| Wisconsin's Ty Pelot earns Ultimate Dominator Award to highlight final day at Folkstyle Nationals Craig Sesker USA Wrestling 04/06/2008
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa Wiconsins Ty Pelot capped a superb weekend by capturing USA Wrestlings Ultimate Dominator Award as the ASICS Folkstyle Nationals concluded on Sunday.Pelot also took home a gold medal by winning the Novice division at 60 pounds. Pelot finished with 15,600 points to capture the Ultimate Dominator Award, which goes to the highest point scorer in USA Wrestlings popular Ultimate Challenge Series. The series is now in its sixth season. The remaining Folkstyle National champions in the Kids classes Bantam, Midget, Novice and Schoolboy were crowned on Sunday. Champions in the Veterans class also were crowned on Sunday. Pelot was the highest point scorer in Division 3 of the Ultimate Challenge Series. Past Ultimate Dominator winner Michael Johnson of Illinois was second with 11,200 points and Colby Meeks of Florida third with 7,700 points. In Division 1, Max Darrah of Missouri was first with 8,800 points, Brayton Lee of Indiana was second with 7,600 points and Billy Pitzner of Wisconsin was third with 7,400 points. In Division 2, Dylan Meeks of Florida was first with 8,800 points, Will Moss of Georgia was second with 8,600 points and Dylan Duncan of Illinois was third with 8,000 points. In Division 4, Connor King of Colorado was first with 10,600 points, Hunter Weber of Wisconsin was second with 10,000 points and Tanner Tinsley of Virginia was third with 9,600 points. The top-three individual point scorers in each age-group division were awarded an Ultimate Challenge Series Championship Belt. The belts were awarded to individuals based on their top-seven placement scores in the Ultimate Challenge Series. The Ultimate Dominator was determined by the individual from any of the four age divisions who scores the most points. The Ultimate Dominator was determined using each individuals top-seven placement scores from USA Wrestling events. The three-day competition attracted 2,400 wrestlers to the UNI-Dome. SCHOOLBOY NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 70 Martin Rodriguez of MI-HOLT WRESTLING CLUB 77 Sam Brancale of MN-Pinnacle Wrestling Club 84 Jered Cortez of OH-TEAM JORDAN 91 Bryce Brill of IL-Team Overtime 98 Mitch Bengtson of MN-Central MN 105 Andrew Schulte of CA-Team Thunder 112 Blake Kastl of CA-West Coast Crew 120 Brandon Kingsley of MN-Apple Valley 128 Eric Hoffman of MD-Team Kolat 136 Tanner Tinsley of VA-Virginia Team Predator 144 Ryan Cone of WI-Advance School of Wrestling 152 Mitch Sliga of IN-CIA 160 Joe Scanlan of IA-Team Porcelli 175 Patrick Eldred of MI-Charlotte 190 Zac Schleuger of IA-Britt Little Eagles 210 Eric Mason of Kansas 235 Caleb Green of AK-Muldoon Mat Warriors NOVICE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 60 Ty Pelot of WI-X-Factor Elite 65 Dante` Rodriguez of NE-Golden Eagles Wrestling Academy 70 Jon Marmolejo of IL-Gomez Wrestling Academy 75 Matthew Kolodzik of OH-TEAM JORDAN 80 James Rothwell of Colorado 85 Bo Nickal of NM-Rio Rancho WC 90 Joey Nelson of Wisconsin 95 Dustin Williams of KS-Purler Wrestling 100 Michael Pixley of IL-GC Jr. Warriors 105 Connor Doak of IL-Alleman Jr. Pioneer WC 112 Zachary Mulrooney of WI-Janesville Youth Wrestling 120 Nicholas Osowski of WI-Oshkosh 130 Robert Steveson Ii of IN-Harvey Twisters 140 Cody Linssen of MN-Park W.C. 140+ - Logan Maurer of WI-Brodhead Youth Wrestling 140++ - Hunter Hauser of WI-Viking Wrestling 140+++ - Jordan Geese of IL-M-S Youth Wrestling Club MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 50 Gunner Charbonneau of MN-Prior Lake 55 Zackary Donathan of OH-Mixer 60 Anthony Artalona of FL-Brandon Wrestling Club 65 A.J. Jaffe of IL-Overtime 70 Logan Moriarity of MO-Purler Wrestling 75 Kaleb Romero of OH-Team Miron 80 Riley Jaramillo of OR-Churchill 87 Randy Meneweather of IL-Harvey Twisters 95 Keegan Moore of MN-Flat Earth 103 Christian Rains of OR-Myrtle Point Mat Club 112 Jamiir Moore of IA 120 Bennett Gunderson of WI-Bonduel Wrestling 120+ - Donovan Perkins of LA-BRAWL 120++ - Joey Spivak of IL-Downers Grove Cougars BANTAM NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 40 Brandon Psyk of MN-Hi Flyers 45 Travis Ford-Melton of IL-Harvey Twisters 50 Brody Teske of Iowa 55 Curtis Lemair of MN-Prior Lake 60 Travis Wittlake of OR-Myrtle Point Mat Club 65 Shaundell Hawkins of IL-Crosstown Crushers 70 Joseph Barnes of CA-GILROY HAWKS 75 Jared Krattiger of WI-Waterford Wrestling Club 75+ - Gable Steveson of IN-Harvey Twisters 75++ - Noah Pitrowski of IN-Razorback VETERANS NATIONAL CHAMPIONS A - 127.75 D.J. Rainey of Kansas A - 167.5 - Kelly Madden of IL-Pekin A - 187.25 - Noah Glenn of MN-Unattached A - 213.75 - David Clarke of Michigan A - 286.5 - Joey Chyma of IA-none B - 138.75 - Chad Shilson of MN-Hi Flyers B 152 - Jeff Van Maanen of WI-L.A.W. B - 167.5 - Leland Foster of IA B - 187.25 - Michael Kelly of IL-Gilbert Grappling B - 213.75 - Octavius Bellamy of IL-Wild Cat Wrestling Club B - 286.5 - John Williams of WI-L.A.W. C - 138.75 - Rob Porter of IL-Shamrocks Wrestling C - 152 - Anibal Nieves of MA-New England All Stars C - 167.5 - Kelly McGovern of IL-Whizzer WC C - 187.25 - Anthony Porcelli of IA-Team Porcelli C - 213.75 - Robert Lindsay of AZ-Marana Tigers C - 286.5 - Wes Boehm of NE-UNO Maverick Wrestling Club D - 127.75 - Michael Osborne of VA-Bristol Wrestling Club D - 138.75 - Mark LeVasseur of MN-Minnesota Storm D - 152 - Dexter Carpenter of Ohio D - 187.25 - Lee Fish of IL-OP Little Huskies D - 213.75 - Dave Wadsworth of WV-Macallum Knights D - 286.5 - Michael Cain of FL-Cain`s Lake Wrestling E - 127.75 - Peter Schumacher of Idaho E - 138.75 - Jack Hornbuckle of OK-Poteau E - 152 - Willy Kostenborder of OR E - 187.25 - Garry Price of PA-Wayne Danger E - 213.75 - Joe Reasbeck of WI-Superior Warning: include() [function.include]: URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration in /home/themat/public_html/specialevents/2008/kidsfolkstylenationals/main.php on line 101 Warning: include(http://www.themat.com/includes/return.inc) [function.include]: failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found in /home/themat/public_html/specialevents/2008/kidsfolkstylenationals/main.php on line 101 Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening 'http://www.themat.com/includes/return.inc' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/themat/public_html/specialevents/2008/kidsfolkstylenationals/main.php on line 101 |