Drury Finishes Fourth at U23 Freestyle Nationals

GENEVA, Ohio – Utah Valley's Haiden Drury took home fourth place at the 2024 U23 Freestyle Nationals. He advanced to the semifinals before suffering a loss to move into the consolation rounds. Drury finishes the weekend 5-2 in the tournament.

"I would have liked to finish the weekend with three medalists, but I'm happy for Haiden Drury and his fourth-place finish. He was our star with a win over an All-American. That is definitely building his confidence going into next year. Our group has a lot of momentum from this weekend," said UVU Head Coach Adam Hall.

No. 8 Drury won his quarterfinal match, knocking off No. 1 Kollin Rath of Steller Trained in a 10-0 final score to advance to the semifinals. He then suffered his first loss of the tournament to No. 4 Joshua Saunders (Spartan Combat RTC).

Drury got an 8-4 lead after the first period in the consolation semifinals, where he defeated No. 13 Ryan Jack (Wolfpack WC). In the third-place match, UNI's No. 10 Cael Happel picked up a 7-0 victory over Drury.

A pair of Wolverines took losses in the consolation rounds this morning. Kase Mauger fell to Spartan Combat's Tyler Ferrara, and Caleb Uhlenhopp lost to Kasey Ross of Burg Training Center.