ILLINOIS Regional Training Center Rocks the Bill Farrell

THE BILL FARRELL OPEN

In Freestyle, Zane Richards won his bracket at 57kg. And the surprise of the tournament was Joe Rau at 97kg finishing with a Silver freestyle medal. In Greco, it was Max Nowry and Tanner Farmer winning their brackets. 

PAN AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

Both Max Nowry at 55kg and Tanner Farmer at 130kg earned spots to represent the USA Greco team at the Pan Am Championships. 

QUALIFIERS FOR THE WORLD TEAM TRIALS

GRECO -- Max Nowry at 55kg, We Rachal at 63kg (based on last year's World Team Trials finish), Ellis Coleman at 67kg (based on Olympic Trials finish), Kamal Bey at 77kg, Joe Rau at 87kg, Tanner Farmer at 130kg. Note that Lucas Byrd has also qualified for the Greco World Team Trials by finishing top five at the NCAA Championships. 

FREESTYLE -- Zane Richards at 57kg (who had already qualified based upon his Olympic Team Trials finish), Joe Rau at 97kg (which means he is qualified for both Greco and Freestyle).

OTHER QUALIFYING EVENTS TO COME:

• 2022 Senior Pan American Championships medalist
• April 28-30, 2022 Senior U.S. Open top seven finishers
• May 2022 Northeast Regionals, highest placing U.S. athlete winning a medal yet to qualify

That leaves room for other IRTC men to qualify, including, but not limited to, Travis Rice and West Cathcart, and perhaps some of the guys on the college roster? Also, Isaiah Martinez isn't officially on the IRTC roster at this time, but. c'mon, he's an IRTC guy. He will need to qualify in either the Senior Open or the Northeast Regionals.  

DONATIONS

Between the panhandling under an overpass in Myrtle Beach, what I do behind the Walmart, and my small counterfeiting operation -- I counterfeit nickels because nobody checks them but the problem is that it takes 4¢ of raw materials to make every nickel so the operation isn't a huge moneymaker just yet -- I can still afford to donate to the ILLINOIS Regional Training Center. 

Why can't you? 

I just donated to the IRTC and it wasn't really much, just $50, but it's going to a great cause and every little bit helps. Please help out here at this link. 

Now doesn't that feel good! 

IRTC CAMPS!

Don't you want to work with these guys to develop your skills? There are camps available in ILLINOIS where you can get training in Freestyle and Greco equal to the best in the world (as Bryan Medlin has acquired that knowledge). As I like to say, "Are YOU the Greco Guy, or are you afraid of the Greco Guy?" Well, here you go:

All photo credits: Either IRTC or Tanner Farmer Twitter page