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Spencer Lee wins U.S. Senior Nationals, qualifies for Olympic trials
Iowa’s Spencer Lee beats Virginia’s Jack Mueller Saturday, March 23, 2019 in the 125 final 2019 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championship action at PPG Paints Arena.
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.
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