USA wins 19 medals, including nine golds, on day one of U15 World School Combat Games

HOMEPAGE PHOTO: National Coaches Kevin Jackson (left) and Jessica Medina (right) work with Team USA athletes at the U15 Worlds in Budapest.

PHOTOS WITH ARTICLE: The U.S. women's freestyle team (top) and the U.S. men's freestyle team (bottom) after their fantastic effort at the U15 Worlds on Tuesday.
Photos by Ku'u Robinson.

BUDAPEST, Hungary – The United States secured a haul of 19 medals, including nine gold medals, on the first day of the World School Combat Games on Tuesday, which is serving at the U15 World Championships for United World Wrestling.

Overall, the U.S. medal breakdown was nine golds, six silvers and four bronzes. These 19 medals came in the 20 weight classes contested, a remarkable performance.

Two tournaments were held on Tuesday, with women’s freestyle and men’s freestyle on the mats. The U.S. women’s freestyle team won medals in all 10 weight classes, with six gold, three silver and one bronze. The U.S. men’s freestyle team captured nine medals, including three gold, three silver and three bronze.

Combined, the U.S. wrestlers had a 55-13 record for the day. Although no team scores were kept, the USA was the dominant nation in women’s freestyle and among the top three teams in men’s freestyle. This was the first U15 World tournament recognized by United World Wrestling.

The USA U15 World champions were:
• Women’s FS 36 kg: Valerie Hamilton (Grindley,Ill./SOT-C)
• Women’s FS: 39 kg: Jasintai Mallqui (Camden, N.J./Elite Wrestling NJ),
• Women’s FS 42 kg: Alexandra Szkotnicki (Riva, Md./ Southern Maryland Wrestling Club WolfPack),
• Women’s FS 50 kg: Olivia Messerly (Crittenden, Ky./ The Raider Wrestling Club),
• Women’s FS 58 kg: Korina Blades (Broadview, Ill./Izzy Style Wrestling),
• Women’s FS 66 kg: Destiny Rodriguez (West Linn, Ore./ All-Phase Wrestling Club),
• Men’s FS 38kg: Aden Valencia (Morgan Hill, Calif./ Amateur Wrestling Academy),
• Men’s FS 41kg: Tyler Wells (Princeton, Minn./ PINnacle Wrestling School),
• Men’s FS 52kg: Ethan Stiles (Chicago Ill./ Izzy Style Wrestling)

Silver medals were won by:
• Women’s FS 33 kg: Gigi Bragg (Anoka, Minn./Anoka Youth Wrestling Club)
• Women’s FS 46 kg: Paige Moralez (Clovis, Calif./ Red Wave Wrestling)
• Women’s FS 62 kg: Reece Larramendy (Reno, Nev./ Nevada Elite)
• Men’s FS 57kg: Francisco Ayala (Ellensburg, Wash./ Victory Wrestling)
• Men’s FS 62kg: Antrell Taylor (Omaha, Neb./MWC Wrestling Academy)
• Men’s FS 75kg: Bradley Gillum (DeKalb, Ill./DeKalb Wrestling Club)

Claiming Bronze medals were these Americans:
• Women’s FS 54 kg: Jennifer Soto (Red Bluff, Calif./Orland)
• Men’s FS 44kg: Kael Lauridsen (Omaha, Neb./ Nebraska Boyz)
• Men’s FS 48kg: Greyson Clark (Wrightstown, Wisc./ Kaukauna Wrestling Club)
• Men’s FS 68kg: James Rowley (Corvallis Ore./ Orange Crush Wrestling Club)

The coaches for the men’s freestyle team are National Freestyle Developmental Coach Kevin Jackson of Colorado Springs, Colo. and U15 World Team coach Brian Becher of Defiance, Ohio.

Coaching the women’s freestyle team are National Women’s Developmental Coach Jess Medina of Colorado Springs, Colo. and U15 World Team coach Ku’u Robinson of Waianae, Hawaii.

The competition concludes on Wednesday with the Greco-Roman tournament. A pairing story for Greco-Roman will be posted shortly.

