Team Georgia's Historic Fargo Performance
Team Georgia's Historic Fargo Performance
Team Georgia just recently wrapped up a Fargo performance for the ages, notching more All-Americans and champions in their state's history.
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Team Georgia just recently wrapped up a Fargo performance for the ages, notching more All-Americans and champions in 2019 than in any other trip to Fargo in their state's history. We saw how they outperformed their recent results in this breakdown, now, we'll take a deeper dive into the Peach State's epic accomplishment at the UMSC 16U and Junior National Championships.
First, some cold hard facts about Georgia's 2019 Fargo.
Junior Women's Freestyle: 3 All-Americans
16U Women's Freestyle: 1 Champ, 1 All-American
Junior Greco-Roman: 1 Champ, 4 All-Americans
16U Greco-Roman: 3rd place, 2 Champs, 8 All-Americans
Junior Men's Freestyle: 4 All-Americans
16U Men's Freestyle: 4th place, 9 All-Americans
Total: 4 Champs, 29 All-Americans
Now that's what I call some cold hard facts about Georgia's excellent Fargo performance!
But how does that compare to Georgia's best of year's past? Glad you asked. Thankfully I've got a copy of Jason Bryant's Fargo All-Almanac, which tells me all that information. Those records are/were:
Junior Women's Freestyle: 6 All-Americans
16U Women's Freestyle: 5 All-Americans
Junior Greco-Roman: 6 All-Americans
16U Greco-Roman: 6 All-Americans
Junior Men's Freestyle: 3 All-Americans
16U Men's Freestyle: 4 All-Americans
The 16 and under squad from Georiga had themselves a tournament. They set new records for number of medalists in both Greco and men's freestyle, earning a team trophy in both tournaments as well. That is tremendous for what is generally considered a non-power state when it comes to wrestling.
To get a better idea of how transformational this crop of wrestlers might be, consider that wrestlers from the state of Georgia have reached All-American status at the NCAA Championship just four times in the last five years. Obviously, there is a lot that needs to happen for Fargo 16U success to translate into collegiate credentials, but there is also certainly room to be more than a little optimistic about the future.
Below are 16U Georgian wrestlers who medaled in both the freestyle and Greco-Roman tournaments, in case you want a shortlist of young Georgians to follow.
Michael Killic
16U Greco-Roman 132 lb champ, 16U Men's Freestyle 132 lb 4th
Robert Weston
16U Greco-Roman 152 lb champ, 16U Men's Freestyle 152 lb 3rd
Matthew Singleton
16U Greco-Roman 145 lb runner-up, 16U Men's Freestyle runner-up
Chase Horne
16U Greco-Roman 220 lb 3rd, 16U Men's Freestyle 220 lb 3rd
Kamdyn Munro
16U Greco-Roman 152 lb 3rd, 16U Men's Freestyle 152 lb 5th
Dawson Matthews
16U Greco-Roman 160 lb 7th, 16U Men's Freestyle 160 lb 8th
It truly is a special time for Georiga wrestling, with even bigger things on the horizon.