Returning champs Webber, Schwab, Detar, Stewart reach USMC 16U Greco-Roman Nationals quarterfinals

FARGO, N.D. – All four returning champions have reached the quarterfinals of the USMC 16U Greco-Roman Nationals on Friday: Loc Webber of Ohio (100), Hayden Schwab of Iowa (106), Will Detar of Pennsylvania (120) and Aaron Stewart of Illinois (165)

Webber opened with a pair of technical falls, beating Mason Hoffman of Oklahoma, 11-0 and Case Bridge of Indiana, 8-0. Webber will battle Drew Dawson of Oregon in the quarterfinals.

Schwab blasted into the quarterfinals with three technical falls, beating Joseph Little of North Carolina, 8-0, Matthew Valdez of New Mexico, 8-0 and Daniel Myint of Illinois, 9-0. He will wrestle Coleton Klipa of Pennsylvania in the morning quarterfinals.

Detar had four straight technical falls, beating Andrew Taylor of Florida, 8-0, Grady Roybal of Utah, 8-0, Soren Kelsall of Iowa, 8-0 and Jamison Gregory of Michigan, 12-4. He will face Gage Spurgeon of Iowa in the quarterfinals.

Stewart opened with two technical falls, stopping Walker Wendel of Oklahoma, 8-0 and Nicholas Olvera of Illinois, 8-0. He followed with a 17-second pin over Oliver Ollman of Minnesota. Stewart will face Caige Horak of Ohio in the next match.

All three Triple Crown eligible wrestlers have also reached the quarterfinals, Stewart plus Noah Bull of Utah (144) and Jonathan Rulo of Illinois (285).

Nine of the 2024 16U freestyle champions who entered the Greco-Roman tournament are quarterfinalists: Schwab, Detar, Stewart, Bull and Rulo, plus Ariah Mills of Georgia (94), Lucas Boe of Indiana (165), Brayden Koester of Iowa (175) and Alex Taylor of Ohio (215).

The only 2024 16U freestyle champion who did not reach the quarterfinals was Stephen Myers of West Virginia (126), who was beaten in the Round of 16 by No. 1 seed Bruno Cassioppi of Illinois, 12-6. His brother Rocco  Cassioppi, the No. 1 seed at 120 pounds, also reached the quarterfinals.

Two runners-up from the 2023 16U Greco-Roman Nationals are in the quarterfinals, Austin Collins of Colorado (132) and David Calkins of California (190).

Six 2023 14U Greco-Roman National champions advanced to the quarterfinals in their first year at the 16U Nationals: Lucas Forman of Nevada (94), Tyler Verceles of Maryland (94), Corey Brown of Maryland (106),

Abraham Coronado of Nevada (110), James Whitbred of Pennsylvania (144) and Ivan Ivanov of Idaho (157)

2024 16U Nationals freestyle champion Brayden Koester of Iowa beat 2023 14U Nationals Greco-Roman champion Isaac Barrientos of Illinois, 8-0 in the Round of 16 at 175 pounds.

The Saturday morning session will feature the quarterfinals and the semifinals for both 16U wrestlers and Junior wrestlers. The competition will conclude Saturday night.

All of the action is broadcast live on FloWrestling at https://flosports.link/4asFX5c

USMC 16U GRECO-ROMAN NATIONALS

At Fargo, N.D., July 19, 2024

Quarterfinal pairings

88 pounds

Hudson Chittum (TN) vs. Wyatt Dannegger (MO)

Stephano Calderon (SC) vs. Damien Yeoman (IA)

Cameron Schofield (IN) vs. Onofre Gonzales (CO)

Hunter Shirley (WA) vs. Thales Silva (CA)

94 pounds

Tyler Verceles (MD) vs. Chase Watkinson (IA)

Ariah Mills (GA) vs. Thiago Silva (CA)

Tristan Pino (CO) vs. Karson Kahalekomo (IN)

Lazarus Mcewen (WA) vs. Lucas Forman (NV)

100 pounds

Loc Webber (OH) vs. Drew Dawson (OR)

Coy Mehlert (IA) vs. Brand'n Edstrom (ID)

Landon Thoennes (MN) vs. Urijah Courter (IA)

