UPDATE: Four U.S. wrestlers win gold medals at Austrian Junior Greco-Roman Open

Ellis Coleman receives his awards for winning the 66 kg division at the Austrian Junior Greco-Roman Open. Al Williams photo

GOTZIS, Austria - Four U.S. wrestlers from the FILA Junior age level captured gold medals at the Austrian Junior Greco-Roman Open on Saturday.

Winning titles were:
- Jesse Thielke, Germantown, Wis. (Ringers) at 55 kg/121 lbs.
- Ellis Coleman, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC) at 66 kg/145.5 lbs.
- Josh Castellano, Wood Dale, Ill. (USOEC) at 74 kg/163 lbs.
- Mark Stenberg, Lockport, Ill. (USOEC) at 84 kg/185 lbs.

Coleman was a 2010 Junior World bronze medalist, and Thielke was a member of the 2010 Junior World Team.

The U.S. also had silver medals from Marcus Finau (Oahu, Hawaii/USOEC) at 96 kg/211.5 lbs. and Scott Helton (Elmhurst, Ill./USOEC) at 120 kg/264.5 lbs., and a bronze medal from Aaron Runzo (Virginia Beach, Va./USOEC) at 55 kg/121 lbs.

The United States won the team title, ahead of runner-up France and third-place Finland.

"The guys wrestled well" said National Greco-Roman Developmental Coach Ike Anderson. "This was a great warmup event for our team. Jesse Thielke and Ellis Coleman dominated their opponents. We had many good performances from the wrestlers on this team."

Next up for this team is the Petko Sirakov/Ivan Illiev Junior International in Varna, Bulgaria, March 11-13.

AUSTRIAN JUNIOR GRECO-ROMAN OPEN
At Gotzis, Austria, March 5

U.S. performances

55 kg/121 lbs. - Jesse Thielke, Germantown, Wis. (Ringers), 1st
WIN Lukas Staudacher (Austria), 0-7, pin 0:22
WIN Lukas Kathan (Austria), 6-0, 7-0
WIN Nika Tsetskhadze (Georgia), pin 1:50
WIN Allan Thiem Lemairt (France), 1-5, 3-0, 3-0

55 kg/121 lbs. - Aaron Runzo, Virginia Beach, Va. (USOEC), 3rd
LOSS Thiam Lemaire (France), 0-1, 0-1
WIN Ahmadi Karwan (Finland), 2-0, 2-1
WIN Nika Tsetskhadze (Georgia), 4-0, 0-7, 4-0

60 kg/132 lbs. - Joey Denova, Fortson, Ga. (USOEC), 4th
LOSS Antoine Schinzing (France), 0-2, 0-1
WIN Stefan Fuchsneiter (Austria), 7-0, 4-0
LOSS Amiran Shavdze (Georgia), 2-3, 0-4

66 kg/145.5 lbs. - Dillon Cowan, Harvard, Ill., 8th
WIN Roger Heinnger (Switzerland), pin 7-0, 6-0
WIN David Hungerbuhler (Switzerland), 7-1, 0-6, 6-0
LOSS Verni Varekoski (Finland), pin
LOSS Temuri Rukhavdze (Georgia), 1-7, 0-6

66 kg/145.5 lbs. - Ellis Coleman, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC), 1st
WIN Philippe Hausle (France), 4-0, 7-0
WIN Benedikt Puffer (Austria), 4-0, 8-0
WIN Petv Jonda (Czech Republic), pin 1:58
WIN Andre Kogler (Austria), 6-0, 5-0
WIN Morbitzer Matous, 5-0, 3-0
WIN Verni Varekoski (Finland), 2-1, 4-0

74 kg/163 lbs. - Josh Castellano, Wood Dale, Ill. (USOEC), 1st
WIN Antony Defrancheski (France), 2-0, 1-0
LOSS Oldrich Warg (Czech Republic), 2-0, 0-3, 0-1
WIN Artuu Koivlahti (Finland), pin 1:58
WIN Michael Wagner (Austria), 7-0, 2-1

74 kg/163 lbs. - Caleb Smith, Pakota, Ind. (USOEC), 5th
LOSS Damian Dietsche (Switzerland), 0-3, 0-4
LOSS Michael Wagner (Austria), fall 2:20
WIN Stefan Schwital (Austria), 1-0, 3-1
WIN Oldrich Warg (Czech Republic), 0-2, fall 0:15

84 kg/185 lbs. - Mark Stenberg, Lockport, Ill. (USOEC), 1st
WIN Daniel Gastl (Austria), 2-1, 0-1, 1-0

96 kg/211.5 lbs. - Marcus Finau, Oahu, Hawaii (USOEC), 2nd
WIN Kamil Slezacek (Switzerland), 1-0, 1-0
LOSS Tuomas Lathi (Finland), 2-3, 2-1, 0-1
WIN Ludek Kiewetter (Czech Republic), 1-0, 2-0
WIN Sebastian Huovinen (Finland), 3-1, 0-1, 2-0

120 kg/264.5 lbs. - Scott Helton (Elmhurst, Ill./USOEC), 2nd
LOSS Jusso Huovinen (Finland), 0-1, 0-6

Team Standings
1. United States
2. France
3. Finland
4. Czech Republic
5. Austria
6. Georgia
7. Switzerland
8. VLBG club, Austria