Wrestling 2026-27

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Season preview later but some updates on the incoming class.

Isaiah Cortez (USA) and Alessio Perentin (Italy by way of NJ) wrestled at the U20 World Championships in Bratislava over the weekend.

Cortez took silver at 57kg, beating China, Kazakhstan and Uzbekhistan before falling to Russia in the final. Cortez was the silver medalist in Greco last year and is the first dual-discipline medalist for the USA at the U20 championships.

Perentin took 5th at 74kg, losing to eventual silver medalist Jayden James (USA/Penn State) in the main bracket. In repechage, Perentin beat Slovakia and Belarus before losing to Kazakhstan in the bronze medal match.

At the U17 championships last month, '31* Arseni Kikiniou didn't place in either Greco (0-1) or freestyle (1-1). He medaled in both disciplines last year so I'm sure this was a disappointing result.

* maybe '32; he's a HS senior.