Chase, Hasseman, Cerminara win medals at the Canada Cup, held in Guelph, Canada, July 8-9

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Gary Abbott (USA Wrestling)
07/12/2005


Three U.S. wrestlers won medals at the Canada Cup, an international freestyle tournament held in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, July 8-9.    Claiming a silver medal in the women's division was Caitlyn Chase (Bloomingdale, Ill./Gator WC) at 55 kg/121 lbs.    Winning bronze medals in the men's division were Bryce Hasseman (Franklin, Ind./New York AC) at 84 kg/185 lbs. and Kyle Cerminara (Lewiston, N.Y./New York AC) at 96 kg/211.5 lbs.    Chase made the finals in a very competitive weight class, losing to 2004 Olympic silver medalist Tonya Verbeek in the finals. Chase scored a victory over Canadian college star Brit Laverdure earlier in the competition.    Chase, a high school junior, was second at the 2004 U.S. Nationals at 48 kg/105.5 lbs., and competed at the World Team Trials at 51 kg/112.25 lbs. This is her first international success competing up at 55 kg/121 lbs.    Hasseman scored a victory in the bronze-medal match at 84 kg/185 lbs. over Travis Cross of Canada. His only loss was earlier in the tournament to Cross, which he avenged in the final match. Hasseman won a total of five matches during the event, including wins over athletes from Poland, Japan and Canada.    Cerminara lost his only match of the tournament to Canadian veteran Dean Schmeichel, who finished the event placing second. Cerminara won a total of five matches in the tournament, incluiding a bronze-medal win over Tae Hyun-Koo of Korea.     The tournament featured a women's division on the Junior level, and a number of American athletes did very well. Nicole Woody (Odenton, Md.) won a gold medal at 46 kg and Sarah Peasley (Kimberly, Wis.) won a gold medal at 60 kg. Capturing a silver medal at 49 kg was Joey Miller (Woodward, Okla.).    In the boys Junior division, Dusty Colon was the only U.S. athlete to win a medal, taking a silver medal at 58 kg.