USA wins nine gold medals to dominate U23 Pan American Championships in men’s freestyle

RIONEGRO, Colombia – The United States claimed nine individual gold medals and easikt won the team championships in men’s freestyle at the U23 Pan American Championships on Saturday. This is the first year that UWW Americas hosted a U23 Continental Championships.

Individual champions for Team USA were:

• Charlie Farmer (Coal Valley, Ill./West Point WC) at 57 kg
• Kurtis Phipps (Irwin, Pa./Buffalo Valley RTC) at 61 kg
• Wyatt Henson (Lock Haven, Pa./Sunkist Kids WC) at 65 kg
• Daniel Cardenas (Westminster, Colo./Bear Cave WC) at 70 kg
• Hunter Garvin (North Liberty, Iowa) at 74 kg
• Clayton Whiting (Oconto, Wis./Gopher WC-RTC) at 79 kg
• Levi Hopkins (Palmer, Ala./ Buies Creek WC) at 92 kg
• Massoma Endene (Waverly, Iowa/Burg Training Center) at 97 kg
• Lucas Stoddard (Chardon, Ohio/West Point WC) at 125 kg

All 10 U.S. men’s freestyle wrestlers reach the gold medal finals. Earning a silver medal was John Gunderson (Baraboo, Wis./Panther WC RTC) at 86 kg

Team USA had a combined 31-2 record for the tournament, with 25 of the victories being bonus point wins, either technical falls, pins or a forfeit.

Four U.S. wrestlers won all of their matches by technical fall or pin: Cardenas, Whiting, Hopkins and Endene.

Stoddard lost in his third match to Jorawar Singh Dhinsa of Canada, 12-5, and finished second in his pool, which placed him in the semifinals, where he beat Jonavan Smith of Puerto Rico by pin. In the gold-medal finals, he avenged his loss to Dhinsa with a 2-1 victory.

Stoddard was among three U.S. champions who won razor-close finals matches. Farmer won his 57 kg final by criteria, beating Treye Trotman of Canada, 7-7. Henson scored a 9-8 win over Victor Parra Roman of Venezuela in the 65 kg finals

Team USA finished with 245 points to capture the U23 Pan American men’s freestyle team title, a full 106 points ahead of runner-up Canada with 139 points. Taking third place was Puerto Rico with 138 points. There were 15 nations which scored points in the tournament.

U23 PAN AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

At Rionegro, Colombia, June 22

Men’s freestyle results

57 kg

Gold - Charlie Farmer (USA)

Silver - Treye Trotman (Canada)

Bronze – Abel Hidalgo Berrios (Panama)

Bronze - Esteban Morales Mayancha (Ecuador)

5^th – Davi Silva Giovanetti (Brazil)

5^th -  - Edrick Martinez Mateo (Puerto Rico)

7^th – Omar Valenzuela Medina (Mexico)

8^th – Jaminton Leon LaTorre (Colombia)

9^th – Abel Sanchez Juarez (Peru)

10^th – Wilson Ojeda (Argentina)

61 kg

Gold - Kurtis Phipps (USA)

Silver - William Betancourt (Puerto Rico)

Bronze - Juan Lavat Cortez (Mexico)

Bronze – Enrique Herrera Huacre (Peru)

5^th – Fotis Papadopoulos (Canada)  

6^th – Elkin Espana Santa (Colombia)

7^th – Ricardo Oyoque Vasquez (Venezuela)

65 kg

Gold – Wyatt Henson (USA)

Silver - Victor Parra Roman (Venezuela)

Bronze – Matias Munoz Ramirez (Chile)

Bronze - Shannon Hanna II (Bahamas)

5^th- Jose Benites Vazquez (Peru)

5^th - Tyler Knox (Puerto Rico),

7^th – Guilhermy Oliveira Silver (Brazil)

8^th – Marck Gudino Tunon (Panama)

9^th – Hector Gonzalez Torres (Mexico)

10^th – Marlon Torres Chavez (Costa Rica)

70 kg

Gold - Daniel Cardenas (USA)

Silver - Eligh Rivera (Puerto Rico)

Bronze - Gregor McNeil (Canada)

Bronze – Jorge Gatica Hindicksen (Chile)

5^th - Jhon Zambrano Encalada (Ecuador)

5^th – Cristian Proboste (Argentina)

7^th – Luis Medina Reyes (Venezuela)

8^th – Hossman Carvahal Rojas (Colombia)

9^th – Donavan Solorzano Amaya (Honduras)

10^th – Royglen Temple Batista (Panama)

11^th – Erick Barron Medina (Mexico)

74 kg

Gold - Hunter Garvin (USA)

Silver - Cesar Bordeaux Rego Alvan (Brazil),

Bronze – Sonny Santiago (Puerto Rico)

Bronze - Lautaro Seghesso (Argentina)

5^th – Harry Duno Coello (Venezuela)

5^th - Manuel Brown (Panama)

7^th – Jean Torres Torres (Colombia)

8^th – Diego Sandoval Zarco (Mexico)

9^th – Mark Schwichtenberg (Canada)  

10^th – Sixto Garcia Mina (Ecuador)

79 kg

Gold - Clayton Whiting (USA)

Silver - Owen Martin (Canada)

Bronze - Michael Albornoz Gonzalez (Colombia)

4^th - Erick Martinez Mateo (Puerto Rico)

5^th – Jan Lopez Solis (Mexico)

