U.S. Greco-Roman Wins Seven Gold Medals and Team Title at U17 Pan American Championships
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by David Gerhart, USA Wrestling
Team USA's U17 Pan American Championships Greco-Roman team after winning the Pan American team title
2026 U17 Pan American Championship Greco-Roman Photo Gallery
PANAMA CITY, Panama – Team USA capped off the sweep of the Olympic discipline team titles at the 2026 U17 Pan American Championships behind seven gold medals for 230 total points in Greco-Roman at Centro de Alto Rendimiento Luis Tejada.
The 230 points from the U.S. were 89 points ahead of second-place Mexico. Puerto Rico rounded out the top three with 111 points.
Each of Team USA’s gold medalists on Saturday finished as double Pan American champions. Rylen Wax, Lucas Forman, Evan Restivo, Cooper Mathews, Ryder Schulte, Salah Tsarni and Lucas Feuerbach all won gold in both Greco-Roman and freestyle.
Wax (45 kg), Tsarni (92 kg) and Feuerbach (110 kg) all went unbeaten in their round robin brackets. Feuerbach pinned his first three opponents within the first minute, then notched an 8-0 technical fall to finish out the day. Tsarni only gave up one point on Saturday and capped off the night with a pair of four-point throws to seal the technical fall in the medal round. Wax went 4-0 in the morning session to win gold before the session break.
Restivo was the Golden Boot winner for the Most Outstanding Wrestler following a 5-0 day with four technical falls to win the title at 51 kg.
In the 48 kg weight class, Forman shutout his first two opponents, then posted an 11-7 win in the championship for his second gold in three days.
Mathews teched his way to gold with three straight technical falls and outscoring his opposition 30-2.
At 80 kg, Schulte capped off Team USA’s gold medalists with a 6-1 decision.
Joaquin Chacon (65 kg) and Aiden Arnett (71 kg) both appeared in gold medal bouts but suffered 8-4 setbacks to claim silver medals.
Jeremy Carver rounded out the U.S. medalists after winning bronze at 55 kg. Carver trailed 7-0 then scored 15-straight points to secure the technical fall, 15-7.
Complete results from the Greco-Roman competition are available below.
The 2026 U17 Pan American Championships conclude Sunday with men’s and women’s beach wrestling starting at 2 p.m. local time. Panama City, Panama, is in the same time zone as U.S. Central Time.
Archived matches are available through FloWrestling. Match-by-match results and brackets are available on UWW Arena.
2026 U17 Pan American Championships
At Panama City, Panama, April 4
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Greco-Roman Results
Team Standings
1. United States, 230
2. Mexico, 141
3. Puerto Rico, 111
4. Brazil, 81
5. Ecuador, 81
6. Peru, 76
7. Venezuela, 60
8. Panama, 54
9. Guatemala, 52
10. Chile, 35
Weight Class Rankings
45 kg
Gold – Rylen Wax (United States)
Silver – Nelson Villafane III (Puerto Rico)
Bronze – Fernando Jimeno Mendizabal (Peru)
4th – Cristhian Cevallos Espana (Ecuador)
5th – Jorge Cruz Cruz (Mexico)
Round Robin Records: Wax (4-0), Villafane III (3-1), Jimeno Mendizabal (2-2), Cevallos Espana (1-3), Cruz Cruz (0-4)
48 kg
Gold – Lucas Forman (United States)
Silver – Hector Aguilar Rodriguez (Mexico)
Bronze – Ronald Morales Garcia (Ecuador)
Bronze – Jules Casalino Berrocal (Peru)
5th – Samuel Lopez Davila (Guatemala)
5th – Dyron Belmo Romana (Panama)
7th – Andres Rodriguez Vergara (Colombia)
8th – Moises Teixeira Ferreira Santos (Brazil)
