Porter gold, Evans silver in beach wrestling at U20 Pan American Championships
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by Richard Immel, USA Wrestling
Americans Dominic Porter and Sadie Evans at the 2025 U20 Pan American Beach Championships in Lima, Peru.
LIMA, Peru – Team USA picked up a gold medal in beach wrestling from Dominic Porter, and a silver medal from Sadie Evans, on Sunday to cap the U20 Pan American Championships held at Complejo Panamericano Costa Verde.
Porter, who was fourth at last year’s U20 Beach World Championships, went 3-1 on the day, avenging his only loss to Ibrack Angulo Castillo of Ecuador in the championship match, to secure the +90 kg men’s gold medal. He also earned two quick pins on his title run.
Evans went 2-2 to claim the 70 kg women’s silver medal. She earned a pin in 1:05 against Kaori Melgar Palomino of Peru to open the event and added a 3-2 decision win against Elide Castanon Buendia of Mexico in the semifinals. Evans’ two losses came to the same foe—eventual gold medalist Leonela Gruezo Ortiz of Ecuador. Both matches versus Gruezo Ortiz were 3-0 scores.
The U.S. earned fifth place in both the men’s and women’s divisions with just one entrant apiece.
Brackets and match-by-match results from the 2025 U20 Pan American Beach Championships are available on UWW Arena.
2025 U17 Pan American Beach Championships #
June 22, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil #
Men’s Beach Results #
Team Standings #
1. Ecuador, 82
2. Mexico, 51
3. Peru, 48
4. Guatemala, 42
T-5. Brazil, 25
T-5. United States, 25
7. Chile, 23
8. El Salvador, 15
9. Puerto Rico, 2
70 kg #
Gold – Clisman Carracedo Veliz (Ecuador)
Silver – Hector Hernandez Castillo (Ecuador)
Bronze – Kevin Aleman Gomez (El Salvador)
80 kg #
Gold – Sixto Garcia Mina (Ecuador)
Silver – Dario Cubas Castillo (Peru)
Bronze – Santiago Valenzuela Mendez (Chile)
90 kg #
Gold – Max Franca Magalhaes De Almeida (Brazil)
Silver – Cristhoper Perez Dominguez (Guatemala)
Bronze – Angel Flores Gonzalez (Mexico)
+90 kg #
Gold – Dominic Porter (United States)
Silver – Ibrack Angulo Castillo (Ecuador)
Bronze – Dorian Trejo Olguin (Mexico)
Women’s Beach Results #
Team Standings #
1. Peru, 75
2. Mexico, 62
3. Ecuador, 59
4. Colombia, 25
5. United States, 20
6. Guatemala, 15
7. Chile, 10
50 kg #
Gold – Vicky Leon Gomez (Ecuador)
Silver – Anett Huaman Mallqui (Peru)
Bronze – Valeria Alvarez Agurto (Ecuador)
60 kg #
Gold – Neevis Rodriguez Cantu (Mexico)
Silver – Cindell Casusol Casas (Peru)
Bronze – Allison Valdez Obando (Guatemala)
70 kg #
Gold – Leonela Gruezo Ortiz (Ecuador)
Silver – Sadie Evans (United States)
Bronze – Leyla Mallqui Hinostroza (Peru)
+70 kg #
Gold – Edna Jimenez Villalba (Mexico)
Silver – Aomi Riques Morales (Peru)
Bronze – Elena Cundumi Caicedo (Colombia)
U.S. Men’s Beach Results #
+90 kg – Dominic Porter (South Lake Tahoe, Calif.), gold medal #
LOSS Ibrack Angulo Castillo (Ecuador), 3-0
WIN Mizael Llontop Cruz (Peru), fall, 1:10
WIN Leonardo Guerrero Aviles (Mexico), fall, 0:14
WIN Ibrack Angulo Castillo (Ecuador), 3-1
U.S. Women’s Beach Results #
70 kg – Sadie Evans (Belfair, Wash.), silver medal #
WIN Kaori Melgar Palomino (Peru), fall, 1:05
LOSS Leonela Gruezo Ortiz (Ecuador), 3-0
WIN Elide Castanon Buendia (Mexico), 3-2
LOSS Leonela Gruezo Ortiz (Ecuador), 3-0
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