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Three Finish on Podium at UWW Junior Nationals

CORALVILLE, IA -- Redshirt freshmen Trey Munoz and Cleveland Belton placed on the podium on Sunday morning for their respective weight classes in the UWW Junior event while incoming freshman Richard Figueroa was crowned champion of Junior men's freestyle 57 kilogram class.

Figueroa defeated Ryan Miller (Penn RTC) in back-to-back bouts via tech fall for the best-of-three championship round. With his victory, the two-time Cadet World Team Member will represent Team USA at the UWW Junior World Championships in Ufa, Russia on August 16-22.

The trio join 2021 Senior Nationals placers Josh Kramer, Josh Shields and Chad Porter who earned a spot at the 2021 Senior World Team Trials in September.