Foreign athletes win 13 golds and five U.S. athletes repeat at Veterans Greco Nationals in Las Vegas, Nev.

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Gary Abbott (USA Wrestling)
04/17/2013


One of the key additions to the Veterans Nationals this year was a large team from Russia, to go along with a team from Ukraine which has been here before. It added a true international flavor to the competition this year.

The foreign talent went home with 13 of the gold medals awarded in Greco-Roman on Wednesday.

In Div. B, the international champions included Aleksandr Serebrinnikov of Russia at 63 kg, Ievgenii Vasyliev of Ukraine at 85 kg and Sergey Ustimov of Russia at 97 kg.

In Div. C, international champions featured Evgeny Didenko of Russia at 69 kg/152 lbs., Aleksei Golubin of Russia at 85 kg and Viktor Hunmadarasz of Ukraine at 130 kg.

In Div. D., Victor Ilyenko of Russia at 58 kg, Rafik Khamidullin of Russia at 63 kg, Andrei Semanov of Russia at 85 kg/187.25 lbs. and Alexander Pisakin of Russia at 130 kg

In Div. E, champions from overseas were Victor Chirkov of Russia at 58 kg, Igor Korolkov of Ukraine at 69 kg and Radik Khamidullin of Russia at 63 kg

That didn’t mean that many of the top U.S. wrestlers from past Veterans National events did not have success. In fact, five of the champions in Greco-Roman repeated from last year’s event held in Tucson, Ariz.

Repeat champions in Div. A were Ryan Vottero of Air Force WC at 69 kg and Andrew Bristow of Dirty Bird WC at 97 kg/211.5 lbs. Repeat champions in Div. B were Jason Goldman of the Jason Goldman of Thorobred WC at 58 kg, Ignacio Ramirezlazos of No Mercy School of Wrestling at 69 kg. A repeat champions in Div. D was Jamey Kasser of Crush WC.

Some of the U.S. champions on Wednesday won big matches over their foreign opponents to get their titles.

At 76 kg in Div. C, American Tony Piva of the Bronco WC beat Igor Ilin of Russia, 2-0, 3-0 in the final. Also at Div. C, Roy Andersen of the Chicago WC beat two Russians on the way to his gold at 97 kg.

In Div. E, a three-athlete roundrobin ended up with three athletes with 1-1 records. The gold went to American Steve Contarino, who had a big win over runner-up Valery Sorokov of  Russia, 4-3, 1-1.

VETERANS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Las Vegas, Nev., April 17

Division A

69 KG/152 lbs
1st Place - Ryan Vottero of air force wrestling club

76 KG/167.5 lbs
1st Place - Maurice Washington of Torrance

85 KG/187.25 lbs 
1st - Anthony Uchytil (Delta Wrestling Club) over Fabricio Martinez (Team GV (Green Valley Youth Wr) Fall 0:55
3rd - Steven Monteiro (Salinas Predators Wrestling Cl) over Mike Rolland (gym cautious) Dec 4-3,5-0

97 KG/214 lbs 
1st Place - Andrew Bristow of Dirty Bird Wrestling Club
2nd Place - Ruslan Mukhamadiyarov of CHICAGO WRESTLING CLUB
3rd Place - B McCrillis of Nieves wrestling
Round Robin Matches
Andrew Bristow (Dirty Bird Wrestling Club) over B McCrillis (Nieves wrestling) Fall 7-0,0:22
Ruslan Mukhamadiyarov (CHICAGO WRESTLING CLUB) over B McCrillis (Nieves wrestling) TF 6-0,6-0
Andrew Bristow (Dirty Bird Wrestling Club) over Ruslan Mukhamadiyarov (CHICAGO WRESTLING CLUB) Fall 3-7,0:19

130 KG/286.5 lbs
1st Place - Richard Swinger of SISU

Division B

58 KG/127.75 lbs 
1st Place - Jason Goldman of Thorobred Wrestling Club
2nd Place - Michael Nakamura of Elko Wrestling Club
3rd Place - Jason Lorang of Cascade Wrestling Club
Round Robin Matches
Jason Goldman (Thorobred Wrestling Club) over Michael Nakamura (Elko Wrestling Club) TF 8-0,8-0
Jason Goldman (Thorobred Wrestling Club) over Jason Lorang (Cascade Wrestling Club) TF 6-0,6-0
Michael Nakamura (Elko Wrestling Club) over Jason Lorang (Cascade Wrestling Club) Fall 4-4,1:34

63 KG/138.5 lbs 
1st Place - Aleksandr Serebrinnikov of RUSSIA
2nd Place - Michael Betancourt of No Mercy School of Wrestling

