Men's freestyle semifinals set for Friday night at Dave Schultz Memorial International

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.  – Men’s freestyle completed its first session at the 20th annual Dave Schultz Memorial International on Friday afternoon at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, setting the semifinals for the evening session.

There are 27 wrestlers from the United States, who advanced to their respective semifinals.

With All-American semis at 61 kg, 70 kg and 92 kg, the U.S. is guaranteed a gold medal at those three weights.

There are seven countries in attendance for the men’s freestyle portion, including USA, Russia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia.

The men’s freestyle semifinals are set for 5 p.m. MT, followed by the women’s freestyle medal matches, which are slated to begin at 7 p.m.

Fans can check out brackets and watch all the action live on Flowrestling.org.

DAVE SCHULTZ MEMORIAL INTERNATIONAL

Nov. 1-4 at Colorado Springs, Colo.

Men’s freestyle semifinals pairings
55 kg
Samat Nadyrbek-Uulu (Kyrgyzstan) vs. Dong Kil Choi (Korea)
Tim Lambert (Sunkist Kids) vs. Austin Miller (Buffalo Valley RTC)

61 kg
Cody Brewer (Titan Mercury) vs. Nahshon Garrett (Sunkist Kids)
Joe Colon (Titan Mercury) vs. Tony Ramos (Sunkist Kids)

65 kg
BJ Futrell (Titan Mercury) vs. Darius Little (Lehigh Valley WC)
Josh Kindig (Sunkist Kids) vs. Seung-Chul Lee (Korea)

70 kg
Jason Chamerlain (Titan Mercury) vs. Kellen Russell (NYAC)
Hunter Stieber (Titan Mercury) vs. Mario Mason (Lehigh Valley WC)

74 kg
Nazar Kulchytsky (Titan Mercury) vs. Dylan Ness (Minnesota Storm)
Dan Vallimont (NYAC) vs. Rasul Dzukaeva (Russia)

79 kg
Jon Reader (Sunkist Kids) vs. Josh Asper (Navy-Marine Corps RTC)
Matt Brown (U.S. Army WCAP) vs. Nikita Suchkov (Russia)

92 kg
Nick Heflin (Titan Mercury) vs. Riley Lefever (Nittany Lion WC)
Nikko Reyes (Valley RTC) vs. Timmy McCall (Titan Mercury)

97 kg
Abdulsalem Gadisov (Russia) vs. Blaise Cabell (Valley RTC)
Nathan Burak (Titan Mercury) vs. Min Won Son (Korea)

125 kg
Dom Bradley (Sunkist Kids) vs. Oleg Boltin (Kazakhstan)
Jon Gingrich (Pittsburgh WC) vs. Koung Jin Nam (Korea)

Round robin results
86 kg
Aleksandr Musalaliv (Russia) tech. fall Takahiro Murayama (Japan), 10-0
Richard Perry (NYAC) dec. Gwan Uk Kim (Korea), 2-1
Aleksandr Musalaliev (Russia) dec. Patrick Downey (Titan Mercury WC), 3-2
Dwan Uk Kim (Korea) tech. fall Takahiro Murayama (Japan), 10-0

Women’s freestyle bronze medal pairings
50 kg – Erin Golston (NYAC) vs. Cody Pfau (Titan Mercury)
53 kg – Whitney Conder (U.S. Army WCAP) vs. Amy Fearnside (Titan Mercury)
55 kg – Samantha Klingel (U.S. Army WCAP) vs. Kelly Ann Jimenez (Univ. of the Cumberlands)
57 kg – Dominique Parrish (Sunkist Kids) vs. Areana Villaescusa (U.S. Army WCAP)
62 kg – Yui Sakano (Japan) vs. Lais Oliviera (Brazil)
65 kg – Alexis Porter (NYAC) vs. Desiree Zavala (Chocker WC)
68 kg – Randi Beltz (U.S. Army WCAP) vs. Chiaki Iijima (Japan)
76 kg – Victoria Francis (Titan Mercury) vs. Rachel Watters (NYAC)

Round robin schedule
59 kg
Lauren Louive (NYAC) vs. Koral Sugiyama (Campbellsville)
Han Bit Kim (Korea) vs. Avery Souders (Team Mohler)

*NOTE: There will be no 72 kg bronze match as it was a two-person round robin that has already been contested.