2014 U.S. World Team Trials Coming To Madison
Wednesday, May 28th, 2014 -- 10:17 AM
The 2014 U.S. World Team Trials in men's and women's freestyle wrestling will be hosted at the Coliseum at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison this Friday thru Sunday.Numerous World and Olympic medalists, and past U.S. World and Olympic Team members are expected to compete including 2012 Olympic wrestling medalists Jordan Burroughs, Jake Varner, Clarissa Chun and Coleman Scott.
The U.S. World Team Trials will determine men's and women's freestyle athletes who will compete at the 2014 World Wrestling Championship in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, September 8-14, as well as the U.S. national teams for the 2014-15 campaign in men's freestyle and women's freestyle.
The FILA Junior World Team Trials in men's freestyle and Greco-Roman, also held in Madison this Friday, will feature the nation's top men's freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestlers between the ages of 17-20 competing for a chance to represent the U.S. at the FILA Junior World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, August 5-10.
The U.S. World Team Trials in Greco-Roman, the third Olympic style, will not be hosted in Madison. It is set for June 10-14 in Daytona Beach, Fla.
This will be the first World Team Trials that USA Wrestling has ever hosted in Madison. There has been one past U.S. World Team Trials hosted in the state of Wisconsin, the 1994 Greco-Roman World Team Trials held in LaCrosse.
Neillsville native and a former national champion, Derek Sikora is the Coordinator of State Services for USA Wrestling so he is charge of keeping things moving along during the World Team Trials this weekend. He is also the guy to contact for interviews with the athletes.
Feel free to contact us with questions and/or comments.