Anthony, Winchester, Velte, Graff, Smith win golds for the USA at the Canada Cup
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by Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling
Victoria Anthony, shown winning a gold medal in Sweden earlier this year, added another gold medal at the Canada Cup today. Jennifer Gutches photo.
GUELPH, Canada – Five talented U.S. Senior wrestlers won gold medals at the Canada Cup on Saturday.
Included were women’s freestyle titles from Victoria Anthony (Huntington Beach, Calif./Sunkist Kids) at 48 kg/105.5 lbs., Jacarra Winchester (San Leandro, Calif./Titan Mercury WC) at 58 kg/128 lbs. and Mallory Velte (Sacramento, Calif./Titan Mercury WC) at 63 kg/138.75 lbs.
Winning a gold medal in men’s freestyle were Tyler Graff (New Brunswick, N.J./New York AC) at 57 kg/125.5 lbs. and Morgan Smith (Lynnwood, Wash./Simon Fraser) at 86 kg/189 lbs.
Anthony, a two-time Junior World champion and 2013 U.S. World Team member, was dominant in her wins with a pin and two technical falls. In the finals, she defeated talented Natasha Kramble of Canada in a 10-0 technical fall. Anthony was second in the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials.
Winchester, a WCWA college national champion and developing freestyle talent, also won three matches on the way to the gold. She opened up her offense in a 14-3 technical fall win in the finals over Emily Schaefer of Canada.
Velte, a WCWA college national champion for Simon Fraser Univ., won three times on the way to her gold. She beat veteran Canadian star Breanne Graham in the finals, 7-0. Velte was on the 2015 U.S. Junior World Team and is No. 3 on Women’s Team USA.
Graff, a past NCAA runner-up at Wisconsin, won all three of his bouts by technical fall, including a 10-0 whitewash of Dylan Bray of Canada in the championship finals.
Smith, who competes in college for Div. II Simon Fraser in Canada, had to win four times in a row for his title. He won his first three matches against Canadians, then stopped Switzerland’s Stefan Reichmuth in the championship finals, 8-6.
Among the U.S. women, winning silver medals were Randi Beltz (Chesterfield, Mo./Titan Mercury WC) at 60 kg/132 lbs. and Julia Salata, Canton, Mich. (New York AC/OTC) at 69 kg/152 lbs. Both competed in round-robin brackets.
Beltz finished 1-1 in a three-athlete weight class, with a win over American Francesca Giorgio. Salata had an impressive 3-1 record, with a win over U.S. Olympic Team Trials champion Tamyra Mensah of the USA. Salata’s only loss came against past World champion Aline Focken of Germany.
Giorgio and Mensah won bronze medals in their weight classes.
A pair of U.S. men won bronze medals, Cruz Velasquez (Maple Valley, Wash./Simon Fraser) at 61 kg/132 lbs. and Enock Francois (Ithaca, N.Y./New York AC) at 97 kg/213 lbs. Velasquez finished 2-2 in his five-athlete roundrobin. Francois opened with a loss to World bronze medalist Javier Cortina of Cuba, but powered back with two wins in the wrestle-backs to claim his medal.
Special thanks to the Canadian Wrestling Federation (Wrestling Canada Lutte) for providing live results via Twitter and posting the brackets online at the conclusion of the tournament.
CANADA CUP
At Guelph, Canada, June 25
Women’s freestyle medalists
48 kg/105.5 lbs.
Gold - Victoria Anthony (USA)
Silver - Natasha Kramble (Canada)
Bronze – Alussa Cleaves (Canada)
51 kg/116.5 lbs.
Gold – Nina Hemmer (Germany)
Silver – Abby Lloyd (Canada)
Bronze – Jade Parsons (Canada)
55 kg/121 lbs.
Gold – Emily Kessler (Canada)
Silver – Cierra Carere (Canada)
Bronze – Farah Taj (Canada)
58 kg/128 lbs.
Gold- Jacarra Winchester
Silver - Emily Schaefer (Canada)
Bronze Alexandria Town (Canada)
60 kg/132 lbs.
Gold - Luisa Niemesch (Germany)
Silver – Randi Beltz (USA)
Bronze- Francesca Giorgio (USA)
63 kg/138.75 lbs.
Gold– Mallory Velte (USA)
Silver - Breanne Graham (Canada)
Bronze – Jess Brouillette (Canada)
69 kg/152 lbs.
Gold - Aline Focken (Germany)
Silver - Julia Salata (USA)
Bronze– Tamyra Mensah (USA)
75 kg/165 lbs.
