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Anderson, Nelson, Porter top the final Masters Ironman standings after World Championships conclude

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by Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling

Photo of Jeff Anderson (on left) by Rich Tado. Photo of Hedj Nelson (right) by Robbert Wijtman, CSC Sports Photography.

The first USA Wrestling Masters Ironman standings have been completed, with the conclusion of the 2017 international season, after Veterans World Championships events were held by United World Wrestling in October in the Olympic styles (freestyle/Greco-Roman) as well as in Grappling.

Winning the first Masters Ironman Award for the 2017 season is Jeff Anderson of Zeeland, Mich., who finished with 60 points. Placing second was Hedj Nelson of Colville, Wash. with 51 points. Third place went to George Porter of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. with 48 points.

Anderson won the U.S. Masters National championships in both freestyle and Greco-Roman this year in Las Vegas. He competed at the Veterans Grappling World Championships in Azerbaijan, winning gold medals in both the Gi and the No-Gi competition. He was also a member of the Veterans World Team, which competed in Bulgaria, but did not score any points in the Ironman Series there, placing seventh in both freestyle and Greco-Roman.

Nelson won a Veterans World gold medal in Greco-Roman and won a Veterans World silver medal in freestyle in Bulgaria. He was also a Masters National champion in Greco-Roman and a runner-up in freestyle in Las Vegas.

Porter won a Veterans World gold medal in freestyle, and added a bronze medal in Greco-Roman. He was a double champion at the Masters National Championships, claiming gold medals in both freestyle and Greco-Roman.

Placing fourth was Gabe Beauperthuy of Colorado Springs, Colo. with 47 points. Beauperthuy was a champion in both No-Gi and Gi at the Veterans Grappling World Championships in Azerbaijan. He also was a runner-up in the Masters National Championships in Las Vegas in Greco-Roman.

Tied in fifth with 38 points were Rudy James of St. Paul, Minn. and Octavius Bellamy of Bolingbrook, Ill. James was second in the Veterans Worlds in freestyle. He was a Masters Nationals champion in freestyle, and placed second in the Masters Nationals in both Greco-Roman and folkstyle. Bellamy was a Veterans World silver medalist in Greco-Roman, a Masters National Folkstyle champion, and a Masters Nationals runner-up in both freestyle and Greco-Roman.

For World Championships events, athletes score 20 points for gold, 14 points for silver, eight points for bronze and two points for 4th/5th place.

For National Championships, athletes score 10 points for gold, seven points for silver, four points for bronze and one point for fourth place.

This year, UWW held Veterans World Championships in Olympic wrestling (freestyle and Greco-Roman) and Grappling (No-Gi and Gi).

This year, USA Wrestling held Masters National Championships in Olympic wrestling (freestyle and Greco-Roman), folkstyle wrestling, Grappling (No-Gi), Beach Wrestling and Belt Wrestling.

The Masters Ironman standings is organized by USA Wrestling’s Associated Styles Committee, which oversees programs in Grappling, Beach Wrestling, Belt Wrestling, Pahlavani Wrestling, Pankration, as well as Masters wrestling in all styles.

2017 MASTERS IRONMAN STANDINGS
Final standings, published November 7

60 POINTS
Jeff Anderson (C 213) 10 FK, 10 FS, 20 GrapWGi, 20GrapWNoGi

51 POINTS
Hedj Nelson (D 63) 10 GR, 7 FS, 14 WorldFS, 20 WorldGR

48 POINTS
George Porter (C 130) 10 GR, 10 FS, 20 WorldFS, 8 WorldGR

47 POINTS
Gabe Beauperthuy (B 130) 7 GR, 20 GrapWGi, 20 GrapWNoGi

38 POINTS
Rudy James (B 187-76k) – 7 FK, 7 GR, 10 FS, 14 WorldFS
Octavius Bellamy (A 213-97k) – 10 FK, 7 GR, 7 FS, 14 WorldGR

37 POINTS
Joe Raia (C 138-63k) 7 FK, 10 GR, 10 FS, 8 WorldFS, 2 WorldGR

36 POINTS
Norman Manning (B 76) 10 GR, 4 FS, 14 WorldFS, 8 WorldGR

28 POINTS
James Medeiros (B 97) 10 GR, 10 FS, 8 WorldGR
Kevin Pine (C 85) 10 GR, 10 FS, 8 WorldFS

24 POINTS
Marc Tadelman (D 152) 10 FK, 14 WorldFS
Gelu Bors (C 97) 10 GR, 14 WorldGR
Bruce Moe (D 76) 7 GR, 7 FS, 2 WorldFS, 8 WorldGR

22 POINTS

Jason Goldman (B 58) 10 GR, 10 FS, 2 WorldGR
Brian Jones (D 130) 10 GR, 10 FS, 2 WorldFS

