2002 World champion Dremiel Byers of the U.S. Army has reached the 120 kg finals in Greco-Roman at the NYAC International. Larry Slater photo

NEW YORK, N.Y. – The gold medal finals in Greco-Roman and women’s freestyle have been set for the New York Athletic Club International on Saturday.

The finals will begin at 6:00 p.m. and will be webcast live on TheMat.com

The 60 kg final will be a rematch of the 2011 Sunkist Kids International finals between Joe Betterman (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) and Ellis Coleman (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC), which was won by Coleman.

Betterman, the two-time U.S. World Team member, beat 2006 World champion Joe Warren (Monument, Colo./New York AC) in the semifinals, 1-0, 2-0. 

In the other semifinal, Coleman defeated 2008 Olympian and three-time World Team member Spenser Mango (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army), 0-1, 2-0, 1-0.

The 84 kg finals will feature 2011 World silver medalist Damien Janikowski of Poland against 2011 U.S. Open champion Jordan Holm (Minneapolis, Minn./Minnesota Storm).

Holm reached the finals by defeating 2011 U.S. World Team member Cheney Haight (Orem, Utah/New York AC) in the semifinals, 1-0, 1-0. It was a rematch of the 2011 World Team Trials finals, won by Haight.

In women’s freestyle, an intense semifinal was won by 2008 World champion Clarissa Chun (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids), who defeated two-time Junior World champion Victoria Anthony (Huntington Beach, Calif./New York AC), 1-4, 1-0, 3-0.

A 63 kg/138.75 lbs. semifinal upset occurred when 2011 Junior World bronze medalist Alli Ragan (New York AC/King College) defeated two-time World champion Kristie Davis (Yukon, Okla./Gator WC/OCU), 0-2, 3-2, 1-0.

There will be three past World champions from the USA in the finals: Chun, Iris Smith (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army) at 72 kg in men’s freestyle and Dremiel Byers (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army) at 120 kg in Greco-Roman.

NEW YORK AC INTERNATIONAL
At New York, N.Y., Nov. 12

Greco-Roman finals
55 kg – Jermaine Hodge (U.S. Army) vs. Max Nowry (New York AC)
60 kg – Ellis Coleman (New York AC) vs. Joe Betterman (Sunkist Kids)
66 kg – Glenn Garrison (U.S. Army) vs. Dawid Karecinski (Poland)
74 kg – Justin Lester (U.S. Army) vs. Andy Bisek (Minnesota Storm)
84 kg – Damien Janikowski (Poland) vs. Jordan Holm (Minnesota Storm)
96 kg – R.C. Johnson (Sunkist Kids) vs. Darrin Burns (YES Wrestling)
120 kg – Dremiel Byers (U.S. Army) vs. Lucasz Banak (Poland)

Women’s freestyle finals
48 kg – Clarissa Chun (Sunkist Kids) vs. Jessica MacDonald (Canada)
51 kg – Sara Fulp-Allen (New York AC) vs. Vanessa Brown (Canada)
55 kg – Helen Maroulis (New York AC) vs. Byambatser Sundev (Mongolia)
59 kg – Michelle Fazzari (Canada) vs. Jackeline Renteria (Colombia)
63 kg – Alli Ragan (NYAC/King College) vs. Trinity Plessinger (Sunkist Kids)
67 kg – Adeline Gray (New York AC) vs. Julia Salata (King College)
72 kg – Odenchimeg Badrakh (Mongolia) vs. Iris Smith (U.S. Army)