Why You Can't Miss 61kg At This Year's Bill Farrell
Why You Can't Miss 61kg At This Year's Bill Farrell
61 kilograms at the 2018 Bill Farrell is going out be crazy. Check out all the fire entries right here.
The Bill Farrell International Open at the New York Athletic Club is here to usher us into freestyle season. There’s going to be a plethora of talent descending on Midtown Manhattan this Friday and Saturday in all three styles, and one of the most fire weight classes of them all will be the 61kg men's freestyle division.
You'll also want to tune in to watch high school phenom Gable Steveson mix it up with the senior heavyweights, world champ Kamal Bey throw down in Greco, and a bevy of Fargo champs battling it out in the women's brackets. But 61kg in men's freestyle is going to bring an especially volcanic amount of fire to the tournament.
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To help you keep track of everything, we've highlighted a sampling of the many killers that are toeing the line at 61 kilos at the NYAC this Saturday.
Tyler Graff (Titan Mercury Wrestling Club)
Wrestling out of the Southeast Regional Training Center on the campus of Virginia Tech, Tyler Graff has made a world team after finishing third at the 2015 team trials. He's also won three of the four tournaments he's entered in 2017. His gut wrench is hellacious so watch out if he ends up on top in par terre at any point at the Bill Farrell.
Watch Graff win the 2017 Dave Schultz International:
Seth Gross (Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club)
Fresh off becoming South Dakota State's first DI national champion in any sport, Seth Gross is diving head first into freestyle season.
Watch Seth Gross win an NCAA title over Stevan Micic:
AJ Schopp (Boilermaker RTC)
A three-time All-American at Edinboro and Gross' former coach at SDSU, Schopp has since joined the Purdue Boilermakers' coaching staff. Schopp's his tall frame presents all kinds of problems on top.
Alan Waters (Titan Mercury Wrestling Club)
Another long and lanky lightweight—the scrambles in this bracket should be exquisite— Waters is a former Missouri standout who earned two All-American honors while wearing a Tigers singlet.
Cory Clark (Titan Mercury Wrestling Club)
Last year's 133-pound NCAA champ will enter his second-ever international tournament after the former Iowa wrestler finished a respectable ninth at the prestigious Ivan Yayrgin last January.
Watch Clark win a 133-pound NCAA title over Seth Gross back in 2017:
Chris Dardanes (Titan Mercury Wrestling Club)
One-half of the vaunted Dardanes twins, Chris was a three-time All-American for Minnesota. His brother, Nick, will compete at 65kg.
Earl Hall (Titan Mercury Wrestling Club)
The two-time All-American from Iowa State by way of South Florida was last seen at the Pedro Cerrado in Cuba and beating Joey Dance before that at Agony in Ames.
Jon Morrison (New York Athletic Club)
A stalwart in Oklahoma State's lineup for four years, All-American Jon Morrison will look to continue the Cowboys legacy in New York.
Greco and women's medal matches are scheduled to start Friday at 6 PM ET. Men's freestyle action starts Saturday at 9 PM ET, with medal matches also starting at 6 PM ET. Brackets are accessible at here on FloArena. See you there wrestling fans!