ISI Wrestling

🔥 TEAM ILLINOIS NATIONAL DUALS 🔥

We are incredibly proud of our ISI Wrestling family!

This year, 12 ISI athletes were selected/asked to represent Team Illinois, with 10 wrestlers competing at the USA Wrestling National Duals.

To put that into perspective, it’s difficult to get just one athlete selected to Team Illinois. Having 12 athletes earn that opportunity is a testament to their hard work, commitment, and dedication to the sport.

We’re also proud to have Coach Justin Peete representing ISI Wrestling on his 4th National Dual Team coaching staff.

None of this happens without the support of our amazing families, training partners, and coaches. Thank you for everything you do.

Good luck to all of our athletes and coach as they travel and compete against the nation’s best over the next few weeks. We can’t wait to watch you represent Illinois and ISI Wrestling!

💪 12 Selected
🤼 10 Competing at National Duals
🔥 1 ISI Family

The Regional scene is officially COMPLETE. 🔥

Huge weekend for Team ISI at the Central Regional Championships in Louisville, KY. Our wrestlers stepped up, battled hard, and brought home multiple top-6 finishes against some of the toughest competition in the Midwest. Proud of the growth, toughness, and fight this group continues to show every single weekend.

Now the focus shifts to ONE FINAL opportunity…

🚨 Second Chance Qualifier 🚨

This will be the LAST chance for athletes to punch their ticket to Fargo and join Team Illinois on the national stage this summer.

CENTRAL PLAINS BOUND 🚌🔥

ISI Wrestling is headed to Louisville, Kentucky for the USA Wrestling Central Regional Championships. Proud of this group and the work they’ve put in to earn this opportunity. Time to compete. 🤼

Northern Plains Regional Freestyle Results 🔥

13 Top-6 Place Winners.
9 Fargo Qualifications.

A weekend full of grit, growth, and big performances against some of the toughest competition in the region. Proud of the way our athletes competed, battled through adversity, and represented ISI Wrestling on every mat.

🥈 Finalist
🥉 Multiple 3rd Place Finishers
🏅 Top-6 finishes across every division
📈 Continued progress toward Fargo

Back on the road this week as we had to Louisville for the Central Plains Regional.

🔥 NORTHERN PLAINS REGIONAL GRECO RESULTS 🔥

ISI Wrestling showed up and battled at the Northern Plains Regional Championships in Wisconsin Dells! Proud of every athlete that stepped on the mat and represented the team with toughness, grit, and heart all weekend long.

🏆 TEAM RESULTS:

🥇 3 Champions
🥈 1 Runner-Up
🥉 2 Third-Place Finishers
4️⃣ 2 Fourth-Place Finishers
5️⃣ 1 Fifth-Place Finisher

📊 TEAM STATS:

💥 16 Greco Wrestlers
💥 9 Total Top-6 Placers

The Greco action may be done, but we’re just getting started… 👀

🚨 Freestyle starts tomorrow and ISI Wrestling will have OVER 40 wrestlers hitting the mats and competing! Ready for another big day of battles and opportunities. Let’s keep rolling! 💙❤️

🔥 NORTHERN PLAINS DAY 1🔥

The ISI Wrestling team is ready to battle in Wisconsin Dells at the Northern Plains Regional Championships! 🤼

📍 Wisconsin Dells, WI
🏆 Northern Plains Regional Championships

GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF OUR WRESTLERS! ❤️💙

🔥 IL FREESTYLE STATE RESULTS 🔥

ISI Wrestling Club showed up BIG this weekend at IL Freestyle State ❤️💙

📊 65 TOTAL COMPETITORS across all age groups

🏆 Top 4 Placers Only:

🥇 Champions
• Vincent Engelse (12U, 117)
• Kaden Joustra (14U, 96)

🥈 Runner-Ups
• Callen Diehl (14U, 175)
• Joseph Engelse (12U, 135)
• Donovan Johnson (USA Junior, 100)
• Alexander Martinez (12U, 98)

