Shilson, Ikei, Howard, Manville named as wrestlers for Summer Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018, Oct. 12-14
Share:
by Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling
YOG athletes Emily Shilson, Tiare Ikei, Robert Howard and Carson Manville. Competition portraits of Shilson and Manville by Richard Immel.
USA Wrestling announced the four athletes who will compete in wrestling for Team USA at the Summer Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018, pending approval by the United States Olympic Committee. The Youth Olympic Games will be held Oct. 6-18, with the wrestling competition to take place Oct. 12-14 in Argentina.
Wrestling is one of 32 sports which will be featured at the Youth Olympic Games, an elite, multi-sport event for athletes between the ages of 15-18 that is organized by the International Olympic Committee and held every four years. This is only the third Summer Youth Olympic Games, and competing in this event is a major honor.
Representing Team USA in women’s freestyle are Emily Shilson of Maple Grove, Minn. at 43 kg/94.5 lbs; and Tiare Ikei of Honolulu, Hawaii at 49 kg/108 lbs. The U.S. athletes in men’s freestyle wrestling are Robert Howard of Cranford, N.J. at 55 kg/121 lbs. and Carson Manville of Kingston, Pa. at 65 kg/143 lbs.
The U.S. wrestling team will be coached by Sam Barber of Colorado Springs, Colo., who is currently the head wrestling coach at the U.S. Air Force Academy. He enters his fifth season as head coach for Air Force, and was an assistant coach there for the five previous years. Barber is a former Manager of Coaches Education for USA Wrestling. He has been a head coach for Augsburg College (Minn.) and Upper Iowa University (Iowa). Barber has coached numerous international teams for USA Wrestling, including Cadet and Junior Pan American teams.
Also attending as an official IOC Athlete Role Model is USA Wrestling Assistant Women’s National Coach Clarissa Chun of Colorado Springs, Colo. Chun was a 2012 Olympic bronze medalist in women’s freestyle wrestling and a 2008 World champion. She is one of 54 athletes selected by the IOC to serve as Athlete Role Models to the nearly 4,000 athletes who will compete at Youth Olympic Games.
Nations are limited in the number of athletes per discipline that can enter the Youth Olympic Games and the nation must qualify athletes through continental Youth Olympic Games qualifiers to compete. USA Wrestling has a USOC -approved Athlete Selection Procedure for its YOG athletes, which includes specific performance standards and was confirmed by a USA Wrestling Youth Olympic Games Selection Committee.
USA Wrestling did not qualify any wrestlers in the Greco-Roman discipline and was able to have four total wrestlers on its Youth Olympic Games delegation. USA Wrestling was required to notify United World Wrestling and the USOC of the selections by June 15.
Wrestlers at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games are from the UWW Cadet age division (ages 15-17 years old). There will be 15 total wrestling weight classes in the 2018 Games, five in each of the three Olympic disciplines.
All four of the U.S. wrestlers at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games have not only represented the United States at an age-group World Championships, but two of them have won World medals. Complete biographies are below.
Emily Shilson was a 2018 UWW Cadet World champion and a 2017 UWW Cadet World silver medalist. She won gold medals at the 2016 and 2018 Cadet Pan American Championships. She has won three Junior National freestyle titles, two Cadet National freestyle titles and two Junior Folkstyle National titles. She will be a senior in the fall.
Tiare Ikei won a bronze medal at the 2018 UWW Cadet World Championships and was also a 2018 Pan American Cadet champion. She was fourth at the 2016 Junior Nationals and fifth at the 2016 Cadet Nationals. She will be a senior in the fall. She was a junior last year at Hawaii Technology Academy (Hawaii) and was a 2018 Hawaii girls state wrestling champion.
Robert Howard was a member of the 2017 and 2018 UWW Cadet World Team and placed ninth at the 2018 UWW Cadet World Championships. He will be a junior at Bergen Catholic High School (N.J.) in the fall. Howard was a 2018 New Jersey state high school champion and second in the 2017 New Jersey state championships.
Carson Manville was eighth at the 2018 Cadet World Championships in freestyle. He has won four Cadet Pan American Championships gold medals, two in freestyle and two in Greco-Roman (2017 and 2018). Manville also has four career Cadet National titles, two in freestyle and two in Greco-Roman (2017 and 2018). He will be a sophomore at Wyoming Seminary (Pa.) in the fall. He was a 2018 Prep National champion as a freshman for Wyoming Seminary, and was a 2017 Minnesota state champion as an eighth grader for Shakopee High School (Minn.)
