nom 587 Report post Posted August 2, 2017 Am I awake? I'm reading that we have 4 guys in the finals day 2 of junior worlds. And those 4 guys have all teched their way there (almost). Holy crap. I've never seen an American performance like this. The fellows are on fire - including beating those that had beat them in the past. Am I awake? Haha! 2 Yellow_Medal and Housebuye reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LemonPie 1,336 Report post Posted August 2, 2017 Fix > Gilman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Housebuye 1,618 Report post Posted August 2, 2017 Crazy that we have this without Spencer Lee and Yianni. Both of those guys would be in the finals too. The future is bright. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
silver-medal 664 Report post Posted August 2, 2017 Appears to be a new world for USA Wrestling--one in which our top prospects are not only folk stars but freestyle savvy at a much younger age. Mark Hall could be the next Kyle Snyder or something close. Guys like Lee, Yianni and Gable are not far behind. Training has changed and our elite are better as a result. 1 Yellow_Medal reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KTG119 746 Report post Posted August 2, 2017 unreal, had high hopes given the talent on this team but never expected this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jasonmitchell32 241 Report post Posted August 2, 2017 Great GREAT performance. Every weight but one will medal. Not sure if we have the team title wrapped up, but darn good performance so far! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PSUMike 417 Report post Posted August 2, 2017 Great GREAT performance. Every weight but one will medal. Not sure if we have the team title wrapped up, but darn good performance so far! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro And that one weight has our best guy sidelined. It's amazing to think that our best squad would have won at least bronze in all 8 weights. 1 Jasonmitchell32 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steen-hooph 53 Report post Posted August 2, 2017 (edited) This is great. We need to have some of those senior guys squirming in their seats. This is kind of a joke, but on top of these great juniors, think about how young Gilman, Retherford, Cox, and Snyder are. Even Gwiz is young. It's going to be a battle like never before to make our teams. At 57 alone you have Lee, Fix, Nato and Gilman all early 20's or younger. Edited August 2, 2017 by steen-hooph Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigTenFanboy 1,513 Report post Posted August 2, 2017 And that one weight has our best guy sidelined. It's amazing to think that our best squad would have won at least bronze in all 8 weights. Would Spencer Lee have been at 50k? I know he's small but is he THAT small? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PSUMike 417 Report post Posted August 2, 2017 Would Spencer Lee have been at 50k? I know he's small but is he THAT small? He was there the past 2 years and it doesn't look like he's grown. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IronChef 542 Report post Posted August 2, 2017 Crazy that we have this without Spencer Lee and Yianni. Both of those guys would be in the finals too. The future is bright. Why bring up Yianni when the guy who beat him is about to wrestle for a world championship? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LemonPie 1,336 Report post Posted August 2, 2017 (edited) Lee would have organ failure trying to make 50KG again. Stop with the nonsense. The only thing we missed with him was a great series with Fix. Edited August 2, 2017 by LemonPie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FreezeWrestling 39 Report post Posted August 2, 2017 Crazy that we have this without Spencer Lee and Yianni. Both of those guys would be in the finals too. The future is bright. Spencer Lee, even if he could, would not have cut down to 110 lbs a month away from being at Iowa. Brands and CO would not recommend that. Yianni did not make the team. The guy that did is in the finals. So what is your point? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Threadkilla 98 Report post Posted August 2, 2017 Why bring up Yianni when the guy who beat him is about to wrestle for a world championship? My thoughs exactly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigTenFanboy 1,513 Report post Posted August 2, 2017 Why bring up Yianni when the guy who beat him is about to wrestle for a world championship? Lee would have organ failure trying to make 50KG again. Stop with the nonsense. The only thing we missed with him was a great series with Fix. Spencer Lee, even if he could, would not have cut down to 110 lbs a month away from being at Iowa. Brands and CO would not recommend that. Yianni did not make the team. The guy that did is in the finals. So what is your point? Sounds like a great reason to allow more than 1 wrestler from a country into the tournament like I suggested a few weeks ago... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TBar1977 2,954 Report post Posted August 2, 2017 Spencer wanted to go 55 2 years ago but only dropped when he lost to Fix. Or was that last year? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
de4856 317 Report post Posted August 2, 2017 Well this is the best team USA performance on the Junior level that I can remember. Outstanding preparation and wrestling got us here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiedsworld 14 Report post Posted August 2, 2017 Spencer wanted to go 55 2 years ago but only dropped when he lost to Fix. Or was that last year? it was 2 years ago at UWW Cadets in Akron where Fix beat Lee in 2 straight. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