Gold – Lucas Forman (United States) dec. Hector Aguilar Rodriguez (Mexico), 11-7
Bronze – Ronald Morales Garcia (Ecuador) tech. fall Samuel Lopez Davila (Guatemala), 8-0
Bronze – Jules Casalino Berrocal (Peru) tech. fall Dyron Belmo Romana (Panama), 10-2
51 kg
Gold – Evan Restivo (United States)
Silver – Emilian Garcia Yepez (Ecuador)
Bronze – Axe Granados Maldonado (Mexico)
4th – Jeremy Lopez Garcia (Honduras)
5th – Francesko Canayo Ipushima (Peru)
6th – Zaiden Burgess (Jamaica)
7th – Danny Ardines Calvo (Panama)
Gold – Evan Restivo (United States) dec. Emilian Garcia Yepez (Ecuador), 3-0
Bronze – Axe Granados Maldonado (Mexico) dec. Jeremy Lopez Garcia (Honduras), 6-0
55 kg
Gold – Haniel Rodriguez Nolaya (Venezuela)
Silver – Lavozier Wadik Maruso (Brazil)
Bronze – Jeremy Carver (United States)
Bronze – Uriel Plaza Sanchez (Mexico)
5th – Dante Barra Retamales (Chile)
5th – Yeiron Diaz Ramirez (Dominican Republic)
7th – Samyr Valverde Mendez (Peru)
8th – Manuel Garcia Reasco (Ecuador)
9th – Esau Albizures Bautista (Guatemala)
10th – Jose Salazar (Panama)
Gold – Haniel Rodriguez Nolaya (Venezuela) dec. Lavozier Wadik Maruso (Brazil), 5-5
Bronze – Jeremy Carver (United States) tech. fall Dante Barra Retamales (Chile), 15-7
Bronze – Uriel Plaza Sanchez (Mexico) tech. fall Yeiron Diaz Ramirez (Dominican Republic), 8-0
60 kg
Gold – Cooper Mathews (United States)
Silver – Ryan Zamprogno Freire (Brazil)
Bronze – Sebastian Torregrosa Gonzalez (Puerto Rico)
Bronze – Guillermo Chavarria Rosales (Guatemala)
5th – Kelvin Escorcia Bonilla (Nicaragua)
5th – Esteban Alvarez Trujillo (Mexico)
7th – Edwin Solis (Panama)
Gold – Cooper Mathews (United States) tech. fall Ryan Zamprogno Freire (Brazil), 12-2
Bronze – Sebastian Torregrosa Gonzalez (Puerto Rico) tech. fall Kelvin Escorcia Bonilla (Nicaragua), 13-4
Bronze – Guillermo Chavarria Rosales (Guatemala) fall Esteban Alvarez Trujillo (Mexico), 0:54
65 kg
Gold – Raul Castillo Molina (Mexico)
Silver – Joaquin Chacon (United States)
Bronze – Victor Nascimento Dos Santos (Brazil)
Bronze – Emanuel Pineda Cruz (Guatemala)
5th – Gerald Flores Campbell (Panama)
5th – Juan Luna Lopez (Nicaragua)
7th – Chase Mina Moreira (Ecuador)
8th – Christopher Navarro (Puerto Rico)
9th – Victor Rojas Quispe (Peru)
10th – Adrian Ortiz (Colombia)
Gold – Raul Castillo Molina (Mexico) dec. Joaquin Chacon (United States), 8-4
Bronze – Victor Nascimento Dos Santos (Brazil) inj. def. Gerald Flores Campbell (Panama), 2:46
Bronze – Emanuel Pineda Cruz (Guatemala) tech. fall Juan Luna Lopez (Nicaragua), 9-1
71 kg
Gold – David Maldonado Melendez (Puerto Rico)
Silver – Aiden Arnett (United States)
Bronze – Cristobal Aliaga Candia (Chile)
Bronze – Fabial Cordova Cova (Venezuela)
5th – Adrian Riques Morales (Peru)
5th – Gerico Hugues Boxill (Panama)
7th – Diego Perez Yax (Guatemala)
8th – Diego Ramos Lopez
Gold – David Maldonado Melendez (Puerto Rico) dec. Aiden Arnett (United States), 8-4
Bronze – Cristobal Aliaga Candia (Chile) dec. Adrian Riques Morales (Peru), 6-1
Bronze – Fabial Cordova Cova (Venezuela) tech. fall Gerico Hugues Boxill (Panama), 10-2
80 kg
Gold – Ryder Schulte (United States)
Silver – Lhyman Garcia Estupinan (Ecuador)
Bronze – Enmanuel Rosa Soriano (Dominican Republic)
Bronze – Layden Acevedo Cordero (Puerto Rico)
5th – Dilan Flores Gonzalez (Mexico)
5th – Angel Lagos Luengo (Chile)
7th – Diego Ramirez Soteldo (Venezuela)
8th – Erick Baule Marin (Panama)
9th – Guillermo Davila Cabello (Peru)
10th – Jhoel Valencia Angulo (Colombia)