Gold – Erica Wiebe (Canada)
Silver – Leah Ferguson (Canada)
Bronze – Epp Mae (Estonia)
U.S. Women’s freestyle results
48 kg/105.5 lbs. – Victoria Anthony, Huntington Beach, Calif. (Sunkist Kids), 1st
WIN Jade Papke (Canada/Guelph), pin
WIN Cody Pfau (USA), tech fall 10-0
WIN Natasha Kramble (Canada), tech. fall 10-0
48 kg/105.5 lbs. – Cody Pfau, Brush, Colo. (Titan Mercury WC), 6th
WIN Amber Wiebe (Canada/Cattown), inj. dft.
LOSS Victoria Anthony (USA), tech. fall 0-10
LOSS Natassya Lu (Canada), inj. dft.
51 kg/116.5 lbs. – Jennifer Anderson, Puyallup, Wash. (Simon Fraser), 5th
LOSS Kristina McLaren (Canada/Brock), 4-10
WIN Kelsey Larkin (USA), tech fall 10-0
LOSS Jade Parsons (Canada), 6-11
WIN Madison Parks (Canada), inj. dft.
51 kg/116.5 lbs. – Kelsey Larkin, Canton, Mich., dnp
LOSS Abby Lloyd (Canada/BMWC), tech. fall 0-10
LOSS Jennifer Anderson (USA), tech. fall 0-10
58 kg/128 lbs. - Jacarra Winchester, San Leandro, Calif. (Titan Mercury WC), 1st
WIN Alexandria Town (Canada/York), tech. fall 10-0
WIN Linda Morais (Canada), forfeit
WIN Emily Schaefer (Canada/Brock WC), tech. fall 14-3
60 kg/132 lbs. – Randi Beltz, Chesterfield, Mo. (Titan Mercury WC), 2nd
LOSS Luisa Niemesch (Germany), 1-4
WIN Francesca Giorgio (USA), inj. dft.
60 kg/132 lbs. - Francesca Giorgio, Reading, Pa. (Simon Fraser), 3rd
LOSS Luisa Niemesch (Germany), 2-11
LOSS Randi Beltz (USA), inj. dft.
63 kg/138.75 lbs. – Mallory Velte, Sacramento, Calif. (Titan Mercury WC), 1st
WIN Temitope Ogunjimi (Canada/UCalgary), 9-0
WIN Jess Brouilette (Canada/Brock WC), 8-1
WIN Breanne Graham (Canada), 7-0
69 kg/152 lbs. – Tamyra Mensah, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Titan Mercury WC/OTC), 3rd
WIN Kayla Brodner (Canada/Cattown), 9-2
LOSS Julia Salata (USA), 4-4
WIN Olivia DiBacco (Canada/Brock WC), 9-2
LOSS Aline Focken (Germany), pin
69 kg/152 lbs. - Julia Salata, Canton, Mich. (New York AC/OTC), 2nd
WIN Olivia DiBacco (Canada/Brock WC), 7-6
WIN Tamyra Mensah (USA), 4-4
WIN Kayla Brodner (Canada/Cattown) tech. fall 10-0
LOSS Aline Focken (Germany), tech. fall 10-0
75 kg/165 lbs. – Forrest Molinari, Benicia, Calif. (Titan Mercury WC), 6th
LOSS Erica Wiebe (Canada), pin
LOSS Gracelynn Doogan (Canada), 6-9
Men’s freestyle medalists
57 kg/125.5 lbs.
Gold– Tyler Graff (USA)
Silver - Dylan Bray (Canada)
Bronze – Darthe Capellan (Canada)
61 kg/132 lbs.
Gold - Youlys Bonne (Cuba)
Silver - Adam MacFayden (Canada)
Bronze - Cruz Velasquez (USA)
65 kg/143 lbs.
Gold – Alejandro Tobier (Cuba)
Silver – Dillon Williams (Canada)
Bronze – Michael Asselstine (Canada)
70 kg/154 lbs.
Gold – Ahmed Shamiya (Canada)
Silver - Ty Bridgewater (Canada)
Bronze - Kyle Horvath (Canada)
74 kg/163 lbs.
Gold - Livan Lopez (Cuba)
Silver – Jasmit Phulka (Canada)
Bronze - Ilya Abelev (Canada)
86 kg/189 lbs.
Gold – Morgan Smith (USA)
Silver - Stefan Reichmuth (Switzerland)
Bronze – Grayson St. Laurent (Canada)
97 kg/213 lbs.