Carson Manville is the second member of his family to make the USA team for the Youth Olympic Games. His older brother Mason Manville won a silver medal at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games.
Seven U.S. wrestlers have competed in the previous two Youth Olympic Games, with four athletes winning silver medals in the Olympic styles. At the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore, silver medals were won by Mason Manville (Greco-Roman 69 kg), Cade Olivas (men’s freestyle 46 kg) and Daton Fix (men’s freestyle 54 kg). At the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China, claiming a silver medal was Jordan Rogers (men’s freestyle, 76 kg). Also at the 2010 Youth Olympics, Jenna Burkert won a bronze medal in the YOG Beach Wrestling tournament.
YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES
At Buenos Aires, Argentina
Team USA wrestling roster
Women’s freestyle wrestling
43 kg/94.5 lbs - Emily Shilson, Maple Grove, Minn.
49 kg/108 lbs. - Tiare Ikei, Honolulu, Hawaii
Men’s freestyle wrestling
55 kg/121 lbs. - Robert Howard, Cranford, N.J.
65 kg/143 lbs. - Carson Manville, Kingston, Pa.
Coach - Sam Barber, Colorado Springs, Colo.
IOC Athlete Role Model – Clarissa Chun, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Wrestling Competition Dates - Friday, October 12, Saturday, October 13 and Sunday, October 14
Men’s freestyle weight categories: 48 kg, 55 kg, 65 kg, 80 kg, 110 kg
Women’s freestyle weight categories: 43 kg, 49 kg, 57 kg, 65 kg, 73 kg
Greco-Roman weight categories: 45 kg, 51 kg, 60 kg, 71 kg, 92 kg
TEAM USA YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES ATHLETE BIOGRAPHIES
43 kg/94.5 lbs - Emily Shilson, Maple Grove, Minn.
2018 UWW Cadet World champion… Three-time Junior Nationals champion (2016-18)… 2018 Cadet Pan American champion and Outstanding Wrestler… 2018 Junior Folkstyle Nationals champion… Second in 2018 Klippan Cadet Lady Open (Sweden)… 2016 and 2017 Cadet Nationals champion… 2017 UWW Cadet Nationals champion… 2017 Folkstyle Junior Nationals champion… 2017 Folkstyle Cadet Nationals champion… 2016 Junior Nationals champion.. Second in 2016 Cadet Folkstyle Nationals… Third in 2016 Junior Folkstyle Nationals… Second in 2016 Body Bar UWW Cadet Nationals… 2016 Cadet Pan American Championships champion… 2016 Minnesota Freestyle state champion… Daughter of Chad and Margaret Shilson… Will be a high school senior in the fall… State qualifier at 106 pounds as a junior with a 25-8 record… State Qualifier against boys at 106 pounds as a sophomore with a 30-8 record… Competed on the varsity as an eighth grader and freshman at 106…Born: January 12, 2001… Age: 17
49 kg/108 lbs. - Tiare Ikei, Honolulu, Hawaii
Third in the 2018 Cadet World Championships… 2018 UWW Cadet Pan-American champion… 2018 UWW Cadet World Team Trials champion… 2018 Hawaii Junior freestyle champion… Third at 2017 UWW Cadet World Team Trials… 2017 Hawaii Cadet freestyle champion… Fifth at 2016 Cadet Nationals… Fourth at 2016 Junior Nationals… Will be a senior in the fall… She attended Hawaii Technology Academy… 2018 Hawaii state champion at 112 pounds as a junior… Third in 2017 Hawaii state championships at 112 pounds… Born: May 8, 2001… Age: 17
55 kg/121 lbs. - Robert Howard, Cranford, N.J.
Ninth in 2018 UWW Cadet World Championships… 2017 and 2018 UWW Cadet World Team Trials champion… 2017 UWW Cadet World Team member… 2015 and 2016 New Jersey Schoolboy Duals Team member… Third in 2015 Northeast Schoolboy Regionals… Will be a junior at Bergen Catholic High School in the fall… 2018 New Jersey state high school champion at 120 pounds as a sophomore… Second in 2017 New Jersey state championships at 113 pounds… Born: March 1, 2002… Age: 16
65 kg/143 lbs. - Carson Manville, Kingston, Pa.
