USA crowns seven champions in men’s freestyle to claim team title at Pan American U15 Championships

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala – The United States won seven gold medals and 10 overall medals to claim the men’s freestyle team title at the Pan American U15 Championships on Saturday.

Claiming gold medal for Team USA were Jonathan Thompson of Iowa (38 kg), Brody Compau of Michigan (44 kg), Spenser McCammon of Indiana (48 kg), Mason Milsaps of Texas (57 kg), Riley Watts of Iowa (62 kg), Tommy Rowlands of Ohio (68 kg) and Daniel Jackson of Illinois (85 kg).

The USA freestylers had a combined 34-3 record for the day, with 29 wins by bonus points (technical fall or pin). The USA wrestlers were dominant in their victories, with four winning all of their matches by bonus points: Thompson, Davis, Milsaps and Rowlands.

Claiming the Golden Boot as the Outstanding Wrestler in men’s freestyle was Mason Milsaps, who dominated his opponents at 57 kg. Milsaps scored three technical falls (all in less than 1:30), then secured a 15-second pin in the finals against Mauricio Alvarado Espinoza of Mexico.

Coming home with silver medals were Ryland Wax of Ohio (41 kg), Lewis Davis of Arkansas (52 kg) and Sam Harrington of Pennsylvania (75 kg).

The United States won the men’s freestyle team title by 50 points, scoring 235 points with runner-up Puerto Rico at 185 points. Mexico placed third with 109 points, in the 11-nation field.

These 10 U.S. wrestlers also competing in the Greco-Roman competition on Thursday, and the USA won the Greco-Roman team title as well, with seven individual champions. All 10 U.S. men wrestlers won two medals at the U15 Pan American Championships,

Winning U15 Pan American double titles, with gold medals in both freestyle and Greco-Roman, were Thompson, Compau, McCammon, Rowlands and Jackson.

Team USA won the team title in all three Olympic disciplines at the U15 Pan American Championships, with the Greco-Roman team title on Thursday and the women’s freestyle title on Friday.

PAN AMERICAN U15 CHAMPIONSHIPS

At Guatemala City, Guatemala, May 24, 2025

Men’s freestyle results

38 kg

Gold – Johnathan Thompson (USA)

Silver - Steven Mytych (Puerto Rico)

Bronze - Isaias Leciano Mut (Mexico)

4^th - Alexander Salazar Gregorio (Guatemala)

5^th - Enzo Coriano (Puerto Rico)

Mytych tech fall Coriano, 10-0, 0:35

Leciano tech fall Salazar, 11-0, 1:23

Thompson tech fall Mytych, 14-3, 3:10

Salazar tech fall Coriano, 12-2, 2:45

Thompson tech fall Coriano, 10-0, 0:21

Mytych tech fall Leciano, 11-0, 1:59

Thompson tech fall Leciano, 10-0, 0:23

Mytych pin Salazar, 0:34

Thompson tech fall Salazar, 10-0, 0:36

Leciano tech fall Coriano, 10-0, 1:01

41 kg

Gold - Nelson Villafane III (Puerto Rico)

Silver – Rylen Wax (USA)

Bronze - Brayden DeJesus (Puerto Rico)

4^th – Maddox Millan (Puerto Rico)

5^th – Adrian Gonzalez Jimenez (Panama)

6^th - Deivid Morales Mayancha (Ecuador)

Gold – Villafane dec. Wax, 5-4

Bronze – De Jesus tech fall Millan, 12-0, 1:17

44 kg

Gold – Brody Compau (USA)

Silver - Duglas Urrutia Ramos (Guatemala)

Bronze - Alexander Cevallos Espana (Ecuador)

Bronze – Chase Millan (Puerto Rico)

5^th - Fernando Jimeno Mendizabal (Peru)

5^th – Adalberto Rosairo Kuilan (Puerto Rico)

7^th – Ruben Murillo Rodriguez (Ecuador)

8^th – Giovanni Mendez Mercadante (Mexico)

9^th – Marcos De Souza Vidal (Brazil)

10^th – Fray Licuy Grefa (Ecuador)

Gold – Compau tech fall Urrutia, 13-2, 3:20

Bronze – Cevallos tech fall Jimeno, 10-0, 0:58

Bronze – Millan tech fall Rosario, 11-2, 4:00

48 kg

Gold – Spenser McCammon (USA)

Silver - Jorge Borges Da Silva (Brazil)

Bronze – Osiris Sanchez Pacheco (Mexico)

Bronze - Diego Vargas Lopez (Ecuador)

5^th – Jesuan Morales Pacheco (Puerto Rico)

5^th - Santiago Cortez Martinez (Mexico)