Gold – Ryder Schulte (United States) dec. Lhyman Garcia Estupinan (Ecuador), 6-1
Bronze – Enmanuel Rosa Soriano (Dominican Republic) dec. Dilan Flores Gonzalez (Mexico), 5-1
Bronze – Layden Acevedo Cordero (Puerto Rico) dec. Angel Lagos Luengo (Chile), 3-1
92 kg
Gold – Salah Tsarni (United States)
Silver – Jose Esparza Ordonez (Mexico)
Bronze – Alan Garcia Morales (Puerto Rico)
4th – Damian Pavone Arcia (Venezuela)
5th – Alvaro Villa Aviles (Peru)
Round Robin Records: Tsarni (4-0), Esparza Ordonez (3-1), Garcia Morales (2-2), Pavone Arcia (1-3), Villa Aviles (0-4)
110 kg
Gold – Lucas Feuerbach (United States)
Silver – Luiz Pinheiro Pires (Brazil)
Bronze – Yerik Cordero Ortiz (Puerto Rico)
4th – Gerson Godoy Rivera (Honduras)
5th – Pavel Montero Hermosillo (Mexico)
Rounds Robin Records: Feuerbach (4-0), Pinheiro Pires (3-1), Cordero Ortiz (2-2), Godoy Rivera (1-3), Montero Hermosillo (0-4)
U.S. Greco-Roman Results
45 kg – Rylen Wax (Chillicothe, Ohio/Beast Mode Wrestling), gold medal
WIN Jorge Cruz Cruz (Mexico), fall, 1:59
WIN Nelson Villafane III (Puerto Rico), 7-5
WIN Cristhian Cevallos Espana (Ecuador), tech. fall, 9-1
WIN Fernando Jimeno Mendizabal (Peru), tech. fall, 8-0
48 kg – Lucas Forman (Kingston, Pa./ Wyoming Seminary College Preparatory High School Wrestling), gold medal
WIN Dyron Belmo Romana (Panama), tech. fall, 9-0
WIN Jules Casalino Berrocal (Peru), tech. fall, 10-0
WIN Hector Aguilar Rodriguez (Mexico), 11-7
51 kg – Evan Restivo (State College, Pa./M2 Training Center), gold medal
WIN Emiliano Garcia Yepez (Ecuador), tech. fall, 11-3
WIN Danny Ardines Calvo (Panama), tech. fall, 8-0
WIN Francesko Canayo Ipushima (Peru), tech. fall, 8-0
WIN Axe Granados Maldonado (Mexico), tech. fall, 8-0
WIN Emiliano Garcia Yepez (Ecuador), 3-0
55 kg – Jeremy Carver (Muncie, Ind./Contenders Wrestling Academy), bronze medal
WIN Manuel Garcia Reasco (Ecuador), tech. fall, 10-1
WIN Esau Albizures Bautista (Guatemala), fall, 3:27
LOSS Haniel Rodriguez Nolaya (Venezuela), 6-1
WIN Dante Barra Retamales (Chile), tech. fall, 15-7
60 kg – Cooper Mathews (Aurora, Colo./Black Fox Wrestling Academy), gold medal
WIN Esteban Alvarez Trujillo (Mexico), tech. fall, 9-0
WIN Guillermo Chavarria Rosales (Guatemala), tech. fall, 9-0
WIN Ryan Zamprogno Freirre (Brazil), tech. fall, 12-2
65 kg – Joaquin Chacon (Laveen, Ariz./Valiant Wrestling Club), silver medal
WIN Victor Nascimento Dos Santos (Brazil), 5-5
WIN Gerald Flores Campbell (Panama), tech. fall, 8-0
LOSS Raul Castillo Molina (Mexico), 8-4
71 kg – Aiden Arnett (New Lenox, Ill./Izzy Style Wrestling), silver medal
WIN Gerico Hugues Boxill (Panama), tech. fall, 8-0
WIN Fabian Cordova Cova (Venezuela), tech. fall, 10-1
LOSS David Maldonao Melendez (Puerto Rico), 8-4
80 kg – Ryder Schulte (Glendale, Ariz./Grindhouse Wrestling Club), gold medal
WIN Enmanuel Rosa Soriano (Dominican Republic), fall, 0:10
WIN Dilan Flores Gonzalez (Mexico), tech. fall, 9-0
WIN Lhyam Garcia Estupinan (Ecuador), 6-1
92 kg – Salah Tsarni (Montgomery Village, Md./Capital Wrestling Club), gold medal
WIN Jose Esparaza Ordonez (Mexico), 6-1
WIN Damian Pavone Arcia (Venezuela), tech. fall, 8-0
WIN Alan Garcia Morales (Puerto Rico), 5-0
WIN Alvaro Villa Aviles (Peru), tech. fall, 8-0
110 kg – Lucas Feuerbach (Solon, Iowa/Big Game Wrestling Club), gold medal
WIN Gerson Godoy Rivera (Honduras), fall, 0:20
WIN Pavel Montero Hermosillo (Mexico), fall, 0:32
WIN Yerik Cordero Ortiz (Puerto Rico), fall, 0:43
WIN Luiz Pinheiro Pires (Brazil), tech. fall, 8-0
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