Benjamin, Beauperthuy, Ferriter win silvers, USA gets team title at Senior Pan American Beach Championships

QUERETARO, Mexico – With just a four-athlete team, the United States won the men’s team title at the 2025 Senior Pan American Beach Championships on Sunday.

Three U.S. wrestlers powered their way to the finals and came home with silver medals, Justin Benjamin of Illinois at 70 kg, Tyson Beauperthuy of Colorado at 90 kg and Kyle Ferriter of Colorado at Over 90 kg. All three won their first four matches, before falling to high-level opponents in the gold-medal round.

Benjamin won his three matches in Group A to advance to the semifinals, where he scored a 3-0 victory over Donovan Solorzano Amaya of Honduras. In the championship finals, he lost a 2-2 criteria decision to Augustin Destribats of Argentina, a 2020 Olympian in freestyle wrestling.

Benjamin was the champion at the 2024 Acapulco Beach World Series in Acapulco, Mexico. He placed a strong fourth at his weight class in the final Beach World Series standings for 2024.

Beauperthuy swept three matches in Group B. In the semifinals, Beauperthuy scored a quick 3-0 decision over Oscar Godos of Mexico in 51 seconds. In the championship finals, he was edged by Steven Rodriguez Torreyes of Venezuela, 3-2.

Beauperthuy won a Senior bronze medal at the 2023 Beach World Series stop in Constanta, Romania. He wrestled in Greco-Roman at the Pan American U23 Championships on Thursday. A student-athlete at Doane University, he is a two-time NAIA runner-up in folkstyle.

Ferriter won Group B with three straight victories. In the semifinals, he stopped Ulises Sanchez Robles of Mexico, 3-2. He lost a tight 1-0 match in the finals against Jose Diaz Robertti of Venezuela, a 2016 Olympian in men’s freestyle.

Bryan Coll of New York lost his only match, a knockout bout at 70 kg, and finished 10^th in the standings.

The men from Team USA finished with 60 points to claim the team title, ahead of host Mexico with 55 points in second place, and Venezuela in third place with 50 points. There were 11 teams entered in the men’s tournament.

The USA did not have any entries in the women’s tournament, which was won by host Mexico.

SENIOR PAN AMERICAN BEACH CHAMPIONSHIPS

At Queretaro, Mexico, April 13

Men’s results

70 kg

Gold - Agustin Destribats (Argentina)

Silver - Justin Benjamin (USA)

Bronze - Donavan Arqueli Soloranzo Amaya (Honduras)

4^th - Esteban Mauricio Morales Mayancha (Ecuador)

5^th - Jonnathan Alejandro Perez Castellanos (Guatemala)

6^th - Diego Daniel Villalba Pereira (Paraguay)

7^th - Patrick Alexander Rodriguez (Ecuador)

8^th - Osvaldo Yanez Silva (Mexico)

9^th - Kanye Richard M Cumberbatch (Barbados)

10^th - Bryan Coll (USA)

Gold – Destribats dec. Benjamin, 2-2, 3:00

Bronze – Solorzano dec. Morales, 4-1, 1:19

80 kg

Gold - Yael Alejandro Perez (Mexico)

Silver - Alexander Matias Cusinga Gomez (Peru)

Bronze - Maximo Agustin Cabrera (Argentina)

4^th - Enrique Emiliano Olvera Rodriguez (Mexico)

5^th - Dario Cubas Castillo (Peru)

6^th - Adrian Exavier J Maynard (Barbados)

7^th - Israel Adonai Olvera Camacho (Mexico)

8^th - Joao Sebastian Maldonado Romero (Paraguay)

9^th - Oscar Antonio Barrios Rochez (Honduras)

Gold – Perez dec. Cusinga, 2-1, 3:00

Bronze – Cabrera dec. Olvera, 3-2, 2:49

90 kg

Gold - Steven Nohel Rodriguez Torreyes (Venezuela)

Silver - Tyson Beauperthuy (USA)

Bronze - Cesar Andres Ubico Estrada (Guatemala)

4^th - Oscar Aguilar Godos (Mexico)

5^th - Cesar Fernando Veliz Perez (Mexico)

6^th - Miguel Angel Lavielle Ramirez (Mexico)

7^th - Kodi Kadiel Marshall (Barbados)

8^th - Edison Ezequiel Valdez Rodriguez (Paraguay)

