HICKS, KECK EARN SILVER MEDALS AT THE 1999 HAPARANDA CUP IN HAPARANDA, SWEDEN, DEC. 4-5Two U.S. wrestlers, Dan Hicks (Quantico, Va./U.S. Marine Corps) at 213.75 pounds and Brian Keck (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC) at 286 pounds, won silver medals at the 1999 Haparanda Cup in Haparanda, Sweden, Dec. 4-5.
Hicks won his first three matches to qualify for the gold-medal match, where he was defeated by Petru Sudureac of Romania, 8-1.
Keck also opened with three consecutive wins, including two victories by technical fall. In the gold-medal match, Keck lost to Iouri Patrikeev of Russia.
A group of 20 U.S. Greco-Roman wrestlers made up from the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Olympic Training Center are competing in a pair of international tournaments; the Haparanda Cup and the Vaanta Cup in Vaanta, Finland, Dec. 11-12. Only final placings were available at this time. James Shillow (Quantico, Va./U.S. Marine Corps) won the bronze medal at 138.75 pounds, with a 4-1 record. In the bronze-medal-match, he defeated Jacob Hey (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Air Force), 9-1.
Four other wrestlers competed for the bronze medal but came up short and ended in fourth place: Hey, plus Duaine Martin (Quantico, Va./U.S. Marine Corps) at 127.75 pounds, Brandon McNab (Colorado Springs, Colo./Dave Schultz WC) at 152 pounds and Aaron Sieracki (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Air Force) at 187.25 pounds.
Others finishing in the top six of their weight class include: Ken Owens (Quantico, Va./U.S. Marine Corps) finished fifth at 187.25 pounds, Steve Woods (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Air Force) finished sixth at 167.5 pounds and Corey Farkas (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Air Force) wrestled at 286 pounds and finished in sixth place.
The United States finished in sixth place in the team race, while the U.S. Marine Corps placed seventh. The teams were coached by U.S. Marine Corps head coach Jay Antonelli of Quantico, Va. and U.S. Air Force head coach Rich Estrella of Colorado Springs, Colo.
HAPARANDA CUP at Haparanda, Sweden, Dec. 4-5
Greco-Roman results
54 kg/119 lbs. - 1st - Marian Sandu (Romania); 2nd - Suren Gevorkyian (Ukraine); 3rd - Minasyan Artashes (Armenia); 4th - Kim Holk (Sweden)
58 kg/127.75 lbs. - 1st - Rustem Mambetov (Russia); 2nd - Juharyan Vahan (Armenia); 3rd - Mnatsakanyan Karen (Armenia); 4th - Duaine Martin (U.S. Marine Corps)
63 kg/138.75 lbs. - 1st - Sergei Kovalenko (Russia); 2nd - Jimmy Samuelsson (Sweden); 3rd - James Shillow (U.S. Marine Corps); 4th - Jacob Hey (USA)
69 kg/152 lbs.- 1st - Memet Ender (Romania); 2nd - Mohammad Babulfath (Akutkraft Sparvagen-Sweden); 3rd - Karapetyan Movses (Armenia); 4th - Brandon McNab (USA)
76 kg/167.5 lbs. - 1st - Ara Abrahamian (Sweden); 2nd - Aleksei Shirokich (Russia); 3rd - Rami Takamaa (Nurmon Jymy-Sweden); 4th - Sorin Tasca (Romania)
85 kg/187.25 lbs. - 1st - Friz Aanes (Norway); 2nd - Mourat Kardanov (Russia); 3rd - Mattias Huhta (Haparanda-Sweden); 4th - Aaron Sieracki (USA)
97 kg/213.75 lbs. - 1st - Petru Sudareac (Romania); 2nd - Dan Hicks (U.S. Marine Corps); 3rd - Tcheglakov Alexei (Russia); 4th - Richard Karelson (Estonia)
130 kg/286 lbs. - 1st - Patrikeev Louri (Russia); 2nd - Brian Keck (USA); 3rd - Eddy Bengtsson (Sweden); 4th - Jan-Ake Forslund (Malmo-Sweden)
U.S. Greco-Roman performances
54 kg/119 lbs. - Shawn Sheldon, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC), dnp - lost by tech. fall to Marian Sandu (Romania), 14-1; dec. Maatoshi Toyoda (Japan), 6-5
54 kg/119 lbs. - Jeff Cervone, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Air Force), dnp - pin Floran Gavrila (Romania); lost dec. to Kim Holk (Sweden), 8-1