2018 Cadet Nationals freestyle and Greco-Roman champion… Eighth in 2018 UWW Cadet World Championships in freestyle… 2018 UWW Cadet World Team Trials champion in freestyle and fourth in Greco-Roman… 2018 Cadet Pan American champion in both styles… 2017 Cadet Nationals champion in freestyle and Greco-Roman, and Outstanding Wrestler in freestyle… 2017 Pan American Cadet champion in both styles… Second in 2017 UWW Cadet Nationals in freestyle and third in Greco-Roman… 2017 Minnesota Cadet state champion in both style… 2017 Northern Plains Regional Cadet champion in both styles… 2017 Southeast Regional Cadet champion in both styles… 2016 Schoolboy Triple Crown winner, claiming national titles in folkstyle, Greco-Roman and freestyle…. Will be a sophomore at Wyoming Seminary (Pa.)… 2018 Prep School National champion at 138 pounds as a freshman with a 53-3 record… 2017 Minnesota 3A state champion at 126 pounds as an eighth grader for Shakopee High School in Minnesota… His older brother Mason is a member of the Senior Greco-Roman National team… Born March 4, 2002… Age: 16
PAST USA WRESTLING YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES RESULTS
Youth Olympic Games Nanjing 2014
Mason Manville, Blairstown, N.J. (Greco-Roman, silver medal, 69 kg)
Cade Olivas, Fontana, Calif. (men’s freestyle, silver medal 46 kg)
Daton Fix, Sand Springs, Okla. (men’s freestyle, silver medal 54 kg)
Youth Olympic Games Singapore 2010
Jordan Rogers, Spokane, Wash. (men’s freestyle, silver medal, 76 kg)
Lucas Sheridan, Concord, Calif. (Greco-Roman, 4th place at 85 kg)
Quinton Murphy, Holley, N.Y. (men’s freestyle, 4th place at 63 kg)
Jenna Burkert, Middle Island, N.Y. (women’s freestyle, 5th place at 60 kg; bronze medal in Beach Wrestling)
USA Wrestling announced the four athletes who will compete in wrestling for Team USA at the Summer Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018, pending approval by the United States Olympic Committee. The Youth Olympic Games will be held Oct. 6-18, with the wrestling competition to take place Oct. 12-14 in Argentina.
Wrestling is one of 32 sports which will be featured at the Youth Olympic Games, an elite, multi-sport event for athletes between the ages of 15-18 that is organized by the International Olympic Committee and held every four years. This is only the third Summer Youth Olympic Games, and competing in this event is a major honor.
Representing Team USA in women’s freestyle are Emily Shilson of Maple Grove, Minn. at 43 kg/94.5 lbs; and Tiare Ikei of Honolulu, Hawaii at 49 kg/108 lbs. The U.S. athletes in men’s freestyle wrestling are Robert Howard of Cranford, N.J. at 55 kg/121 lbs. and Carson Manville of Kingston, Pa. at 65 kg/143 lbs.
The U.S. wrestling team will be coached by Sam Barber of Colorado Springs, Colo., who is currently the head wrestling coach at the U.S. Air Force Academy. He enters his fifth season as head coach for Air Force, and was an assistant coach there for the five previous years. Barber is a former Manager of Coaches Education for USA Wrestling. He has been a head coach for Augsburg College (Minn.) and Upper Iowa University (Iowa). Barber has coached numerous international teams for USA Wrestling, including Cadet and Junior Pan American teams.
Also attending as an official IOC Athlete Role Model is USA Wrestling Assistant Women’s National Coach Clarissa Chun of Colorado Springs, Colo. Chun was a 2012 Olympic bronze medalist in women’s freestyle wrestling and a 2008 World champion. She is one of 54 athletes selected by the IOC to serve as Athlete Role Models to the nearly 4,000 athletes who will compete at Youth Olympic Games.
Nations are limited in the number of athletes per discipline that can enter the Youth Olympic Games and the nation must qualify athletes through continental Youth Olympic Games qualifiers to compete. USA Wrestling has a USOC -approved Athlete Selection Procedure for its YOG athletes, which includes specific performance standards and was confirmed by a USA Wrestling Youth Olympic Games Selection Committee.
