ZAGREB, CROATIA - Two members of the Northern Michigan Greco-Roman Wrestling team competed at the Senior World Championships in Croatia this past weekend.
At 60kg,
Max Black finished in 13th place. He recorded a 7-1 loss to Aidos Sultangali (KAZ), rebounded with a 5-1 win over Melkamu Fetene (ISR), and then lost to Ri Se-Ung (PRK) by tech fall, 9-0.
Payton Jacobson was in competition at 87kg, earning a 7th place finish. He started with an 8-0 victory over Karan Kamboj (IND), lost to Aleksander Komarov (SRB) 5-1, bounced back with a 9-1 tech fall win over So Sakabe (JPN), and then lost to Islam Yevloev (KAZ) 5-1 in his final match.
More information on Black's and Jacobson's performance can be found
here.
Next up for the Northern group will be a trip to Novi Sad, Serbia in October for the U23 World Championships. The five Wildcats competing will be
Max Black,
Payton Jacobson, Kenny Crosby, Otto Black, and
Kaden Ercanbrack.
