Carr Eyes Spot on Team USA at Final X

AMES, Iowa - David Carr will take on Mitchell Mesenbrink in a best-of-three series at Final X June 14 at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. The winner will represent Team USA at the World Championships in September.

WHAT: Final X
WHEN: Saturday, June 14 - 1 p.m. & 4 p.m. (CT)
WHERE: Newark, N.J. - Prudential Center
WATCH: FloWrestling

Round one of Carr's 74 kg tilt against Mesenbrink will be the opening match of the event at 1 p.m. Round two will be wrestled at 4 p.m. with round three to follow the completion of the remaining second round matches, if necessary.

Carr qualified for Final X thanks to his first-place finish at the World Team Trials last month. Mesenbrink punched his ticket to to Final X courtesy of his US Open championship in April.

Saturday will mark the third and fourth meetings between Carr and Mesenbrink. Carr defeated Mesenbrink, 9-8, in the 2024 NCAA finals but the Nittany Lion flipped the script in the US Open finals with a 16-6 technical fall.

Final X will feature two mats on the arena floor. Men's freestyle will run on Mat 1, located on the south end of the arena in front of sections 13 and 14. Women's freestyle will run on Mat 2, located on the north end of the arena in front of sections 2 and 3.

A start-to-finish bout order for the men's freestyle best-of-three series can be found below. Additionally, U.S. National Team true-third matches will be wrestled in weight class order, lowest to highest.

All matches will be shown live on FloWrestling.

What's at Stake?
Final X will determine the 2025 U.S. World Team in two international disciplines—men's freestyle and women's freestyle. In total, 20 weight classes will be contested, 10 in each discipline. The top two U.S. athletes in each weight classes will wrestle a best-of-three series at Final X to determine the U.S. representative at the 2025 Senior World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia.

FINAL X EVENT SCHEDULE (All times Central)
11 a.m. - Doors open
11:30 a.m. - U.S. National Team true-third matches
1 p.m. - Best-of-three series round one
4 p.m. - Best-of-three series round two and round three (if necessary)

Men's Freestyle Best-of-Three Series Match Order
74 kg – Mitchell Mesenbrink (Bellefonte, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. David Carr (Ames, Iowa/Cyclone RTC/Titan Mercury WC)
79 kg – Evan Wick (San Gabriel, Calif./Askren Wrestling Academy/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Levi Haines (Arendtsville, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC)
125 kg – Wyatt Hendrickson (Stillwater, Okla./Cowboy RTC/U.S. Air Force WCAP) vs. Trent Hillger (Minneapolis, Minn./Gopher WC/Titan Mercury WC)
92 kg – Trent Hidlay (Raleigh, N.C./Wolfpack WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Joshua Barr (Davison, Mich./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC)
97 kg – Kyle Snyder (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Hayden Zillmer (Deerwood, Minn./Gopher WC/Titan Mercury WC)
65 kg – Joseph McKenna (Stillwater, Okla./Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Real Woods (Ann Arbor, Mich./Cliff Keen WC/Titan Mercury WC)
70 kg – Yianni Diakomihalis (Rochester, N.Y./Spartan Combat RTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. PJ Duke (Slate Hill, N.Y./KD Training Center/Titan Mercury WC)
57 kg – Spencer Lee (Iowa City, Iowa/Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Luke Lilledahl (Saint Charles, Mo./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC)
86 kg – Zahid Valencia (Stillwater, Okla./Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Kyle Dake (Port Matilda, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC)

Players Mentioned

David Carr

Sponsors

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