From USA Wrestling/Various Reports
Burnaby, Canada – Three U.S. men’s freestyle wrestlers and three U.S. women’s freestyle wrestlers captured gold medals on Saturday at the Clansmen International.
Winning gold in men’s freestyle competition were Jared Lawrence (Minneapolis, Minn./Minnesota Storm) at 66 kg/145.5 lbs., Damion Hahn (Minneapolis, Minn./Minnesota Storm) at 96 kg/211.5 lbs. and Tommy Rowlands (Columbus, Ohio/Sunkist Kids) at 120 kg/264.5 lbs.
In the finals, Lawrence downed Chris Harada of Canada. Hahn defeated Steve Snijders of Canada in his gold-medal bout. Rowlands, moving up to 120 kg for the first time since 2002, defeated Murat Basiev of Russia in the finals.
Jesse Brock (Boise, Idaho/Boise State) won a bronze medal at 60 kg/132 lbs. as did Tony Gansen (Colorado Springs, Colo./USOTC) at 84 kg/185 lbs.
Trey McLean (Colorado Springs, Colo./USOTC) placed fourth at 120 kg.
Former USA Wrestling Junior Nationals champion for Ohio Khetag Pliev of Russia placed sixth at 96 kg.
With three champions, Russia placed first overall. Lawrence and Hahn led the Minnesota Storm to a fourth-place finish.
In women’s freestyle action, bringing home gold medals were Clarissa Chun (Colorado Springs, Colo./Gator WC) at 48 kg/105.5 lbs., Jenny Wong (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) at 51 kg/112.25 lbs. and Ali Bernard (New Ulm, Minn./Univ. of Regina) at 72 kg/158.5 lbs. Bernard was competing under her club, the Univ. of Regina, which is located in Canada.
Chun defeated Miranda Dick of Canada in the gold-medal bout. Wong downed Olympian Lindsay Belisle of Canada, who recently won the Sunkist Kids/ASU International Open, in the finals at 51 kg. Bernard topped Ayako Murashima of Canada in the 72 kg final.
Na’Tasha Umemoto (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) lost in a gold-medal bout at 63 kg/138.75 lbs. to Viola Yanik of Canada.
Winning a bronze medal for the U.S. was Tina Pihl (Colorado Springs, Colo./Unattached) at 55 kg/121 lbs. Pihl is also a Canadian citizen.
U.S. Nationals champion Sara Fulp-Allen (El Granada, Calif./Menlo) placed fifth at 48 kg.
Also placing for the U.S. women were Titi Lowani (Pacific), fourth at 63 kg, Andrea Hale (Lassen), sixth at 67 kg/147.5 lbs., Stacey Martell (Pacific), sixth at 72 kg, Irene Prouxl (Lassen) fourth at 80 kg/176 lbs., Megan Richardson (Pacific), fifth at 80 kg and Kate Nomura (Lassen), sixth at 80 kg.
Burnaby, B.C. “At the 2005 Clansmen International competition held at Simon Fraser University, the University of Calgary women’s wrestling team took home the overall title with a total points score of 40 at the meet. On the men’s side, the Russian National team took home the Senior Men’s title with 38 points. In the College Men’s draw the Burnaby Mountain Wrestling Club took home the title with 20 points.
Former University of Minnesota NCAA champ and rising international star Jared Lawrence was named the men’s outstanding wrestler.
CLANSMEN INVITATIONAL NOVEMBER 4-5, 2005 Results
TEAM STANDINGS
SENIOR MEN
1. Russia 38 points
2. Brock 32 points
3. Burnaby Mountain Wrestling Club 31 points
4. Minnesota 20 points
5. Guelph 15 points
6. United States of America 10 points
7. United States Olympic Training 8 points
8. Boise 5 points
8. Saskatoon Wrestling Club 5 points
10. Simon Fraser University 3 points
COLLEGE MEN
1. Burnaby Mountain Wrestling Club 20 points
2. Saskatoon Wrestling Club 17 points
3. Simon Fraser University 11 points
4. Edmonton Bears 9 points
5. University of Calgary Wrestling Club 8 points
6. Salsbury 5 points
6. University of Alberta 5 points
8. University of British Columbia 2 points
Individual Results
From USA Wrestling
55 kg/121 lbs.
1. Besik Kudukhov (Russia)
2. Jamie Maraci (Brock)
3. Clint Kingsbury (Brock)
4. Raj Virdi (BMWC)
5. Anthony Kulak (Bears)
6. Dylan Fryia (Brock)
60 kg/132 lbs.
1. Saeed Azarbayjani (Brock)
2. John Pineda (BMWC)
3. Jesse Brock (United States)
4. Ryley Walker (SWC)
5. Bo Gregson (SFU)
6. Jack Bond (Salisbury)
66 kg/145.5 lbs.
1. Jared Lawerence (United States)
2. Chris Harada (BMWC)
3. Cleo Neube (Brock)
4. Hailsan Garcia (BMWC)
5. Ryan Weiker (Brock)
74 kg/163 lbs.
1. Kalaber Khubetzy (Russia)
2. Danny Brown (Guelph)
3. Dean DeHamel (BMWC)
4. Russell Mayert (BMWC)
5. Keith Folkerson (SWC)
6. Paul Murphy (SFU)
84 kg/185 lbs.
1. Dzahauludin Aliev (Russia)
2. Roozbeh Banihashemi (BMWC)
3. Tony Gansen (United States)
4. Adam Fera (Brock)
5. Danny Einhorn (BMWC)
6. Wilson Burnett (UCWC)
96 kg/211.5 lbs.
1. Damion Hahn (United States)
2. Steve Snijders (Brock)
3. Mike Neufeld (Brock)
4. Chris Cox (Guelph)
5. Jagroop Bhuller (BMWC)
6. Khetag Pliev (Russia)
120 kg/264.5 lbs.
1. Tommy Rowlands (United States)
2. Murat Basiev (Russia)
3. Jamie Cox, Jamie (Guelph)
4. Trey McLean (United States)
5. Justin Beauparlant (Manitoba)
6. James Cadotte (Rebel)
Outstanding Male Wrestler: Jared Lawrence (Minnesota) 66 kgs.
Outstanding Female Wrestler: Jenny Wong (USA) 51 kgs
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