Virginia Tech’s Ryan Blees, a four time North Dakota State champion, is entered in the 70 KG weight class for the Southeast Regional Training Center at U23 nationals.  Winners of each weight class will represent the United State at the U23 World Championships this fall.  Blees, who competed at 149 pounds for the Hokies and finished 1-2 at the NCAA championships in March, will run into a stacked list of competitors including 157 pound NCAA finalist Hayden Hidlay as well as multiple other NCAA All Americans.

U23 Freestyle nationals begins Saturday morning at 9:30 in Akron, OH, and can be followed live on FloArena.