Pennsylvania's Mike Rogers Qualifies for Junior World Greco-Roman Team

2x National Prep Champion Mike Rogers (Wyoming Seminary) will be heading to Macon, France in September 2016 to compete for Team USA at the UWW World Greco-Roman Championships. A future member of the N.C. State Wolfpack Michael Rogers won the UWW Junior Greco-Roman Nationals which also served as the World Team Trials.

Competing at 120 KG / 264.5 lbs. Rogers’s closest match came in the quarterfinals where he won (8-2) over Thomas Helton (Illinois). Rogers then rolled to a fall in the semifinals (2:02) to advance into the best-of-three Championship finals against high school junior and 2x Tennessee State Champion Nicholas Boykin (Riverdale, TN). The former Penns Valley High School wrestler, who spent the last three seasons at Wyoming Seminary, made quick work of Boykin winning by tech-fall (14-6) in the first match and clinching a World Team spot with a (11-1) tech-fall in match #2.

Men 120 KG / 264.5 lbs – Michael Rogers (Wyoming Seminary / Bison Legend) – Champion

Quarterfinal – Michael Rogers (Bison Legend Wrestling Club) won by decision over Thomas Helton (ISI) (Dec 8-2)
Semifinal – Michael Rogers (Bison Legend Wrestling Club) won by fall over Octavio Alejandre (Argo Wrestling club) (Fall 2:02)

UWW Junior Greco Finals 2 of 3 120 KG / 264.5 lbs
Round 1 – Michael Rogers (Bison Legend Wrestling Club) won by tech fall over Nicholas Boykin (Murfreesboro) (TF 14-6)
Round 2 – Michael Rogers (Bison Legend Wrestling Club) won by tech fall over Nicholas Boykin (Murfreesboro) (TF 11-1)