Spencer Lee wins U.S. Senior Nationals, qualifies for Olympic trials
Iowa junior Spencer Lee went to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil as a workout partner with Daniel Dennis.
Now Lee may be heading back to the Olympics as a participant.
The Murrysville native and Franklin Regional grad won the 57 kg (125 pounds) U.S. Senior National Freestyle Championship on Sunday in Fort Worth, Texas by defeating Nathan Tomasello, 8-2.
The win qualified Lee for the 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials on April 4-5 at Penn State.
Lee defeated Darian Cruz, 10-0, in the semifinals and Cornell’s Vitali Arujau, 14-4, in the quarterfinals.
The two-time NCAA Division I champion and three-time PIAA champion was dominant the entire weekend. He went 5-0.
Paul Schofield is a TribLive reporter covering high school and college sports and local golf. He joined the Trib in 1995 after spending 15 years at the Daily Courier in Connellsville, where he served as sports editor for 14 years. He can be reached at pschofield@triblive.com.
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