Fresno State Athletics
Colon selected to compete at World Championships
10/4/2018 10:00:00 AM | Wrestling
Fresno State Wrestling volunteer assistant coach and Valley Regional Training Center athlete Joe Colon will compete at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships on Oct. 20-21 in Budapest.
FRESNO, Calif. - Fresno State Wrestling volunteer assistant coach and Valley Regional Training Center athlete Joe Colon has been chosen to replace the injured Nashon Garrett and will compete at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships on Oct. 20-21 in Budapest.
Competing at 61 kg./134 lbs., Colon will take part in his first Senior World Championships after being a Final X runner-up in June.
"It is very unfortunate that Nahshon Garrett was injured and unable to compete in Budapest with our World Team. His preparation had been superb and we expected great things from him. Joe Colon has been training hard as part of our National Team, and we have confidence in his ability to compete at the highest level and challenge for a World medal at 61 kg," said National Freestyle Coach Bill Zadick.
Colon won a gold medal at the 2018 Pan American Championships and added a silver medal at the Alexandar Medved International in Belarus and a bronze medal at the Ziolkowski Memorial in Poland. He was second at the 2015 U.S. World Team Trials and was a 2018 Dave Schultz Memorial champion.
Based upon his results in the 2018 UWW Ranking Series, Colon qualified for the No. 4 seed at the World Championships and will be seeded in his weight class in Budapest.
Colon enters his second season this fall as a member of the Fresno State Wrestling coaching staff and it is also his second year as a Valley Regional Training Center athlete.
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Competing at 61 kg./134 lbs., Colon will take part in his first Senior World Championships after being a Final X runner-up in June.
"It is very unfortunate that Nahshon Garrett was injured and unable to compete in Budapest with our World Team. His preparation had been superb and we expected great things from him. Joe Colon has been training hard as part of our National Team, and we have confidence in his ability to compete at the highest level and challenge for a World medal at 61 kg," said National Freestyle Coach Bill Zadick.
Colon won a gold medal at the 2018 Pan American Championships and added a silver medal at the Alexandar Medved International in Belarus and a bronze medal at the Ziolkowski Memorial in Poland. He was second at the 2015 U.S. World Team Trials and was a 2018 Dave Schultz Memorial champion.
Based upon his results in the 2018 UWW Ranking Series, Colon qualified for the No. 4 seed at the World Championships and will be seeded in his weight class in Budapest.
Colon enters his second season this fall as a member of the Fresno State Wrestling coaching staff and it is also his second year as a Valley Regional Training Center athlete.
61 kg men's freestyle
Joe Colon, Fresno, Calif. (Titan Mercury WC/Valley RTC)
College: Northern Iowa, Iowa Central       Â
High School: Clear Lake, Iowa    Â
Born: Jan. 22, 1991
- 2018 U.S. Open champion
- Second in 2018 Final X
- Second in 2015 U.S. World Team Trials
- Fourth in 2015 U.S. Open
- Fifth in 2014 U.S. Open
- Sixth in 2016 and 2017 U.S. Open
- 2018 Pan American Championships champion
- 2018 Dave Schultz Memorial International champion
- Second in 2018 Alexander Medved International (Belarus)
- Third in 2017 Dave Schultz Memorial International
- Third in 2018 Outstanding Ukrainian Memorial International
- Third in Ziolkowski Memorial (Poland)
- 2014 Bill Farrell International champion
- Third in 2014 NCAA Championships for Northern Iowa
- 2010 NJCAA champion for Iowa Central
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