Rivera Set for UWW Senior World Championships
Sep 16 | Wrestling
PISCATAWAY, N.J. ā Former Rutgers wrestling standout Sebastian Rivera will represent Team Puerto Rico this weekend at the 2022 United World Wrestling (UWW) World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. Competing at 65 kg, Rivera will compete as the No. 3 seed in his bracket when wrestling begins Saturday morning at 4:30 a.m. ET (10:30 a.m. local).
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Ā Competition is slated for Saturday and Sunday with FloWrestling providing a live stream. Brackets and draws can be found here. Thanks to his draw, Rivera will have a first-round bye and will face the winner of Cavit Acar (Turkey) or Armon Eloyan (France).
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Rivera has enjoyed success during his international freestyle career, winning both the Mattero Pellicone and the Grand Prix of Spain, while also finishing second at the Pan American Championships at the start of the summer.
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The Toms River, New Jersey, native finished his final collegiate season with a 30-1 record for Rutgers en route to a third-place finish at the 2022 NCAA Wrestling Championships in Detroit. Rivera became the fourth individual to secure a top-three finish at nationals for the Scarlet Knights, joining Anthony Ashnault (2019), Nick Suriano (2018 & 2019) and Mike Leta (1960). Rivera and Leta are the only national bronze medalist in program history. Rivera also finished as the nation's leader in tech falls last season with 14 and won 25 of his matches by bonus points.
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Rivera closed his collegiate career as a five-time All-American (four NCAA, one NWCA) and two-time Big Ten Champion. Rivera produced 115 career wins at Northwestern and Rutgers, which included 20 at the NCAA Tournament and 42 for the Scarlet Knights.
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Rutgers finished another successful season under head coach Scott Goodale, as the Scarlet Knights closed the dual campaign with their most wins (16) since the 2012-13 season and their highest final ranking in the NWCA Coaches Poll (14) since 2017. RU qualified seven to the 2022 NCAA Championships ā the most since 2017 ā and had all participants score at the national tournament. Rivera and Greg Bulsak (197) added All-America honors to make it seven consecutive seasons with multiple All-Americans at NCAAs.
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Ā Competition is slated for Saturday and Sunday with FloWrestling providing a live stream. Brackets and draws can be found here. Thanks to his draw, Rivera will have a first-round bye and will face the winner of Cavit Acar (Turkey) or Armon Eloyan (France).
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Rivera has enjoyed success during his international freestyle career, winning both the Mattero Pellicone and the Grand Prix of Spain, while also finishing second at the Pan American Championships at the start of the summer.
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The Toms River, New Jersey, native finished his final collegiate season with a 30-1 record for Rutgers en route to a third-place finish at the 2022 NCAA Wrestling Championships in Detroit. Rivera became the fourth individual to secure a top-three finish at nationals for the Scarlet Knights, joining Anthony Ashnault (2019), Nick Suriano (2018 & 2019) and Mike Leta (1960). Rivera and Leta are the only national bronze medalist in program history. Rivera also finished as the nation's leader in tech falls last season with 14 and won 25 of his matches by bonus points.
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Rivera closed his collegiate career as a five-time All-American (four NCAA, one NWCA) and two-time Big Ten Champion. Rivera produced 115 career wins at Northwestern and Rutgers, which included 20 at the NCAA Tournament and 42 for the Scarlet Knights.
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Rutgers finished another successful season under head coach Scott Goodale, as the Scarlet Knights closed the dual campaign with their most wins (16) since the 2012-13 season and their highest final ranking in the NWCA Coaches Poll (14) since 2017. RU qualified seven to the 2022 NCAA Championships ā the most since 2017 ā and had all participants score at the national tournament. Rivera and Greg Bulsak (197) added All-America honors to make it seven consecutive seasons with multiple All-Americans at NCAAs.
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