2023 USA Wrestling 16U and Junior Boys Freestyle National Championships results. July 17-19 at Fargo, N.D.
Brackets/Results on arena.flowrestling.org
Minnesota 16U Boys Freestyle All-Americans
94 pounds – Turner Ross – 2nd Place
160 pounds – Bradley Rodriguez-little – 4th Place
182 pounds – John Murphy – 4th Place
88 pounds – Landon Thoennes – 5th Place
160 pounds – Jackson Barron – 5th Place
106 pounds – Brett Swenson – 6th Place
170 pounds – Luke Hoag – 8th Place
Minnesota Junior Boys Freestyle All-Americans
138 pounds – Landon Robideau – 3rd Place
152 pounds – Zach Hanson – 3rd Place
195 pounds – Joey Novak – 3rd Place
145 pounds – Alex Braun – 5th Place
182 pounds – Marco Christiansen – 6th Place
138 pounds – Tyson Charmoli – 7th Place
16U Boys Freestyle Team Scores:
| TEAM | POINTS | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| 1 | Pennsylvania | 183 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
| 2 | Illinois | 160 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Iowa | 156 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Ohio | 146 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | California | 117 | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | New Jersey | 93 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | Georgia | 75 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| 8 | Tennessee | 74 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| 9 | Minnesota | 71 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 |
| 10 | Wisconsin | 66 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Michigan | 50 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Florida | 45 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| 13 | Colorado | 42 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Oklahoma | 39 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | 2 | – |
| 15 | New York | 32 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 16 | Indiana | 30 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 17 | Arizona | 27 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | 1 |
| 17 | Missouri | 27 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Nebraska | 26 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Kentucky | 25 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 21 | Nevada | 20 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 22 | Kansas | 16 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| 23 | Maryland | 15 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 24 | Utah | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 |
| 25 | Alabama | 12 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| 25 | South Dakota | 12 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| 25 | Washington | 12 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| 28 | Rhode Island | 9 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| 28 | Virginia | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| 30 | Wyoming | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 31 | Alaska | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 31 | Arkansas | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 31 | Connecticut | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 31 | Delaware | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 31 | Hawaii | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 31 | Idaho | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 31 | Louisiana | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 31 | Maine | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 31 | Massachusetts | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 31 | Montana | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 31 | New Mexico | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 31 | North Carolina | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 31 | North Dakota | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 31 | Oregon | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 31 | South Carolina | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 31 | Texas | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 31 | US Territory | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 31 | West Virginia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
