UPDATED - Golston, Slane win gold at Canada Cup Junior Championship

GUELPH, Canada -Two U.S. wrestlers won gold medals at the Canada Cup Junior Championship at the Univ. of Guelph on Sunday.

In the girls division, Erin Golston (Lake in the Hills, Ill./USOEC) won a gold medal at 43 kg.

Golston won three matches on the way to the title. She pinned her first two opponents, then defeated Canadian Lea Lenteigne of Team ONT in the championship finals.

Golston is with the U.S. Olympic Education Center women's program at Northern Michigan University. She is a junior at Marquette High School there.

In the boy's division, Joe Slane (Tompkins Cove, N.Y./New England All-Stars) won a gold medal at 58 kg.

Slane won four matches in the tournament, and beat three athletes from other nations, a Canadian and two Korean opponents. In the finals, he stopped Du-ha Kim of Korea.

The tournament featured competition in both men's and women's freestyle wrestling.

The U.S. won a total of five medals in the event.

Winning a silver medal at 46 kg was Kayleigh Longley (South Berwick, Maine/Maine WC). Longley won her first two bouts, including a pin against Gail Armour of Nova Scotia. In the finals, she was beaten by Canadian Madison Park of Team ONT.

A boys team from the Mohawk Valley Wrestling Club from Central New York entered the tournament. The Mohawk Valley team had a pair of individual medalists, silver medalist Dustin Moss (East Syracuse, N.Y./Mohawk Valley) at 76 kg and Alex Meyers (Morrisville, N.Y./Mohawk Valley) at 85 kg.

Moss won his first three matches, which placed him in the championship match, where he lost to Spencer Watkins of Team AB.

Meyers lost in the first round to Jordan Ferguson of Team AB, but stormed back with four straight wins. He beat Ferguson in the consolation semifinals. For third place, he defeated Mohawk Valley teammate Sean Hennigan.

CANADA CUP JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Guelph, Canada, July 5

Girls champions
38 kg - Tonya Zenner (Team AB)
40 kg - Hiroko Araki (Canada)
43 kg - Erin Golston (USA)
46 kg - Madison Park (Team ONT)
49 kg - Jade Papke (Canada)
52 kg - Brianna Barry (Team ONT)
56 kg - Tommi Seida (Team AB)
60 kg - Dori Yeats (Montreal)
65 kg - Marissa Sorrell (Team ONT)
70 kg - Jeramie Herrington (Team ONT)
80 kg - Veronica Keefe (Canada)
90 kg - Jillian Mosher (Nova Scotia)

U.S. girls medalists

43 kg - Erin Golston, Lake in the Hills, Ill. (USOEC), 1st
WIN Cara Nania (Team AB), pin
WIN Darby Huckle (Canada), pin
WIN Lea Lenteigne (Team ONT)

46 kg - Kayleigh Longley, South Berwick, Maine (Maine WC), 2nd
WIN Gail Armour (Nova Scotia), pin
WIN Ramona Balfour (Team ONT)
LOSS Madison Park (Team ONT)

Boys champions
42 kg - Ammed Lakahani (Team ONT)
46 kg - Jason Buckle (Team ONT)
50 kg - Steven Takahasi (Team ONT)
54 kg - JF Godin (New Brunswick)
58 kg - Joe Slane (NENGL)
63 kg - Ilya Abelev (Canada)
69 kg - Jake Jagas (Guelph)
76 kg - Spencer Watkins (Team AB)
85 kg - Min-Won Seo (Korea)
100 kg - Sunny Dhinsa (Canada)
115 kg - Ilya Manukhov (Team ONT)
130 kg - Greg Rossy (Montreal)

U.S. boys medalists

58 kg - Joe Slane, Tomkins Cove, N.Y. (New England All-Stars), 1st
WIN Wesley Blanding (Mohawk Valley)
WIN Jee-Soo Kim (Korea)
WIN Duncan Moffat (Canada)
WIN Du-ha Kim (Korea)

76 kg - Dustin Moss, East Syracuse, N.Y. (Mohawk Valley), 2nd
WIN Jordan Steen (Team ONT)
WIN Thomas Caliento (NENGL)
WIN Jason Brenton-Hurst (Team ONT)
LOSS Spencer Watkins (Team AB)

85 kg - Alex Meyers, Morrisville, N.Y. (Mohawk Valley), 3rd
LOSS Jordan Ferguson (Team AB)
WIN Kevin Barrett (Team ONT)
WIN Geun-Yeong Jeong (Korea)
WIN Jordan Ferguson (Team AB)
WIN Sean Hennigan (Mohawk Valley)