TEMPE - Sun Devil Wrestling alumnus and two-time national champion Zahid Valencia is part of USA Wrestling's Freestyle World Cup roster. Valencia and Team USA compete December 10-11 at Xtream Arena in Coralville, Iowa. The action will stream via FloWrestling starting at 10 a.m. AZ on the 10th.
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The World Cup is the annual international dual meet championships. The top five teams in men's freestyle and the top five teams in women's freestyle from the 2022 Senior World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia in September have confirmed their participation. There is also an All-World Team in each discipline, featuring the top available athlete from the World Championships in each weight class that were not from a nation that qualified for the World Cup. The U.S. World Cup teams will feature two Olympic champions, four world champions and 10 past world medalists. It will also include a number of talented young stars who are making an impact internationally.
USA's men open the tournament against Mongolia Saturday morning before wrestling Georgia in the evening. The results of the initial duals will determine where USA competes on Sunday.
Valencia is expected to be the starter at 86 kg for the Red, White and Blue. In USA's opening dual vs. Mongolia, he is expected to face Bat Erdene Byambasuren. Per FloWrestling, Byambasuren was a junior world bronze medalist in 2018 but has failed to place at senior worlds the last two years. Valencia was a junior world silver medalist in 2017 and over the past two years has wins over World and Olympic medalists Sandro Aminashvili, Fatih Erdin, and Myles Amine.
USA Men's Freestyle World Cup Team:
57kg – Zane RICHARDS
57kg – Nick SURIANO
61kg – Seth GROSS
61kg – Daniel DESHAZER
65kg – Yianni DIAKOMIHALIS
65kg – Evan HENDERSON|
70kg – Tyler BERGER
70kg – Alec PANTALEO
74kg – Jason NOLF
74kg – Vincenzo JOSEPH
79kg – Jordan BURROUGHS
79kg – Chance MARSTELLER
86kg – Zahid VALENCIA
86kg – Mark HALL
92kg – Nathan JACKSON
92kg – Jay AIELLO
97kg – Kyle SNYDER
97kg – Kollin MOORE
125kg – Hayden ZILLMER
125kg – Nick GWIAZDOWSKI
FloWrestling's World Cup Preview
UWW World Cup full info
USA Wrestling Announces World Cup Rosters
FloWrestling Watch Info
The World Cup is the annual international dual meet championships. The top five teams in men's freestyle and the top five teams in women's freestyle from the 2022 Senior World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia in September have confirmed their participation. There is also an All-World Team in each discipline, featuring the top available athlete from the World Championships in each weight class that were not from a nation that qualified for the World Cup. The U.S. World Cup teams will feature two Olympic champions, four world champions and 10 past world medalists. It will also include a number of talented young stars who are making an impact internationally.
USA's men open the tournament against Mongolia Saturday morning before wrestling Georgia in the evening. The results of the initial duals will determine where USA competes on Sunday.
Valencia is expected to be the starter at 86 kg for the Red, White and Blue. In USA's opening dual vs. Mongolia, he is expected to face Bat Erdene Byambasuren. Per FloWrestling, Byambasuren was a junior world bronze medalist in 2018 but has failed to place at senior worlds the last two years. Valencia was a junior world silver medalist in 2017 and over the past two years has wins over World and Olympic medalists Sandro Aminashvili, Fatih Erdin, and Myles Amine.
USA Men's Freestyle World Cup Team:
57kg – Zane RICHARDS
57kg – Nick SURIANO
61kg – Seth GROSS
61kg – Daniel DESHAZER
65kg – Yianni DIAKOMIHALIS
65kg – Evan HENDERSON|
70kg – Tyler BERGER
70kg – Alec PANTALEO
74kg – Jason NOLF
74kg – Vincenzo JOSEPH
79kg – Jordan BURROUGHS
79kg – Chance MARSTELLER
86kg – Zahid VALENCIA
86kg – Mark HALL
92kg – Nathan JACKSON
92kg – Jay AIELLO
97kg – Kyle SNYDER
97kg – Kollin MOORE
125kg – Hayden ZILLMER
125kg – Nick GWIAZDOWSKI