Gold – Reineris Salas (Cuba)
Silver - Javier Cortina (Cuba)
Bronze– Enock Francois (USA)
125 kg/275 lbs.
Gold – Amar Dhesi (Canada)
Silver – Sean Molle (Canada)
Bronze – Kyle Nguyen (Canada)
U.S. men’s freestyle results
57 kg/125.5 lbs. – Tyler Graff, New Brunswick, N.J. (New York AC), 1st
WIN Arinobu Taiki (Japan), tech. fall 10-0
WIN Steven Takahashi (Canada/Londonwest), tech. fall 10-0
WIN Dylan Bray (Canada/Huskies), tech. fall 10-0
61 kg/132 lbs. – Cruz Velasquez, Maple Valley, Wash. (Simon Fraser), 3rd
WIN Marc Magano (Canada/BMWC), 4-0
LOSS Adam MacFayden (Canada/Londonwest), 6-8
LOSS Youlys Bonne (Cuba), tech. fall 0-12
WIN Scott Schiller (Canada/Concordia), forfeit
70 kg/154 lbs. – Jimmy Devine, Delmar, N.Y. (New York AC), 4th
LOSS Ty Bridgewater (Canada/Matmen), tech. fall 0-10
WIN Shamsuddin Habibi (Canada/CLIC), tech. fall 15-4
WIN Chance Mutuku (Canada/Brock WC), inj. dft
LOSS Kyle Horvath (Canada/UCalgary), 2-8
74 kg/163 lbs. – Muhamed Mustafa McBride, 4th
WIN Connor Hodgins (Canada/UCalgary), 7-2
LOSS Livan Lopez (Cuba), 6-7
WIN Juan Peralta Lanas (Chile), 11-6
LOSS Ilya Abelev (Canada), 7-9
86 kg/189 lbs. – Morgan Smith, Lynnwood, Wash. (Simon Fraser), 1st
WIN Yiannis Narlidis (Canada/Toronto), tech. fall 10-0
WIN Josh Kim (Canada/BMWC), 11-6
WIN Grayson St. Laurent (Canada/Black Bear), 6-4
WIN Stefan Reichmuth (Switzerland), 8-6
97 kg/213 lbs. – Enock Francois, Ithaca, N.Y. (New York AC), 3rd
LOSS Javier Cortina (Cuba), 2-9
WIN Nishan Randhawa (Canada/BWC), 8-1
WIN Alexander Thoms (Canada), tech. fall 11-0
GUELPH, Canada – Five talented U.S. Senior wrestlers won gold medals at the Canada Cup on Saturday.
Included were women’s freestyle titles from Victoria Anthony (Huntington Beach, Calif./Sunkist Kids) at 48 kg/105.5 lbs., Jacarra Winchester (San Leandro, Calif./Titan Mercury WC) at 58 kg/128 lbs. and Mallory Velte (Sacramento, Calif./Titan Mercury WC) at 63 kg/138.75 lbs.
Winning a gold medal in men’s freestyle were Tyler Graff (New Brunswick, N.J./New York AC) at 57 kg/125.5 lbs. and Morgan Smith (Lynnwood, Wash./Simon Fraser) at 86 kg/189 lbs.
Anthony, a two-time Junior World champion and 2013 U.S. World Team member, was dominant in her wins with a pin and two technical falls. In the finals, she defeated talented Natasha Kramble of Canada in a 10-0 technical fall. Anthony was second in the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials.
Winchester, a WCWA college national champion and developing freestyle talent, also won three matches on the way to the gold. She opened up her offense in a 14-3 technical fall win in the finals over Emily Schaefer of Canada.
Velte, a WCWA college national champion for Simon Fraser Univ., won three times on the way to her gold. She beat veteran Canadian star Breanne Graham in the finals, 7-0. Velte was on the 2015 U.S. Junior World Team and is No. 3 on Women’s Team USA.
Graff, a past NCAA runner-up at Wisconsin, won all three of his bouts by technical fall, including a 10-0 whitewash of Dylan Bray of Canada in the championship finals.
Smith, who competes in college for Div. II Simon Fraser in Canada, had to win four times in a row for his title. He won his first three matches against Canadians, then stopped Switzerland’s Stefan Reichmuth in the championship finals, 8-6.
Among the U.S. women, winning silver medals were Randi Beltz (Chesterfield, Mo./Titan Mercury WC) at 60 kg/132 lbs. and Julia Salata, Canton, Mich. (New York AC/OTC) at 69 kg/152 lbs. Both competed in round-robin brackets.
