August 10, 2015
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IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa freshman Sam Stoll competes at the United World Wrestling Junior World Championships on Wednesday in Salvador, Brazil.
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Stoll is competing at 120 kg (264 lbs.) for the United States’ Greco-Roman team. It is his second time competing at the international championships featuring the world’s top 17-20 year-old wrestlers. He won a bronze medal at this event in 2013.
Stoll weighs in Tuesday at 4:15 p.m. (CT). The opening ceremonies begin Tuesday at 6 p.m., and Stoll’s qualification round begins Wednesday at 9 a.m. The finals are Wednesday at 5 p.m. Competition is held at the Pan-American Judo Center.
The international wrestling federation United World Wrestling is expected to stream the competition at unitedworldwrestling.org.
Stoll was 18-5 competing unattached last season, winning titles at the Luther Open and Grand View Open. He pinned 11 opponents as a freshman, one year after completing his prep career with a national record 63 consecutive pins at Kasson-Matoville High School in Kasson, Minnesota.
Stoll will be a redshirt freshman in 2015-16, and is the front-runner to replace three-time All-American Bobby Telford at 285 lbs. in the Iowa lineup.