6^th - Oscar Diaz Gutierrez (Venezuela),

86 kg

Gold - Steven Rodriguez Torreyes (Venezuela)

Silver - John Gunderson (USA)

Bronze – Taran Goring (Canada)

Bronze - Kweli Hernandez Maitre (Puerto Rico)

5^th – Max Franca Magalhaes de Almeida (Brazil)

5^th - Eduardo Garcia Vega (Panama)

7^th – Kevin De Leon Trevino (Mexico)

8^th – Juan Diego Cordozo Ibata (Colombia)

92

Gold - Levi Hopkins (USA)

Silver - Marlon Londono (Colombia)

Bronze – Aiden Stevenson (Canada)

Bronze - Ricardo Gomez (Argentina)

5^th – Juan Cantillo Torres (Panama)

5^th - Erwin Vargas Martinez (Mexico)

7^th – Jeremy Urrieta Velasquez (Venezuela)

8^th – Jose Sanchez (Puerto Rico)

97 kg

Gold - Massoma Endene (USA)

Silver - Callum Knox (Canada)

Bronze - Juan Diaz Blanco (Venezuela)

Bronze – Alek Ortiz Roman (Puerto Rico)

5^th - Gabriel Garibaldi (Argentina)

5^th – Juan Iturriza Ruiz (Mexico)

7^th – Carlos Angulo Murillo (Colombia)

8^th – Max Madrid De Leon (Panama)

125 kg

Gold - Lucas Stoddard (USA)

Silver - Jorawar Singh Dhinsa (Canada)

Bronze - Jonavan Smith (Puerto Rico)

4^th – Gabriel De Sousa Silva (Brazil)

5^th - Diego Nole Azabache (Peru)

6^th - Luis Talavera Luna (Venezuela)

7^th – Sebastian Garibaldi (Argentina)

U.S. Men’s freestyle results

57 kg: Charlie Farmer (Coal Valley, Ill./West Point WC), gold medal

WIN Esteban Morales Mayancha (Ecuador), tech fall, 12-2

WIN Edrick Martinez Mateo (Puerto Rico), tech fall, 10-0

WIN Treye Trotman (Canada), 7-7

61 kg: Kurtis Phipps (Irwin, Pa./Buffalo Valley RTC), gold medal

WIN Kevin Carrasco Arteaga (Panama), forfeit

WIN Juan Lavat Cortez (Mexico), pin 5:05

WIN William Betancourt (Puerto Rico), 7-0

65 kg: Wyatt Henson (Lock Haven, Pa./Sunkist Kids WC), gold medal

WIN Shannon Hanna II (Bahamas), 4-2

WIN Tyler Knox (Puerto Rico), tech fall, 10-0

WIN Victor Parra Roman (Venezuela), 9-8

70 kg: Daniel Cardenas (Westminster, Colo./Bear Cave WC), gold medal

WIN Gregor McNeil (Canada), tech fall, 13-2

WIN Jhon Zambrano Encalada (Ecuador), pin 0:18

WIN Eligh Rivera (Puerto Rico), tech fall, 10-0

74 kg: Hunter Garvin (North Liberty, Iowa), gold medal

WIN Manuel Brown (Panama), tech fall, 10-0

WIN Lautaro Seghesso (Argentina), tech fall 10-0

WIN Cesar Bordeaux Rego Alvan (Brazil), 5-0

79 kg: Clayton Whiting (Oconto, Wis./Gopher WC-RTC), gold medal

WIN Oscar Diaz Gutierrez (Venezuela), tech fall 10-0

WIN Erick Martinez Mateo (Puerto Rico), tech fall, 10-0

WIN Michael Albornoz Gonzalez(Colombia) tech fall, 11-0

WIN Owen Martin (Canada), tech fall, 13-3

86 kg: John Gunderson (Baraboo, Wis./Panther WC RTC), silver medal

WIN Eduardo Garcia Vega (Panama), tech fall, 10-0

WIN Kweli Hernandez Maitre (Puerto Rico), tech fall, 10-0

LOSS Steven Rodriguez Torreyes (Venezuela), 5-3

92 kg: Levi Hopkins (Palmer, Ala./ Buies Creek WC), gold medal

WIN Ricardo Gomez (Argentina), tech fall 10-0

WIN Erwin Vargas Martinez (Mexico), tech fall 11-0

WIN Marlon Londono (Colombia), tech fall 11-0

97 kg: Massoma Endene (Waverly, Iowa/Burg Training Center), gold medal

WIN Gabriel Garibaldi (Argentina), tech fall, 10-0

WIN Juan Diaz Blanco (Venezuela), tech fall 10-0

WIN Callum Knox (Canada), pin 1:26

125 kg: Lucas Stoddard (Chardon, Ohio/West Point WC), gold medal

WIN Luis Talavera Luna (Venezuela), pin 1:41

WIN Diego Nole Azabache (Peru), tech fall, 10-0

LOSS Jorawar Singh Dhinsa (Canada), 12-5

WIN Jonavan Smith (Puerto Rico), pin 5:32

WIN Jorawar Singh Dhinsa (Canada), 2-1

Men’s Freestyle Team Standings

1. United States, 245

2. Canada, 139

3. Puerto Rico, 138

4. Venezuela, 112

5. Colombia, 78

6. Mexico, 71

7. Brazil, 60

8. Argentina, 60

9. Panama, 53

10. Peru, 39

11. Chile, 30

12. Ecuador, 27

13. Bahamas, 15

14. Honduras, 4

15. Costa Rica, 2