For the past three days some of the best youth wrestlers gathered at the UCCU Center in Orem, Utah to compete for the Greco-Roman and Freestyle Nationals Championships.
Brock Hardy capped off a spectacular Junior High career by winning the coveted USA Triple Crown (Folkstyle, Freestyle & Greco-Roman National Champion). Brock is one of 11 wrestlers nationwide to achieve this feat. Spencer Tauteoli was the other wrestler from Utah to win both the Greco-Roman and Freestyle National Titles.
Overall in the Greco portion of the tournament Utah crowned 3 individual National Champions (Brock Hardy, Spencer Tauteoli & Logan Jensen) and had 23 total All-Americans.
In the Freestyle portion of the event Utah crowned 4 National Champions (Brock Hardy, Spencer Tauteoli, Tyler Scheurn and Tristan Smith) and 22 total All-Americans.
Utah Greco Roman National Champions & All-Americans:
- Intermediate
- Layne Kleimann 6th place - 50lbs
- Jacob Carson 4th place - 55lbs
- Cayaen Smith 5th place - 70lbs
- Leimana Fager 8th place - 75lbs
- Mahkyi Smith 8th place - 80lbs
- Trevor Drake 3rd place - 95lbs
- Chandler Loveless 2nd place - 112lbs
- Novice
- Tristan Smith 2nd place - 60lbs
- Sage Mortimer 5th place - 60lbs
- Cooper Cox 6th place - 70lbs
- Oakley Ridge 5th place - 80lbs
- Tyler Scheurn 2nd place - 95lbs
- Bo Bushell 3rd place - 95lbs
- Mark Rausch 7th place - 100lbs
- Brandyn Gaytan 2nd place - 130lbs
- Spencer Tauteoli 1st place - 140lbs+
- Schoolboy
- Mitchell Slack 8th place - 77lbs
- Logan Jensen 1st place - 120lbs
- Antonio Nava 3rd place - 128lbs
- Brock Hardy 1st place - 136lbs
- Zackary Johnson 4th place - 144lbs
- Jayden Burton 4th place - 152lbs
- Maika Tauteoli 3rd place - 160lbs
Utah Freestyle National Champions and All-Americans
- Intermediate
- Jacob Carson 7th place - 55lbs
- Kyison Garcia 8th place - 60lbs
- Christian Slack 7th place - 75lbs
- Jaxon Bearden 8th place - 75lbs
- Mahkyi Smith 3rd place - 80lbs
- Trevor Drake 3rd place 95lbs
- Andrew Jensen 4th place 95lbs
- Chandler Loveless 3rd place 112lbs
- Novice
- Tristan Smith 1st place - 60lbs
- Cooper Cox 5th place - 70lbs
- Oakley Ridge 6th place - 80lbs
- Tyler Scheurn 1st place - 95lbs
- Bo Bushell 4th place - 95lbs
- Brandyn Gaytan 2nd place - 130lbs
- Spencer Tauteoli 1st place - 140lbs+
- Schoolboy
- Logan Jensen 2nd place - 120lbs
- Antonio Nava 5th place - 128lbs
- Koby Johnson 8th place - 128lbs
- Brock Hardy 1st place - 136lbs
- Zackary Johnson 4th place - 144lbs
- Jayden Burton 4th place - 152lbs
- Maika Tauteoli 3rd place - 160lbs