Legorburo, Peraza, Gallo Campos win age-group titles at Pat Shaw Memorial Cup in Guatemala

Three U.S. age-group wrestlers won gold medals at the Pat Shaw Memorial International Cup, held at the Sports Center Gymnasium “Erick Barrondo” in Guatemala City, Guatemala, May 31-June 1.

These athletes are with the Gladiator Wrestling Club of Homestead, Fla., part of a five-athlete delegation which competed. The tournament had competition in all three styles at the U15, U17, U20 and Senior levels.

Winning gold medals were Damian Legorburo of Homestead, Fla. (41 kg, U15 men’s freestyle), Leonydes Peraza of Miami, Fla. (44 kg, U15 men’s freestyle and Greco-Roman) and Melissa Gallo Campos of Homestead, Fla. (46 kg, U15 women’s freestyle).

Peraza won all eight of his matches combined in the two styles, with two pins, four technical falls, an injury default and a decision. His victories were against athletes from five different countries. He pinned Duglas Urrutia Ramos of Guatemala in 1:15 in the freestyle finals and went 4-0 in a five-athlete round-robin in Greco-Roman.

Legorburo won three straight matches to claim the freestyle title, with two pins and a 19-16 win over Franklin Calo Chocoj of Guatemala. He also won a silver medal in Greco-Roman.

Gallo Campos won five straight matches to claim her gold medal, including a 12-1 technical fall in the finals over Alejandra Salinas Betancourt of Chile. Two of her other victories were by pin.

Cleto Protti of Peotone, Ill. won U15 bronze medals in both men’s freestyle and Greco-Roman at 57 kg.

With just three boys competing at the U15 level, the Gladiator WC from the USA placed in the top five of the team standings in both styles

The event is held in memory of wrestling leader Pat Shaw of the United States, who introduced wrestling in Guatemala in 1947, when he was hired by the Guatemala Olympic Committee to prepare their wrestling team for the Central American and Carribbean Games in Guatemala in 1950.

PAT SHAW MEMORIAL INTERNATIONAL CUP

at Guatemala City, Guatemala,  May 31-June 1

U15 men’s freestyle medalists (in weights with USA entries)

41 kg

Gold - Damian Legorburo (USA)

Silver – Franklin Calo Chocoj (Guatemala)

Bronze – Yulian Borrayo Garcia (Guatemala)

44 kg

Gold - Leonydes Peraza (USA)

Silver – Duglas Urrutia Ramos (Guatemala)

Bronze – Marcos De Souza Vidal (Brazil)

57 kg

Gold – Mynor De La Rosa Sarmiento (Guatemala)

Silver – Edwar Flores Sumale (Guatemala)

Bronze – Cleto Pablo Protti (USA)

U15 men’s freestyle results

41 kg: Damian Legorburo, Homestead, Fla. (Gladiator WC), gold medal

WIN Bryan Ajpop Tzoc (Guatemala), pin 0:18

WIN Franklin Calo Chocoj (Guatemala), 19-16

WIN Yulian Borrayo Garcia (Guatemala), pin 0:12

44 kg: Leonydes Peraza, Miami, Fla. (Gladiator WC), gold medal

WIN Duglas Urrutia Ramos (Guatemala), 9-3

WIN Gerardo Nunez Rosales (Mexico), pin 1:06

WIN Ezequiel Ormeno Sanchez (Peru), tech fall 10-0, 0:23

WIN Duglas Urrutia Ramos (Guatemala), pin 1:15

57 kg: Cleto Protti, Peotone, Ill. (Gladiator WC), bronze medal

WIN Ryan Da Silva Brandao (Guatemala), inj. dft.

