Winchester, Page win gold, Makoyed earns bronze at Budapest Ranking Series event

Photo: Jennifer Page in the 59 kg finals at the Polyák Imre & Varga János Memorial. (Kadir Caliskan, United World Wrestling)

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Jacarra Winchester (55kg) and Jennifer Page (59kg) both earned gold medals and Yelena Makoyed won bronze as the U.S. finished women’s freestyle action Saturday at the Polyák Imre & Varga János Memorial. In total the U.S. has now won 13 medals at the event, which is the final UWW Senior Ranking Series event of the year.

Winchester, a 2020 Tokyo Olympian, continued her weekend dominance with a 7-2 win over Canada’s Karla Godinez Gonzalez in the finals. Gonzalez won bronze at the 2022 World Championships. Winchester had a standout day, winning by technical fall in the two matches leading up to the finals.

Page wrestled an entertaining back-and-forth match against Magdalena Glodek of Poland in the finals. Glodek was trailing by a wide margin late when she stormed back and made a late push, including a four-point takedown that tied the match. During the exchange though, Page ended up on top, scoring two points as time expired and winning, 13-11. Page was excellent on Saturday, winning all three matches in the morning session by tech fall.

Makoyed’s bronze medal match win might have been the most impressive of the day in terms of knocking off a high-level opponent. Her finals win came against Estonia’s Epp Mae, who has medaled four times at the Senior World Championships and is a two-time Olympian. Makoyed finished off her standout tournament with a 9-6 win over Mae. In that finals match, Makoyed was down, 6-0, before charging back to take third.

The U.S. finished in second place in the women’s freestyle team race with 115 points behind China (135 points). Canada finished in third place with 80 total team points.

It has been a successful week for the USA in terms of medal count.

In men’s freestyle, Zahid Valencia (92kg), Kyle Snyder (97kg) and Mason Parris (125) all won gold, while Nick Lee (65kg) and Joey McKenna (70kg) earned silver. Zane Richards (57kg), Vitali Arujau (61kg) and Chance Marsteller (79kg) took home bronze medals.

In women’s freestyle, Winchester, Page and Makoyed join Sarah Hildebrandt (50kg gold) and Forrest Molinari (68kg bronze) as medalists.

Day four will continue with the remaining Greco-Roman weights at 10:30 a.m. local time on Sunday (4:30 a.m. ET). Those weights will be 67kg, 72kg, 77kg, 82kg, 87kg, 97kg, 130kg.

U.S. athletes wrestling on Sunday are: Alejandro Sancho (67kg), Robert Perez III (67kg), Patrick Smith (72kg), Kamal Bey (77kg), RaVaughn Perkins (77kg), Spencer Woods (82kg), Zachary Braunagel (87kg), Josef Rau (97kg), Cohlton Schultz (130kg) and Adam Coon (130kg).

Archived matches and a live stream for the Polyák Imre & Varga János Memorial can be found at FloWrestling.com for the U.S. audience. Complete brackets and mat assignments can be found at uww.org.

UWW Senior Ranking Series: Polyák Imre & Varga János Memorial
At Budapest, Hungary, July 15, 2023

Women’s freestyle day two results

Final team standings
1 - China, 135 points
2 - USA, 115 points
3 - Canada, 80 points
4 - Mongolia, 63 points
5 - Moldova, 60 points
6 - Ecuador, 41 points
7 - Poland, 38 points
8 - Germany, 36 points
9 - Kazakhstan and Nigeria, 35 points
11 - Hungary, 33 points
12 - Romania, 32 points
13 - Turkey, 28 points
14 - Kyrgyzstan, 25 points
15 - Bulgaria and Italy and Brazil and Estonia - 20 points

55kg
Gold: Jacarra Winchester (USA)
Silver: Karla Godinez Gonzalez (Canada)
Bronze: Li Deng (China)
Bronze: Erika Bognar (Hungary)
5th: Marina Sedneva (Kazakhstan)
5th: Mariana Dragutan (Moldova)
7th: Areana Villaescusa (USA)
8th: Alisha Howk (USA)
9th: Rosa Szenttamasi (Hungary)
10th: Vinesh (India)