Beltz finished 1-1 in a three-athlete weight class, with a win over American Francesca Giorgio. Salata had an impressive 3-1 record, with a win over U.S. Olympic Team Trials champion Tamyra Mensah of the USA. Salata’s only loss came against past World champion Aline Focken of Germany.
Giorgio and Mensah won bronze medals in their weight classes.
A pair of U.S. men won bronze medals, Cruz Velasquez (Maple Valley, Wash./Simon Fraser) at 61 kg/132 lbs. and Enock Francois (Ithaca, N.Y./New York AC) at 97 kg/213 lbs. Velasquez finished 2-2 in his five-athlete roundrobin. Francois opened with a loss to World bronze medalist Javier Cortina of Cuba, but powered back with two wins in the wrestle-backs to claim his medal.
Special thanks to the Canadian Wrestling Federation (Wrestling Canada Lutte) for providing live results via Twitter and posting the brackets online at the conclusion of the tournament.
CANADA CUP
At Guelph, Canada, June 25
Women’s freestyle medalists
48 kg/105.5 lbs.
Gold - Victoria Anthony (USA)
Silver - Natasha Kramble (Canada)
Bronze – Alussa Cleaves (Canada)
51 kg/116.5 lbs.
Gold – Nina Hemmer (Germany)
Silver – Abby Lloyd (Canada)
Bronze – Jade Parsons (Canada)
55 kg/121 lbs.
Gold – Emily Kessler (Canada)
Silver – Cierra Carere (Canada)
Bronze – Farah Taj (Canada)
58 kg/128 lbs.
Gold- Jacarra Winchester
Silver - Emily Schaefer (Canada)
Bronze Alexandria Town (Canada)
60 kg/132 lbs.
Gold - Luisa Niemesch (Germany)
Silver – Randi Beltz (USA)
Bronze- Francesca Giorgio (USA)
63 kg/138.75 lbs.
Gold– Mallory Velte (USA)
Silver - Breanne Graham (Canada)
Bronze – Jess Brouillette (Canada)
69 kg/152 lbs.
Gold - Aline Focken (Germany)
Silver - Julia Salata (USA)
Bronze– Tamyra Mensah (USA)
75 kg/165 lbs.
Gold – Erica Wiebe (Canada)
Silver – Leah Ferguson (Canada)
Bronze – Epp Mae (Estonia)
U.S. Women’s freestyle results
48 kg/105.5 lbs. – Victoria Anthony, Huntington Beach, Calif. (Sunkist Kids), 1st
WIN Jade Papke (Canada/Guelph), pin
WIN Cody Pfau (USA), tech fall 10-0
WIN Natasha Kramble (Canada), tech. fall 10-0
48 kg/105.5 lbs. – Cody Pfau, Brush, Colo. (Titan Mercury WC), 6th
WIN Amber Wiebe (Canada/Cattown), inj. dft.
LOSS Victoria Anthony (USA), tech. fall 0-10
LOSS Natassya Lu (Canada), inj. dft.
51 kg/116.5 lbs. – Jennifer Anderson, Puyallup, Wash. (Simon Fraser), 5th
LOSS Kristina McLaren (Canada/Brock), 4-10
WIN Kelsey Larkin (USA), tech fall 10-0
LOSS Jade Parsons (Canada), 6-11
WIN Madison Parks (Canada), inj. dft.
51 kg/116.5 lbs. – Kelsey Larkin, Canton, Mich., dnp
LOSS Abby Lloyd (Canada/BMWC), tech. fall 0-10
LOSS Jennifer Anderson (USA), tech. fall 0-10
58 kg/128 lbs. - Jacarra Winchester, San Leandro, Calif. (Titan Mercury WC), 1st
WIN Alexandria Town (Canada/York), tech. fall 10-0
WIN Linda Morais (Canada), forfeit
WIN Emily Schaefer (Canada/Brock WC), tech. fall 14-3
60 kg/132 lbs. – Randi Beltz, Chesterfield, Mo. (Titan Mercury WC), 2nd
LOSS Luisa Niemesch (Germany), 1-4
WIN Francesca Giorgio (USA), inj. dft.
60 kg/132 lbs. - Francesca Giorgio, Reading, Pa. (Simon Fraser), 3rd
LOSS Luisa Niemesch (Germany), 2-11
LOSS Randi Beltz (USA), inj. dft.
