Former Badger Tyler Graff - USA Wrestling Athlete of the Week

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https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Athlete-of-Week/2019/June/18/Tyler-Graff-selected-as-USA-Wrestling-Athlete-of-the-Week

By Taylor Miller, USA Wrestling | June 18, 2019, 5:18 p.m. (ET)  Photo by Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com.

Tyler Graff (Princeton, N.J./Titan Mercury WC/NJRTC) has been selected as TheMat.com Athlete of the Week on June 18, 2019.
Graff, 30 years old, made his first Senior World team on Saturday at Final X: Lincoln, defeating returning Senior World bronze medalist Joe Colon in an exciting three-match series at 61 kg.

Colon won the first match after a thrilling, back-and-forth first period, taking the match 6-4.

In the second bout, Graff used a second-period four-pointer to give him the advantage in a 9-2 victory to force the series to a third match.

The final match saw Colon take an early 2-0 lead, but about 30 seconds later, Graff scored on a takedown and locked up a leg lace, executing five turns for a 12-2 tech fall in 1:34.

Graff will compete at the 2019 Senior World Championships at 61 kg in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, in September.

As an age-group athlete, Graff was a two-time Junior World Team member, representing the USA in 2007 and 2008.