Peyton Omania Redshirts to Pursue U.S. Olympic Greco-Roman Team
High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW August 30, 2019 Al Fontes
Peyton Omania of Michigan State to take Olympic redshirt to pursue spot on U.S. Olympic Greco-Roman team
Michigan State wrestling freshman Peyton Omania elected to take an Olympic redshirt for the 2019-20 season, MSU wrestling head coach Roger Chandler announced Wednesday.
See SportStars story, Omania: CIF State Wrestling Championship
Omania, from Concord, Calif., will take the year off to train in hopes to make the 2020 USA Wrestling Greco-Roman Olympic Team at 67 kg.
“Peyton is a world class Greco-Roman wrestler and the time is right for him to completely focus on making the 2020 Olympic Team,” Chandler said. “He is getting better every time he steps on the mat. This is a unique opportunity for him to place the majority of his training towards Greco-Roman.”
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The three-time Team USA member recently collected a bronze medal at the 2019 Greco-Roman Junior World Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. Omania recorded a 5-1 outing at the Championships, including three tech fall wins on his way to the semifinals. After falling to 2019 European Jr. Champion Giorgi Shotadze of Georgia, Omania bounced back to knock off Xin Huang (6-5) of China to bring home the bronze medal for Team USA.
Omania became the first De La Salle Spartan wrestler to earn a world medal since Franklin Gomez’s silver medal at the 2011 World Championships in Istanbul.
Al Fontes
AL FONTES “aka, Coach Al” has over 38 years service in the sport of wrestling. He has served as the California State Editor of the California Wrestler Newsletter since 1995. He has also been a contributing editor for several national wrestling publications and websites (Wrestling USA Magazine, Amateur Wrestling News, WIN Magazine, InterMat and theMat.com). His awards include Wrestling USA Editor-of-the-Year, WUSA Man-of-the-Year, and at the 2001 CIF State Championships, he was given the Irv Oliner Award for contributions to California wrestling.
