Three Panthers to Compete at International Tourney
1/31/2017 10:05:00 AM | Wrestling
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Three former Panthers will be competing this week for a shot at qualifying for the 2017 U.S. World Team Trials.
Former All-Americans Joey Lazor and Joe Colon will join Blaize Cabell at the Dave Schultz Memorial International Wrestling Championships set for Feb. 1-3 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
All three will be competing in the freestyle division. Colon is set to compete at 57K. Lazor will be in the 61K weight class, and Cabell will weigh in for the 97K competition.
Wrestlers from Argentina, Bulgaria, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, South Africa, Switzerland, Ukraine and Uzbekistan are expected to compete.
The former Panthers will be among Olympians like men's freestyle wrestlers Borislav Novachkov and Georgi Ivanov of Bulgaria. Greco-Roman wrestler Murat Ramonov from Kyrgyzstan is also expected to compete.
The Dave Schultz Memorial International is included in the series of events that serve as qualifiers for the 2017 U.S. World Team Trials. The men's freestyle U.S. World Team Trials will take place June 6-7 in Lincoln, Nebraska. There will be as many as 24 World Trials berths up for grabs in this competition.
The event will be streamed live each day by FloWrestling.
Former All-Americans Joey Lazor and Joe Colon will join Blaize Cabell at the Dave Schultz Memorial International Wrestling Championships set for Feb. 1-3 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
All three will be competing in the freestyle division. Colon is set to compete at 57K. Lazor will be in the 61K weight class, and Cabell will weigh in for the 97K competition.
Wrestlers from Argentina, Bulgaria, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, South Africa, Switzerland, Ukraine and Uzbekistan are expected to compete.
The former Panthers will be among Olympians like men's freestyle wrestlers Borislav Novachkov and Georgi Ivanov of Bulgaria. Greco-Roman wrestler Murat Ramonov from Kyrgyzstan is also expected to compete.
The Dave Schultz Memorial International is included in the series of events that serve as qualifiers for the 2017 U.S. World Team Trials. The men's freestyle U.S. World Team Trials will take place June 6-7 in Lincoln, Nebraska. There will be as many as 24 World Trials berths up for grabs in this competition.
The event will be streamed live each day by FloWrestling.
- Feb. 1: Greco-Roman starting at 9 a.m.
- Feb. 2: Men's freestyle starting at 9 a.m.
- Feb. 3: Women's freestyle starting at 9 a.m.
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