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Wyatt Koelling wins Greco National title, Hardy and LaMont both reach finals

By wrestleutah.com, 07/22/15, 7:00AM MDT

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Wyatt Koelling defeated the number one ranked wrestler in the country 8-5 to become the 2015 USA Greco National Champion and lead Utah to a fourth place finish overall in the Junior Division. Wyatt won all matches leading up to the finals by tech fall. 

LaMont was our other Utah wrestler that made the finals in the Junior division and fell to a very tough Mitch McKee 2-4. Brock Hardy, in the cadet division, also made the finals before falling 4-5 to Alexander Lloyd. 

In the cadet division Hardy placed 2nd and Owen Pentz placed 8th. In the Junior division we saw 8 wrestlers take home All-American honors. Jaxon Cole at 113lbs placed 4th, Lukas Erickson at 132lbs placed 7th and Kyle Evans also at 132lbs placed 8th. Johnny O'hearon placed 3rd at 145lbs and Jaron Jensen placed 6th at 145lbs. Hailey Cox in the Junior Girls Division placed 3rd at 121lbs. 

Today starts the Cadet Freestyle tournament and tomorrow starts the Junior Freestyle tournament.