The Ultimate Club Duals Begin Tomorrow
by Christopher Miller
Pictured: Fort Dodge's three-time IHSAA State Champion and four-time finalist, Drake Ayala.
If you're currently going through some college wrestling withdrawals, here's a possible substitute option: The Ultimate Club Duals in State College, Pennsylvania, this weekend, March 17-18.
Sure, this isn't college wrestling per se, and it is freestyle rules as opposed to the folkstyle rules we see in the high school and college ranks, but it has a strong field of high schoolers who are soon-to-be possible NCAA stars in a matter of months. Plus, some 2021 NCAA placewinners are competing as well. The event will feature more than 40 nationally ranked recruits from across the country who are heading to a variety of different Division I schools. Here is a look at some of the most notable names.
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73kg - #14 Domonic Baker, Va Team Predator (NAT) (2022) 83kg - #9 Cole Rees, Wyoming Valley RTC Blue (2021) 89kg - #16 Conor Maslanek, Doughboy Red (2021)Chattanooga
66kg - Hunter Noland, Team Shutt (2021)Cornell
60kg - #1 Brett Ungar, Lost Boys Wrestling Club (2021) 73kg - #10 Erik Gibson, M2 Magicians (2022) 129kg - #11 Peyton Craft, Blairstown Wrestling Club (2021) 83kg - #15 Brody Conley, Team Shutt (2022) 77kg - Evan Canoyer, MWC Wrestling Academy (2021)George Mason
77kg - #15 Logan Messer, Team Shutt (2021)Indiana
77kg - #15 Tyler Lillard, JK Squad (2022)Iowa
57kg - #1 Drake Ayala, Sebolt Wrestling Academy (2021) 66kg - #14 Caleb Rathjen, Sebolt Wrestling Academy (2021)Iowa State
69kg - Jack Gaukel, Sebolt Wrestling Academy (2021) 73kg - #7 Paniro Johnson, Bad Karma (2021)Michigan
63kg - #3 Chance Lamer, Poway Elite (2021)Navy
69kg - #16 Nicholas Vafiadis, Va Team Predator (NAT) (2022)Nebraska
73kg - #8 Antrell Taylor, MWC Wrestling Academy (2022)Northern Colorado
63kg - #9 Benjamin Alanis, Team Shutt (2021)Northern Iowa
73kg - #20 RJ Weston, Team Shutt (Northern Iowa)Ohio State
129kg - #1 Nick Feldman, M2 Magicians (2022)Oregon State
54kg - Caleb Coyle, MWC Wrestling Academy (2021) 57kg - #8 Gabe Whisenhunt, Poway Elite (2022)Penn State
129kg - #2 Shayne Van Ness, Blairstown Wrestling Club (2021)Pitt
83kg - #8 Luca Augustine, Quest 1 (2021)Rutgers
60kg - #9 Brandan Chletsos, Lost Boys Wrestling Club (2022)Virginia
60kg - #7 Garrett Grice, MWC Wrestling Academy (2022) 63kg - Erik Roggie, Gitomer (2021)Virginia Tech
57kg - #3 Cooper Flynn, Team Shutt (2021) 83kg - #9 Trey Kibe, M2 Magicians (2021) And as you can see from the above list, there is no shortage of powerhouse programs and conferences being represented: Big Ten (9), EIWA (6), ACC (5), Big 12 (4), SoCon (4), MAC (1), PAC-12 (1). More information on this marque event can be found here.Back to articles