🥉 Third Place
• Connor Allen (14U, 225)
• Dominic Engelse (14U, 155)
• Aiden Rodriguez (16U, 175)

4️⃣ Fourth Place
• Chase Cook (USA Junior, 106)
• Wyatt Muetze (12U, 135)
• Rys Tijerina (12U, 98)
• Asher VanDerMolen (16U, 190)

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📈 TEAM STATS:

🥇 #1 Most Pins — 41 Pins (80:01 total)

🏅 Top 5 Most Techs — 58 Tech Falls (113:33 total)

🥉 Top 3 Combined — 99 Pins + Techs (193:34 total)

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Proud of every athlete who stepped on the mat. This is what depth, grit, and culture looks like. Regional competition starts this week!

Day 2 at the U.S. Open Championships and we couldn’t be more excited for an incredible week and weekend of wrestling! 🤼🔥

Over a 5 day period just about every big name in the sport will be competing in Las Vegas, and we’re beyond excited for our group to be part of that atmosphere and experience.

Grateful for the opportunity, ready to compete, and looking forward to making memories on the biggest stage. Let’s get to work! 🇺🇸

🔥 IL GRECO STATE 🔥

Another strong weekend for ISI Wrestling. This group stepped into Greco and competed the right way. They were physical, aggressive, and constantly looking to score. We are starting to see the growth across the board.

We brought a big group and had a strong percentage of placers, including multiple finalists and champions. Proud of the way our athletes represented but we’re still building.

Only Top 4 Named on the flyer.
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📊 TEAM STATS:

💥 43 Tech Falls (Top 4 Overall)
💥 17 Pins (Top 6 Overall)
💥 60 Pins + Techs (Top 4 Overall)

⏱️ 85:58 Tech Time
⏱️ 30:46 Pin Time
⏱️ 116:44 Total Scoring Time

🚨We also qualified 3 more to Fargo giving us 10 total Fargo Qualifiers so far!

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🚨 What’s Next:
➡️ US Open
➡️ Freestyle State
➡️ Northern Plains
➡️ Central Plains

We’re proud… but not satisfied 😤

🔥 IL GIRLS FREESTYLE STATE 🔥

What a weekend for ISI Wrestling Ladies… this group showed up, competed HARD, and made a statement. The growth, toughness, and confidence we’re seeing out of these girls right now is on another level. We are beyond proud of the efforts we saw this weekend.

🏆 Top 4 Placers:

🥇 Bella Castelli (16U – 135)
🥇 Jasmine Enriquez (USA Junior – 235)
🥇 Kaylee Lapitan (12U – 75)
🥇 Kelianna Larkin (14U – 90)
🥇 Amelia Nidelea-Polanin (USA Junior – 125)
🥇 Janiah Slaughter (USA Junior – 110)

🥈 Annabelle Mueller (16U – 110)

🥉 Kali DeClercq (16U – 100)
🥉 Koralee Larkin (12U – 81)
🥉 Sydney Stieb (16U – 110)

4️⃣ Izabella Gonzalez (14U – 100)
4️⃣ Caoimhe Mitchell (USA Junior – 155)

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👊 Full Team Effort:

Mckinley Allen
KyLynn Larkin
Madison Minson
Sophia Peneschi-Schneeberger
Adalynn Powell
Carly Salgado
Isabelle Singer

👉 19 Girls Competed and every single one of them contributed to the standard we’re building.

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📊 Team Stats:

💥 #1 in Tech Falls: 24 (48:35 mat time)
💥 #1 in Pins + Techs: 36 (74:13 mat time)

We’re not just winning matches, we’re scoring points and putting pressure on people. That’s ISI style.

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🚨 What’s Next:

✅ 7 QUALIFIED FOR FARGO so far
💯 And we still had 3–4 high-level athletes out of the lineup

Next stop ➡️ Northern Plains & Central Plains Regionals

Time to level up again and test ourselves against the best in the region and quality more for team Illinois.

Proud of this group… but we’re nowhere near satisfied. Let’s keep building 😤