SANTIAGO, Chile — South Dakota State wrestler Bennett Berge added to his list of individual accomplishments at the U20 Pan-Am Championships over the weekend and was part of a dominant performance by the American squad. Berge claimed the 86-kilogram championship in men's freestyle, ending the tournament with a 3-0 record. He posted back-to-back 10-0 victories over Zaurbek Arsagov (Canada) and Max Franca (Brazil) in the first two rounds, then [...]
PONTEVEDRA, Spain — Tanner Sloan's quest for a title at the U23 World Championship came up two points short as the South Dakota State wrestler dropped a 5-3 decision to Amirali Azarpira of Iran in the gold medal match Saturday. Sloan scored a takedown out of a scramble for the lone points of the first period, but Azipara gained control in the second and final period with three points on [...]
SOFIA, Bulgaria — Incoming South Dakota State wrestler Bennett Berge earned a silver medal in the 86-kilogram weight class Wednesday at the 2022 U20 World Championships. A native of Mantorville, Minnesota, and a member of the Pinnacle Wrestling Club, Berge posted a 4-1 record over two days of competition. He won his first three matches all by technical fall Tuesday, outscoring his opponents by a 32-2 margin. In [...]
GENEVA, Ohio — South Dakota State wrestler Tanner Sloan earned a spot on the U.S. World Team by winning the 97-kilogram title in the senior freestyle division and incoming Jackrabbit Bennett Berge claimed the 86-kilogram championship in the under-20 class during weekend competition at the UWW World Team Trials. A native of Alburnett, Iowa, Sloan advanced to the championship round by winning his first three matches by a combined 37-4, [...]
OAXTEPEC, Mexico – South Dakota State University wrestler Cade DeVos won gold in the 74-kilogram weight class of the junior men's freestyle division at the Cadet and Junior Pan American Championships over the weekend. DeVos, who will return to the Jackrabbit wrestling program for his sophomore season this fall, won all four of his matches by double-digit margins. He opened with a 16-5 victory over Wilfredo Lopez of Panama, followed [...]
LINCOLN, Neb. – For the second time in three months, South Dakota State's Clay Carlson earned All-America honors at a major wrestling competition. This past weekend, Carlson recorded a fourth-place finish in the 65-kilogram weight class of the freestyle division at the 2021 UWW U23 Nationals. A native of Willmar, Minnesota, Carlson posted a 7-2 record as a member of the Jackrabbit Wrestling Club. He opened with a 10-2 (VPO-1) [...]
CORALVILLE, Iowa – Cade DeVos reached the finals of the 74-kilogram division in freestyle competition, leading a contingent of South Dakota State wrestlers over the weekend at the 2021 UWW Junior Nationals. Wrestling under the banner of the Jackrabbit Wrestling Club, DeVos reeled off five consecutive victories to set up a best-of-three championship series against Keegan O'Toole of the Tiger Style Wrestling Club. A native of Altoona, Iowa, DeVos won [...]
Six South Dakota State wrestlers are slated to compete this weekend at the 2021 UWW Junior Nationals in Coralville, Iowa. Competition in both the freestyle and Greco-Roman divisions runs Friday through Sunday at Xtream Arena. Representing SDSU and wrestling under the banner of the Jackrabbit Wrestling Club are: Trayton Anderson, 61 kilograms Caleb Gross, 65 kg Lucus Anglin and Jack Thomsen, 70 kg Cade DeVos, 74 kg, and Cade King, 79 [...]
OMAHA, Neb. – South Dakota State University wrestlers Tanner Sloan and Spencer Trenary each won age-group titles during competition at the 2020 United World Wrestling Junior and U23 Nationals held over the weekend at the Convention Center at CHI Health Center. With their victories, Sloan and Trenary, who were competing as members of the Jackrabbit Wrestling Club, earned bids to the 2021 Senior World Team Trials and 2021 Junior World Team Trials, [...]
TALLINN, Estonia – South Dakota State's Tanner Sloan is ready to take on the world. The second-year Jackrabbit wrestler is scheduled to compete at the United World Wrestling Junior World Championships, which begin Monday. Sloan is slated to wrestle in the 97-kilogram weight class of the freestyle competition. Sloan earned a spot on Team USA by winning the UWW Junior Freestyle World Team Trials in Raleigh, North Carolina, [...]