BROCKPORT, N.Y. – Three athletes from the U.S. Marine Corps claimed individual Greco-Roman titles at the Northeast Senior Regionals on Sunday.

The U.S. Marine Corps champions were Mike Pena (Jacksonville, N.C./U.S. Marine Corps) at 55 kg/121 lbs., Daniel Sotonieves (Jacksonville, N.C./U.S. Marine Corps) at 66 kg/145.5 lbs. and Shaun Durfey (Camp Lejuene, N.C./U.S. Marine Corps) at 120 kg/264.5 lbs. 

The champions at the Northeast Senior Regionals earn a spot in the World Team Trials in Council Bluffs, Iowa, June 11-12.

Pena defeated Tyler Erdman (Herndon, Pa./Modern Day Gladiators) in a close three-period battle which ended 0-1, 1-0, 3-0.

Daniel Sotonieves edged a U.S. Marine Corps teammate Joel Ahern (Camp Lejuene, N.C. (U.S. Marine Corps) 1-0, 1-0.

Durfey received an injury default in the finals from U.S. Marines Corps teammate Charles Fish.

The Outstanding Wrestler was the 74 kg/163 lbs. champion, Anton Gottfredson (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids), who defeated Jordan Dewald (Camp Lejuene, N.C./U.S. Marine Corps), 2-0, 1-0 in the finals. Gottfredson is a U.S. Olympic Training Center resident athlete.

Earning a double title by winning both the freestyle and Greco-Roman competition at the Northeast Regionals this weekend was Alex Dolly (Haslett, Mich./Michigan WC) at 96 kg/211.5 lbs. Dolly defeated Joseph Sheffield, Greensboro, N.C. (Y.E.S.), in the Greco-Roman finals, 1-0, 1-1. Dolly was a freestyle champion on Saturday.

Other individual champions were Leigh Tobias (Binghamton, N.Y./Shamrock WC) at 60 kg/132 lbs. and Peter Hicks (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army) at 84 kg/185 lbs.

NORTHEAST SENIOR REGIONALS
At Brockport, N.Y., May 2

Greco-Roman results

55 kg/121 lbs.
1st - Mike Pena, Jacksonville, N.C. (U.S. Marine Corps) dec. Tyler Erdman, Herndon, Pa. (Modern Day Gladiators), 0-1, 1-0, 3-0
3rd - Tou Fu Xiong, Camp Lejuene, N.C. (U.S. Marine Corps) dec. Jose Santiago, Camp Lejuene, N.C. (U.S. Marine Corps), 3-1,3-0

60 kg/132 lbs.
1st - Leigh Tobias, Binghamton, N.Y. (Shamrock WC) dec. Darren Mima, Kingston, N.Y., (Kingston WC), 3-2, 1-2, 6-0
3rd - Dmitry Ryabchinskiy, Brooklyn, N.Y. (NYAC/Brooklyn WC) dec. Oliver Lopez, New York, N.Y. (NYAC), 0-1, 1-0, 5-0

66 kg/145.5 lbs.
1st - Daniel Sotonieves, Jacksonville, N.C. (U.S. Marine Corps) dec. Joel Ahern, Camp Lejuene, N.C. (U.S. Marine Corps) 1-0, 1-0
3rd - Kerry Regner, Darlington, Pa. (Sunkist Kids) pin Rory Tobias, Binghamton, N.Y. (Shamrock WC), 1:43

74 kg/163 lbs.
1st - Anton Gottfredson, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids) dec. Jordan Dewald, Camp Lejuene, N.C. (U.S. Marine Corps), 2-0, 1-0
3rd - Herman Baker, Camp Lejuene, N.C. (U.S. Marine Corps) dec. Carlo Ferrandino, Niskayuna, N.Y., (Happy Yo Wrestling), 1-0, 1-0

84 kg/185 lbs.
1st - Peter Hicks, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army) dec. Jacob Ison, Athens, Ohio (Bobcat WC), 1-0, 1-0
3rd - Don Simmons, Camp Lejuene, N.C. (U.S. Marine Corps) dec. Courtney Myers, Camp Lejuene, N.C. (U.S. Marine Corps), 1-0, 3-2

96 kg/211.5 lbs.
1st - Alex Dolly, Haslett, Mich. (Michigan WC) dec. Joseph Sheffield, Greensboro, N.C. (Y.E.S.), 1-0, 1-1
3rd - Tom Voorhis, Chenago Forks, N.Y. (Club 1105) dec. Philip Hard, Camp Lejuene, N.C. (U.S. Marine Corps), 0-3, 8-1, 6-1

120 kg/264.5 lbs.
1st - Shaun Durfey, Camp Lejuene, N.C. (U.S. Marine Corps) inj. dft. Charles Fish, Camp Lejuene, N.C. (U.S. Marine Corps)
3rd - Akil Patterson, Frederick, Md. (New York AC) dec. Christopher Pierce, Lemont Furnace, Pa. (unattached), 3-0, 2-0

Outstanding Wrestler – Anton Gottfredson, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids), 74 kg