16U Boys Freestyle Individual Results:
88 LBS
1st Brandon Bickerton (Ohio) VPO1 Edward George (New Jersey), 4-1
3rd Eli Herring (Pennsylvania) VPO1 Hudson Chittum (Tennessee), 7-1
5th Landon Thoennes (Minnesota) VPO1 Niko Odiotti (Illinois), 7-5
7th Vincent Demarco (Illinois) VSU Ethan Humphrey (Iowa), 11-0 0:47
94 LBS
1st Jarrett Smith (Michigan) VPO Turner Ross (Minnesota), 3-0
3rd Nico Desalvo (Iowa) VPO1 Hayden Schwab (Iowa), 6-4
5th Emilio Albanese (Pennsylvania) VPO Cason Craft (Oklahoma), 7-0
7th Christopher Swann (Georgia) VPO1 Jose Cordero (Tennessee), 4-2
100 LBS
1st Shamus Regan (Tennessee) VPO1 Caleb Noble (Illinois), 10-5
3rd Case Bell (Indiana) VPO1 Mac Crosson (Iowa), 3-1
5th Cameron Sontz (New Jersey) VPO1 Caden Correll (Illinois), 8-2
7th Gavin Landers (Iowa) VPO1 Jordan Segal (New Jersey), 8-2
106 LBS
1st Grey Burnett (Ohio) VPO1 Bruno Cassioppi (Illinois), 10-3
3rd Nicholas Garcia (Illinois) VPO1 Rocco Cassioppi (Illinois), 9-6
5th Wyatt Lees (Michigan) VPO1 Brett Swenson (Minnesota), 9-2
7th Michael Batista (New Jersey) VSU Zaiyahn Ornelas (Nebraska), 10-0 3:26
113 LBS
1st Landon Sidun (Pennsylvania) VSU Isaiah Harrison (Colorado), 12-0 2:31
3rd Joseph Uhorchuk (Tennessee) VFA Abdirahman Unle (Nebraska), 4-0 0:47
5th Will Detar (Pennsylvania) VPO1 Konner Larkin (Arizona), 10-2
7th Nicholas Sorrow (Michigan) VFA Sean Willcox (California), 6-0 1:39
120 LBS
1st Jayden Raney (Kentucky) VSU Michael Romero (California), 10-0 3:41
3rd Karson Brown (Ohio) VSU1 Justyce Zuniga (Washington), 13-2 3:06
5th Slater Hicks (California) VPO1 Evan Sanati (Virginia), 6-1
7th Geronimo Rivera (Utah) VPO1 Deven Casey (Illinois), 4-3
126 LBS
1st Leo Maestas (California) VFA Timothy Koester (Iowa), 8-0 2:25
3rd Clinton Shepherd (Indiana) VSU John Stewart (Alabama), 11-0 3:46
5th Travis Cardenas (Arizona) VSU1 Isaiah Jones (Oklahoma), 12-2 1:15
7th Nikade Zinkin (California) VPO1 Austin Ellis (Utah), 5-4
132 LBS
1st Jayden James (New Jersey) VPO1 Manuel Saldate (Nevada), 13-7
3rd Yandro Soto (Florida) VPO1 Jesse Grajeda (California), 2-2
5th Dean Anderson (Arizona) VPO1 Joshua Requena (California), 7-4
7th Jake Miller (Oklahoma) VPO1 Chancellor Mathews (Colorado), 4-4
138 LBS
1st Blue Stiffler (Georgia) VPO1 David Gleason (Missouri), 5-2
3rd Thomas Verrette (Colorado) VPO1 Mason Wagner (Pennsylvania), 3-1
5th Arment Waltenbaugh (Pennsylvania) VPO1 Evan Gosz (Illinois), 6-4
7th Derek Barrows (Colorado) VPO1 Tyler Traves (Virginia), 2-1
145 LBS
1st Melvin Miller (Pennsylvania) VSU1 Daniel Heiser (Wisconsin), 14-4 3:28
3rd Gabriel Logan (New Jersey) VPO1 Luke Geleta (New Jersey), 11-10
5th Nolan Fellers (Iowa) VFO Jason Kwaak (New York), 0-0
7th Zeno Moore (Florida) VPO1 Blake Cosby (Michigan), 4-4
152 LBS
1st Kyler Knaack (Iowa) VPO1 Grayson Woodcock (Ohio), 9-2
3rd Joseph Jeter (Oklahoma) VSU1 Nicholas Singer (Pennsylvania), 12-2 2:58
5th Jimmy Mastny (Illinois) VSU Liam Fox (Wyoming), 11-0 4:00
7th Brandon Dean (New Jersey) VPO1 Zack Aquila (Ohio), 4-2
160 LBS
1st Aaron Stewart (Illinois) VSU Maximus Norman (Tennessee), 13-0 2:51
3rd Emmitt Sherlock (Maryland) VPO1 Bradley Rodriguez-little (Minnesota), 5-4
5th Jackson Barron (Minnesota) VPO1 Riley Johnson (Nebraska), 7-6
7th Nash Banko (Wisconsin) VSU1 Lincoln Jipp (Iowa), 12-1 1:56
170 LBS
1st Adrien Reyes (California) VPO1 Hunter Snyder (Pennsylvania), 12-6
3rd Caleb Dennee (Wisconsin) VPO1 Carson Thomas (Ohio), 6-5
5th Gavin Craner (Michigan) VPO1 Christopher Maloney (Ohio), 15-11
7th Shawn Rounsaville, jr (Oklahoma) VSU1 Luke Hoag (Minnesota), 16-6 3:52
182 LBS
1st Elijah Diakomihalis (New York) VPO1 Ryder Wilder (Georgia), 7-1
3rd Aiden Peterson (Ohio) VIN John Murphy (Minnesota), 9-8 2:30
5th Preston Marchesseault (Rhode Island) VPO1 Brayden Koester (Iowa), 8-1
7th Adonis Bonar ii (Nebraska) VPO1 Ty Carman (Utah), 10-1
195 LBS
1st Dreshaun Ross (Iowa) VSU1 Jake Conroy (Pennsylvania), 16-4 2:07
3rd Jaxon Penovich (Illinois) VPO1 David Calkins (California), 10-4
5th Tyson Martin (Wisconsin) DSQ Denarii Mickel (Iowa)