USA Wrestling did not qualify any wrestlers in the Greco-Roman discipline and was able to have four total wrestlers on its Youth Olympic Games delegation. USA Wrestling was required to notify United World Wrestling and the USOC of the selections by June 15.
Wrestlers at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games are from the UWW Cadet age division (ages 15-17 years old). There will be 15 total wrestling weight classes in the 2018 Games, five in each of the three Olympic disciplines.
All four of the U.S. wrestlers at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games have not only represented the United States at an age-group World Championships, but two of them have won World medals. Complete biographies are below.
Emily Shilson was a 2018 UWW Cadet World champion and a 2017 UWW Cadet World silver medalist. She won gold medals at the 2016 and 2018 Cadet Pan American Championships. She has won three Junior National freestyle titles, two Cadet National freestyle titles and two Junior Folkstyle National titles. She will be a senior in the fall.
Tiare Ikei won a bronze medal at the 2018 UWW Cadet World Championships and was also a 2018 Pan American Cadet champion. She was fourth at the 2016 Junior Nationals and fifth at the 2016 Cadet Nationals. She will be a senior in the fall. She was a junior last year at Hawaii Technology Academy (Hawaii) and was a 2018 Hawaii girls state wrestling champion.
Robert Howard was a member of the 2017 and 2018 UWW Cadet World Team and placed ninth at the 2018 UWW Cadet World Championships. He will be a junior at Bergen Catholic High School (N.J.) in the fall. Howard was a 2018 New Jersey state high school champion and second in the 2017 New Jersey state championships.
Carson Manville was eighth at the 2018 Cadet World Championships in freestyle. He has won four Cadet Pan American Championships gold medals, two in freestyle and two in Greco-Roman (2017 and 2018). Manville also has four career Cadet National titles, two in freestyle and two in Greco-Roman (2017 and 2018). He will be a sophomore at Wyoming Seminary (Pa.) in the fall. He was a 2018 Prep National champion as a freshman for Wyoming Seminary, and was a 2017 Minnesota state champion as an eighth grader for Shakopee High School (Minn.)
Carson Manville is the second member of his family to make the USA team for the Youth Olympic Games. His older brother Mason Manville won a silver medal at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games.
Seven U.S. wrestlers have competed in the previous two Youth Olympic Games, with four athletes winning silver medals in the Olympic styles. At the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore, silver medals were won by Mason Manville (Greco-Roman 69 kg), Cade Olivas (men’s freestyle 46 kg) and Daton Fix (men’s freestyle 54 kg). At the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China, claiming a silver medal was Jordan Rogers (men’s freestyle, 76 kg). Also at the 2010 Youth Olympics, Jenna Burkert won a bronze medal in the YOG Beach Wrestling tournament.
YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES
At Buenos Aires, Argentina
Team USA wrestling roster
Women’s freestyle wrestling
43 kg/94.5 lbs - Emily Shilson, Maple Grove, Minn.
49 kg/108 lbs. - Tiare Ikei, Honolulu, Hawaii
Men’s freestyle wrestling
55 kg/121 lbs. - Robert Howard, Cranford, N.J.
65 kg/143 lbs. - Carson Manville, Kingston, Pa.
Coach - Sam Barber, Colorado Springs, Colo.
IOC Athlete Role Model – Clarissa Chun, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Wrestling Competition Dates - Friday, October 12, Saturday, October 13 and Sunday, October 14
Men’s freestyle weight categories: 48 kg, 55 kg, 65 kg, 80 kg, 110 kg
Women’s freestyle weight categories: 43 kg, 49 kg, 57 kg, 65 kg, 73 kg
Greco-Roman weight categories: 45 kg, 51 kg, 60 kg, 71 kg, 92 kg
TEAM USA YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES ATHLETE BIOGRAPHIES
43 kg/94.5 lbs - Emily Shilson, Maple Grove, Minn.
