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Gopher's Geiger to Represent USA on Junior World Team

May 26, 2009

Interview with 96 kg champion Ryland Geiger

Minnesota’s Ryland Geiger (Scappoose, Ore./Scappoose) won his weight class at the final round of the 2009 FILA Junior World Team Trials in freestyle wrestling at the U.S. Olympic Training Center this past weekend. Geiger won the 96kg/211.5 pound weight class, defeating Iowa’s Brode Ambrose 7-2 and 2-1 in the first match, and 3-0, 3-1 in the final match. Champions from the FILA Junior World Team Trials have earned the right to represent the USA at the FILA Junior World Team Trials in Ankara, Turkey this August.

FILA Junior athletes are 17-20 years old, a group that includes many of the nation’s top college underclassmen and the most talented high school athletes.

Geiger was a freshman for the Golden Gopher wrestling team in 2008-09. During his rookie season, he compiled a 19-3 record at 197 pounds.