WORLD SCHOOL COMBAT GAMES
UWW U15 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Budapest, Hungary, June 18

Women's freestyle medalists

33 kg
Gold - Anastasiia Polska (Ukraine)
Silver - Gabrielle Bragg (USA)
Bronze - Evelly Pacheco (Brazil)

36 kg
Gold - Valerie Hamilton (USA)
Silver - Snizhana Onufriieva (Ukraine)
Bronze - Sthefany Silva (Brazil)

39 kg
Gold - Jasintai Mallqui (USA)
Silver - Chen Ya-Shin (Chinese Taipei)
Bronze - Emilly Ferreira (Brazil)

42 kg
Gold - Alexandra Szkotnicki (USA)
Silver - Anna Tieliegina (Ukraine)
Bronze - Bianka Fath (Hungary)

46 kg
Gold - Amina Mukhamed (Ukraine)
Silver - Page Moralez (USA)
Bronze - Maria Cazalla (Spain)

50 kg
Gold - Olivia Messerly (USA)
Silver - Anna Karbovska (Ukraine)
Bronze - Evelin Koleszar (Hungary)

54 kg
Gold - Viktória Borsos (Hungary)
Silver - Mayara Pereira (Brazil)
Bronze - Jennifer Soto (USA)

58 kg
Gold - Korina Blades (USA)
Silver - Iryna Bondar (Ukraine)
Bronze - Natalia Pereda (Spain)

62 kg
Gold - Eniko Elekes (Hungary)
Silver - Reese Larramendy (USA)
Bronze - Lethícia Santos (Brazil)

66 kg
Gold - Destiny Rodriguez (USA)
Silver - Iryna Zablotska (Ukraine)
Bronze - Terek Fruzsina (Hungary)

U.S. women’s freestyle results

33 kg: Gigi Bragg (Anoka, Minn./Anoka Youth Wrestling Club), silver medal
WIN Evelly Pacheco (Brazil), pin
LOSS Anastasiia Polska (Ukraine), tech. fall 12-2

36 kg: Valerie Hamilton (Grindley,Ill./SOT-C), gold medal
WIN Snizhana Onufrieeva (Ukraine), pin
WIN Sthefany Silva (Brazil), pin

39 kg: Jasintai Mallqui (Camden, N.J./Elite Wrestling NJ), gold medal
WIN Chen Ya-Shin (Chinese Taipei), tech. fall 10-0
WIN Emily Ferreira (Brazil), tech. fall 11-0
WIN Virginia Lopez (Spain), tech. fall 10-0
WIN Oleksandra Bodnar (Ukraine), 11-4

42 kg: Alexandra Szkotnicki (Riva, Md./ Southern Maryland Wrestling Club WolfPack), gold medal
WIN Anna Tieliegina (Ukraine), tech. fall 11-0
WIN Maria Gomez (Spain), pin
WIN Huang Tsai-Yu (Chinese Taipei), pin
WIN Anna Tieliegina (Ukraine), tech. fall 12-2

46 kg: Paige Moralez (Clovis, Calif./ Red Wave Wrestling), silver medal
WIN Adrianny Caetano (Brazil), pin
WIN Maria Cazalla (Spain), pin
LOSS Amina Mukhamed (Ukraine), pin
WIN Liao Pei-Ying (Chinese Taipei), pin

50 kg: Olivia Messerly (Crittenden, Ky./ The Raider Wrestling Club), gold medal
WIN Elena Torres (Spain), pin
WIN Kaylene Meireles (Brazil), tech. fall 11-0
WIN Evelin Koeszare (Hungary), pin
WIN Anna Karbovska (Ukraine), pin

54 kg: Jennifer Soto (Red Bluff, Calif./Orland), bronze medal
WIN Mayara Pereira (Brazil), 5-3
WIN Carla Soler (Spain), tech. fall 10-0
LOSS Viktoria Borosos (Hungary), 6-4
WIN Yulia Pakhniuk (Ukraine), 8-0

58 kg: Korina Blades (Broadview, Ill./Izzy Style Wrestling), gold medal
WIN Alexandra Takacs (Hungary), 10-7
WIN Rosa Rodrigues (Brazil), tech. fall 11-0
WIN Natalia Pereda (Spain), pin
WIN Iryna Bondar (Ukraine), 8-7

62 kg: Reece Larramendy (Reno, Nev./ Nevada Elite), silver medal
WIN Arina Romaschenko (Ukraine), 6-0
WIN Lethicia Santos (Brazil), pin
WIN Yasmin Alonso (Spain), pin
LOSS Eniko Elekes (Hungary), 10-2

66 kg: Destiny Rodriguez (West Linn, Ore./ All-Phase Wrestling Club), gold medal
WIN Ariha Rahman (Spain), pin
WIN Kayla Santos (Brazil), tech. fall 14-4
WIN Terek Fruzsi (Hungary), pin
WIN Iryna Zablotska (Ukraine) pin

Men’s freestyle medalists

38 kg
Gold - Aden Valencia (USA)
Silver - Ivan Stomatov (Ukraine)
Bronze - Abubakar Osmanov (Russia)
Bronze - Karagulov Nursultan (Kazakhstan)

41 kg
Gold - Tyler Wells (USA)
Silver - Rakymbayev Alibi (Kazakhstan)
Bronze - Bohdan Oleksiienko (Ukraine)
Bronze - Sergey Klimenko (Russia)