2018 UWW Cadet World champion… Three-time Junior Nationals champion (2016-18)… 2018 Cadet Pan American champion and Outstanding Wrestler… 2018 Junior Folkstyle Nationals champion… Second in 2018 Klippan Cadet Lady Open (Sweden)… 2016 and 2017 Cadet Nationals champion… 2017 UWW Cadet Nationals champion… 2017 Folkstyle Junior Nationals champion… 2017 Folkstyle Cadet Nationals champion… 2016 Junior Nationals champion.. Second in 2016 Cadet Folkstyle Nationals… Third in 2016 Junior Folkstyle Nationals… Second in 2016 Body Bar UWW Cadet Nationals… 2016 Cadet Pan American Championships champion… 2016 Minnesota Freestyle state champion… Daughter of Chad and Margaret Shilson… Will be a high school senior in the fall… State qualifier at 106 pounds as a junior with a 25-8 record… State Qualifier against boys at 106 pounds as a sophomore with a 30-8 record… Competed on the varsity as an eighth grader and freshman at 106…Born: January 12, 2001… Age: 17
49 kg/108 lbs. - Tiare Ikei, Honolulu, Hawaii
Third in the 2018 Cadet World Championships… 2018 UWW Cadet Pan-American champion… 2018 UWW Cadet World Team Trials champion… 2018 Hawaii Junior freestyle champion… Third at 2017 UWW Cadet World Team Trials… 2017 Hawaii Cadet freestyle champion… Fifth at 2016 Cadet Nationals… Fourth at 2016 Junior Nationals… Will be a senior in the fall… She attended Hawaii Technology Academy… 2018 Hawaii state champion at 112 pounds as a junior… Third in 2017 Hawaii state championships at 112 pounds… Born: May 8, 2001… Age: 17
55 kg/121 lbs. - Robert Howard, Cranford, N.J.
Ninth in 2018 UWW Cadet World Championships… 2017 and 2018 UWW Cadet World Team Trials champion… 2017 UWW Cadet World Team member… 2015 and 2016 New Jersey Schoolboy Duals Team member… Third in 2015 Northeast Schoolboy Regionals… Will be a junior at Bergen Catholic High School in the fall… 2018 New Jersey state high school champion at 120 pounds as a sophomore… Second in 2017 New Jersey state championships at 113 pounds… Born: March 1, 2002… Age: 16
65 kg/143 lbs. - Carson Manville, Kingston, Pa.
2018 Cadet Nationals freestyle and Greco-Roman champion… Eighth in 2018 UWW Cadet World Championships in freestyle… 2018 UWW Cadet World Team Trials champion in freestyle and fourth in Greco-Roman… 2018 Cadet Pan American champion in both styles… 2017 Cadet Nationals champion in freestyle and Greco-Roman, and Outstanding Wrestler in freestyle… 2017 Pan American Cadet champion in both styles… Second in 2017 UWW Cadet Nationals in freestyle and third in Greco-Roman… 2017 Minnesota Cadet state champion in both style… 2017 Northern Plains Regional Cadet champion in both styles… 2017 Southeast Regional Cadet champion in both styles… 2016 Schoolboy Triple Crown winner, claiming national titles in folkstyle, Greco-Roman and freestyle…. Will be a sophomore at Wyoming Seminary (Pa.)… 2018 Prep School National champion at 138 pounds as a freshman with a 53-3 record… 2017 Minnesota 3A state champion at 126 pounds as an eighth grader for Shakopee High School in Minnesota… His older brother Mason is a member of the Senior Greco-Roman National team… Born March 4, 2002… Age: 16
PAST USA WRESTLING YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES RESULTS
Youth Olympic Games Nanjing 2014
Mason Manville, Blairstown, N.J. (Greco-Roman, silver medal, 69 kg)
Cade Olivas, Fontana, Calif. (men’s freestyle, silver medal 46 kg)
Daton Fix, Sand Springs, Okla. (men’s freestyle, silver medal 54 kg)
Youth Olympic Games Singapore 2010
Jordan Rogers, Spokane, Wash. (men’s freestyle, silver medal, 76 kg)
Lucas Sheridan, Concord, Calif. (Greco-Roman, 4th place at 85 kg)
Quinton Murphy, Holley, N.Y. (men’s freestyle, 4th place at 63 kg)
Jenna Burkert, Middle Island, N.Y. (women’s freestyle, 5th place at 60 kg; bronze medal in Beach Wrestling)
Read More#
Bouzakis, Jaffe, Robinson to go for women’s freestyle bronze at U17 World Championships, Brooks back in repechage
Fargo Facts: Women’s tournaments in Fargo create milestones, set records
USA wins women’s freestyle team title at U20 Pan American Championships, led by seven champions
A peek back at the 2022 Fargo team results, with the final standings in each of the six tournaments
