Draft:Marcus Blaze

Marcus Glenn Blaze (born 2006) is an American freestyle and folkstyle wrestler who competes at 57 kilograms. In freestyle, he is a US National Team Member, and was the U17 World champion in 2023.

High school
Originally from Michigan, Blaze started wrestling at an early age alongside his brother Joseph, before moving to Perrysburg, Ohio. A three-time OHSAA state champion out of Perrysburg High School, Blaze is one of the top-ranked high school wrestlers in his weight class. In the freestyle age-group, Blaze claimed a U17 US National championship before a U17 World championship in 2023.

Making his senior level debut, Blaze competed at the US Olympic Team Trials in April 2024, as a high school junior. After a first-round loss to two-time NCAA champion Nick Suriano, he came back to defeat NCAA champion Nico Megaludis and U20 World finalist Luke Lilledahl before receiving a forfeit to make the third-place match, where he defeated U17 World finalist Jax Forrest to make the US National team.

Freestyle record
! colspan="7"| Senior Freestyle Matches ! Res. !  Record ! Opponent ! Score ! Date ! Event ! Location ! style=background:white colspan=7 |2024 US Olympic Team Trials at 57 kg 🇺🇸 State College, Pennsylvania
 * Win
 * 3–1
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Jax Forrest
 * style="font-size:88%"|8–1
 * style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|April 19–20, 2024
 * style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|2024 US Olympic Team Trials
 * style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=5|
 * style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=5|
 * Win
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Daton Fix
 * style="font-size:88%"|FF
 * Win
 * 2–1
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Luke Lilledahl
 * style="font-size:88%"|5–1
 * Win
 * 1–1
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Nico Megaludis
 * style="font-size:88%"|2–2
 * Loss
 * 0–1
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Nick Suriano
 * style="font-size:88%"|2–4
 * Loss
 * 0–1
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Nick Suriano
 * style="font-size:88%"|2–4
 * style="font-size:88%"|2–4