58 kg/127.75 lbs. - Duaine Martin, Quantico, Va. (U.S. Marine Corps), 4th - dec. Janni Kinnunen(Sweden), 8-3; dec. Juha Jakkola (Sweden), 6-0; lost by ref. dec. to Vahan Juharyan (Armenia), 1-0, ot, 9:00; lost dec. to Karen Mnatsakanyan (Armenia), 7-3
63 kg/138.75 lbs. - James Shillow, Quantico, Va. (U.S. Marine Corps), 3rd - dec. Jesse Kekki (Norway), 4-0; dec. Charley Carbaugh (USA), 12-3; dec. Robert Johansson (Sweden), 4-1; lost dec. to Jimmy Samuelsson (Sweden), 6-0; dec. Jacob Hey (USA), 9-1
63 kg/138.75 lbs. - Jacob Hey, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Air Force), 4th -pin Dontscev Toboe (Bulgaria); dec. Denis Butenko (Ukraine), 6-1; lost by tech. fall to Sergei Kovalenko (Russia), 10-0; lost dec. to James Shillow (USA), 9-1
63 kg/138.75 lbs. - Charley Carbaugh, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Air Force), dnp - lost dec. to Jesse Kekki (Norway), 5-0; lost dec. to James Shillow (USA), 12-3
63 kg/138.75 lbs. - Scott Munsey, Quantico, Va. (U.S. Marine Corps), dnp - lost by tech. fall to Sergei Kovalenko (Russia), 11-1; dec. Suguru Sugiyama (Japan), 10-3
69 kg/152 lbs. - Brandon McNab, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Dave Schultz WC), 4th - lost dec. to Yordan Radev (Bulgaria), 6-2; dec. Tryggve Gustafson (Sweden), 7-4; won by tech. fall over Panus Theodoris (Sweden), 10-0; lost dec. to Mohammed Babulfath (Russia), 5-0; lost dec. to Movses Karapetyan (Armenia), 12-3
69 kg/152 lbs. - Kevin Bracken, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC), dnp - lost dec. to Samuel Manoukian (Russia), 7-2; lost dec. to Akihito Oriyama (Japan), 7-3
76 kg/167.5 lbs. - Steve Woods, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Air Force), 6th - dec. Juris Vojedova (Finland), 5-1; dec. David Johansson (Sweden), 6-3; lost by tech. fall to Ara Abrahamian (Sweden), 11-0
76 kg/167.5 lbs. - Robert McKinney, Quantico, Va. (U.S. Marine Corps), dnp - lost dec. to Tomis Naarits (Estonia), 4-0; lost by tech. fall to Janne Koivula (Finland), 12-1;
76 kg/167.5 lbs. - Joseph Clark, Quantico, Va. (U.S. Marine Corps), dnp -pin Pauli Viljanen (Finland); lost by tech. fall to Roman Ragushenko (Ukraine), 11-1
85 kg/187.25 lbs. - Aaron Sieracki, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Air Force), 4th - dec. Kritjan Roots (Estonia), 6-0; dec. Ken Owens (USA), 3-1; pin Ari Hamalainen (Finland); lost dec. to Murat Kardanov (Russia), 9-0; lost dec. to Mattias Huhta (Sweden), 4-0
85 kg/187.25 lbs. - Ken Owens, Quantico, Va. (U.S. Marine Corps), 5th - dec. Ari Hamalainen (Finland), 11-6; lost dec. to Aaron Sieracki (USA), 3-1; pin Kritjan Roots (Estonia); won by ref. dec. over Henrik Boman (Sweden), 2-1, ot, 9:00
85 kg/187.25 lbs. - Ethan Bosch, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC), dnp -lost dec. to Friz Aanes (Norway), 6-0; lost dec. to Murat Kardanov (Russia), 8-0; pin Armen Gechamyan (Armenia)
97 kg/213.75 lbs. - Dan Hicks, Quantico, Va. (U.S. Marine Corps), 2nd - pin Stakov Todor (Bulgaria); dec. Richard Karelson (Estonia), 4-1; pin Oddbjorn Hnasen (Norway); lost dec. to Petru Sudureac (Romania), 8-1
130 kg/286 lbs. - Brian Keck, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC), 2nd - won by tech. fall over Tero Hakala (Finland), 11-0; won by tech. fall over Masanori Murotani (Japan), 10-0; dec. Jan-Ake Forslund (Sweden), 6-0; lost dec. to Iouri Patrikeev (Russia)
130 kg/286 lbs. - Corey Farkas, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Air Force), 6th - lost dec. to Iouri Patrikeev (Russia), 4-0; pin Myhail Shvydkyi (Ukraine)
Team placings: (of 29 teams); 1.- Romania - 21 pts.; Armenia - 21 pts.; 3. - Sweden - 19 pts.; St. Petersburg (Russia) - 19 pts.; 5. - Russia - 18 pts.; 6. - USA - 16 pts.; 7. - U.S. Marine Corps - 14 pts.; 8. - Norway - 7 pts.; Akutkraft Sparvagen (Sweden) - 7 pts.; 10. - Ukraine - 5 pts.; Estonia - 5 pts.