Burroughs, Snyder, Taylor, Gwiazdowski, Colon, Ashnault, McCrystal and Rodriguez receive Pan Am draws
by Taylor Miller, USA Wrestling
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – The final eight men’s freestyle athletes received their draws for Sunday’s competition of the 2019 Pan American Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Below are the draws.
Competition begins at 10 a.m. local time (9 a.m. EST) live on Trackwrestling.com.
2019 SENIOR PAN AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
at Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 18-21
U.S. Men’s Freestyle draws
57 kg: Josh Rodriguez (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC)
vs. Reineri Andreu Ortega (Cuba), 2017 U23 World champion
61 kg: Joe Colon (Fresno, Calif./Titan Mercury WC/Valley RTC)
vs. Yowlys Bonne Rodriguez (Cuba) – 2018 Senior World champion, two-time Senior World bronze medalist (2014, 2017)
65 kg: Colton McCrystal (Lincoln, Neb./Nebraska WTC)
vs. Sixto Auccapina Pedragas (Peru), 2018 South American Games bronze
70 kg: Anthony Ashnault (South Plainfield, N.J./NJRTC)
vs. Nick Rowe (Canada), 2016 City of Sassari International bronze
74 kg: Jordan Burroughs (Lincoln, Neb./Sunkist Kids)
vs. Freddy Vera Fajardo (Ecuador), fifth at 2018 Senior Pan American Championship
86 kg: David Taylor (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC)
vs. Rashi Mackey (Bahamas), fifth at 2018 Senior Pan American Championship
97 kg: Kyle Snyder (Columbus, Ohio/Titan Mercury WC/Ohio RTC)
vs. Evan Ramos (Puerto Rico), fourth at 2019 Dave Schultz Memorial
125 kg: Nick Gwiazdowksi (Raleigh, N.C./Titan Mercury WC)
vs. Marcos Santos Bonnet (Puerto Rico), 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games bronze
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