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Schultz, Valencia Shooting for Senior World Team

Schultz, Valencia Shooting for Senior World TeamSchultz, Valencia Shooting for Senior World Team
TEMPE - The final stages are finally here. Win the next one, and you're on the U.S. Senior World Team. Cohlton Schultz (Greco 130 kg) and Zahid Valencia (FS 86 kg) are both set for their respective Final X matches on June 3 and June 8. Schultz faces Tanner Farmer in the third bout of the Stillwater series Friday, and Valencia meets David Taylor in the final bout of Final X New York next Wednesday. Both are wrestling under Sunkist Kids RTC, and fans can watch all the action via FloWrestling.
 
Final X Stillwater live feeds
Final X Stillwater full info (June 3)
Final X New York full info (June 8)
 
National heavyweight runner-up Cohlton Schultz is shooting for his second-consecutive Senior World Team after qualifying last year with a finals win over Jacob Mitchell. Schultz tech falled Mitchell in their second match and claimed his SWT spot with a 6-0 final decision. This year he's facing Tanner Farmer (NY Athletic Club) in the title match. Schultz handed Farmer a 5-0 defeat in the 2021 World Team Trials semi-final round. In 2020, Farmer was a NAIA All-American, the GPAC Wrestler of the Year and the GPAC heavyweight champion.
 
Two-time National Team member and two-time NCAA Champion Zahid Valencia was the Final X runner-up in 2018 after winning the World TeamTrials. He followed that by taking second at the 2019 WTT Challenge Tournament before winning Senior Nationals that December. He's opposite of David Taylor who was the Tokyo 2020 86 kg champion, 2018 World champion, and is a two-time NCAA Champion with Penn State.