WIN Antony Valdez Palma (Guatemala), tech fall 10-0, 2:41

LOSS Mynor De La Rosa Sarmiento (Guatemala), pin 1:28

WIN Edwar Flores Sumale (Guatemala), tech fall 10-0, 1:43

U15 Men’s Freestyle Team Standings

1. Guatemala, 192

2. Brazil, 140

3. Peru, 72

4. United States, 65

5. Nicaragua, 45

(of 9 nations)

U15 Greco-Roman medalists (in weights with USA entries)

41 kg

Gold – Samuel Lopez Davila (Guatemala)

Silver - Damian Legorburo (USA)

Bronze – Jason Ajpop Tzoc (Guatemala)

44 kg

Gold - Leonydes Peraza (USA)

Silver - Marcos De Souza Vidal (Brazil)

Bronze – Pedro Zuniga Arias (Nicaragua)

57 kg

Gold – Guillermo Chavarria Rosales (Guatemala)

Silver – Emanuel Pineda Cruz (Guatemala)

Bronze - Cleto Protti (USA)

U15 Greco-Roman results

41 kg: Damian Legorburo, Homestead, Fla. (Gladiator WC), silver medal

WIN Jason Ajpop Tzoc (Guatemala), pin 3:42

LOSS Samuel Lopez Davila (Guatemala), pin 1:55

44 kg: Leonydes Peraza, Miami, Fla. (Gladiator WC), gold medal

WIN Pedro Zuniga Arias (Nicaragua), tech fall 8-0, 0:59

WIN Aldrin Albizurez Garcia (Guatemala), tech fall 8-0, 0:45

WIN Marcos De Souza Vidal (Brazil), tech fall 8-0, 0:19

WIN Ezequiel Ormeno Sanchez (Peru), inj. dft.

57 kg: Cleto Protti, Peotone, Ill. (Gladiator WC), bronze medal

WIN Francisco Barajas Gutierrez (Guatemala), 6-3

LOSS Emanuel Pineda Cruz (Guatemala), 6-3

LOSS Guillermo Chavarria Rosales (Guatemala), 7-1

WIN Ryan DaSilva Brandao (Brazil), inj. dft.

U15 Greco-Roman Team Standings

1. Brazil, 160

2. Guatemala, 159

3. Mexico, 147

4. Peru, 70

5. United States, 60

(of 7 nations)

U15 women’s freestyle medalists (in weights with USA entries)

U15 women’s freestyle medalists

46 kg

Gold - Melissa Gallo Campos (USA)

Silver – Alejandra Salinas Betancourt (Chile)

Bronze – Julia Freires Cardosa (Brazil)

U15 women’s freestyle results

46 kg: Melissa Gallo Campos, Homestead, Fla. (Gladiator WC), gold medal

WIN Julia Freires Cardosa (Brazil), pin 1:55

WIN Amy Molina Huamani (Peru), 8-5

WIN Sharon Hernandez Flores (Guatemala), inj. dft.

WIN Andrea Garcia Hernandez (Nicaragua), pin 0:21

WIN Alejandra Salinas Betancourt (Chile), tech fall 12-1, 2:35

U17 men’s freestyle medalists (in weights with USA entries)

60 kg

Gold – Dylan Fernandez (El Salvador)

Silver – Kevin Escorcia Bonilla (Nicaragua)

Bronze – Melvin Carrillo Vasquez (El Salvador)

U17 men’s freestyle results

60 kg: Nicholas Tapia, Homestead, Fla. (Gladiator WC), 9^th place

LOSS Melvin Carrillo Vasquez (El Salvador), 24-17

U17 Greco-Roman medalists (in weights with USA entries)

60 kg

Gold – Zeus Gonzalez Gonzalez (Mexico)

Silver – Carlos Santana Dominguez (Dominican Republic)

Bronze – Kelvin Escorcia Bonilla (Nicaragua)

Bronze – Luis Tobar Cottom (Guatemala)

U17 men’s freestyle and Greco-Roman roster

60 kg: Nicholas Tapia, Homestead, Fla. (Gladiator WC), 5^th place

LOSS Zeus Gonzalez Gonzalez (Mexico), tech fall 8-0, 0:15

LOSS Luis Tobar Cottom (Guatemala), 13-10