Dake Upends Valencia to Make 6th Men’s Freestyle World Team

Final X – Men’s Freestyle Wrestling Results
Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey, USA
June 19 th, 2026
Photo: John Sachs/Tech-Fall.com

Men’s Freestyle Best-of-Three Series Results
125 kg – Wyatt Hendrickson (Cowboy RTC/Air Force WCAP) defeats Mason Parris (Cliff Keen WC/Titan Mercury WC)
two matches to none
Round one – Hendrickson by decision Parris – 9-5
Round two – Hendrickson dby decision Parris – 7-1

70 kg – Zain Retherford (Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) defeats Ridge Lovett (Nebraska WTC/Training Mercury WC)
two matches to none
Round one – Retherford by decision Lovett – 2-1
Round two – Retherford by decision Lovett – 8-2

79 kg – Levi Haines (Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) defeats Chance Marsteller (New Jersey RTC/Titan Mercury WC)
two matches to none
Round one – Haines by decision Marsteller – 6-1
Round two – Haines by decision Marsteller – 6-3

74 kg – James Green (Nebraska WTC/Titan Mercury WC) defeats David Carr (Cyclone RTC/Titan Mercury WC)
two matches to one
Round one – Green by decision Carr – 6-3
Round two – Carr by decision Green – 6-5
Round three – Green dec. Carr – 4-1

97 kg – Kyle Snyder (Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) defeats Stephen Buchanan (Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC)
two matches to one
Round one – Snyder by decision Buchanan – 5-2
Round two – Buchanan by criteria Snyder – 5-5
Round three – Snyder by decision Buchanan – 9-3

61 kg – Marcus Blaze (Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) defeats Jax Forrest (Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC), two matches to one
Round one – Blaze by criteria Forrest – 2-2
Round two – Forrest by decision Blaze – 6-1
Round three – Blaze by decision Forrest – 5-2

57 kg – Spencer Lee (Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC) defeats Luke Lilledahl (Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC)
two matches to none
Round one – Lee by decision Lilledahl – 7-1
Round two – Lee by decision Lilledahl – 8-4

86 kg – Kyle Dake (Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) defeats Zahid Valencia (Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC)
two matches to one
Round one – Valencia by decision Dake – 3-2
Round two – Dake dby decision Valencia – 4-1
Round three – Dake by decision Valencia – 4-0

Men’s Freestyle True-Third Results
70 kg – Landon Robideau (Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC) forfeit Caleb Henson (Southeast RTC/Titan Mercury WC)
79 kg – Evan Wick (Titan Mercury WC) by decision Patrick Kennedy (Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC) – 8-4
86 kg – Parker Keckeisen (Panther WC-RTC) by criteria Aeoden Sinclair (Tiger Style RTC/Titan Mercury WC) – 5-5
92 kg – Dustin Plott (Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC) tech. fall Seth Shumate (Ohio RTC/Titan Mercury WC) – 10-0
61 kg – Austin DeSanto (Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC) forfeit Benjamin Davino (Ohio RTC/Titan Mercury WC)
65 kg – Beau Bartlett (New York City RTC/Titan Mercury WC) forfeit Joey McKenna (Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC)