Schultz to go for gold, Nutter for bronze, Caffey gets into repechage at Junior Worlds
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by Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling
Cohlton Schultz of the USA celebrates after winning his Junior World semifinal match at 130 kg. Photo by Daniel Mitchell.
TALLINN, Estonia – 2017 Cadet World champion and 2018 Junior World bronze medalist Cohlton Schultz (Parker, Colo./Sunkist Kids/EAP) has qualified for the gold-medal finals at 130 kg/286 lbs. at the UWW Junior World Wrestling Championships on Friday night.
In the semifinals, Schultz dominated Lu Zhang of China in the semifinals, pinning him in 1:42. After Zhang was penalized for stalling, giving Schultz a point, he was put down in par terre. Schultz ran Zhang over two times, extending his lead to 5-0 and finished off the powerful turn with a fall.
He will face Aliakbar Hossein Yousofiahmadchali of Iran in the gold-medal finals. Yousofiahmadchali was a 2018 U23 World bronze medalist, and won the 2019 Asian Junior Championships.
Schultz won three matches in Friday’s morning session. He started with a pair of technical falls, beating Dariusz Vitek of Hungary, 10-2 and Aawesh Aawesh of India, 9-0. His quarterfinal win was over Hamdy Aly Issa of Egypt., 5-0.
Schultz is competing in his sixth age-group World Championships for Team USA. This will be Schultz’ third Junior World Team, also competing in 2017 and 2018. He competed on two Cadet World Teams (2016 and 2017) and the 2018 U23 World Team. Schultz is going into his freshman year at Arizona State.
Going for a bronze medal on Saturday night will be Alston Nutter (Fennimore, Wis./Sunkist Kids/NMU-OTS) at 63 kg/139 lbs.
Nutter was defeated in the semifinals by 2015 Cadet World silver medalist Abu Muslim Aptievitch Amaev of Russia, in a 9-0 technical fall. Amaev scored three takedowns to take an 6-0 lead, driving Nutter to the edge of the mat where he scored. Amaev added a pair of step outs to make it 8-0. The USA challenged the final call, which was denied, giving Amaev his final point.
Nutter scored a pin of Zaur Nuriyev of Azerbaijan in his first bout, then defeated Assaukhat Mukhamadiyev of Kazakhstan, 5-2 in quarterfinals during the morning session.
Nutter competes for the Northern Michigan University – Olympic Training Site (NMU-OTS) program at Northern Michigan. He was also a member of the 2018 U.S. Junior World Team.
2018 Pan American Junior champion Cameron Caffey (Carbondale, Ill./Michigan State) was pulled back into repechage at 87 kg/191.5 lbs.
Caffey, who competes for Michigan State, was defeated in the first round by 2018 Junior World bronze medalist Ilia Ermolenko of Russia, 10-0. Ermolenko powered through the bracket, winning his semifinal bout by technical fall. Only wrestlers who lost to a finalist are eligible for repechage.
Caffey will have a repechage match against Kumar Sunil of India. If he beats Sunil, he will next wrestle J. Logaard of Sweden. If he wins both of these
Two U.S. wrestlers who were beaten Friday morning did not qualify for repechage, Dylan Ragusin (Elk Grove Village, Ill./Izzy Style) at 55 kg/121 lbs. and Jack Ervien (Bonny Lake, Wash./Takedown Express WC) at 77 kg/169.5 lbs.
Caffey will compete in the Saturday morning session, which begins at 10:30 a.m. Schultz and Nutter will compete in the medal matches on Saturday night, starting at 6:00 p.m.
All of the action is broadcast live by Trackwrestling.
U.S. Greco-Roman results for Friday morning
55 kg/121 lbs.: Dylan Ragusin, Elk Grove Village, Ill. (Izzy Style)
LOSS Mukremin Aktas (Turkey), tech. fall 8-0
63 kg/139 lbs.: Alston Nutter, Fennimore, Wis. (Sunkist Kids/NMU-OTS)
WIN Zaur Nuriyev (Azerbaijan), pin 3:47
WIN Assaukhat Mukhamadiyev (Kazakhstan), 5-2
LOSS Abu Muslim Aptievitch Amaev (Russia), tech. fall 9-0
Bronze Medal Match – opponent to be determined
77 kg/169.5 lbs.: Jack Ervien, Bonny Lake, Wash. (Takedown Express WC)
LOSS Sajan Sajan (India), tech. fall 9-0
87 kg/191.5 lbs: Cameron Caffey, Carbondale, Ill. (Michigan State)
LOSS Ilia Ermolenko (Russia), tech fall, 10-0
Repechage – Vs. Kumar Sunil (India)
130 kg/286 lbs.: Cohlton Schultz, Parker, Colo. (Sunkist Kids/EAP)
WIN Dariusz Vitek (Hungary), tech. fall 10-2
WIN Aawesh Aawesh (India), tech. fall 9-0
WIN Youssef Ahmed Hamdy Aly Issa (Egypt), 5-0
WIN Lu Zhang (China), pin 1:42
Gold Medal Match – Vs. Aliakbar Hossein Yousofiahmadchali (Iran)
TALLINN, Estonia – 2017 Cadet World champion and 2018 Junior World bronze medalist Cohlton Schultz (Parker, Colo./Sunkist Kids/EAP) has qualified for the gold-medal finals at 130 kg/286 lbs. at the UWW Junior World Wrestling Championships on Friday night.
In the semifinals, Schultz dominated Lu Zhang of China in the semifinals, pinning him in 1:42. After Zhang was penalized for stalling, giving Schultz a point, he was put down in par terre. Schultz ran Zhang over two times, extending his lead to 5-0 and finished off the powerful turn with a fall.
He will face Aliakbar Hossein Yousofiahmadchali of Iran in the gold-medal finals. Yousofiahmadchali was a 2018 U23 World bronze medalist, and won the 2019 Asian Junior Championships.
Schultz won three matches in Friday’s morning session. He started with a pair of technical falls, beating Dariusz Vitek of Hungary, 10-2 and Aawesh Aawesh of India, 9-0. His quarterfinal win was over Hamdy Aly Issa of Egypt., 5-0.
Schultz is competing in his sixth age-group World Championships for Team USA. This will be Schultz’ third Junior World Team, also competing in 2017 and 2018. He competed on two Cadet World Teams (2016 and 2017) and the 2018 U23 World Team. Schultz is going into his freshman year at Arizona State.
Going for a bronze medal on Saturday night will be Alston Nutter (Fennimore, Wis./Sunkist Kids/NMU-OTS) at 63 kg/139 lbs.
Nutter was defeated in the semifinals by 2015 Cadet World silver medalist Abu Muslim Aptievitch Amaev of Russia, in a 9-0 technical fall. Amaev scored three takedowns to take an 6-0 lead, driving Nutter to the edge of the mat where he scored. Amaev added a pair of step outs to make it 8-0. The USA challenged the final call, which was denied, giving Amaev his final point.
Nutter scored a pin of Zaur Nuriyev of Azerbaijan in his first bout, then defeated Assaukhat Mukhamadiyev of Kazakhstan, 5-2 in quarterfinals during the morning session.
Nutter competes for the Northern Michigan University – Olympic Training Site (NMU-OTS) program at Northern Michigan. He was also a member of the 2018 U.S. Junior World Team.
2018 Pan American Junior champion Cameron Caffey (Carbondale, Ill./Michigan State) was pulled back into repechage at 87 kg/191.5 lbs.
Caffey, who competes for Michigan State, was defeated in the first round by 2018 Junior World bronze medalist Ilia Ermolenko of Russia, 10-0. Ermolenko powered through the bracket, winning his semifinal bout by technical fall. Only wrestlers who lost to a finalist are eligible for repechage.
Caffey will have a repechage match against Kumar Sunil of India. If he beats Sunil, he will next wrestle J. Logaard of Sweden. If he wins both of these
Two U.S. wrestlers who were beaten Friday morning did not qualify for repechage, Dylan Ragusin (Elk Grove Village, Ill./Izzy Style) at 55 kg/121 lbs. and Jack Ervien (Bonny Lake, Wash./Takedown Express WC) at 77 kg/169.5 lbs.
Caffey will compete in the Saturday morning session, which begins at 10:30 a.m. Schultz and Nutter will compete in the medal matches on Saturday night, starting at 6:00 p.m.
All of the action is broadcast live by Trackwrestling.
U.S. Greco-Roman results for Friday morning
55 kg/121 lbs.: Dylan Ragusin, Elk Grove Village, Ill. (Izzy Style)
LOSS Mukremin Aktas (Turkey), tech. fall 8-0
63 kg/139 lbs.: Alston Nutter, Fennimore, Wis. (Sunkist Kids/NMU-OTS)
WIN Zaur Nuriyev (Azerbaijan), pin 3:47
WIN Assaukhat Mukhamadiyev (Kazakhstan), 5-2
LOSS Abu Muslim Aptievitch Amaev (Russia), tech. fall 9-0
Bronze Medal Match – opponent to be determined
77 kg/169.5 lbs.: Jack Ervien, Bonny Lake, Wash. (Takedown Express WC)
LOSS Sajan Sajan (India), tech. fall 9-0
87 kg/191.5 lbs: Cameron Caffey, Carbondale, Ill. (Michigan State)
LOSS Ilia Ermolenko (Russia), tech fall, 10-0
Repechage – Vs. Kumar Sunil (India)
130 kg/286 lbs.: Cohlton Schultz, Parker, Colo. (Sunkist Kids/EAP)
WIN Dariusz Vitek (Hungary), tech. fall 10-2
WIN Aawesh Aawesh (India), tech. fall 9-0
WIN Youssef Ahmed Hamdy Aly Issa (Egypt), 5-0
WIN Lu Zhang (China), pin 1:42
Gold Medal Match – Vs. Aliakbar Hossein Yousofiahmadchali (Iran)
