last chance field looks.
125kg
Anthony Cassar
Tanner Hall
Zach Elam
Youssif Hemida
Mauro Correnti
Ceron Francisco
Shawn Streck
Mike Kosoy
AJ Nevills
Jordan Wood
Tony Cassioppi
Jeric Kasunic
David Tate Orndorff
Commentary: Here's hoping Cassaar's injury is not as serious as we all fear it will be.