Gold — Jacarra Winchester (USA) dec. Karla Godinez Gonzalez (Canada), 7-2
Bronze — Li Deng (China) over Marina Sedneva (Kazakhstan), injury
Bronze — Erika Bognar (Hungary) pinned Mariana Dragutan (Moldova), 3:54

59kg
Gold: Jennifer Page (USA)
Silver: Magdalena Glodek (Poland)
Bronze: Sangeeta (India)
4th: Vikrotia Borsos (Hungary)
5th: Nikolett Szabo (Hungary)
6th: Brenda Reyna (USA)

Gold — Jennifer Page (USA) dec. Magdalena Glodek (Poland), 13-11
Bronze — Sangeeta (India) dec. Vikrotia Borsos (Hungary), 6-2

65 kg
Gold: Irina Ringaci (Moldova)
Silver: Kadriye Aksoy (Turkey)
Bronze: Ekaterina Koshkina (AIN)
4th: Anne Nuernberger (Germany)

72 kg
Gold: Zhamila Bakbergenova (Kazakhstan)
Silver: Dalma Caneva (Italy)
Bronze: Davaanasan Enkh Amar (Mongolia)
4th: Ksenila Burakova (AIN)
5th: Shauna Kuebeck (Canada)
6th: Catalina Axente (Romania)

Gold — Zhamila Bakbergenova (Kazakhstan) dec. Dalma Caneva (Italy), 3-1
Bronze — Davaanasan Enkh Amar (Mongolia) tech Ksenila Burakova (AIN), 11-0

76 kg
Gold: Qiandegenchagan Qiandegenchagan (China)
Silver: Juan Wang (China)
Bronze: Genesis Reasco Valdez (Ecuador)
Bronze: Yelena Makoyed (USA)
5th: Justina Di Stasio (Canada)
5th: Epp Mae (Estonia)
7th: Samar Hamza (Egypt)
8th: Yuanyuan Huang (China)
9th: Dymond Guilford (USA)
10th: Francy Raedelt (Germany)

Gold — Qiandegenchagan Qiandegenchagan (China) dec. Juan Wang (China), 5-4
Bronze — Genesis Reasco Valdez (Ecuador) dec. Justina Di Stasio (Canada), 6-0
Bronze — Yelena Makoyed (USA) dec. Epp Mae (Estonia), 9-6

U.S. Women’s freestyle day two results

55 kg – Jacarra Winchester (Colorado Springs, Colo./USOPTC/Titan Mercury WC) — gold medal
WIN Erika Bognar (Hungary), 11-0
WIN Mariana Dragutan (Moldova), 11-0
WIN Karla Godinez Gonzalez (Canada), 7-2

55 kg – Alisha Howk (River Falls, Wis./Sunkist Kids WC) — eighth place
LOSS Erika Bognar (Hungary), 3-2

55 kg – Areana Villaescusa (Fountain, Colo./Army WCAP) — seventh place
WIN Vinesh Vinesh (India), injury
LOSS Li Deng (China), 7-3

59 kg – Jennifer Page (State College, Pa./Titan Mercury WC/Nittany Lion WC) — gold medal
WIN Sangeeta Sangeeta (India), 10-0
WIN Brenda Reyna (United States), 11-0
WIN Viktoria Borsos (Hungary), 11-0
WIN Magdalena Glodek (Poland), 13-11

59 kg – Brenda Reyna (Mount Vernon, Wash./Army WCAP) — sixth place
LOSS Sangeeta (India), 12-2
LOSS Jennifer Page (United States), 11-0

76 kg – Yelena Makoyed (Orangevale, Calif./Cardinal WC/Titan Mercury WC) — bronze medal
WIN Kamile Gaucaite (Lithuania), 10-0
LOSS Qiandegenchagan Qiandegenchagan (China), 12-1
WIN Veronika Nyikos (Hungary) fall 1:21
WIN Epp Mae (Estonia), 9-6