7th Isaac Ward (Missouri) VPO Jace Renfro (Missouri), 9-0
220 LBS
1st Michael Mocco (Florida) VSU Alex Taylor (Ohio), 11-0 0:59
3rd Garett Kawczynski (Wisconsin) VPO1 Dean Bechtold (Pennsylvania), 4-2
5th Kai Calcutt (Illinois) VSU1 Joseph Favia (Illinois), 12-1 3:21
7th James Bechter (Ohio) VPO1 Cael Leisgang (Wisconsin), 9-4
285 LBS
1st Jacob Levy (Georgia) VPO1 Cooper Martinson (Iowa), 15-9
3rd Mark Effendian (Pennsylvania) VPO1 Micah Hach (South Dakota), 8-5
5th Brayden Hill (Kansas) VFA Milan Colvin (Kansas), 4-1 1:24
7th Trayvn Boger (Utah) VSU Zayne Candelaria (Arizona), 10-0 3:47
Junior Boys Freestyle Team Scores:
| TEAM | POINTS | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| 1 | Pennsylvania | 210 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | Wisconsin | 159 | 5 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| 3 | Oklahoma | 129 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 4 | – |
| 4 | California | 112 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Iowa | 111 | 2 | 2 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 6 | New Jersey | 103 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 | – | 2 | – | – |
| 7 | Illinois | 94 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| 8 | Indiana | 68 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 9 | Ohio | 67 | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 1 |
| 10 | Minnesota | 66 | – | – | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 11 | Arizona | 53 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Idaho | 44 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| 13 | Missouri | 23 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Florida | 21 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| 14 | Virginia | 21 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 16 | Alabama | 20 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 17 | Georgia | 19 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – |
| 18 | Oregon | 15 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 18 | South Dakota | 15 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 18 | Tennessee | 15 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 21 | Texas | 12 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| 21 | Utah | 12 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| 23 | Kansas | 9 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| 23 | Washington | 9 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| 25 | Massachusetts | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 26 | Michigan | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| 27 | Montana | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 27 | North Carolina | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 27 | South Carolina | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 30 | Alaska | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 30 | Arkansas | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 30 | Colorado | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 30 | Connecticut | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 30 | Delaware | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 30 | Hawaii | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 30 | Kentucky | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 30 | Louisiana | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 30 | Maine | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 30 | Maryland | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 30 | Nebraska | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 30 | Nevada | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 30 | New Mexico | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 30 | New York | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 30 | North Dakota | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 30 | Rhode Island | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 30 | US Territory | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 30 | West Virginia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 30 | Wyoming | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Junior Boys Freestyle Individual Results:
100 LBS
1st Rocco Hayes (Illinois) VPO Kiyan Simon (Alabama), 9-0
3rd Brady Byrd (Indiana) VPO1 Kole Davidheiser (Pennsylvania), 9-8
5th Caden Smith (Virginia) VPO1 Alexander Diaz (Pennsylvania), 12-9
7th Mason Brayfield (Missouri) VPO1 Gabriel Rosales (Idaho), 8-4
106 LBS
1st Haakon Peterson (Wisconsin) VPO1 Tyler Harper (Iowa), 6-4
3rd Aydan Thomas (Oklahoma) VPO1 Nathan Rioux (Indiana), 12-4
5th Ezekiel Witt (Kansas) VPO1 Ayden Dodd (Ohio), 10-10
7th Damian Moreno (Arizona) VSU Erik Egstad (Missouri), 10-0 2:22
113 LBS
1st Christopher Kiser (Oklahoma) VFA Aaron Seidel (Pennsylvania), 4-4 1:34
3rd Mack Mauger (Idaho) VFA Davis Motyka (Pennsylvania), 5-2 2:57
5th Jake Knight (Iowa) VPO1 Dru Ayala (Iowa), 8-3
7th Cadell Lee (Virginia) VSU Johnny Green (Ohio), 10-0 1:30
120 LBS
1st Leo Deluca (New Jersey) VSU Beric Jordan (Oklahoma), 12-0 3:36
3rd Seth Mendoza (Illinois) VPO1 Nathan Desmond (Pennsylvania), 4-2
5th Isaiah Cortez (California) VPO Ethan Rivera (Florida), 4-0
7th Gauge Botero (Pennsylvania) VSU Jermaine Peace (South Carolina), 10-0 1:59
126 LBS
1st Jax Forrest (Pennsylvania) VPO1 Jj Mccomas-rogers (Oklahoma), 7-4
3rd Dillon Campbell (Ohio) VPO1 Jake Hockaday (Indiana), 5-3
5th Brady Roark (Missouri) VPO1 Adrian Meza (Arizona), 3-1
7th Gage Walker (Oklahoma) VSU1 Benjamin Bast (Wisconsin), 13-2 1:49
132 LBS
1st Kyler Larkin (Arizona) VPO Kale Petersen (Iowa), 8-0
3rd Cooper Hilton (Tennessee) VSU Sergio Vega (Arizona), 11-0 4:20
5th Dalton Perry (Pennsylvania) VSU Matthew Botello (Massachusetts), 10-0 4:09
7th Tahir Parkins (Pennsylvania) VPO1 Carter Schmidt (Montana), 10-5
138 LBS
1st Ryder Block (Iowa) VSU Daniel Zepeda (California), 10-0 1:19
3rd Landon Robideau (Minnesota) VSU Paul Kelly (California), 10-0 1:00
5th Omar Ayoub (Ohio) VSU1 Kade Brown (Ohio), 13-2 4:45
7th Tyson Charmoli (Minnesota) VSU Carlos Stanton jr. (Arizona), 11-0 3:37
145 LBS
1st Kannon Webster (Illinois) VPO1 Cross Wasilewski (New Jersey), 7-4
3rd Pierson Manville (Pennsylvania) VPO Jaxon Joy (Ohio), 3-0
5th Alex Braun (Minnesota) VPO1 Logan w. Paradice (Georgia), 9-6
7th Layton Schneider (Oklahoma) VSU Gavin Linsman (Missouri), 10-0 0:36
152 LBS
1st Vince Bouzakis (Pennsylvania) VPO1 Grigor Cholakyan (California), 8-2
3rd Zach Hanson (Minnesota) VPO Claudio Torres (Florida), 2-0
5th Kody Routledge (Oklahoma) VPO1 Collin Gaj (Pennsylvania), 9-7
7th Laird Root (California) VFA Ej Parco (California), 5-2 5:38
160 LBS
1st Braeden Scoles (Wisconsin) VPO1 William Henckel (New Jersey), 9-4
3rd Ethan Birden (Ohio) VPO Charlie Millard (Wisconsin), 6-0
5th Thor Michaelson (Washington) VIN Nicholas Kunstek (Pennsylvania), 5-0 2:36
7th Cory Thomas (Michigan) VSU Collin Guffey (California), 10-0 1:08
170 LBS
1st Noah Mulvaney (Wisconsin) VSU1 Chris Moore (Illinois), 14-1 3:06
3rd Adam Waters (Pennsylvania) VSU1 Jordan Chapman (New Jersey), 16-3 5:14
5th Holden Garcia (Pennsylvania) VPO1 Ryan Burton (New Jersey), 7-5
7th Nicholas Fox (Iowa) VPO1 Angelo Posada (California), 8-2
182 LBS
1st Tate Naaktgeboren (Iowa) VPO1 Orlando Cruz (Indiana), 10-4
3rd Justin Rademacher (Oregon) VFA Hoke Poe (Georgia), 10-2 1:39
5th De’alcapon Veazy (Indiana) VFA Marco Christiansen (Minnesota), 8-1 4:24
7th Peyton Westpfahl (Missouri) VPO1 Savoy New (North Carolina), 9-4
195 LBS
1st Connor Mirasola (Wisconsin) VSU Jersey Robb (Oklahoma), 10-0 5:04
3rd Joey Novak (Minnesota) VSU1 Karson Tompkins (Texas), 18-7 5:01
5th Tucker Hogan (Pennsylvania) VSU Kingsley Menifee (Virginia), 10-0 2:28
7th Dillon Bechtold (Pennsylvania) VPO1 Aidan Ysaguirre (Arizona), 11-2
220 LBS
1st Cody Merrill (California) VSU Cole Mirasola (Wisconsin), 11-0 3:44
3rd Coby Merrill (California) VPO1 Jay Henderson (Utah), 5-4
5th Nick Nosler (Illinois) VSU1 Aidan Schlett (New Jersey), 12-1 3:30
7th Oscar Williams (Oklahoma) VSU Calvin Lachman (Pennsylvania), 10-0 3:34
285 LBS
1st Koy Hopke (Wisconsin) VFA Aden Attao (Idaho), 9-9 5:32
3rd Navarro Schunke (South Dakota) VSU1 Rocco Dellagatta (New Jersey), 16-6 3:49
5th Nicholas Pavlechko (Pennsylvania) VSU Shilo Jones (Idaho), 10-0 1:50
7th Richard Thomas (Oklahoma) VPO1 Caleb Rodriguez (Florida), 9-3