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Men’s freestyle draws set for 21-man U.S. team at Henri Deglane Grand Prix of France

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by David Gerhart, USA Wrestling

Mason Parris works to turn Coby Merrill in the 125 kg finals of the 2025 Bill Farrell Memorial International.

Mason Parris works to turn Coby Merrill in the 125 kg finals of the 2025 Bill Farrell Memorial International.

NICE, France – Team USA has received its draw for the 21-man squad competing in the men’s freestyle competition at the 52nd annual Henri Deglane Grand Prix of France on Saturday at The Halle des Sports Charles-Ehrmann in Nice, France.


Leading the American team this weekend is 2024 Olympian Mason Parris at 125 kg. The 2025 World bronze medalist will be in Group B of the round robin in the seven-man weight class. Parris’ first match of the weekend comes against fellow American Coby Merrill. Merrill is the 2022 U17 World bronze medalist in Greco-Roman. This is a rematch of the Bill Farrell Memorial International finals from last November, won by Parris, 10-1.


Joining Parris and Merrill in Group B at 125 kg is 2024 Olympian Jonovan Smith of Puerto Rico, who was fifth at last year’s World Championships.


Michael Macchiavello returns to the tournament after winning gold at the event last year. Macchiavello is competing at 92 kg, where his two round robin matches come against Switzerland’s Samuel Scherrer, who is a three-time World Championships veteran, plus two-time U23 World medalist Ion Demian of Moldova.


Joining Macchiavello at 92 kg is three-time U23 World medalist Jacob Cardenas. His round robin group includes Teimuraz Kochkiani of Georgia, Daniel Fischer of Germany and Serghei Vizii of Moldova.


2017 U17 World champion Will Lewan highlights the 74 kg division for the U.S. He opens with Spain’s Fabricio Reyes Torres in the quarterfinals of the bracket.


Veteran competitors Austin DeSanto and Nathan Tomasello are paired together in Group A of the 61 kg round robin and face each other to start the tournament. The two wrestled last weekend at RAF 05 with DeSanto winning by technical fall, 11-1.


First round opponents for each U.S. entrant are available below.


2025 World Team member David Carr and 2021 U20 World bronze medalist Beau Bartlett were originally slated to compete but will not wrestle in France.


Men’s freestyle action begins at 10:30 a.m. local time/4:30 a.m. ET on Saturday and will run straight-through to completion.


A live stream and archived matches of the Henri Deglane Grand Prix of France are available online through France Lutte’s YouTube channel. Brackets and updated results are posted to Smoothcomp.

2026 Henri Deglane Grand Prix of France 

At Nice, France, January 17 



Event Schedule 

Saturday, January 17 

10:30 a.m. – Qualification Rounds Through Finals (MFS All Weights)

8:30 p.m. – Awards


*All times listed local to Nice, France, which is located six hours ahead of U.S. Eastern Time.


U.S Men’s Freestyle Draws 

57 kg – Lucas Kaufman (Newton, Kan./EAP) 

VS Karamjeet Holstein (Germany)

VS Rassoul Galbouraev (France)


57 kg – Czar Quintanilla (Spokane, Wash./EAP) 

VS Jowkar Danoush (Great Britain)

VS Thomas Epp (Switzerland)


61 kg – Austin DeSanto (Iowa City, Iowa/Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC) 

VS Nathan Tomasello (United States)

VS Florian Richter (Germany)

VS Leomid Colesnic (Moldova)


61 kg – Nathan Tomasello (Riverside, Calif./Lehigh Valley Wrestling RTC/Titan Mercury WC) 

VS Austin DeSanto (United States)

VS Leomid Colesnic (Moldova)

VS Florian Richter (Germany)


61 kg – Jeremiah Waldschmidt (Castle Rock, Colo./EAP) 

VS Nils Leutert (Switzerland)

VS David Kiefer (Germany)


65 kg – Michael Saba (Colorado Springs, Colo./EAP) 

VS Ilyas Abdurashidov (Belgium) or Sergiu Lupasco (Moldova)


70 kg – Alec Pantaleo (Canton, Mich./Cliff Keen WC/Titan Mercury WC) 

VS Sandro Hungerbuehler (Switzerland) or Muhammad Abdurachmanov (Belgium)


70 kg – Ed Scott (Orem, Utah/Brunson Utah Valley RTC) 

VS Hong Yu Chen (Chinese Taipei)


74 kg – Terrell Barraclough (Kaysville, Utah/Brunson Utah Valley RTC) 

VS Seyfullah Itave (France)


74 kg – Joey Bianchi (Two Rivers, Wis./Arkansas RTC) 

VS Florian Bissig (Switzerland)


74 kg – Will Lewan (Naperville, Ill./Cliff Keen WC/Titan Mercury WC) 

VS Fabricio Reyes Torres (Spain)


79 kg – Kendall Drake (Davisburg, Mich./EAP) 

VS Ayman Nissr (Germany) or Davit Tchetchelashvili (Georgia)


79 kg – Ben Smith (Clarksburg, Md./EAP) 

VS Marat Kardanov (Germany) or Girogi Gogritchiani (Georgia)


86 kg – Reese Spiro (Buffalo, N.Y.) 

VS Simon Marchl (Austria)


92 kg – Jacob Cardenas (Kearny, N.J./Cliff Keen WC/Titan Mercury WC) 

VS Teimuraz Kochkiani (Georgia)

VS Daniel Fischer (Germany)

VS Serghei Vizii (Moldova)


92 kg – Michael Macchiavello (Northampton, Pa./Lehigh Valley Wrestling RTC/Titan Mercury WC) 

VS Samuel Scherrer (Switzerland)

VS Ion Demian (Moldova)


97 kg – Stephen Buchanan (Coralville, Iowa/Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC) 
VS Ramini Gulitashvili (Georgia) 

97 kg – Zane Lanham (Hurricane, W. Va./Arkansas RTC) 

VS Nikita Goubarets (Israel)


125 kg – Ceron Francisco (Bellefonte, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) 

VS Roger Li (Canada)

VS Emil Thiele (Germany)

VS Johannes Ludescher (Austria)


125 kg – Coby Merrill (Ontario, Calif./New York AC) 

VS Mason Parris (United States)

VS Jonovan Smith (Puerto Rico)


125 kg – Mason Parris (Ann Arbor, Mich./Cliff Keen WC/Titan Mercury WC) 

VS Coby Merrill (United States)

VS Jonovan Smith (Puerto Rico)