U.S. Greco-Roman team receives draws for Junior Pan American Championships in Peru
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by Richard Immel, USA Wrestling
Photo: Junior Pan American Team member Dalton Young (blue) in the finals of the Greco-Roman Junior World Team Trials held in Las Vegas, Nev. Photo by John Sachs, Tech-Fall.com.
LIMA, Peru – Eight U.S. Greco-Roman athletes have weighed in and received draws for Friday’s competition the 2017 Junior Pan American Championships being held at the Villa Deportiva Nacional Videna in Lima, Peru.
All eight U.S. competitors come highly touted after each one placed in the top three of the UWW Junior Greco-Roman World Team Trials held in Last Vegas, Nev. in April.
Junior World Team Trials champion Dalton Young (Nine Mile Falls, Wash.) opens against two-time South American champion Agustin Destribats of Argentina at 60 kg/132 lbs. Destribats is an up-and comer in the Pan American region who placed sixth at the Senior Pan Ams last month in addition to winning the Cadet Pan Ams in 2014.
Princeton standout Leonard Merkin (Brooklyn, N.Y.) takes on last year’s Cadet Pan American silver medalist David Brooks Bodden of Honduras in the first round at 66 kg/145 lbs. Merkin finished in second place at the Junior World Team Trials.
Gabriel Townsell (Chicago, Ill.), a NCAA qualifier for Stanford, will begin his run at 55 kg/121 lbs. against Ecuador’s Ricardo Quinonez Rosado. Townsell was a runner up at the Junior World Team Trials and doubled up on USA Wrestling Junior Nationals All-America honors last summer.
SIU Edwardsville product Mason McDaniel (Kirkland, Wash.) is set to face Andre Ramos Pinto of Brazil in the first round at 74 kg/163 lbs. McDaniel wound up in third place at the Junior World Team Trials.
Stanford commit Haydn Maley (Roseburg, Ore.) is slated to wrestle Leo Santana Heredia of Dominican Republic at 96 kg/211 lbs. Maley was runner-up at the Junior World Team Trials and is a past Junior Nationals champion in Greco-Roman.
Three U.S. athletes will compete in five-man round-robin brackets tomorrow. Brandon Kaylor (Puyallup, Wash.) at 50 kg/110 lbs., Thomas Brackett (Eads, Tenn.) at 84 kg/185 lbs. and Anthony Cassioppi (Roscoe, Ill.) 120 kg/264 lbs. are all entered in round-robin brackets and will wrestle four matches each.
The Junior Pan American Championships will begin at 11 a.m. (ET) on Friday with the qualification rounds and repechage bouts. Medal matches will follow at approximately 6:30 p.m. (ET).
Every match from the tournament will be live streamed to U.S. residents on Trackwrestling.com. Complete brackets can also be found through Trackwrestling.
2017 JUNIOR PAN AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
June 9-11 at Lima, Peru
U.S. Greco-Roman Draws
50 kg/110 lbs. – Brandon Kaylor, Puyallup, Wash. (Team Washington)
Vs. Ferley Barrientos Castaneda (Colombia)
Vs. Alejandro Tineo Del Leon (Dominican Republic)
Vs. Erick Zaldumbide Torres (Ecuador), Fifth in 2014 Cadet Pan American Championships
Vs. Edward Cortez Arcela (Peru)
55 kg/121 lbs. – Gabriel Townsell, Chicago, Ill. (Stanford-California RTC)
Vs. Ricardo Quinonez Rosado (Ecuador)
60 kg/132 lbs. – Dalton Young, Nine Mile Falls, Wash. (Team Washington)
Vs. Agustin Destribats (Argentina), 2016 and 2015 South American champion, Fourth in 2014 Youth Olympic Games, 2014 Cadet Pan American champion
66 kg/145 lbs. – Leonard Merkin, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Princeton WC)
Vs. David Brooks Bodden (Honduras), 2016 Cadet Pan American silver medalist
74 kg/163 lbs. – Mason McDaniel, Kirkland, Wash. (Southern Illinois Training Center)
Vs. Andre Ramos Pinto (Brazil)
84 kg/185 lbs. – Thomas Brackett, Eads, Tenn. (West Tennessee Takedown Club)
Vs. Carlos Espinoza Castro (Peru), 2016 Junior Pan American bronze medalist, 2015 Cadet Pan American silver medalist
Vs. Jhony Gonzalez Charry (Colombia), 2016 Cadet Pan American champion
Vs. Gregory Reasco Angulo (Ecuador)
Vs. Gino Avila Dilbert (Honduras), Fifth in 2016 Cadet Pan American Championships
96 kg/211 lbs. – Haydn Maley, Roseburg, Ore. (Roseburg Mat Club)
Vs. Leo Santana Heredia (Dominican Republic)
120 kg/264 lbs. – Anthony Cassioppi, Roscoe, Ill. (Hononegah WC)
Vs. Rafer Crystello Madeira Filho (Brazil)
Vs. Ronny Medina Ocon (Peru)
Vs. Jose Diaz Ponciano (Guatemala), 2016 Junior Pan American silver medalist
Vs. Diego Almendras Rodriquez (Chile)
LIMA, Peru – Eight U.S. Greco-Roman athletes have weighed in and received draws for Friday’s competition the 2017 Junior Pan American Championships being held at the Villa Deportiva Nacional Videna in Lima, Peru.
