Marshfield fourth-grader Samuel Mitchell wins gold at national wrestling tournament

Marshfield fourth-grader Samuel Mitchell won a gold medal at the USA Wrestling Preseason National Tournament recently held in Iowa. (Submitted photo)

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Samuel Mitchell of Marshfield, a fourth-grader at Nasonville Elementary School, recently went to Cedar Falls, Iowa, to participate in the USA Wrestling Preseason National Tournament held at the UNI Dome on the campus of the University of Northern Iowa on Oct. 30.

There were 1,600 kids from 37 different states represented at the tournament. Mitchell captured two first-period pins to earn a first-place finish in the 3rd & 4th Grade 112-pound division.

Mitchell is a member of the Marshfield Wrestling Club and also the World Gold Wrestling Club in Stevens Point.