Coral Shores junior Vincent Biondoletti recently captured the Florida USA Junior Freestyle and the Florida USA Greco-Roman state championship. With the wins, Biondoletti advanced to the Southeastern Regionals (nine states) this past weekend in Jacksonville.
The championships also guarantee him an opportunity to represent Florida in the National Tournament, which will be held in July in Fargo, North Dakota.
Additionally, Biondoletti has qualified for the Florida National Team Duels, which will take place in Tulsa, Oklahoma in June.
“It’s going to be a busy summer; looks like I’m going to be traveling a lot,” Biondoletti said. “I’m just grateful for the opportunity. I had hoped to be doing the same thing last year but everything got put on hold with COVID. Winning a national championship has been my dream since I started wrestling at 7 years old.”
“Vince has been training real hard; he’s been traveling to Homestead several times each week,”
said Joe Biondoletti, his father and head coach. “He’s been working out with the Gladiators, which is the South Dade High School wrestling club. That group is pretty amazing. Keep in mind that South Dade High School has won 20 consecutive state championships in FHSAA wrestling.”
The younger Biondoletti is continuing the family wrestling legacy. Joe Biondoletti was a FHSAA state champion at 118 pounds in 1986 before accepting a scholarship to wrestle at Purdue University.
