Minnesota was well represented at the USA Wrestling 2011 World Team Trials held June 9-11 in Oklahoma City, OK with three wrestlers, Ali Bernard, Paul Tellgren, and Jordan Holm, making the championship finals.
CP Schlatter (Minnesota Storm) - 3rd
74kg Andrew Bisek (Minnesota Storm) - 3rd
84kg Chas Betts (Minnesota Storm) - 3rd
Jordan Holm (Minnesota Storm) - 2nd
Travis Rutt (Minnesota Storm/Badger WC)
96kg Zac Nielsen (Minnesota Storm)
R.C. Johnson (Sunkist Kids) - 4th
120kg Jake Kettler (Minnesota Storm) - 4th
Nikola Bogojevic (Minnesota Storm)
Men’s Freestyle
55kg Zach Sanders - (Minnesota Storm)
66kg Nick Dardanes (Minnesota Storm)
Dylan Ness - (Minnesota Storm)
Kevin LeValley (Minnesota Storm)
96kg Tyler Lehmann (Minnesota Storm/OTC)
Friday Championship - WM 72 KG
1st Place - Ali Bernard of Gator WC
2nd Place - Iris Smith of U.S. Army
Round 1 - Ali Bernard (Gator WC) won by decision over Iris Smith (U.S. Army) (Dec 1-0,1-1)
Round 2 - Ali Bernard (Gator WC) won by decision over Iris Smith (U.S. Army) (Dec 3-1,1-3,1-0)
Friday Championship - GR 55 KG
1st Place - Spencer Mango of U.S. Army
2nd Place - Paul Tellgren of MN Storm
Round 1 - Spencer Mango (U.S. Army) won by decision over Paul Tellgren (MN Storm) (Dec 6-0,0-2,2-0)
Round 2 - Spencer Mango (U.S. Army) won by decision over Paul Tellgren (MN Storm) (Dec 2-0,4-0)
Friday Championship - GR 84 KG
1st Place - Cheney Haight of NYAC
2nd Place - Jordan Holm of MN Storm
Round 1 - Jordan Holm (MN Storm) won by decision over Cheney Haight (NYAC) (Dec 0-1,1-0,1-0)
Round 2 - Cheney Haight (NYAC) won by decision over Jordan Holm (MN Storm) (Dec 3-0,1-0)
Round 3 - Cheney Haight (NYAC) won by decision over Jordan Holm (MN Storm) (Dec 1-0,0-1,2-0)
Greco-Roman Challenge Tournament
60 kg/132 lbs.
3rd - Marco Lara, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army) dec. Donavan Depatto, Camp Le Jeune, N.C. (U.S. Marines), 3-0, 1-0
66 kg/145.5 lbs.
1st - Glenn Garrison, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army) dec. C.P. Schlatter, Minneapolis, Minn. (Minnesota Storm), 1-0, 2-0
74 kg/163 lbs.
3rd - Andrew Bisek, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Minnesota Storm) dec. Aaron Sieracki, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army), 1-0, 0-1, 1-0
84 kg/185 lbs.
3rd - Chas Betts, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Minnesota Storm) dec. Peter Hicks, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army), 1-0, 0-1, 2-0
96 kg/211.5 lbs.
3rd - Pete Gounaridis, Leominister, Mass. (Sunkist Kids) inj. dft. R.C. Johnson, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
120 kg/264.5 lbs.
3rd - Pete Kowalczuk, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids) dec. Jake Kettler, Ramsey, Minn. (Minnesota Storm), 7-0, 3-0