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2 days ago
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Jax Forrest's World Trials Championship match rescheduled
(WTAJ) — July 14 is the new date that Bishop McCort Jax Forrest is circling on his calendar to try and make the 2025 Senior World Championships. Forrest had his Final X match, which decides Team USA, delayed earlier this week due to a request from his opponent, Vito Arujau. Their world trials championship match will now move from New Jersey to North Dakota to be held alongside the junior nationals inside the Fargodome. Round one for the best-of-three series will begin at 4:20 p.m. (EST). Since Arujau was a senior world medalist last year, he was able to request a delay due to an injury or illness. The winner between Arujau and Forrest will represent the U.S. at 61 kilograms for the 2025 Senior World Championships in Croatia this September. Forrest has been on an unprecedented run lately as a high schooler. Last year, he made the U.S. Olympic Team Trials and qualified for the national team. In April, he defeated former NCAA champions to win the U.S. Open to qualify for Final X. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
4 days ago
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Jax Forrest's World Trials Championship match delayed
(WTAJ) — While the U.S. wrestling team for the 2025 Senior World Championships will be decided on June 14 during Final X, Bishop McCort's Jax Forrest will have to wait just a little bit longer for his chance to make Team USA. On Tuesday, USA Wrestling announced that Forrest's opponent, Vito Arujau, has requested and received a delay for the match to take place at a later date. According to 2025 World Team Trials procedures, the new date, time and location will be decided by the athletes and a national coach. Since Arujau was a 2024 Senior World Medalist, he was able to make a request for his Final X match to be postponed. Delay requests must be submitted at least 48 hours before the event and must include a written notice regarding injury or illness from a USA Wrestling-approved doctor. Forrest has been on fire lately, defeating former NCAA champions as a high schooler to win the U.S. Open title back in April. This all comes on the heels of Forrest qualifying for the U.S. Olympic Trials last year to being named Most Outstanding Wrestler in the PIAA after winning a state title this past season. In his college career, Arujau was a two-time NCAA Champion for Cornell. The winner of the best-of-three match between Forrest and Arujau will represent the U.S. at the 2025 Senior World Championships in Croatia at 61-kilograms in September. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
NBC Sports
19-05-2025
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- NBC Sports
Wrestler Kyle Snyder pleads guilty to disorderly conduct
Wrestler Kyle Snyder pled guilty to disorderly conduct and was fined $250 on Monday after being arrested in a prostitution sting on May 10 in Columbus, Ohio. Snyder, a 2016 Olympic gold medalist, remains listed as temporarily suspended for 'allegations of misconduct' by SafeSport. SafeSport handles allegations of emotional, physical and sexual abuse in Olympic and Paralympic sports. Snyder was first suspended last Wednesday. He has since completed a john school course designed for men arrested for soliciting sex. 'I've learned a lot through this process. It's taught me a lot about myself, and I plan on making much better decisions,' Snyder said while taking part virtually in a court hearing Monday. 'I learned about why I made the decision that I did, which was because I had too much pride. I learned about the impact that these decisions have on not just my family but the community.' In addition to his 2016 Olympic title, Snyder earned bronze at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and placed fifth in Paris last year. In April, Snyder qualified for one of two 97kg spots at Final X, the June 14 event that determines the U.S. team for this September's World Championships. USA Wrestling has not announced whether Snyder will keep that spot, should his SafeSport suspension be lifted.
Yahoo
01-05-2025
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Jax Forrest, Keegan Bassett react to winning U.S. Open
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WTAJ) – Bishop McCort wrestlers Keegan Bassett and Jax Forrest brought U.S. Open Championships back home to Johnstown this past weekend from Las Vegas. Despite being eligible for the U20 Division, Forrest bumped up to the senior level to face some of the best competition in the country. It was a move that was partially influenced by his future Oklahoma State head coach David Taylor. Bishop McCort's Jax Forrest cruises to U.S. Open finals 'The thing that Coach David told me was, you're not going there to compete. You know, if you're going, you're going to win,' the 61-kilogram champion said. 'I'm not (bumping up a level) to go there to try and take third, try and take fifth, try and beat one guy. You know, I'm going there to try and win the whole tournament.' Forrest's remarkable run included technical fall wins against former NCAA champions Nahshon Garrett and Seth Gross, who Forrest defeated in the finals. Both wrestlers are more than 10 years older than the Bishop McCort junior. 'If you told me this five years ago. I would've thought you're crazy like that's impossible,' Forrest said. 'There's never been high school guys that beat NCAA champs. But, you know, as soon as one person does it, it opens up the doors for others and it's like, why can't I (do that)?' After making the U.S. Olympic Team Trials as a sophomore last year, it's evident that what Forrest is doing as a high schooler is unprecedented. 'I'm still just an 18-year-old. So, it's really cool to be in this position, but it's different,' Forrest said. 'I don't really have a lot of people to try and take advice from because they haven't really been in my situation. (I'm) just figuring it out as I'm going along.' With the U.S. Open Championship, Forrest qualified for Final X, which is an event in June that will help determine Team USA for the Senior World Championships that are being held in Croatia. Meanwhile, Bassett won the 45-kilogram U17 title over Chestnut Ridge's Kooper Deputy, who Bassett frequently trains with. 'It's truly incredible,' Bassett said. 'For a world team, it's two kids that live 40 minutes apart and train together, like, it's unbelievable.' Winning the title meant a lot for Bassett after finishing fourth at this year's PIAA Championships. 'I've been putting in a lot of work. I've really been wanting that for three or four months ever since states,' Bassett said. 'I really wanted to win (the U.S. Open). I've been visualizing it for a while and just train really hard.' Bassett qualified for the U17 World Championships in Athens, Greece. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
26-04-2025
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Bishop McCort's Jax Forrest cruises to U.S. Open finals
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WTAJ) – Jax Forrest is used to competing against older, more experienced and more accomplished wrestlers at this point in his young career. The Bishop McCort junior made the U.S. National Team with a fourth-place finish at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials last spring. This spring, he cruised his way to the U.S. Open finals in the senior division. Stillwater's newest Cowboy, No. 2 wrestling recruit Jax Forrest commits to Oklahoma State Forrest could have wrestled against other kids his age but instead decided to jump up a level to face multiple Division I wrestlers and even former NCAA champions. The 61-kilogram wrestler won by technical fall in each of his first two matches, which set him up for an intriguing quarterfinals bout against former NCAA champion Nahshon Garrett. While it was intriguing on paper, Forrest manhandled the 31-year-old to win 10-0. In the semifinals, the Oklahoma State commit defeated Ohio State freshman Benjamin Davino 4-0. The win set him up for a championship match on Saturday against former NCAA champion Seth Gross. If Forrest defeats Gross, he will advance to Final X, which is a separate event that is used to determine the 2025 U.S. World Team in Zagreb, Croatia. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
