Four Park Rapids wrestlers competed in the USA Wrestling National Championships at the Fargodome.
At the Cadet Greco-Roman National Championships July 17-18, Ashton Clark went 4-2 at 106 pounds while Cody Dravis went 0-2 at 160 and Zach Hocking went 0-2 at 195.
Clark rebounded from a 12-7 loss to Josh Blatt of North Carolina to defeat Colorado's Nicolas Alvarez 13-0, Minnesota's Regan Schrempp 3-2, Pennsylvania's Aubrey Dawson by pin in 2:27 and Arizona's Diego Guerrero 9-7 before being eliminated with a 12-6 loss to Minnesota's Tyler Jones.
Dravis lost to Maryland's Aaron Brooks 9-1 and Wisconsin's Bryson Alsteen 10-0 while Hocking lost to Oregon's Santos Canto 12-1 and to Oklahoma's Walter Soto by pin in :43.
Justin Dravis competed in the Junior Greco-Roman National Championships July 18-19 at 170 pounds and went 2-2 with a loss via pin in :47 to Tucker Rowan of Texas, a 12-1 win over Skyler Keiki Palakiko of Oregon, a 10-0 win over Devin Brown of Washington and a 12-7 loss to Andrew Null of Nebraska.
ADVERTISEMENT
At the Cadet Freestyle National Championships July 20-22, Clark lost to Keegan O'Toole of Wisconsin 10-0 and Jake Svibel of Minnesota 14-4; Cody Dravis lost to Markell Deberry of Illinois 17-6 and by pin to Floyd Miller of Missouri in 5:48; and Hocking lost by pin to Christian Knop of Alabama in :45 and to Trent Ragland of Virginia 10-0.
