Freshman All-American George Sheppard and Redshirt freshman Ben Krcmar both competed in Freestyle at 74 KG. George defeated a familiar face in his first round match with Willy Mello of Duke university. George also defeated Mello in the Virginia AAA state finals in High School. George then dropped a 2-0, 1-1 decision to Jake Kerr of Iowa who went on to place in the tournament. George then defeated Kevin Cunningham of Aggie Wrestling and Pete Puckett of Central Michigan's Chippewa wrestling club. George then lost to Aaron jenson of Iowa, who went on to place 3rd. George finished the tournament with a 3-2 record. Krcmar went 0-2