Rio de Janeiro is on Frank Molinaro’s radar.
And following a tremendous effort during Saturday’s Olympic Trials in Iowa City, Iowa, the former Southern Regional and Penn State wrestler from Barnegat is a step closer to the Summer Olympics in Brazil.
As the ninth seed, the 27-year-old Molinaro went 5-1 inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena, scoring a victory on criteria over Aaron Pico during the third bout of a best-of-three series at 65 kg to capture the Trials title.
The bout was tied, 5-5, after two periods, but Molinaro was declared the winner because he scored the largest-point…
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