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Former Havre High four-time state champion Parker Filius, right, poses with three of his Purdue University teammates after the U23 Men's Freestyle World Team Trials in Akron, Ohio. Filius finished seventh at 65 kilos in the event. Filius recently wrapped up his red-shirt freshman campaign, where he was the 149-pound starter for the Big Ten Boilermakers.
Before former Havre High four-time state champion Parker Filius returns to Purdue for his sophomore wrestling season, he's got an amateur wrestling summer to do.
And, Filius' summer is off to a great start.
At last week's U23 Men's Freestyle World Team Trials at the Louis and Freda Stile Athlete Field House in Akron, Ohio, Filius placed seventh in the 65-kilogram weight class.
Filius needed :37 seconds to take a 10-0 match from Alex Madrigal of George Mason. Filius won five straight in wrestlebacks to get into the consolation quarterfinals, were he suffered an 11-5 loss to Cody Trybus of Navy-Marine Corps RTC. Overall, the Havre native finished the tournament at 8-2 with six technical falls.
Filius was the 149-pound starter for the Boilermakers as a red-shirt freshman, and was one of just five Purdue wrestlers to start in every dual last season. He won the Journeyman Collegiate Classic 149-pound B-Draw championship last season, and placed sixth at the Princeton Open.
Filius was one of four Purdue wrestlers to place at the U23 worlds.
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