Caffey and Omania Wrap Up Day 1 of World Team Trials Challenge

CORALVILLE, Iowa – Michigan State wrestlers Cameron Caffey and Peyton Omania opened action on Saturday at the U.S. World Team Trials Challenge Tournament, being held at the Xtream Arena in Coralville, Iowa.

Omania put himself one step closer to joining the U.S. Senior World Team for the second-straight season at the 67kg weight class in Greco-Roman wrestling, defeating Nathan Moore of the Northern Colorado Wrestling Club in the quarterfinals using a pin 48 seconds into the bout.

Omania will now face former Olympian Alejandro Sancho in Sunday afternoon's 67kg Greco-Roman semifinals, a rematch from the 2021 U.S. World Team Trials last September. The winner of that match advances to Final X New York on June 8, facing the other semifinal winner of either Lenny Merkin or Alston Nutter. The winner of the best-of-3 series at Final X New York will earn a spot on Team USA for the 2022 World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade, Serbia this September.

For Caffey, his chances of representing the United States in the freestyle 92kg weight class ended Saturday in the semifinals. Caffey opened the day by winning via a 5-3 decision over Campbell's Levi Hopkins in their quarterfinal showdown. In the semifinal round, Caffey met N.C. State's Isaac Trumble in a rematch of the U.S. Open finals three weeks ago, but Trumble came out victorious this time when he picked up an 11-0 victory by superiority over the Spartan.

Caffey now heads to the consolation semifinals tomorrow morning in Coralville, fighting for a spot in the 92kg freestyle third-place match.

Caffey and Omania Wrap Up Day 1 of World Team Trials Challenge

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Cameron Caffey

Peyton Omania

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