Gold – Rodriguez dec. Beauperthuy, 3-0, 1:48

Bronze – Ubico dec. Godos, 3-0, 1:22

Over 90 kg

Gold - Jose Daniel Diaz Robertti (Venezuela)

Silver - Kyle Robert Ferriter (USA)

Bronze - Matthew Nicholas Arindell (Barbados)

4^th - Ulises De Jesus Sanchez Robles (Mexico)

5^th - Ricardo Nahuel Gomez (Argentina)

6^th - David Salvador Morales Rocha (Mexico)

7^th - Ivan Alejandro Gomez Piris (Paraguay)

8^th - Juan Oscar Magallanes (Argentina)

Gold – Diaz dec. Ferriter, 1-0, 3:00

Bronze – Arindell dec. Sanchez, 3-0, 0:59

U.S. men's performances

70 kg: Justin Benjamin, St. Charles, Ill., silver medal

WIN Jonnathan Perez Castellanos (Guatemala), 3-0, 0:57

WIN Osvaldo Yanez Silva (Mexico), pin 0:49

WIN Alexis Sebastian Veron (Argentina), forfeit

WIN Donavan Solorzano Amaya (Honduras), 3-0, 0:29

LOSS Augustin Destribats (Argentina), 2-2, 3:00

70 kg: Bryan Coll, Bayville, N.Y., 10th place

Knockout bout – LOSS Jonnathan Perez Castellanos (Guatemala), pin 1:16

90 kg: Tyson Beauperthuy, Colorado Springs, Colo., silver medal

WIN Miguel Lavielle Ramirez (Mexico), 3-0, 1:02

WIN Cesar Ubico Estrada (Guatemala), 3-0, 1:25

WIN Kodi Marshall (Barbados), inj. dft

WIN Oscar Aguilar Godos (Mexico), 3-0, 0:51

LOSS Steven Rodriguez Torreyes (Venezuela), 3-2, 1:48

Over 90 kg: Kyle Ferriter, Colorado Springs, Colo., silver medal

WIN Ricardo Gomez (Argentina), 4-0, 0:50

WIN Matthew Arindell (Barbados), 3-0, 0:56

WIN Juan Magallanes (Argentina), pin 0:04

WIN Ulises Sanchez Robles (Mexico), 3-2, 2:15

LOSS Jose Diaz Robertti (Venezuela), 1-0, 3:00

Men’s Team Standings

1. United States, 60

2. Mexico, 55

3. Venezuela, 50

4. Argentina, 50

5. Barbados, 36

6. Paraguay, 29

7. Guatemala, 25

8. Peru, 20

9. Honduras, 19

10. Ecuador, 12

11. Colombia, 0

Women’s placements

50 kg

Gold - Ana Sofia Palacios Hernandez (Mexico)

Silver - Naiyeliz Silvana Guttierrez Rivas (Venezuela)

Bronze - Antuaneth Araceli Casusol Casas (Peru)

4^th - Claudia Soledad Cabrera (Argentina)

5^th - Vicky Geraldine Leon Gomez (Ecuador)

60 kg

Gold - Luisa Elizabeth Valverde Melendres (Ecuador)

Silver - Andrea Margot Avelino Barrientos (Mexico)

Bronze - Karla Ximena Ramos Espinosa (Mexico)

4^th - Arami Maricela Cespedes Servin (Paraguay)

5^th - Eliana Grace White Vega (Puerto Rico)

6^th - Paula Belen Leon Adriano (Mexico)

7^th - Cindell Hilary Casusol Casas (Peru)

8^th - Ingrid Cadija Rodriguez Rodriguez (Paraguay)

70 kg

Gold - Astrid Paola Montero Chirinos (Venezuela)

Silver - Michelle Anahi Olea Ruiz (Mexico)

Bronze - Leonela Elizabeth Gruezo Ortiz (Ecuador)

4^th - Sheyla Patricia Pedragas Moreno (Peru)

5^th - Leiddy Dayanna Acuna Penaranda (Ecuador)

6^th - Elide Castanon Buendia (Mexico)

7^th - Clarissa Jazmin Zayas Villaba (Paraguay)

Over 70 kg

Gold - Genifer Jannet Casco Gonzalez (Paraguay)

Silver - Edna Esmeralda Jimenez Villalba (Mexico)

Women’s Team Standings

1. Mexico, 85

2. Ecuador, 50

3. Venezuela, 45

4. Paraguay, 45

5. Peru, 35

6. Argentina, 12

7. Puerto Rico, 10

Note: No U.S. women were entered