Beau Bartlett

Beau Reynald Bartlett (born February 26, 2001) is an American freestyle and folkstyle wrestler. In freestyle, he won a Pan American cadet title in 2018,[1] as well as a silver medal in the Greco-Roman bracket.[2] As a high schooler, he claimed four US National Prep Championships at four different weight classes out of Wyoming Seminary[3] and is an incoming collegiate freshman for the Penn State Nittany Lions.[4]

Beau Bartlett

Personal information
Full name	Beau Reynald Bartlett
Nationality	American
Born	February 26, 2001 Oceanside, California, U.S.
Weight	141 lb (64 kg)
Sport
Country	USA
Sport	Wrestling
Event(s)	Folkstyle Freestyle
College team	Penn State Nittany Lions
Club	Nittany Lion Wrestling Club
Coached by	Cael Sanderson
Medal record Representing  United States Men's freestyle wrestling Cadet Pan American Championships 2018 Guatemala City 60 kg Men's Greco-Roman wrestling Cadet Pan American Championships 2018 Guatemala City 60 kg

Folkstyle career

High school

Bartlett, a Tempe, Arizona native,[5] moved to Kingston, Pennsylvania in 2014 to attend Wyoming Seminary.[6] There, he became the first four-time Prep National champion in the school's history[7] and also claimed titles in the Powerade Tournament[8] and the Walsh Jesuit Ironman.[9] On October 5, 2019, Bartlett competed at Who's Number One, where he defended his #1 spot in the rankings after defeating Ryan Sokol from Simley High School.[10]

University

After his HS junior year had concluded, in May of 2019, he committed to four-time NCAA champion and PSU's head coach Cael Sanderson,[11] as the United States' top-ranked 133 pounder and sixth-ranked pound-for-pound by FloWrestling.[12]

Freestyle career

Age-group

Bartlett's made his cadet level debut at the 2016 Phil Portuese Northeastern Regionals, where he placed first in freestyle[13] and Greco.[14] At the 16' UWW US Nationals, he placed eight in freestyle[15] and did not place in Greco.[16] In 2017, he once again won the NE Regionals, now only in freestyle.[17] In 2018, he competed and won the US Cadet Pan American Team Trials in both styles.[18] At the Pan American Championships, he compiled two falls in the quarter and semifinals and a technical fall in the finals of the freestyle bracket, claiming gold.[1]

2019

As a high school junior, Bartlett made his senior level debut on April 24-27 at the US Open Championships at 61 kilograms. Despite an early elimination in the second round (after a BYE in the first one), he bounced back with wins over graduated Nittany Lion and NCAA Division I All-American Jordan Conaway (by fall), Michigan Wolverine junior Austin Assad and 13'-14' collegiate graduate and three-time DI qualifier Shelton Mack (ninth seed), before being tech'ed by two-time World Cup silver medalist Tony Ramos, to place eight.[19]

2020

Bartlett met two-time NCAA Division I National finalist Bryce Meredith at the NLWC II, on October 20.[20] He lost the high-pace match on points (6-8).[21] He bounced back with a win over Kair Orine from NC State on December 22, at the NLWC IV.[22]

Freestyle record

Age-group freestyle record

Cadet level

References

1. "USA gets nine mens FS golds at Cadet Pan Ams". Team USA. May 27, 2018.
2. "Greco picks up 10 medals at Cadet Pan Ams in Guatemala". Team USA. May 26, 2018.
3. "Tournament History". home. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
4. "Beau Bartlett Commits to Penn State". Roar Lions Roar. 2019-05-10. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
5. "Meet Beau Bartlett - Penn State Freshman Wrestler!". Penn State University Athletics. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
6. Lance, Ryan (2015-07-21). "Beau Bartlett Talks National Triple Crown Award". youth1.com. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
7. "Boys Varsity Wrestling | WyoSem - Kingston, PA". www.wyomingseminary.org. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
8. "Final POWERade Results; Beau Bartlett Stops Gavin Teasdale & History". PA Power Wrestling. 2017-12-31. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
9. "See the results for the 2016 Walsh Ironman wrestling event on FloWrestling.org". www.flowrestling.org. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
10. "See the results for the 2019 WNO wrestling event on FloWrestling.org". www.flowrestling.org. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
11. "Beau Bartlett Commits to Penn State". Roar Lions Roar. 2019-05-10. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
12. "#1 Beau Bartlett Commits To Penn State". www.flowrestling.org. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
13. "2016 Phil Portuese NE Regional - FS". Trackwrestling. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
14. "2016 Phil Portuese NE Regional - GR". Trackwrestling. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
15. "2016 UWW Cadet Freestyle Nationals". Trackwrestling. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
16. "2016 UWW Cadet Greco-Roman Nationals". Trackwrestling. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
17. "2017 Phil Portuese NE Regional - FS". Trackwrestling. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
18. Leader, Times (2018-05-19). "Three Wyoming Seminary wrestlers headed to Pan-Am Games". Times Leader. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
19. "FLOARENA". arena.flowrestling.org. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
20. "Wrasslin Bob on Twitter; "Hi Beau, welcome to Penn State, your first match is against a two-time NCAA finalist. This easily is my most anticipated match now."". Twitter. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
21. "Meredith and Bartlett entertain at NLWC dual on Tuesday". Team USA. October 20, 2020.
22. PennLive, Jim Carlson | Special to (2020-12-23). "Zain Retherford defeats world's No. 2-ranked wrestler; Penn State wrestlers dominate NLWC Live Event 4". pennlive. Retrieved 2020-12-23.