7^th – Eydan Lezcano Castillo (Panama)

8^th - Josue Saenz Corea (Guatemala)

9^th – Ezwquiel Ormeno Sanchez (Peru)

10^th – Kenay Vazquez Gonzalez (Puerto Rico)

Gold – McCammon tech fall Borges, 14-2, 3:14

Bronze – Sanchez dec. Morales, 10-5

Bronze – Vargas pin Cortez, 2:28

52 kg

Gold - Cruz Little (Puerto Rico)

Silver – Lewis Davis (USA)

Bronze – Samyr Valverde Mendez (Peru)

Bronze - Auzueres Severino de Santana Neto (Brazil)

5^th – Angel Valdez Obando (Guatemala)

5^th - Afif Safadi Pincay (Ecuador)

7^th – Roberto Ramirez Yanez (Mexico)

8^th – Jonathan Sanchez Valenzuela (Costa Rica)

9^th – Ian Arrocha (Panama)

10^th – Jorge Salcedo Briones (Nicaragua)

Gold – Little tech fall Davis, 11-0, 1:51

Bronze – Severino pin Safadi, 1:01

Bronze – Valverde dec. Valdez, 8-5

57 kg

Gold – Mason Milsaps (USA)

Silver - Mauricio Alvarado Espinoza (Mexico)

Bronze – Andrew Gomez (Puerto Rico)

Bronze – Guillermo Chavarria Rosales (Guatemala)

5^th - Sebastian Torregrosa Gonzalez (Puerto Rico)

5^th – Brayden Biggs Mojica (Panama)

7^th – Adam Reseck Cornejo (Mexico)

8^th – Nataniel Carrion Berrios (Puerto Rico)

9^th - Adriano Carbajal Liza (Peru)

10^th – Renato Loor Hernandez (Ecuador)

Gold - Milsaps pin Alvarado, 0:15

Bronze – Gomez tech fall Torregrosa, 10-0, 1:21

Bronze – Chavarria tech fall Biggs, 10-0, 2:19

62 kg

Gold – Riley Watts (USA)

Silver - Emanuel Pineda Cruz (Guatemala)

Bronze - Tadeo Barron Medina (Mexico)

Bronze – Victor Rojas Quispe (Peru)

5^th - Erick Da Costa Salustino (Brazil)

5^th – Dilan Adorno Jimenez (Puerto Rico)

7^th – Karlov Morales Cortes (Puerto Rico)

8^th – Antony Valdez Palma (Guatemala)

9^th - Emiliano Medina Lanuza (Mexico)

10^th – Hizzandro Garcia Morales (Guatemala)

Gold – Watts dec. Pineda, 8-1

Bronze – Barron pin Costa, 0:51

Bronze – Rojas dec. Adorno, 4-2

68 kg

Gold – Tommy Rowlands (USA)

Silver - David Maldonado Melendez (Puerto Rico)

Bronze – Adrian Barbosa (Mexico)

Bronze - Adrian Riques Morales (Peru)

5^th – Christopher Navarro (Puerto Rico)

5^th - Valentino Godoy Corvalan (Chile)

7^th – Andru Medellin Capetillo (Mexico)

8^th – Enzo Nunez de Lima Torres (Brazil)

Gold – Rowlands tech fall Maldonado, 11-0, 3:05

Bronze – Barbosa tech fall Navarro, 14-4, 2:36

Bronze – Riques dec. Godoy, 4-4

75 kg

Gold - Jenier Soto Pastrana (Puerto Rico)

Silver - Sam Harrington (USA)

Bronze - Arthur Da Cunha Estevao (Brazil)

4^th - Henry Lopez Sanchez (Panama)

Soto tech fal DaCunha, 12-2, 1:56

Harrington tech fall Lopez, 10-0, 0:37

Da Cunha tech fall Lopez, 10-0, 1:34

Soto dec. Harrington, tech fall 15-5, 4:00

Soto tech fall Lopez, 10-0, 0:31

Harrington tech fall Da Cunha Estevao, 10-0, 0:42

85 kg

Gold – Daniel Jackson (USA)

Silver - Layden Acevedo Cordero (Puerto Rico)

Bronze - Ricardo Leyva Saguchi (Mexico)

4^th - Guilherme Cavalcanti Simeoni (Brazil)

5^th - Philipp Keth Martinez (Ecuador),

Acevedo pin Keth, 0:08

Jackson pin Cavalcanti, 1:11

Leyva dec. Cavalcanti, 6-2

Jackson dec. Acevedo, 7-3

Cavalcanti pin Keth, 0:28

Jackson pin Leyva, 0:10

Acevedo pin Cavalcanti, 3:53

Leyva pin Keth, 0:42

Acevedo tech fall leyva, 10-0, 0:26

Jackson tech fall Keth, 10-0, 0:29

U.S. men’s freestyle results

38 kg – Johnathan Thompson (Grand Junction, Iowa/Sebolt Wrestling Academy), Gold Medal

