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Buckeye Wrestler Joey McKenna Earns Spot on the U23 World Team With Win at Team Trials in Minnesota

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Joey McKenna made his Buckeye debut count in a big way, earning a spot on the U23 World Team with two straight victories over Oklahoma State redshirt sophomore Boo Lewallen.

In the best-of-three finals round at the World Team Trials in Rochester, Minnesota, McKenna showed both offensive chops and stiff defense with a 5-1 decision in the first match and a dominant 8-4 decision to clinch the win.

.@Joey_McKenna gets the sweep and earns himself a spot of the U23 World Team pic.twitter.com/HmbfmFeDNx

— Trackwrestling (@trackwrestling) October 8, 2017

McKenna's day started with a bye in the preliminary round, having been seeded as the No.