U.S. receives Greco-Roman draw for the U17 Pan American Championships in Brazil

The United States has received its draw in Greco-Roman for the 2025 U17 Pan American Championships, held at the Centro de Entrenamiento de Niterói in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Greco-Roman competition will be held on Thursday.

Ten U.S. athletes will be competing in both Greco-Roman and men’s freestyle in Brazil. Isai Fernandez, competing at 80 kg, has international experience as a 2023 U15 Pan American champion in both styles. Fernandez won a title in Greco-Roman at the U.S. Open in April, placing third in freestyle.

Fernandez was one of six athletes competing next week to earn a U17 Nationals title in Greco-Roman at the U.S. Open. Thales Silva (45 kg), Ariah Mills (48 kg), Carter Shin (51 kg), Arseni Kikiniou (65 kg), and Alex Taylor (110 kg) finished atop the podium in Las Vegas in April. Mills, Kikiniou and Taylor won titles in both styles at the U.S. Open.

The women’s freestyle competition is set for Friday, with the men’s freestyle competition set for Saturday. There will be two U.S. wrestlers competing in the Beach Wrestling competition on Sunday. U.S. draws in those styles will be posted when available.

The event will be broadcast live on FloWrestling

U17 PAN AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

At Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 19-22

U.S. Men’s Greco-Roman draw

45 kg – Thales Silva (Clovis, Calif./SilvaBack Training Center)

Group B

Vs. Cristopher Quinero Alonso (Mexico)

Vs. Dannys Gonzales Funes (Honduras)

48 kg – Ariah Mills (Atlanta, Ga./Roundtree Wrestling Academy)

Vs. Emiliano Garcia Yepez (Ecuador)

51 kg – Carter Shin (Fairfax, Va./Palm Wrestling Academy)

Vs. Jiug Alvarez Arballo (Mexico)

55 kg – Tommy Wurster (Dublin, Ohio/Beast Mode Wrestling)

Vs. Mateo Perez Raskovsky (Mexico)

60 kg – Nicholas Sorrow (Jackson, Mich./Simmons Academy of Wrestling)

Vs. Juan Cristaldo Galindo (Peru)

65 kg – Arseni Kikiniou (Escondido, Calif./Poway Wrestling)

Group B

Vs. Raul Castillo Molina (Mexico)

Vs. Emiliano Aguilar Alvarez (Venezuela)

71 kg – Jayden James (Westwood, N.J./KD Training Center)

Vs. Fernando Bencke Brandao Lopes Dias (Brazil)

80 kg – Isai Fernandez (Sylmar, Calif./Titan Mercury WC)

Vs. Reynniel Yepez Hernandez (Venezuela)

92 kg – JT Smith (Omaha, Neb./MWC Wrestling Academy)

Vs. Cristhoper Perez Dominguez (Guatemala)

110 kg – Alex Taylor (Howard, Ohio/Beast Mode Wrestling)

Roundrobin

Vs. Raphael Rodrigues Duarte (Brazil)

Vs. Santiago Palomino Aya (Colombia)

Vs. Elias Betancourt Estrada (Puerto Rico)

Vs. Angel Garcia Nunez (Mexico)

Event Schedule

*all times listed local to Rio de Janeiro, one hour ahead of U.S. Eastern (GMT-3)

Thursday, June 19

10 a.m. – Qualification Rounds and Repechage (GR all weights)

5 p.m. – Finals and medal matches (GR all weights)

Friday, June 20

10 a.m. – Qualification Rounds and Repechage (WFS all weights)

5 p.m. – Finals and medal matches (WFS all weights)

Saturday, June 21

10 a.m. – Qualification Rounds and Repechage (MFS all weights)

5 p.m. – Finals and medal matches (MFS all weights)

Sunday, June 22

1 p.m. – Qualification rounds, repechages and finals (BW all weights)