20 POINTS

Marcus Cobbs (A 63) 10 GR, 10 FS
Andrew Nicola (A 69) 10 GR, 10 FS
Ike Okoli (A 130) 10 GR, 10 FS
Roman Vodoviz (B 69) 10 GR, 10 FS
Brett Clark (B 130) 10 GR, 10 FS
Antonino Calandra (C 69) 10 GR, 10 FS
Igor Llin (C 76) 10 GR, 10 FS
James Kasser (D 69) 10 GR, 10 FS
Bill Newton (D 76) 10 GR, 10 FS
Valery Sorokov (E 85) 10 GR, 10 FS
Steve Contarino (E 97) 10 GR, 10 FS
Jack Schwartz (E 130) 10 GR, 10 FS
Aaron Johnson, 20 GrapWNoGi

18 POINTS
David Olson (C 127 58) 10 FK, 4 GR, 4 FS
Dean Barnard (E 187-85k) 10 FK, 4 GR, 4 FS

17 POINTS
Brian Cobb (B 187, 85) 10 FK, 7 GR
David Yi (B 63) 7 GR, 10 FS
Alexander Serebrinnikov (B 63) 10 GR, 7 FS
Carson Gainey (C 58) 7 GR, 10 FS
Ric Fehr (C 58) 10 GR, 7 FS
James Clark (D 213-97k) 7 FK, 10 FS
Larry Robertson (D 97) 10 GR, 7 FS
Kenneth Bonte (E 69) 10 GR, 7 FS

16 POINTS
Dan Brecht, 8 GrapWGi, 8 GrapWNoGi
Jeff Estrada (B 187, 85) – 4 FK, 10 FS, 2 WorldFS
Louis Orr (D 187 85) 10 FK, 4 GR, 2 WorldFS

15 POINTS
Gregg Conn (C 130) 7 GR, 8 WorldFS
Petros Petrosyan (D 85) 7 FS, 8 WorldFS

14 POINTS
Alex Zakusylo (B 167) 10 FK, 4 GR
Sean Nonamaker (A 97) 10 GR, 4 FS
Alvin Riggs (C 85) 7 GR, 7 FS
Steve Barkman (E 63) 10 GR, 4 FS
Montymonty Graham (D 85) 10 GR, 4 FS
Tim Holmstron (E 76) 7 GR, 7 FS
Lyubomir Lambov (E 76) 10 GR, 4 FS
Peter Haag (E 85) 7 GR, 7 FS
Jeff Davis (E 97) 7 GR, 7 FS
Alex Rinas (A 76) 10 GR, 4 FS
Jason Cumiford, 14 GrapWNoGi
Carlos Soto, 14 GrapWNoGi
Steve Horton, 14 WorldFS
John Hanrahan, 14 WorldFS
Daniel Studenic, 14 WorldFS

12 POINTS
Jacob Eck (A 152) 1 FK 4 GR, 7 FS

11 POINTS
Alan Kan (B 58) 7 GR, 4 FS
Nick Rodriguez (B 69) 7 GR, 4 FS
Tony Piva (D 76) 4 GR, 7 FS
Aaron Hayes (C 130) 4 GR, 7 FS
Dennis McInerney (D 69) 4 GR, 7 FS
Christopher Roos (D 69) 7 GR, 4 FS
Edward Freysinger (D 97) 7 GR, 4 FS
Craig Miner (E 69) 7 GR, 4 FS
Peter Wirs (E 76) 10 BCH, 1 FS

10 POINTS
Zachary Oleson (A 138) – 10 FK
Richard Rios (A 152) – 10 FK
Coulthurst Schmidt (A 167) – 10 FK
Matt Reichhoff (A 187) – 10 FK
Seth Hanson (A 286) 10 FK
Roger Spear (B 138)) 10 FK
Brandon Pigorsch (B 152) 10 FK
Nathan Martinez (B 286) 10 FK
Quin Dickson (C 138) 10 FK
Jose Alfredo Calero (D 167) 10 FK
Timothy Stepleton (D 213) 10 FK
Nathaniel Augustson (A 85) 10 GR
Leif Williams (B 85) 10 GR
Jordin Humphrey (A 76) 10 FS
Andre Blake (A 85) 10 FS
Frank Richmond (A 97) 10 FS
Zhora Hovhannisyan (D 58) 10 FS
Keith Stagg (D 63) 10 FS
Jose Betancourt (D 85) 10 FS
Robert Karstetter (E 58) 10 FS
Craig Johnson (E 58) 10 FS
Jeff Jacobs (E 76) 10 FS
Kelli Rasmussen (A Women) 10 FS
Travis Kirby (A light) 10 BCH
Tomas Gonzales (A heavy) 10 BCH
Chad George, 10 GRP
Colleen Schneider, 10 GRP