76 kg – Dymond Guilford (Lancaster, Calif./USOPTC/Titan Mercury WC) — ninth place
LOSS Juan Wang (China), 1-1
LOSS Genesis Reasco Valdez (Ecuador), 2-1

Greco-Roman day one results

Greco-Roman team scores after day one
1 - Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, 40 points
3 - Korea, 35 points
4 - Iran, 29 points
5 - Turkey, 25 points
6 - Romania, 20 points
7 - USA, 18 points
8 - Georgia and Moldova, 15 points
10 - Austria and Bulgaria and Lithuania and Sweden, 10 points

55kg
Gold: Amangali Bekbolatov (Kazakhstan)
Silver: Denis Mihai (Romania)
Bronze: Ramaz Silagava (Georgia)
4th: Yersin Abyir (Kazakhstan)
5th: Brady Koontz (USA)
6th: Mahdi Ahadi Zenab (Iran)

Gold — Amangali Bekbolatov (Kazakhstan) dec. Denis Mihai (Romania), 9-0
Bronze — Ramaz Silagava (Georgia) dec. Yersin Abyir (Kazakhstan), 5-2

60kg
Gold: Kerem Kamal (Turkey)
Silver: Omid Arami (Iran)
Bronze: Nihat Mammadli (Azerbaijan)
Bronze: Hanjae Chung (Korea)
5th: Virgil Bica (Sweden)
5th: Edmond Nazaryan (Bulgaria)
7th: Seunghak Kim (Korea)
8th: Nikolai Mohammadi (Denmark)
9th: Dalton Roberts (USA)
10th: Krisztian Kecskemeti (Hungary)

Gold — Kerem Kamal (Turkey) dec. Omid Arami (Iran), 8-1
Bronze — Hanjae Chung (Korea) over Edmond Nazaryan (Bulgaria), injury
Bronze — Nihat Mammadli (Azerbaijan) tech Virgil Bica (Sweden), 10-0

63kg
Gold: Murad Mammadov (Azerbaijan)
Silver: Jinwoong Jung (Korea)
Bronze: Mukhamedali Mamurbek (Kazakhstan)
Bronze: Victor Ciobanu (Moldova)
5th: Aker Al Obaidi (Austria)
5th: Justas Petravicius (Lithuania)
7th: Dastan Zarlykhanov (Kazakhstan)
8th: Levente Toth (Hungary)
9th: Xavier Johnson (USA)
10th: Yerzhet Zharlykassyn (Kazakhstan)

Gold — Murad Mammadov (Azerbaijan) dec. Jinwoong Jung (Korea), 5-1
Bronze — Victor Ciobanu (Moldova) pinned Justas Petravicius (Lithuania), 2:41
Bronze — Mukhamedali Mamurbek (Kazakhstan) over Aker Al Obaidi (Austria), injury

U.S. Greco-Roman day one results

55 kg – Brady Koontz (Dubuque, Iowa/Titan Mercury WC/Dubuque RTC) — fifth place
Group A round robin
LOSS Amangali Bekbolatov (Kazakhstan), 9-0
LOSS Yersin Abyir (Kazakhstan), 5-5
WIN Mahdi Kioumars Ahadi Zenab (Iran), 4-1

60 kg – Ildar Hafizov (Colorado Springs, Colo./Army WCAP)
LOSS Erik Torba (Hungary), 3-2

60 kg – Dalton Roberts (Fountain, Colo./Army WCAP) — ninth place
WIN Razvan Arnaut (Romania), 6-3
LOSS Edmond Nazaryan (Bulgaria), fall 4:39

63 kg – Xavier Johnson (Colorado Springs, Colo./Army WCAP) — ninth place
LOSS Murad Mamadov (Azerbaijan), 13-3
LOSS Victor Ciobanu (Moldova), 14-4