Finals set for U20 Nationals and U15 Nationals in Greco-Roman in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Two of the national tournaments held on day one of the Pritchard Companies U.S. Open have advanced to the championship finals, the U20 National Greco-Roman Championships and the U15 National Greco-Roman Championships

Among the U20 Nationals finalists are returning champions Landon Drury of Betterman Elite Wrestling (63 kg) and Aden Attao of Suples WC (130 kg).

It will be an all-Colorado finals at 63 kg, as Drury will battle Otto Black of Colorado Top Team WC, who was fifth in the 2021 U17 World Championships.

Attao, a two-time U20 World Team member and 2022 U20 World bronze medalist, has won all three of his bouts by technical fall. He will face Hayden Simpson of the Cowboy RTC in the finals.

2022 U17 World champion and 2023 U20 World Team member Joel Adams of the Best Wrestler is among the finalists at 67 kg, where he faces Brennan Van Hoecke of Florida in the finals.

The Khosravy brothers, 19-year old Arvin and 17-year-old Arian, will meet in the 82 kg finals. Arvin is a two-time U17 World team member, having placed fifth in the 2022 U17 Worlds.  

In the U15 Nationals, one returning Greco-Roman champions has reached the finals, Pennsylvania’s Keegan Bassett of the Young Guns WC at 41 kg. Bassett will battle Tyler Conzo of New York in the finals.

The other returning Greco-Roman champion in the draw was defeated in the semifinals at 44 kg, when Illinois Michael Rundell of Illinois beat returning champion Chase Karenbauer of the Bad Karma WC, 8-7.

At 75 kg, 2023 U15 Nationals freestyle champion Mario Hutcherson of Young Guns WC has reached this year’s Greco-Roman finals, where he will battle Ivan Ivanov of Suples WC.

The Greco-Roman championship finals in both the U20 Nationals and the U15 Nationals finals will be held at 6:30 p.m. PT.

All of the action is live on FloWrestling https://flosports.link/3S5LB5x

2024 U.S. OPEN

At Las Vegas, Nev., April 24

U20 National Greco-Roman semifinal pairings

55 kg - Isaiah Cortez CA (Daniel Cormier Wrestling Club) vs. Elyle Francisco AK (Anchorage Youth Wrestling Academy)

60 kg - Cory Land AL (Panther Wrestling Club RTC) vs. Elijah Cortez CA (Daniel Cormier Wrestling Club)

63 kg - Landon Drury CO (Betterman Elite Wrestling) vs. Otto Black CO (Colorado Top Team Wrestling Club)

67 kg - Brennan Van Hoecke FL (Florida) vs. Joel Adams NE (The Best Wrestler)

72 kg - Tyler Antoniak NE (MWC Wrestling Academy) vs. Brett Back WI (Dubuque RTC)

77 kg - Aydin Rix McElhinney ME (Northern Colorado Wrestling Club) vs. Leister Bowling IV CO (Colorado Top Team Wrestling Club)

82 kg - Arvin Khosravy CA (California) vs. Arian Khosravy CA (California)

87 kg - Antony Tuttle MN (Pinnacle Wrestling Club) vs. Nick Nosler IL (Southern Illinois Regional Training Center)

97 kg - Soren Pirhoun VA (Gunston Wrestling Club) vs. Soren Herzog CO (Air Force Regional Training Center)

130 kg - Aden Attao ID (Beaver Dam Wrestling Regional Training Center) vs. Hayden Simpson OK (Cowboy RTC)

U20 Nationals Greco-Roman semifinals results

55 kg

Isaiah Cortez CA (Daniel Cormier Wrestling Club) dec. Mack Mauger ID (Team Idaho Wrestling Club), 6-2

Elyle Francisco AK (Anchorage Youth Wrestling Academy) tech fall Ezekiel Witt KS (Manhattan Wrestling), 10-0 0:19

