Wrestling: Former Huskers Burroughs and Green Back on the World Team
Nebraska greats Jordan Burroughs and James Green wrestled through the World Team Trials this weekend in Omaha with both of them winning their bracket to punch a ticket to another World Championships together
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61 kg
13th-Seed Liam Cronin (Nebraska WTC) - 4th (3-2)
Rd. of 16 - 4-1 VPO1 over Devan Turner
Quarters - Defeated by Nahshon Garrett VPO 9-0
Cons. 8 #2 - 14-3 VSU1 over Michael Tortorice
Cons. Quarters - VIN over Seth Gross
Third Place - Defeated by Jax Forrest 16-6 VSU1 4:26
70 kg
"Green really looked like a man on a mission. He started with a 10-0 tech over 15-seed Jackson Arrington of NC State before beating 7-seed Paniro Johnson of Iowa State via 10-0 tech in the quarters. Johnson is currently on Team USA’s U23 World Team at 70 kg. Incredibly, both matches lasted exactly 3 minutes, 23 seconds.
In the semis, Green took on 3-seed Jordan Oliver, a current Bellator fighter who has had a lot of success on the freestyle scene. In that match, Green held a 4-0 lead at the break before prevailing 6-3 to move on to the best-of-three final series against 1-seed Alex Pantaleo."
Green was shot out of a cannon in his first match against Pantaleo, earning the 10-0 tech in just 49 seconds. The second match of the series was much closer between these two, but Green came out victorious via 2-1 decision with all three points coming from shot-clock points."
2nd-Seed James Green (Nebraska WTC) - 1st (5-0)
Rd. of 32 - Bye
Rd. of 16 - 10-0 3:23 VSU over Jackson Arrington
Quarters - 10-0 VSU 3:23 over Paniro Johnson
Semis - 6-3 VPO1 over Jordan Oliver
Finals Round One (Best of 3) - 10-0 VSU 0:49 over Alec Pantaleo
Finals Round Two (Best of 3) - 2-1 VPO1 over Alec Pantaleo
79 kg
"Burroughs went on to beat current Penn State wrestler and NCAA Champion Levi Haines 4-1 in the quarters before a 7-4 win over 3-seed Alex Dieringer, a former three-time NCAA Champion and Hodge Trophy winner. And of course, there were more double-legs in that match too."
"In the best-of-three final, Burroughs faced a familiar foe in Chance Marsteller. This is the third year in a row that Burroughs took on Marsteller in the three-match series with Burroughs winning two matches to one in 2022 and Marsteller winning 2-1 in 2023. In the first match, Burroughs used a first period takedown and his elusiveness to secure the 3-0 win. In the second match, things were tied 1-1 late in the second period when Burroughs hit a double on Marsteller, who threatened with a chest wrap. Burroughs powered through for the four-pointer while Marsteller scored two on a head pinch, but it wasn’t enough. Burroughs held on to win the match 6-3."
2nd-Seed Jordan Burroughs (Pennsylvania RTC) - 1st (5-0)
Rd. of 32 - Bye
Rd. of 16 - 13-0 VSU 2:13 over Sam Beckett
Quarters - 4-1 VPO1 over Levi Haines
Semis - 7-4 VPO1 over Alex Dieringer
Finals Round One (Best of 3) - 3-0 VPO over Chance Marsteller
Finals Round Two (Best of 3) - 6-3 VPO1 over Chance Marsteller
Men’s Greco-Roman Results
72 kg
"Robb downed 5-seed Gunnar Hamre 8-0 via tech in the quarters before taking on 1-seed Benjamin Peak in the semis. Despite battling tough, Robb fell to Peak via 11-1 tech late in the second period.
Moving down to the consolations, Robb downed 12-seed Charles McKune via 8-0 tech in just 1:04 in the consolation semis. In the 3rd-place match, Robb beat 3-seed Hunter Lewis via 8-0 tech in just over two minutes. Outside of his loss to the eventual World Team member in Peak, Robb beat his other four opponents by a combined score of 32-0 and spent just 4:19 on the mat in those wins."
4th-Seed Peyton Robb (Nebraska WTC) - 3rd (4-1)
Rd. of 16 - 8-0 VSU 0:19 over Justin Feldman
Quarters - 8-0 VSU 0:53 over Gunnar Hamre
Semis - Defeated by Benjamin Peak 11-1 VSU1 5:02
Cons. Semis - 8-0 VSU 1:04 over Charles McKune
Third Place - 8-0 VSU 2:03 over Hunter Lewis
"Next stop for these two is Tirana, Albania on Oct 28-31 for the World Championships. Of the four wrestlers going to Worlds (61 kg, 70, 79 and 92), half of them are former Huskers. That’s pretty crazy."
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