All eight U.S. competitors come highly touted after each one placed in the top three of the UWW Junior Greco-Roman World Team Trials held in Last Vegas, Nev. in April.
Junior World Team Trials champion Dalton Young (Nine Mile Falls, Wash.) opens against two-time South American champion Agustin Destribats of Argentina at 60 kg/132 lbs. Destribats is an up-and comer in the Pan American region who placed sixth at the Senior Pan Ams last month in addition to winning the Cadet Pan Ams in 2014.
Princeton standout Leonard Merkin (Brooklyn, N.Y.) takes on last year’s Cadet Pan American silver medalist David Brooks Bodden of Honduras in the first round at 66 kg/145 lbs. Merkin finished in second place at the Junior World Team Trials.
Gabriel Townsell (Chicago, Ill.), a NCAA qualifier for Stanford, will begin his run at 55 kg/121 lbs. against Ecuador’s Ricardo Quinonez Rosado. Townsell was a runner up at the Junior World Team Trials and doubled up on USA Wrestling Junior Nationals All-America honors last summer.
SIU Edwardsville product Mason McDaniel (Kirkland, Wash.) is set to face Andre Ramos Pinto of Brazil in the first round at 74 kg/163 lbs. McDaniel wound up in third place at the Junior World Team Trials.
Stanford commit Haydn Maley (Roseburg, Ore.) is slated to wrestle Leo Santana Heredia of Dominican Republic at 96 kg/211 lbs. Maley was runner-up at the Junior World Team Trials and is a past Junior Nationals champion in Greco-Roman.
Three U.S. athletes will compete in five-man round-robin brackets tomorrow. Brandon Kaylor (Puyallup, Wash.) at 50 kg/110 lbs., Thomas Brackett (Eads, Tenn.) at 84 kg/185 lbs. and Anthony Cassioppi (Roscoe, Ill.) 120 kg/264 lbs. are all entered in round-robin brackets and will wrestle four matches each.
The Junior Pan American Championships will begin at 11 a.m. (ET) on Friday with the qualification rounds and repechage bouts. Medal matches will follow at approximately 6:30 p.m. (ET).
Every match from the tournament will be live streamed to U.S. residents on Trackwrestling.com. Complete brackets can also be found through Trackwrestling.
2017 JUNIOR PAN AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
June 9-11 at Lima, Peru
U.S. Greco-Roman Draws
50 kg/110 lbs. – Brandon Kaylor, Puyallup, Wash. (Team Washington)
Vs. Ferley Barrientos Castaneda (Colombia)
Vs. Alejandro Tineo Del Leon (Dominican Republic)
Vs. Erick Zaldumbide Torres (Ecuador), Fifth in 2014 Cadet Pan American Championships
Vs. Edward Cortez Arcela (Peru)
55 kg/121 lbs. – Gabriel Townsell, Chicago, Ill. (Stanford-California RTC)
Vs. Ricardo Quinonez Rosado (Ecuador)
60 kg/132 lbs. – Dalton Young, Nine Mile Falls, Wash. (Team Washington)
Vs. Agustin Destribats (Argentina), 2016 and 2015 South American champion, Fourth in 2014 Youth Olympic Games, 2014 Cadet Pan American champion
66 kg/145 lbs. – Leonard Merkin, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Princeton WC)
Vs. David Brooks Bodden (Honduras), 2016 Cadet Pan American silver medalist
74 kg/163 lbs. – Mason McDaniel, Kirkland, Wash. (Southern Illinois Training Center)
Vs. Andre Ramos Pinto (Brazil)
84 kg/185 lbs. – Thomas Brackett, Eads, Tenn. (West Tennessee Takedown Club)
Vs. Carlos Espinoza Castro (Peru), 2016 Junior Pan American bronze medalist, 2015 Cadet Pan American silver medalist
Vs. Jhony Gonzalez Charry (Colombia), 2016 Cadet Pan American champion
Vs. Gregory Reasco Angulo (Ecuador)
Vs. Gino Avila Dilbert (Honduras), Fifth in 2016 Cadet Pan American Championships
96 kg/211 lbs. – Haydn Maley, Roseburg, Ore. (Roseburg Mat Club)
Vs. Leo Santana Heredia (Dominican Republic)
120 kg/264 lbs. – Anthony Cassioppi, Roscoe, Ill. (Hononegah WC)
Vs. Rafer Crystello Madeira Filho (Brazil)
Vs. Ronny Medina Ocon (Peru)
Vs. Jose Diaz Ponciano (Guatemala), 2016 Junior Pan American silver medalist
Vs. Diego Almendras Rodriquez (Chile)
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