Lavallee, Conner claim golds as five USA athletes win medal at Pat Shaw Memorial in Guatemala

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala – Joseph Lavallee (79 kg) and Conner Kelly (92 kg) won gold medals, as five U.S. Senior men’s freestyle entries at the Pat Shaw Memorial on Friday came home with a medal.

Lavallee, a college star at Missouri and a 2021 U.S. Open runner-up, dominated his weight class, claiming two technical falls and a shut out decision. In a four-athlete round robin, he defeated eventual silver medalist Victor Hernandez Luna of Mexico, 6-0.

Conner, a young wrestler from Colorado, won both of his round robin matches, beating two different opponents from Guatemala by pin.

Capturing a silver medal was Tyler Rossini from New York, who had bonus point wins in his first two matches before dropping his finals bout to Tyler Tracy of Jamaica.

Bronze medals went to Brayden Boyd of Oregon (57 kg) and Tyson Stover of Washington (79 kg).

The team is coached by Rob Bronson of Athletes In Action.

Three U.S. athletes from the AIA team are expected to enter the U20 division on Saturday.

PAT SHAW MEMORIAL

At Guatemala City, Guatemala, June 7-8

Senior Men’s Freestyle results

57 kg

Gold – Joshua Walford (Jamaica)

Silver – Peter Hammer Cude (Costa Rica)

Bronze – Brayden Boyd (USA)

Bronze - Jaime Perez Castellanos (Guatemala)

61 kg

Gold - Joshua Kramer (Ecuador)

Silver - Esteban Perez Castellanos (Guatemala)

Bronze - Peter Hammer Cude (Costa Rica)

65 kg

Gold - Jordan Mitchell (Jamaica)

Silver - Shannon Hanna II (Bahamas)

Bronze - Jonnathan Perez Castellanos (Guatemala)

70 kg

Gold - Tyler Tracy (Jamaica)

Silver - Tyler Rossini (USA)

Bronze - Donavan Solorzano Amaya (Honduras)

74 kg

Gold - Erick Romero Chavez (Nicaragua)

Silver - Marquis Larmond (Jamaica)

Bronze - Kwami Inniss (Barbados)

79 kg

Gold - Joseph Lavallee (USA)

Silver - Victor Hernandez Luna (Mexico)

Bronze - Tyson Stover (USA)

86 kg

Gold - Omer Barak (Israel)

Silver - Eliezer Baltodano Flores (Nicaragua)

Bronze - Eliott Vargas Carballo (Nicaragua)

92 kg

Gold - Conner Kelly (USA)

Silver - Diego Ramos Soliz (Guatemala)

Bronze - Aristides Gonzalez Natareno (Guatemala)

U.S. Senior Men’s Freestyle results

57 kg – Brayden Boyd, Albany, Ore. (Salem Elite Mat Club), Bronze medal

WIN Hector Tax Lopez (Guatemala), inj. dft.

WIN Josafat Padilla Guzman (Costa Rica), pin 2:19

LOSS Joshua Walford (Jamaica), pin 0:34

WIN Jose Morales Jimenez (Guatemala), forfeit

70 kg – Tyler Rossini, Ballston Lake, N.Y. (Journeymen WC), Silver medal

WIN Jose David Tax Lopez (Guatemala), tech fall 10-0

WIN Donavan Solorzano Amaya (Honduras), pin 1:19

LOSS Tyler Tracy (Jamaica), tech. fall 10-0

79 kg – Joseph Lavallee, North Hampton, Pa. (Titan Mercury WC/Lehigh Valley WC), Gold medal

WIN Tyson Stover (USA), tech fall 10-0

WIN Victor Hernandez Luna (Mexico), 6-0

WIN Santiago Contreras Flores (Guatemala), tech fall 10-0

79 kg – Tyson Stover, Pasco, Wash. (Big River WC), Bronze medal

LOSS Joseph Lavallee (USA), tech fall 10-0

WIN Santiago Contreras Flores (Guatemala), 11-6

LOSS Victor Hernandez Luna (Mexico), tech fall 11-0

97 kg – Conner Kelly, Pagosa Springs, Colo. (Cornerstone WC), Gold Medal

WIN Diego Ramos Soliz (Guatemala), pin 2:30

WIN Aristides Gonzalez Natareno (Guatemala), pin 4:26