WIN Steven Mytych (Puerto Rico), tech fall 14-3, 3:10

WIN Enzo Coriano (Puerto Rico), tech fall 10-0, 0:21

WIN Isaias Leciano Mut (Mexico), tech fall 10-0 0:23

WIN Alexander Salazar Gregorio (Guatemala), tech fall 10-0, 0:36

41 kg – Rylen Wax (Chillicothe, Ohio/Beast Mode Wrestling), Silver Medal

WIN Maddox Millan (Puerto Rico), pin 0:34

WIN Deivid Morales Mayancha (Ecuador), 10-0, 0:47

WIN Brayden DeJesus (Puerto Rico), tech fall 11-0, 1:26

LOSS Nelson Villafane III (Puerto Rico), 5-4

44 kg – Brody Compau (Belmont, Mich./Michigan Premier WC), Gold Medal

WIN Fernando Jimeno Mendizabal (Peru), 6-1

WIN Alexander Cevallos Espana (Ecuador), tech fall 15-4, 2:43

WIN Duglas Urrutia Ramos (Guatemala), tech fall 13-2, 3:20

48 kg – Spenser McCammon (Sullivan, Ind./Maurer Coughlin WC), Gold Medal

WIN Santiago Cortez Martinez (Mexico), 4-2

WIN Josue Saenz Corea (Guatemala), pin 0:59

WIN Diego Vargas Lopez (Ecuador), pin 0:54

WIN Jorge Borges Da Silva (Brazil), tech fall 14-2, 3:14

52 kg – Lewis Davis (Bentonville, Ark/Threestyle Wrestling of Oklahoma), Silver Medal

WIN Erick Ruano Caseros (Guatemala), tech fall 10-0, 0:29

WIN Auzueres Severino de Santana Neto (Brazil), tech fall 10-0, 0:43

WIN Afif Safadi Pincay (Ecuador), tech fall 10-0, 0:26

LOSS Cruz Little (Puerto Rico), tech fall 11-0, 1:51

57 kg – Mason Milsaps (Montgomery, Texas/Boneyard Wrestling Academy), Gold Medal

WIN Adriano Carbajal Liza (Peru), tech fall, 10-0, 1:06

WIN Andrew Gomez (Puerto Rico), tech fall 10-0, 1:30

WIN Sebastian Torregrosa Gonzalez (Puerto Rico), tech fall 10-0, 0:52

WIN Mauricio Alvarado Espinoza (Mexico), pin 0:15

62 kg – Riley Watts (Lawton, Iowa/MWC Wrestling Academy), Gold Medal

WIN Tadeo Barron Medina (Mexico), pin 2:50

WIN Emiliano Medina Lanuza (Mexico), tech fall, 12-0, 1:43

WIN Erick Da Costa Salustino (Brazil), tech fall 11-1, 1:49

WIN Emanuel Pineda Cruz (Guatemala), 8-1

68 kg – Tommy Rowlands (Dublin, Ohio/Ohio Crazy Goats Wrestling), Gold Medal

WIN Valentino Godoy Corvalan (Chile), pin, 0:25

WIN Adrian Riques Morales (Peru), 10-0, 2:00

WIN David Maldonado Melendez (Puerto Rico), tech fall 11-0, 3:05

75 kg – Sam Harrington (Erie, Pa./Bad Karma WC), Silver Medal

WIN Henry Lopez Sanchez (Panama), tech fall, 10-0, 0:37

LOSS Jenier Soto Pastrana (Puerto Rico), tech fall 15-5, 4:00

WIN Arthur Da Cunha Estevao (Brazil), tech fall, 10-0, 0:42

85 kg – Daniel Jackson (Red Bud, Ill./Southern Illinois Bulldogs WC), Gold Medal

WIN Guilherme Cavalcanti Simeoni (Brazil), pin 1:11

WIN Layden Acevedo Cordero (Puerto Rico), 7-3

WIN Ricardo Leyva Saguchi (Mexico), pin 0:10

WIN Philipp Keth Martinez (Ecuador), tech fall 10-0, 0:29

Men’s freestyle team standings

1. United States, 235

2. Puerto Rico, 185

3. Mexico, 109

4. Guatemala, 83

5. Brazil, 82

6. Peru, 63

7. Ecuador, 61

8. Panama, 44

9. Chile, 10

10. Costa Rica, 6

11. Nicaragua, 2