Christopher Metz (GA) vs. Chase Karenbauer (PA)

106 poungs

Hayden Schwab (IA) vs. Coleton Klipa (PA)

Pierce Hurd (SD) vs. Chase Kastner (CT)

Brycen Dawley (WA) vs. Cruzer Dominguez (NE)

Montero Royal (SC) vs. Corey Brown (MD)

113 pounds

Zaiyahn Ornelas (NE) vs. Cooper Mathews (CO)

Jorge De La Rosa (OR) vs. Drake Vombaur (CO)

Jordan Manyette (PA) vs. Kellen Downing (MT)

Alexander Pierce (IA) vs. Jensen Boyd (IN)

120 pounds

Rocco Cassioppi (IL) vs. Czar Quintanilla (WA)

Weston Borgers (OH) vs. Anthony Valls (NY)

Abraham Coronado (NV) vs. Arseni Kikiniou (CA)

Gage Spurgeon (IA) vs. Will Detar (PA)

126 pounds

Bruno Cassioppi (IL) vs. Dominic Way (WV)

Carter Wallis (MO) vs. Brenden Jorden Agcaoili (NV)

Deven Lopez (CO) vs. Gabriel Ballard (PA)

Matthew Orbeta (CA) vs. Zane Chavis (SC)

132 pounds

Austin Collins (CO) vs. Caden Yanarella (PA)

Jet Brown (MO) vs. Gavin Rangel (OR)

Dawson Youngblut (IA) vs. Raidyn Pugsley (ID)

Tilek Sadyrbekov (PA) vs. Legend Ellis (OK)

138 pounds

Miller Sipes (MO) vs. Mihai Necula (GA)

Marcus Killgore (AZ) vs. Ames-Michael Hoevker (CA)

Jovani Solis (FL) vs. Kaleb Mead (MN)

William Christopher (WI) vs. Anthony Delgado (NV)

144 pounds

Ladd Holman (UT) vs. Jake Kos (MN)

Drake Morrison (ID) vs. James Whitbred (PA)

Dominic Wilson (TX) vs. Dimitri Kizer (OK)

Vaughn Strobel (AZ) vs. Noah Bull (UT)

150 pounds

Ryker Cox (NY) vs. Matthew Staples (IN)

Thomas Gibbs (IN) vs. Maximus Dhabolt (IA)

Emerson Tjaden (KS) vs. Chance Ruble (MO)

Titus Norman (TN) vs. Dokken Biladeau (IA)

157 pounds

Ivan Ivanov (ID) vs. Rodrigo Salinas (IL)

Daniel Patrick (OR) vs. Max Harris (KS)

Jaxon Miller (IA) vs. Louden Dixon (OH)

Ismael Bereket (IL) vs. Eli Esguerra (OH)

165 pounds

Aaron Stewart (IL) vs. Caige Horak (OH)

Salah Tsarni (MD) vs. Carter Nekvapil (TX)

Parker Casey (IA) vs. Lucas Boe (IN)

Riley Johnson (NE) vs. Jayden Williams (MI)

175 pounds

Carter Temple (MO) vs. Brock Foster (MI)

Cody Savage (VT) vs. Brayden Koester (IA)

Brody Kelly (IL) vs. Xavier Smith (IN)

Camden Crew (OK) vs. Isai Fernandez (CA)

190 pounds

David Calkins (CA) vs. Jace Renfro (MO)

JT Smith (NE) vs. Seer Godwise (IN)

Andy Franke (IA) vs. Blaise Turner (ID)

Ronan An (GA) vs. Braylen Bieber (IA)

215 pounds

Alex Taylor (OH) vs. Noah Mathis (KS)

Josh Hoffer (IL) vs. Camden Williams (IN)

Mason Koehler (IA) vs. Carter Green (KS)

Preston Krueger (WI) vs. Danny Zmorowski (OH)

285 pounds

Mateo Vinciguerra (NJ) vs. JT Kelso (IA)

Preston Wagner (NE) vs. Jonathan Rulo (IL)

Lucas Feuerbach (IA) vs. Bradyn Mcconneha (PA)

Brady Hagan (IA) vs. Carter Johnson (ND)