9 POINTS
Karl Junitz (B 97) 4 GR, 1 FS, 2 WorldFS, 2 WorldGR
Boris Kulich (C 85) 1 FS, 8 WorldFS

8 POINTS
Bakytbek Tashtanbekov (A 69) 7 GR, 1 FS
Boris Savkiv (A 85) 7 GR, 1 FS
Mark Mansfield (C 76) 7 GR, 1 FS
Gabriel Garcia (C 97) 1 GR, 7 FS
Ronald Ayers (C 97) 4 GR, 4 FS
Steve Morris (D 76) 4 GR, 4 FS
Jeff Pratt (D 85) 7 GR, 1 FS
Scott Lanham, 8 GrapWNoGi
George Strakl, 8 GrapWNoGi
Philip Pine, 8 WorldFS

7 POINTS
Paul Norgren (A 152) – 7 FK
Ryan Seidler (A 167) – 7 FK
Ben Oleson (A 187) – 7 FK
Nate Buys (A 213) – 7 FK
Scott Cutbirth (B 167) – 7 FK
Patrick Egan (B 286) – 7 FK
Greg McLaughlin (C 127) – 7 FK
Dan Collins (C 152) 7 FK
Jim Stepleton (C 213) 7 FK
Dat Kin Vong (A 76) 7 GR
Evgeney Didenko (C 69) 7 GR
Domenico Lemme (C 97) 7 GR
Timothy Randall (A 63) 7 FS
Connor Keating (A 76) 7 FS
Kyle Bubb (A 85) 7 FS
Scott Hunter (A 97) 7 FS
Wes Woody (A 130) 7 FS
Elliot Diaz (B 58) 7 FS
Jason Lowe (B 69) 7 fS
Opalnyk Kostiantyn (B 76) 7 FS
Scott Phillips (B 85) 7 FS
Jarad Carson (B 130) 7 FS
Moises Pacheco (C 58) 7 FS
Brian Nicola (C 69) 7 FS
Michelle Maloney (A Women) 7 FS
Joseph Tortorici (A Light) 7 BCH

5 POINTS
Christopher Hunt (A 69) 1 GR, 4 FS
Ashkan Morvari (B 76) 4 GR, 1 FS
David Sarmiento (C 69) 4 GR, 1 FS

4 POINTS
Eric Oleson (A 152) 4 FK
Chad Schultz (A 167) 4 FK
Paul Gorton (A 187) 4 FK
Brandon Garcia (A 213) – 4 FK
Nathan Jewett (B 286) – 4 FK
Adam Miller (C 213) 4 FK
Victor Bryson (A 85) 4 FK
Brandon Donofrio (B 58) 4 FK
Joe Uccelini (B 85), 4 GR
Chad Carson (B 130) 4 GR
Khashayar Mahdavi (D 85) 4 GR
Gregory Petit (D 97) 4 GR
Chad Cook (A 85) 4 FS
Aaron Meister (B 85) 4 FS
Joshua Nacey (B 87) 4 FS
Thomas Battista (B 130) 4 FS
Deke Turner (C 69) 4 FS
Derek Brignell (C 76) 4 FS
Brad Perry (C 85) 4 FS
Angelo Borzio (C 130) 4 FS
Joseph Podraza (E 97) 4 FS
Adrian Rinas (B 63) 4 FS
Shawn Henebry (A 88), 2WorldGR

3 POINTS
Raymond Gude (B 130) 1 GR, 2 WorldGR

2 POINTS
Michael Osborne (E 62), 2 WorldFS
Brad Brosius (E 78), 2 WorldGR
Joseph Cattan (E 88), 2 World FS

1 POINT
Brett Schoffner (A 167) 1 FK
Ben Schmitt (A 187) 1 FK
Caleb Schlak (B 76) 1 GR
Jeff Paulson (B 85) 1 GR
Alphonzo Espinoza (B 97) 1 GR
Darryl Johnson (C 85) 1 GR
Jeff Williams (D 76) 1 GR
KC McCleary (D 76) 1 GR
Glen Amador (C 130) 1 GR
Constantin Tintea (D 85) 1 GR
Brad Mason (A 76) 1 FS
Steve Gruginski (A 97) 1 FS
Ryan Hernandez (B 63) 1 FS
Rustin Marchello (B 69) 1 FS
Mike Malinconico (B 85) 1 FS
Roger Shoup (C 130) 1 FS
Darcy Dunlop (D 76) 1 FS
Jesse Carrillo (D 97) 1 FS
Gaetano DiZebba (E 69) 1 FS

Scoring grid for National Events: 10 for 1st place, 7 for second place, 4 for third place, 1 for fourth place
Scoring grid for World Events: 20 for World gold, 14 for World silver, 8 for World bronze, 2 for 4th place or 5th when there is two bronzes.

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