Jasmine Robinson Leads Women’s Freestyle with Four Tech Falls Heading into Gold Medal Matches
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by Zack Chavez, USA Wrestling
68kg WW - Jasmine Dolores Robinson (USA) df. Aleah Noelle Nickel (CAN) from the 2026 Pan Am Championships Day 2 prelims at the Xtreme Arena in Coralville, IA, USA on Friday, May 8, 2026.
CORALVILLE, Iowa – Benji Peak continued Team USA’s Greco-Roman success on Friday, winning a gold in the 72-kilogram division at the 2026 Pan American Championships. Peak secured his spot atop the podium with two wins in the opening session inside Xtream Arena in Coralville, Iowa. Additionally, the United States’ women’s freestyle team has six athletes in contention for gold medals.
Peak nabbed two wins, including an 8-0 technical fall against Brazil’s Mauri Vicente Silverio Junior and a 4-2 decision over Guatemala’s Emerson Felipe Ordonez. On his path to gold, he earned a technical fall in 32 seconds and a 4-1 win over Brazil’s Mauri Vicente Silverio Junior.
Timothy Young secured a spot in a 97-kilogram bronze-medal match after concluding the morning with a 1-1 record. He began the day with a 7-2 win over Peru’s Pool Ambrocio Greifo before falling 9-1 to Cuba’s Gabriel Rosillo Kindelan, and will take on Colombia’s Jhonny Arias Berdug for the bronze.
Jasmine Robinson was the standout among the U.S. women’s freestyle team and secured four technical falls to earn a spot in the 68-kilogram gold-medal match. Robinson gave up a combined two points in her opening two matches and shut out each opponent in her final two showdowns. She scored in the double digits in every match of the opening session and will contend for gold after blanking Chile’s Virginia Jimenez Fernandez in the semifinals.
Robinson is looking for her first gold medal at the Senior Pan American Championships and will now face Venezuela’s returning Pan American Championships Silver Medalist Nathali Griman Herrera in the second session.
Katie Gomez (50 kg), Amanda Martinez (57 kg) and Adaugo Nwachukwu (62 kg) join Robinson as gold-medal contenders.
Gomez earned a 10-0 technical fall over Brazil’s Thalia Oliveira De Freitas in her opener, and a 6-2 decision in her second matchup against Venezuela’s Nohalis Loyo Jimenez. She will now contest for the gold against Ecuador’s Jacqueline Mollocana Eleno.
Martinez opened the day with a quick victory over the Dominican Republic’s Yocleidy Ramirez Santana with a pin in the opening three minutes. She then captured a 10-5 decision against Mexico’s Bertha Rojas Chavez in the semifinals and will now face Ecuador’s Luisa Valverde Melendres.
Nwachukwu earned a trio of wins, beginning with an 8-1 decision over Mexico’s Melanie Jimenez Villalba. She then claimed a quick pin over Barbados’ Rebecca Williams in the opening 23 seconds in the quarterfinals, followed by a 9-0 technical fall victory over Brazil’s Lais Nunes in the semifinals. Nwachukwu will meet Jimenez Villalba again in the gold-medal matchup.
Everest Leydecker and Precious Wieser each stand 1-0 in their three-woman, round-robin brackets and have their sights set on gold medals of their own.
Leydecker (55 kg) scored a quick technical fall by a 10-0 margin over Canada’s Amber Wiebe and will now square off against Mexico’s Josefina Ramirez Duarte. Wieser pinned Mexico’s Michelle Olea Ruiz in just 43 seconds, setting up a showdown against Canada’s Ellise Daynes.
For a complete match-by-match breakdown of the morning session for Team USA, browse our day two match notes.
Session two begins at 5 p.m. CT and will serve as the medal matchups for the Greco-Roman 97-kilogram division and six women’s freestyle brackets.
The 2026 Senior Pan American Championships are streaming live on FloWrestling. Brackets and live results are available on UWW Arena.