60 kg

Cory Land AL (Panther Wrestling Club RTC) tech fall Cale Seaton IA (Big Game Wrestling Club), 8-0 0:39

Elijah Cortez CA (Daniel Cormier Wrestling Club) dec. Teegan Vasquez MT (Kalispell Wrestling Club), 4-3

63 kg

Landon Drury CO (Betterman Elite Wrestling) dec. Rhett Koenig WI (Gopher Wrestling Club - RTC), 6-5

Otto Black CO (Colorado Top Team Wrestling Club) tech fall Amryn Nutter WI (Combat W.C. School of Wrestling), 9-0 3:52

67 kg

Brennan Van Hoecke FL (Florida) tech fall Pierson Manville PA (Pennsylvania), 14-6 2:03

Joel Adams NE (The Best Wrestler) dec. Colton Parduhn AK (Interior Grappling Academy), 7-1

72 kg

Tyler Antoniak NE (MWC Wrestling Academy) dec. Jadon Skellenger ID (Team Idaho Wrestling Club), 9-6

Brett Back WI (Dubuque RTC) tech fall Braden Stauffenberg IL (Michigan Wrestling Club), 8-0 0:34

77 kg

Aydin Rix McElhinney ME (Northern Colorado Wrestling Club) pin Ashton Miess WI (Combat W.C. School of Wrestling), 6-4 2:50

Leister Bowling IV CO (Colorado Top Team Wrestling Club) dec. Gavin Ricketts KY (Kentucky), 9-7

82 kg

Arvin Khosravy CA (California) tech fall Noah Poe-Hatten MT (Montana), 8-0 1:10

Arian Khosravy CA (California) tech fall Brent Slade, jr. IA (Moen Wrestling Academy), 15-6 4:43

87 kg

Antony Tuttle MN (Pinnacle Wrestling Club) tech fall Mason Christian MT (Montana), 10-1 5:30

Nick Nosler IL (Southern Illinois Regional Training Center) tech fall Lars Michaelson WA (NWWC), 8-0 0:59

97 kg

Soren Pirhoun VA (Gunston Wrestling Club) tech fall Joseph Lewis IA (Iowa), 10-0 3:55

Soren Herzog CO (Air Force Regional Training Center) tech fall Cittadino Tuttle MN (Pinnacle Wrestling Club), 10-0 1:46

130 kg

Aden Attao ID (Beaver Dam Wrestling Regional Training Center) tech fall Shilo Jones ID (Team Idaho Wrestling Club), 14-4 5:11

Hayden Simpson OK (Cowboy RTC) tech fall Jaren Rohde WI (Dubuque RTC), 8-0 3:00

U15 Nationals finals pairings

38 kg - Evan Restivo PA (M2 Training Center) vs. Thales Silva CA (Red Wave Wrestling)

41 kg - Tyler Conzo NY (New York) vs. Keegan Bassett PA (Young Guns Wrestling Club)

44 kg - Tyler Verceles MD (HeadHunters Wrestling Club) vs. Michael Rundell IL (Illinois)

48 kg - Robert Ruscitti IL (Illinois) vs. Jaxsen Bailey CT (Curby 3 Style Wrestling Club)

52 kg - Tommy Marchetti NJ (Edge Wrestling) vs. Reece Movahead VA (American Dream Wrestling Club)

57 kg - Alexander Penzkover WI (LaCrosse Area Wrestlers) vs. Thomas Banas IL (Illinois)

62 kg - Justus Heeg MN (Pinnacle Wrestling Club) vs. Riker Ohearon UT (Champions Wrestling Club)

68 kg - Hayden Reuter AK (Interior Grappling Academy) vs. Camryn Howard NY (New York)

75 kg - Ivan Ivanov ID (Suples Wrestling Club) vs. Mario Hutcherson PA (Young Guns Wrestling Club)

85 kg - Satoshi Davis NV (Gold Rush Wrestling) vs. Carson Langford OR (All-Phase Wrestling Club)