Sancho to go for gold, Foy for bronze in Greco-Roman at Pan American Championships in Mexico
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by Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling
MONTERREY, Mexico – The final day of Greco-Roman at the 2025 Senior Pan American Championships featured two weight classes, and the USA has a chance to win a medal in them both on Friday night.
Going for a gold at 72 kg is 2020 Olympian Alejandro Sancho at 72 kg, and battling for a bronze at 97 kg is his U.S. Army WCAP teammate Michial Foy.
Sancho was dominant on Friday morning, scoring three straight technical falls and outscoring his opponents by a 25-0 margin. He will have a rematch in the finals against Nilton Soto Garcia of Peru, who Sancho defeated in his second match, 8-0.
Foy had a 1-2 record in his group competition, including a 6-1 decision over Luillys Perez Mora of Venezuela. He scored enough technical points to place second in his group and advanced to the semifinals, where he was defeated by Kevin Mejia Castillo of Honduras, 8-0. He will battle Dorian Trejo Olguin of Mexico for the bronze-medal.
The USA is coming off a powerful first day of Greco-Roman, with a commanding lead in the team standings. On Thursday, USA Wrestling had five Greco-Roman gold medalists:
Claiming gold medals with victories on Thursday night were Jayden Raney (55 kg), Max Black (60 kg), Kamal Bey (77 kg), Beka Melelashvili (82 kg) and Payton Jacobson (87 kg) and two silver medalists, Ellis Coleman (63 kg) and Cohlton Schultz (130 kg).
The medal round featuring the two Greco-Roman weight classes, and six women’s freestyle weight classes, resumes at 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time,
All of the action will be broadcast live on FloWrestling. https://flosports.link/4fv90qt
SENIOR PAN AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Monterrey, Canada
Greco-Roman finals pairings
72 kg - Alejandro Sancho (USA) vs. Nilton Soto Garcia (Peru)
97 kg - Kevin Mejia Castillo (Honduras) vs. Gabriel Rosillo Kindelan (Cuba)
Greco-Roman Semifinals results
72 kg
Alejandro Sancho (USA) tech fall Cristian Mejia Tepen (Guatemala), 9-0
Nilton Soto Garcia (Peru) dec. Irving Salazar Cabrera (Mexico), 6-2
97 kg
Kevin Mejia Castillo (Honduras) tech fall Michial Foy (USA), 8-0
Gabriel Rosillo Kindelan (Cuba) tech fall Dorian Trejo Olguin (Mexico), 8-0
U.S. Greco-Roman performances
72 kg: Alejandro Sancho, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Army WCAP), in gold-medal bout
WIN Wilfredo Samaniego Quijada (Panama), tech fall 8-0
WIN Nilton Soto Garcia (Peru), tech fall 8-0
WIN Cristian Mejia Tepen (Guatemala), tech fall 9-0
Gold Medal - Nilton Soto Garcia (Peru)
97 kg: Michial Foy, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Army WCAP), in bronze-medal bout
LOSS Gabriel Rosillo Kindelan (Cuba), tech fall, 10-0
LOSS Ricardo Gomez (Argentina), 5-1
WIN Luillys Perez Mora (Venezuela), 6-1
LOSS Kevin Mejia Castillo (Honduras), tech fall 8-0
Bronze Medal - Dorian Trejo Olguin (Mexico)
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