Zillmer and Walz win medals on day one of Continental Cup

KHASAVJURT, Russia – Hayden Zillmer and Ty Walz completed their competition at 97 kg on the first day of the Continental Cup in Russia, with Zillmer wining silver and Walz claiming bronze.

Due to the small size of the 97 kg bracket, it was completed in one day.

The other four weights contested today will wrap up on Saturday.

The USA has three athletes in the bronze match tomorrow, including Zach Sanders at 57 kg, Evan Henderson at 65 kg and 2018 Junior World champion Mekhi Lewis at 74 kg. All three advanced to their respective semifinals, where they fell just short.

Also still in the hunt for a medal is 2017 World silver medalist Thomas Gilman at 57 kg and 2017 U23 World Team member Sam Brooks at 86 kg. Both will begin tomorrow in repechage action.

As there is no live stream or results page, USA Wrestling will update as more information becomes available.

2019 CONTINENTAL CUP

at Khasavjurt, Russia, Oct. 10-14

U.S. men’s freestyle results

57 kg: Thomas Gilman (Iowa City, Iowa/Titan Mercury WC/Hawkeye WC)
WIN Mukhamad Ikromov (Tajikistan)
LOSS Russia
vs. repechage

57 kg: Zach Sanders (Minneapolis, Minn./Minnesota Storm)
WIN Khasan Husein Badrudinov (Russia)
WIN quarterfinals
LOSS semifinals

65 kg: Dean Heil (Norman, Okla./Titan Mercury WC/Oklahoma RTC)
LOSS Haji Ali (Bahrain)

65kg: Evan Henderson (New York, N.Y./Titan Mercury WC)
WIN Gamzat Gamzatov (Russia)
WIN quarterfinals
WIN semifinals

74 kg: Dan Vallimont (Philadelphia, Pa./Pennsylvania RTC)
WIN Nadir Hajiyev (Azerbaijan)
LOSS Mekhi Lewis (USA), 4-1

74 kg: Nazar Kulchytskyy (Minneapolis, Minn./Titan Mercury WC/Gopher WC)
LOSS Amin Tekushev (Russia)

74 kg: Mekhi Lewis (Bound Brook, N.J./Southeast RTC)
WIN Davit Gevorgyan (Armenia)
WIN Dan Vallimont (USA), 4-1
LOSS quaterfinals

86 kg: Kevin Radford (Tempe, Ariz./Sunkist Kids)
vs. Adam Gagiev (Russia), 7th at 2018 Alany Tournament, 10th at 2018 Ali Aliev Tournament

86 kg: Zahid Valencia (Bellflower, Calif./Sunkist Kids)
LOSS Omar Ziiautdinov (Russia), 12-5

86 kg: Sammy Brooks (Iowa City, Iowa/New York AC)
WIN Nick Heflin (USA), inj. df.
vs. repechage

86 kg: Nick Heflin (Norman, Okla./Titan Mercury WC/Oklahoma RTC)
LOSS Sammy Brooks (USA), inj. df.

97 kg: Ty Walz (Blacksburg, Va./Southeast RTC) – BRONZE
WIN Tamik Dzhikaev (Russia), 3-0
LOSS Rasul Magomedov (Russia)
WIN bronze match, 7-1

97 kg: Hayden Zillmer (Minneapolis, Minn./Minnesota Storm) – SILVER
WIN Magomed Musaev (Kyrgyzstan), 2-0
LOSS Rasul Magomedov (Russia), 3-3