2026 Senior Pan American Championships
May 8, Coralville, Iowa
Reference Links
Greco-Roman Group Two Results
Medal Match Pairings
97 kg
Gold – Gabriel Rosillo Kindelan (Cuba) vs. Kevin Mejia Castillo (Honduras)
Bronze – Timothy Young (United States) vs. Jhonny Arias Berdug (Colombia)
Bronze – Carlos Adames Palmer (Dominican Republic) vs. Ricardo Gomez (Argentina)
Semifinal Results
97 kg
Kevin Mejia Castillo (Honduras) tech. fall Carlos Adames Palmer (Dominican Republic), 8-0
Gabriel Rosillo Kindelan (Cuba) tech. fall Timothy Young (United States), 9-1
Round Robin Bracket Results
72 kg
R2 | Benji Peak (United States) dec. Emerson Felipe Ordonez (Guatemala), 4-2
R1 | Benji Peak (United States) tech. fall Mauri Vicente Silverio Junior (Brazil), 8-0
Round robin records after session one: Peak (2-0), Vicente Silverio Junior (0-1), Felipe Ordonez (0-1)
U.S. Women’s Freestyle Group One Results
Medal Match Pairings
50 kg
Gold – Katie Gomez (United States) vs. Jacqueline Mollocana Eleno (Ecuador)
Bronze – Madison Parks (Canada) vs. Nathaly Herrera Huacre (Peru)
Bronze – Nohalis Loyo Jimenez (Venezuela) vs. Thalia Oliveira De Freitas (Brazil)
57 kg
Gold – Amanda Martinez (United States) vs. Luisa Valverde Melendres (Ecuador)
Bronze – Giullia Penalber (Brazil) vs. Yaynelis Sanz Verdecia (Cuba)
Bronze – Bertha Rojas Chavez (Mexico) vs. Yocleidy Ramirez Santana (Dominican Republic)
62 kg
Gold – Adaugo Nwachukwu (United States) vs. Melanie Jimenez Villalba (Mexico)
Bronze – Astrid Montero Chirinos (Venezuela) vs. Lais Nunes (Brazil)
68 kg
Gold – Jasmine Robinson (United States) vs. Nathali Griman Herrera (Venezuela)
Bronze – Maria Ceballos Cuenu (Colombia) vs. Virginia Jimenez Fernandez (Chile)
Semifinal Results
50 kg
Katie Gomez (United States) dec. Nohalis Loyo Jimenez (Venezuela), 6-2
Jacqueline Mollocana Eleno (Ecuador) dec. Madison Parks (Canada), 8-6
57 kg
Amanda Martinez (United States) dec. Bertha Rojas Chavez (Mexico), 10-5
Luisa Valverde Melendres (Ecuador) dec. Giullia Penalber (Brazil), 4-1
62 kg
Adaugo Nwachukwu (United States) tech. fall Lais Nunes (Brazil), 9-0
Melanie Jimenez Villalba (Mexico) dec. Astrid Montero Chirinos (Venezuela), 3-1
68 kg
Jasmine Robinson (United States) tech. fall Virginia Jimenez Fernandez (Chile), 11-0
Nathali Griman Herrera (Venezuela) dec. Maria Ceballos Cuenu (Colombia), 4-2
Round Robin Bracket Results
55 kg
R2 | Josefina Ramirez Duarte (Mexico) fall Amber Wiebe (Canada), 3:45
R1 | Everest Leydecker (United States) tech. fall Amber Wiebe (Canada), 10-0
Round robin records after session one: Leydecker (1-0), Ramirez (1-0), Wiebe (0-2)
72 kg
R2 | Ellise Daynes (Canada) dec. Michelle Olea Ruiz (Mexico), 6-4
R1 | Precious Wieser (United States) tech. fall Michelle Olea Ruiz (Mexico), 10-0
Round robin records after session one: Wieser (1-0), Daynes (1-0), Olea Ruiz (0-2)
U.S. Greco-Roman Results | Group Two
72 kg – Benji Peak (Colorado Springs, Colo./Position Wrestling/New York AC), gold medal
WIN Mauri Vicente Silverio Junior (Brazil), tech. fall, 8-0
WIN Emerson Felipe Ordonez (Guatemala), 4-2
97 kg – Timothy Young (Colorado Springs, Colo./Army WCAP), bronze medal match
WIN Pool Ambrocio Greifo (Peru), 7-2
LOSS Gabriel Rosillo Kindelan (Cuba), tech. fall, 9-1
VS Jhonny Arias Berdugo (Colombia)
U.S. Women’s Freestyle Results | Group One
50 kg – Katie Gomez (Van Nuys, Calif./Titan Mercury WC), gold medal match
WIN Thalia Oliveira De Freitas (Brazil), tech. fall, 10-0
WIN Nohalis Loyo Jimenez (Venezuela), 6-2
VS Jacqueline Mollocana Eleno (Ecuador)
55 kg – Everest Leydecker (Phoenix, Ariz./Thorobred WC/New York AC), round robin
WIN Amber Wiebe (Canada), tech. fall, 10-0
VS Josefina Ramirez Duarte (Mexico)
57 kg – Amanda Martinez (Riverside, Ill./Cardinal WC/Titan Mercury WC), gold medal match
WIN Yocleidy Ramirez Santana (Dominican Republic), fall, 2:51
WIN Bertha Rojas Chavez (Mexico), 10-5
VS Luisa Valverde Melendres (Ecuador)
62 kg – Adaugo Nwachukwu (Colorado Springs, Colo./Army WCAP), gold medal match
WIN Melanie Jimenez Villalba (Mexico), 8-1
WIN Rebecca Williams (Barbados), fall, 0:23
WIN Lais Nunes (Brazil), tech. fall, 9-0
VS Melanie Jimenez Villalba (Mexico)
68 kg – Jasmine Robinson (Colorado Springs, Colo./Army WCAP), gold medal match
WIN Eduarda Rodriguez Batista (Brazil), tech. fall, 11-1
WIN Aleah Nickel (Canada), tech. fall, 12-1
WIN Maria Ceballos Cuenu (Colombia), tech. fall, 10-0
WIN Virginia Jimenez Fernandez (Chile), tech. fall, 11-0
VS Nathali Griman Herrera (Venezuela)
72 kg – Precious Wieser (Maplewood, Minn./Titan Mercury WC), round robin
WIN Michelle Olea Ruiz (Mexico), fall, 0:43
VS Ellise Daynes (Canada)