44 kg
Gold - Kurban Salikhov (Russia)
Silver - Askerbek Daryn (Kazakhstan)
Bronze - Kael Lauridsen (USA)

48 kg
Gold - Nurlanbek Abdnur (Kazakhstan)
Silver - Mukhammed Dudaev (Russia)
Bronze - Greyson Clark (USA)
Bronze - Stephan Ehlers (South Africa)

52 kg
Gold - Ethan Stiles (USA)
Silver - Anchugin Yegor (Kazakhstan)
Bronze - Danil Astafev (Russia)

57 kg
Gold - Alaidar Shattyk (Kazakhstan)
Silver - Fransisco Ayala (USA)
Bronze - Felipe Ferrusola (Spain)
Bronze - Denis Lisunenko (Russia)

62 kg
Gold - Bexultanov Yerkhan (Kazakhstan)
Silver - Antrell Taylor (USA)
Bronze - Ali Abdurashidov (Russia)

68 kg
Gold - Murat Tsoroev (Russia)
Silver - Otegenov Nurlan (Kazakhstan)
Bronze - James Rowley (USA)
Bronze - Mykhailo Yeftieni (Ukraine)

75 kg
Gold - Kantemir Suanov (Russia)
Silver - Bradley Gillumn (USA)
Bronze - Masoud Ali (Saudi Arabia)

85 kg
Gold - Daniel Dzhopua (Russia)
Silver - Karabek Arystan (Kazakhstan)
Bronze - Gellén Milán (Hungary)
Bronze - Vadym Rudeniuk (Ukraine)

U.S. men’s freestyle performances

38kg: Aden Valencia (Morgan Hill, Calif./ Amateur Wrestling Academy), gold medal
WIN Abubakar Osmanov (Russia), 6-5
WIN Jaun Hugo (South Africa), tech. fall 10-0
WIN Ivan Stomatov (Ukraine), tech. fall 13-3

41kg: Tyler Wells (Princeton, Minn./ PINnacle Wrestling School), gold medal
WIN Jesse Van Baalen (South Africa)
WIN Sergey Klimenko (Russia), 3-0
WIN Rakymbayev Alibi (Kazakhstan), 8-1

44kg: Kael Lauridsen (Omaha, Neb./ Nebraska Boyz), bronze medal
WIN Jiang Yin-Jie (Chinese Taipei), 19-16
WIN Ismael Pintado (Spain), tech. fall 12-2
WIN Terrence Esterhuizen (South Africa), tech fall 10-0
LOSS Askerbek Daryn (Kazakhstan), tech. fall 16-5
WIN Jiang Yin-Jie (Chinese Taipei), tech. fall 10-0

48kg: Greyson Clark (Wrightstown, Wisc./ Kaukauna Wrestling Club), bronze medal
WIN Denis Kodakov (Spain)
LOSS Nurlanbek Abdinur (Kazakhstan)
WIN Timur Yusov (Ukraine), pin

52kg: Ethan Stiles (Chicago Ill./ Izzy Style Wrestling), gold medal
WIN Michael Mhlanga (South Africa), tech fall 10-0
WIN Chen Po-Lun (China), tech. fall
WIN Danil Astafev (Russia), 8-8
WIN Yegor (Kazakhstan), 12-10

57kg: Francisco Ayala (Ellensburg, Wash./ Victory Wrestling), silver medal
WIN Felipe Ferrusola (Spain)
WIN Vladyslav Savych (Ukraine), pin
LOSS Alsidar Shattyko (Kazakhstan), 12-8

62kg: Antrell Taylor (Omaha, Neb./MWC Wrestling Academy), silver medal
LOSS Bexultanov Yerkhan (Kazakhstan), 7-5
WIN Oscar Camacho (Spain), tech. fall 12-2
WIN Corne Telleman (South Africa), tech. fall 10-0
WIN Ali Abdurashidov (Russia), 12-8
LOSS Bexultanov Yerkhan (Kazakhstan), 6-5

68kg: James Rowley (Corvallis Ore./ Orange Crush Wrestling Club), bronze medal
LOSS Otegenov Nurlan (Kazakhstan), tech. fall 13-1
WIN Paulo Silva (Brazil), inj. dft.

75kg: Bradley Gillum (DeKalb, Ill./DeKalb Wrestling Club), silver medal
WIN Alexander Benedetti (South Africa), tech. fall 10-0
WIN Ali Masoud (Saudi Arabia), tech. fall 11-0
WIN Aitmukhan Rizabek (Kazakhstan), 4-4
LOSS Kantemir Suanov (Russia), tech. fall 11-0

85kg: Andrew Blackburn-Forst (Lockport, Ill./Lockport Junior Porters WC), 5th place
LOSS Karabek Arystan (Kazakhstan)
LOSS Milan Gellen (Hungary), tech. fall 11-0