USA Wrestling on Monday released the pre-seeds for the men's and women's U.S. Olympic Team Trials this weekend at the Bryce Jordan Center.

A total of 19 wrestlers with some form of Penn State affiliation will compete in the trials to determine who will represent the United States at this summer's Olympic Games in Paris. They include 15 current and former PSU wrestlers and four who did not compete for Penn State but who train with the Nittany Lion Wrestling Club (NLWC).

Action will begin Friday with a single-elimination Challenge Tournament for each weight class, followed by the best-of-three finals series on Saturday

Among former Penn State wrestlers, David Taylor has a bye to the 86 kg finals on Saturday; Aaron Brooks is the No. 1 seed at 86 kg for the Challenge Tournament; Zain Retherford has a bye to the Challenge Tournament 65 kg semifinals; and Nick Lee is the No. 1 seed at 65 kg.

Here's a look at those wrestlers with Penn State connections, their seeds and how they qualified. See the full list of pre-seeds here.

MEN'S FREESTYLE

57 kg

Wrestler	Seed	Penn State Connection	Qualified
Thomas Gilman	No. 2	NLWC	2020 Olympic Team member
Nico Megaludis	No. 5	Former PSU wrestler	2023 Senior Nationals second place

65 kg

Wrestler	Seed	Penn State Connection	Qualified
Zain Retherford	Bye to Challenge Tournament Semifinals	Former PSU wrestler/NLWC	Senior World champ
Nick Lee	No. 1	Former PSU wrestler/NLWC	2023 World Team member
Beau Bartlett	No. 5	PSU wrestler/NLWC	Senior Nationals 2nd place

74 kg

Wrestler	Seed	Penn State Connection	Qualified
Kyle Dake	Bye to finals	NLWC	Senior World 2nd place
Jason Nolf	No. 2	Former PSU wrestler/NLWC	Bill Farrell International Open champ
Mitchell Mesenbrink	No. 5	PSU wrestler/NLWC	U20 World champion
Vincenzo Joseph	No. 7	Former PSU wrestler	Last Chance Qualifier champ
Alex Facundo	No. 9	PSU wrestler/NLWC	Senior Nationals 3rd place
Levi Haines	No. 10	PSU wrestler/NLWC	NCAA champion

86 kg

Wrestler	Seed	Penn State Connection	Qualified
David Taylor	Bye to finals	Former PSU wrestler/NLWC	Senior World champ
Aaron Brooks	No. 1	Former PSU wrestler/NLWC	U23 World champion
Mark Hall	No. 5	Former PSU wrestler	Senior Nationals 2nd place
Carter Starocci	No. 6	PSU wrestler/NLWC	NCAA champion
Max Dean	No. 7	Former PSU wrestler/NLWC	Senior Nationals 3rd place

97 kg

Wrestler	Seed	Penn State Connection	Qualified
Kyle Snyder	Bye to finals	NLWC	Senior World 3rd place

125 kg

Wrestler	Seed	Penn State Connection	Qualified
Greg Kerkvliet	No. 3	PSU wrestler/NLWC	NCAA champion

Women's Freestlye

Jennifer Page, who trains with the NLWC, has a bye to the Challenge Tournament semifinals at 62 kg.

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