63 kg/138.75 lbs. – Mallory Velte, Sacramento, Calif. (Titan Mercury WC), 1st
WIN Temitope Ogunjimi (Canada/UCalgary), 9-0
WIN Jess Brouilette (Canada/Brock WC), 8-1
WIN Breanne Graham (Canada), 7-0
69 kg/152 lbs. – Tamyra Mensah, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Titan Mercury WC/OTC), 3rd
WIN Kayla Brodner (Canada/Cattown), 9-2
LOSS Julia Salata (USA), 4-4
WIN Olivia DiBacco (Canada/Brock WC), 9-2
LOSS Aline Focken (Germany), pin
69 kg/152 lbs. - Julia Salata, Canton, Mich. (New York AC/OTC), 2nd
WIN Olivia DiBacco (Canada/Brock WC), 7-6
WIN Tamyra Mensah (USA), 4-4
WIN Kayla Brodner (Canada/Cattown) tech. fall 10-0
LOSS Aline Focken (Germany), tech. fall 10-0
75 kg/165 lbs. – Forrest Molinari, Benicia, Calif. (Titan Mercury WC), 6th
LOSS Erica Wiebe (Canada), pin
LOSS Gracelynn Doogan (Canada), 6-9
Men’s freestyle medalists
57 kg/125.5 lbs.
Gold– Tyler Graff (USA)
Silver - Dylan Bray (Canada)
Bronze – Darthe Capellan (Canada)
61 kg/132 lbs.
Gold - Youlys Bonne (Cuba)
Silver - Adam MacFayden (Canada)
Bronze - Cruz Velasquez (USA)
65 kg/143 lbs.
Gold – Alejandro Tobier (Cuba)
Silver – Dillon Williams (Canada)
Bronze – Michael Asselstine (Canada)
70 kg/154 lbs.
Gold – Ahmed Shamiya (Canada)
Silver - Ty Bridgewater (Canada)
Bronze - Kyle Horvath (Canada)
74 kg/163 lbs.
Gold - Livan Lopez (Cuba)
Silver – Jasmit Phulka (Canada)
Bronze - Ilya Abelev (Canada)
86 kg/189 lbs.
Gold – Morgan Smith (USA)
Silver - Stefan Reichmuth (Switzerland)
Bronze – Grayson St. Laurent (Canada)
97 kg/213 lbs.
Gold – Reineris Salas (Cuba)
Silver - Javier Cortina (Cuba)
Bronze– Enock Francois (USA)
125 kg/275 lbs.
Gold – Amar Dhesi (Canada)
Silver – Sean Molle (Canada)
Bronze – Kyle Nguyen (Canada)
U.S. men’s freestyle results
57 kg/125.5 lbs. – Tyler Graff, New Brunswick, N.J. (New York AC), 1st
WIN Arinobu Taiki (Japan), tech. fall 10-0
WIN Steven Takahashi (Canada/Londonwest), tech. fall 10-0
WIN Dylan Bray (Canada/Huskies), tech. fall 10-0
61 kg/132 lbs. – Cruz Velasquez, Maple Valley, Wash. (Simon Fraser), 3rd
WIN Marc Magano (Canada/BMWC), 4-0
LOSS Adam MacFayden (Canada/Londonwest), 6-8
LOSS Youlys Bonne (Cuba), tech. fall 0-12
WIN Scott Schiller (Canada/Concordia), forfeit
70 kg/154 lbs. – Jimmy Devine, Delmar, N.Y. (New York AC), 4th
LOSS Ty Bridgewater (Canada/Matmen), tech. fall 0-10
WIN Shamsuddin Habibi (Canada/CLIC), tech. fall 15-4
WIN Chance Mutuku (Canada/Brock WC), inj. dft
LOSS Kyle Horvath (Canada/UCalgary), 2-8
74 kg/163 lbs. – Muhamed Mustafa McBride, 4th
WIN Connor Hodgins (Canada/UCalgary), 7-2
LOSS Livan Lopez (Cuba), 6-7
WIN Juan Peralta Lanas (Chile), 11-6
LOSS Ilya Abelev (Canada), 7-9
86 kg/189 lbs. – Morgan Smith, Lynnwood, Wash. (Simon Fraser), 1st
WIN Yiannis Narlidis (Canada/Toronto), tech. fall 10-0
WIN Josh Kim (Canada/BMWC), 11-6
WIN Grayson St. Laurent (Canada/Black Bear), 6-4
WIN Stefan Reichmuth (Switzerland), 8-6
97 kg/213 lbs. – Enock Francois, Ithaca, N.Y. (New York AC), 3rd
LOSS Javier Cortina (Cuba), 2-9
WIN Nishan Randhawa (Canada/BWC), 8-1
WIN Alexander Thoms (Canada), tech. fall 11-0
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