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COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri wrestling will have two competitors at the 2024 Wrestling Olympic Team Trials on Friday, April 19, and Saturday, April 20, at the Bryce Jordan Center in State College, Pennsylvania. Assistant Coach Dom Bradley will compete in the 125kg freestyle bracket as the four seed, while former student-athlete and current Regional Training Center (RTC) member Jarrett Jacques will battle in the 74kg freestyle bracket as the 12 seed.
Two-time World Champion and two-time NCAA Champion junior Keegan O’Toole qualified for the trials with his U23 Gold Medal but cannot compete due to injury. Additionally, J’den Cox, a three-time NCAA title winner for Missouri at 197 pounds, will fight through the 97 kg bracket as the No. 1 seed. Cox wrestles with the Cliff Keen Wrestling Club in Ann Arbor, Mich.
The team trials mark the fourth for Bradley and the first for Jacques. Cox, a bronze medalist in the 2016 Olympics at 86kg, is attempting to make his second Olympic team and would be the only Mizzou wrestler to do so.
The squad will begin their quest on Friday, April 19, with Session I beginning at 9 a.m. CT. The first session will include preliminaries, quarterfinals and consolation rounds. A full schedule of trials is available below.
For all the wrestling enthusiasts out there, you don’t have to miss a single move of the Olympic Team Trial matches. Thanks to Peacock, all matches will be streamed, with options to view all four mats or use the quadbox option for a comprehensive viewing experience.
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2024 Olympic Team Trials Schedule
Friday, April 19
Session I: 9 a.m. CT
Challenge Tournament: Preliminaries, Quarterfinals and Consolation Rounds*
*All championship matches will wrestle prior to consolation rounds
Session II: 5:30 p.m. CT
Challange Tournament: Semifinals and Finals
Saturday, April 20
Session III: 9 a.m. CT
Final 2 out of 3 Championship Series Round 1**
**Weights not currently qualified for the Olympics will wrestle match 2 in this session
Challenge Tournament: Consolations, Consolation Semi-finals, 3rd place and True 3rd (if needed)
Session IV: 5:30 p.m. CT
Final 2 out of 3 Championship Series Round 2**
**Weights not currently qualified for the Olympics will wrestle match 3 at beginning of session (if needed)
Final 2 out of 3 Championship Series Round 3 (If needed)
