Gwiazdowski Wins 125kg Title at Bill Farrell Memorial Tournament
11/8/2015 10:12:00 AM | Wrestling
RALEIGH, N.C. - NC State's Nick Gwiazdowski traveled to New York this weekend, and came away with medalist honors in the freestyle 125kg weight class at the Bill Farrell Memorial Tournament.
Two-time NCAA champion Nick Gwiazdowski won a tight battle of the big men over 2009 Junior World champion Dom Bradley. Gwiazdowski earned a 1-0 victory over Bradley courtesy of a shot clock point.
"It's a good confidence booster because now I'm qualified for the Olympic Trials. I'm still going to wrestle this college season and hope to win a third national championship. That's a match I got back from third place at the Trials," said Gwiazdowski.
The Bill Farrell International served as a qualifier for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials to be held in Iowa City, Iowa on April 9-10 of next year. The highest placing USA athlete winning a medal that has yet to qualify earned a spot in the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials.
With the win, Gwiazdowski has now secured his spots in the Trials field.
Full tourney results:
4-2 decision over Justin Grant
11-6 decision over Pavel Krivtsov (2x Russian world junior team member)
11-0 tech fall over Tony Nelson (2x NCAA Champ)
1-0 decision over Dom Bradley (4x US world team member)
In all, six wrestlers that train at the Wolfpack Training Center competed this weekend. First-year assistant coach Adam Hall placed fourth at 74 kg.
Two-time NCAA champion Nick Gwiazdowski won a tight battle of the big men over 2009 Junior World champion Dom Bradley. Gwiazdowski earned a 1-0 victory over Bradley courtesy of a shot clock point.
"It's a good confidence booster because now I'm qualified for the Olympic Trials. I'm still going to wrestle this college season and hope to win a third national championship. That's a match I got back from third place at the Trials," said Gwiazdowski.
The Bill Farrell International served as a qualifier for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials to be held in Iowa City, Iowa on April 9-10 of next year. The highest placing USA athlete winning a medal that has yet to qualify earned a spot in the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials.
With the win, Gwiazdowski has now secured his spots in the Trials field.
Full tourney results:
4-2 decision over Justin Grant
11-6 decision over Pavel Krivtsov (2x Russian world junior team member)
11-0 tech fall over Tony Nelson (2x NCAA Champ)
1-0 decision over Dom Bradley (4x US world team member)
In all, six wrestlers that train at the Wolfpack Training Center competed this weekend. First-year assistant coach Adam Hall placed fourth at 74 kg.
Thank you to all my friends and family who came down to NYC or watched online. People like you make wrestling fun and special.
— Nick Gwiazdowski (@NGWIZZZ) November 8, 2015Congrats to @NGWIZZZ winning the Bill Farrell Memorial Tournament @PackWrestle pic.twitter.com/XNIjYSrtL0
— pat_popolizio (@pat_popolizio) November 8, 2015Congrats to @PackWrestle @NGWIZZZ coaches @pat_popolizio @f_beasley #BillFarrell2015 #Champ #Wolfpack pic.twitter.com/cdkqCWxByu
— Robert Rizzolino (@RRizzolino) November 8, 2015Players Mentioned
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