BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- View Release ---- Local Athlete To Go To World Wrestling Championships

The U.S. freestyle team is led by 2008 World University champion Tervel Dlagnev, who recently won a big tournament in Azerbaijan. 2008 World University bronze medalist Jake Herbert also is on the freestyle team.

Herbert won the 2009 Hodge Trophy as the nationals top college wrestler after winning his second NCAA title.

The U.S. freestyle team also includes NCAA champions Trent Paulson, Dustin Schlatter and Jake Varner.

World bronze medalist Tatiana Padilla, Olympian Ali Bernard, World University champ Elena Pirozhkova and Junior World champion Adeline Gray join Chun on the women’s team.

In Greco-Roman, two-time World bronze medalist Harry Lester made his fourth straight World Team. Olympian Spenser Mango will also wrestle in Greco-Roman.

The U.S. squad won the last World Championships Greco- Roman team title in 2007 in Baku, Azerbaijan.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS SCHEDULE

Monday, Sept. 21

Freestyle 55 kg (Danny Felix), 66 kg (Trent Paulson, 96 kg (Jake Varner)

Tuesday, Sept. 22

Freestyle 60 kg (Shawn Bunch), 84 kg (Jake Herbert), 120 kg (Tervel Dlagnev)

Wednesday, Sept. 23

Freestyle 74 kg (Dustin Schlatter); Women’s freestyle 48 kg (Clarissa Chun), 51 kg (Jessica Medina)

Thursday, Sept. 24

Women’s freestyle 55 kg (Tatiana Padilla), 59 kg (Deanna Rix), 63 kg (Elena Pirozhkova)

Friday, Sept. 25

Women’s freestyle 67 kg (Adeline Gray), 72 kg (Ali Bernard); Greco-Roman 55 kg (Spenser Mango)

Saturday, Sept. 26

Greco-Roman 60 kg (Jeremiah Davis), 84 kg (Chas Betts), 96 kg (R.C. Johnson)

Sunday, Sept. 27

Greco-Roman 66 kg (Faruk Sahin), 74 kg (Harry Lester), 120 kg (Dremiel Byers)

U.S. FREESTYLE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ROSTER

55 kg/121 lbs. – Danny Felix, Morgantown, W.Va. (Sunkist Kids)

60 kg/132 lbs. – Shawn Bunch, Columbus, Ohio (Gator WC)

66 kg/145.5 lbs. – Trent Paulson, Ames, Iowa (Sunkist Kids)

74 kg/163 lbs. – Dustin Schlatter, Massillon, Ohio (Minnesota Storm)

84 kg/185 lbs. – Jake Herbert, Evanston, Ill. (New York AC)

96 kg/211.5 lbs. – Jake Varner, Bakersfield, Calif. (Sunkist Kids)

120 kg/264.5 lbs. – Tervel Dlagnev, Columbus, Ohio (Sunkist Kids)

Coaches – Zeke Jones (Colorado Springs, Colo.); Bill Zadick (Colorado Springs, Colo.); Brandon Slay (Colorado Springs, Colo.); John Smith (Stillwater, Okla.); Mark Manning (Lincoln, Neb.)

Colleges they attended: Felix (Arizona State), Bunch (Edinboro), Paulson and Varner (Iowa State), Schlatter (Minnesota), Herbert (Northwestern),Dlagnev (UN-Kearney)

U.S. WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ROSTER

48 kg/105.5 lbs. – Clarissa Chun, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)

51 kg/112.25 lbs. – Jessica Medina, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)

55 kg/121 lbs. – Tatiana Padilla, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)

59 kg/130 lbs. – Deanna Rix, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)

63 kg/138.75 lbs. – Elena Pirozhkova, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Gator WC)

67 kg/147.5 lbs. – Adeline Gray, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)

72 kg/158.5 lbs. – Ali Bernard, New Ulm, Minn. (Gator WC)

Coaches – Terry Steiner (Colorado Springs, Colo.); Vladislav Izboinikov (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Keith Wilson (Colorado Springs, Colo.); Kevin Black (River Falls, Wis.)

Colleges they attended: Chun (Missouri Valley), Medina (U of the Cumberlands), Padilla (Lindenwood), Rix (Northern Michigan), Bernard (Univ. of Regina)

U.S. GRECO-ROMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ROSTER

55 kg/121 lbs. – Spenser Mango, St. Louis, Mo. (New York AC)

60 kg/132 lbs. – Jeremiah Davis, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)

66 kg/145. lbs. – Faruk Sahin, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)

74 kg/163 lbs. – Harry Lester, Marquette, Mich. (New York AC)

84 kg/185 lbs. – Chas Betts, St. Michael, Minn. (Minnesota Storm)

96 kg/211.5 lbs. – R.C. Johnson, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)

120 kg/264.5 lbs. – Dremiel Byers, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)

Coaches – Steve Fraser (Colorado Springs, Colo.); Momir Petkovic

(Colorado Springs, Colo.); Shon Lewis (Colorado Springs, Colo.); Dan Chandler (Minneapolis, Minn.)