Indiana University Athletics
Indiana Wrestling Places Six All-Americans at U23 Nationals
6/3/2024 12:30:00 PM | Wrestling
GENEVA, Ohio. –––– Indiana Wrestling had six student-athletes finish with All-American status over the weekend at the U23 Nationals tournament across both Freestyle and Greco-Roman competition.
Derek Gilcher (74 kg), Tyler Lillard (79 kg), Nick South (79 kg), Donnell Washington (86 kg) and Jacob Bullock (125 kg) all were All-Americans, finishing in the top eight at their weight in freestyle. Blaine Frazier also earned All-American status at 60 kg in Greco-Roman.
Gilcher, South and Bullock took fifth place at their weight class. Lillard finished in sixth while Washington and Frazier each took seventh place.
Gilcher, South and Bullock all reached the semifinals of their brackets.
There were 12 total student-athletes who competed at the SPIRE Institute representing both Indiana University and Indiana's Olympic Regional Training Center (Indiana RTC) in the U20 World Team Trials and U23 Nationals.
All Greco-Roman competition took place on Friday and all freestyle action was on Saturday and Sunday.
Indiana's entire participant list for the tournament is below.
U20 Greco-Roman:
Cole Rhemrev (67 kg)
U23 Greco-Roman:
Blaine Frazier (60 kg)
Anthony Bahl (72 kg)
Aidan Torres (72 kg)
U23 Freestyle:
Joey Buttler (61 kg)
Blaine Frazier (61 kg)
Aidan Torres (70 kg)
Anthony Bahl (70 kg)
Bryce Lowery (74 kg)
Derek Gilcher (74 kg)
Nick South (79 kg)
Tyler Lillard (79 kg)
DJ Washington (86 kg)
Gabe Sollars (92 kg)
Jacob Bullock (125 kg)
Full results to all bracket in all levels and competition styles can be found on FloArena.
Derek Gilcher (74 kg), Tyler Lillard (79 kg), Nick South (79 kg), Donnell Washington (86 kg) and Jacob Bullock (125 kg) all were All-Americans, finishing in the top eight at their weight in freestyle. Blaine Frazier also earned All-American status at 60 kg in Greco-Roman.
Gilcher, South and Bullock took fifth place at their weight class. Lillard finished in sixth while Washington and Frazier each took seventh place.
Gilcher, South and Bullock all reached the semifinals of their brackets.
There were 12 total student-athletes who competed at the SPIRE Institute representing both Indiana University and Indiana's Olympic Regional Training Center (Indiana RTC) in the U20 World Team Trials and U23 Nationals.
All Greco-Roman competition took place on Friday and all freestyle action was on Saturday and Sunday.
Indiana's entire participant list for the tournament is below.
U20 Greco-Roman:
Cole Rhemrev (67 kg)
U23 Greco-Roman:
Blaine Frazier (60 kg)
Anthony Bahl (72 kg)
Aidan Torres (72 kg)
U23 Freestyle:
Joey Buttler (61 kg)
Blaine Frazier (61 kg)
Aidan Torres (70 kg)
Anthony Bahl (70 kg)
Bryce Lowery (74 kg)
Derek Gilcher (74 kg)
Nick South (79 kg)
Tyler Lillard (79 kg)
DJ Washington (86 kg)
Gabe Sollars (92 kg)
Jacob Bullock (125 kg)
Full results to all bracket in all levels and competition styles can be found on FloArena.
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