69 KG/152 lbs.
1st Place - Ignacio Ramirezlazos of No Mercy School of Wrestling

76 KG/167.5 lbs.
1st Place - Joseph Longano of World Class WC

85 KG/187.25 lbs.
1st Place - Ievgenii Vasyliev of Ukraine
2nd Place - Scott Herman of Redondo beach
3rd Place - Shawn Henebry of Simple Man Wrestling
Round Robin Matches
Ievgenii Vasyliev (Ukraine) over Shawn Henebry (Simple Man Wrestling) Fall 0:32
Ievgenii Vasyliev (Ukraine) over Scott Herman (Redondo beach) Fall 0:23
Scott Herman (Redondo beach) over Shawn Henebry (Simple Man Wrestling) Dec 7-2,5-0

97 KG/214 lbs.
1st Place - Sergey Ustimov of RUSSIA
2nd Place - Octavius Bellamy of Greater Chicago Wrestlers
3rd Place - Jason Blakeman of Oxnard Sting
Round Robin Matches
Octavius Bellamy (Greater Chicago Wrestlers) over Jason Blakeman (Oxnard Sting) Fall 4-3,0:52
Sergey Ustimov (RUSSIA) over Octavius Bellamy (Greater Chicago Wrestlers) Dec 2-0,0-2,1-0
Sergey Ustimov (RUSSIA) over Jason Blakeman (Oxnard Sting) Fall 1-0,1:46

130 KG/286 lbs.
1st - Henning Skilbred (CHICAGO WRESTLING CLUB) over Amos Tong (honolulu) Dec 0-1,2-0,4-0
3rd - Valeriy Kyreyev (Ukraine) over Joel Bane (air force wrestling club) Dec 4-3,9-1

Division C

63 KG/138.5 lbs
1st Place - Michael Tuck of GHW
2nd Place - Chad Shilson of minnesota storm

69 KG/152 lbs 
1st Place - Evgeny Didenko of RUSSIA

76 KG/167.5 lbs 
1st - Tony Piva (Bronco WC) over Igor Ilin (RUSSIA) Dec 2-0,3-0
3rd  - Steve Horton (air force wrestling club) over Matthew Bartlett (DCAC) Dec 1-0,1-0

85 KG/187.25 lbs
1st Place - Aleksei Golubin of RUSSIA
2nd Place - Alexander Sergeev of RUSSIA
3rd Place - Jorn Melum of CHICAGO WRESTLING CLUB
Round Robin Matches
Alexander Sergeev (RUSSIA) over Jorn Melum (CHICAGO WRESTLING CLUB) Fall 2-1,0:49
Aleksei Golubin (RUSSIA) over Alexander Sergeev (RUSSIA) Dec 2-0,1-0
Aleksei Golubin (RUSSIA) over Jorn Melum (CHICAGO WRESTLING CLUB) Dec 1-0,3-0

97 KG/214 lbs
1st Place - Roy Andersen of CHICAGO WRESTLING CLUB
2nd Place - Andrey Shchegolev of RUSSIA
3rd Place - Telman Multuzov of RUSSIA
Round Robin Matches
Roy Andersen (CHICAGO WRESTLING CLUB) over Telman Multuzov (RUSSIA) Fall 5-0,1:18
Andrey Shchegolev (RUSSIA) over Telman Multuzov (RUSSIA) Dec 2-0,1-0
Roy Andersen (CHICAGO WRESTLING CLUB) over Andrey Shchegolev (RUSSIA) Dec 2-0,1-0

130 KG/286.5 lbs
1st - Viktor Hunmadarasz (Ukraine) over Oleg Tashchilin (RUSSIA) Dec 2-0,2-0
3rd - Paul Sauder (palo verde) over Evgeniy Kalashnikov (RUSSIA) Dec 1-0,2-0.

Division D

58 KG/127.75 lbs. 
1st Place - Victor Ilyenko of RUSSIA
2nd Place - Mark Levasseur of minnesota storm
3rd Place - Victor Aybar of WARHAWK WRESTLING CLUB
Round Robin Matches
Victor Aybar (WARHAWK WRESTLING CLUB) over Victor Ilyenko (RUSSIA) Dec 2-0,1-0
Mark Levasseur (minnesota storm) over Victor Aybar (WARHAWK WRESTLING CLUB) Fall 4-0,0:28
Victor Ilyenko (RUSSIA) over Mark Levasseur (minnesota storm) Fall 3-5,1:52

63 KG/138.5 lbs 
1st Place - Rafik Khamidullin of RUSSIA
2nd Place - Michael Madry of World Class Wc

69 KG/152 lbs 
1st Place - Jamey Kasser of Crush Wrestling Club

76 KG/167.5 lbs
1st Place - Darryl Hall of BlueBlood Wrestling

85 KG/187.25 lbs 
1st - Andrei Semanov (RUSSIA) over Soslan Adyrkhaiev (Ukraine) Dec 0-1,3-0,6-3
3rd - Morten Hagebo (CHICAGO WRESTLING CLUB) over Juan Lopez (palo verde) Fall 2-0,1:34

97 KG/214 lbs,
1st Place - Paul Jones of GoSoHard Wrestling
2nd Place - James Kiernan of JDKAM Fight Club
3rd Place - Larry Robertson of Who`s Your Daddy
Round Robin Matches
Paul Jones (GoSoHard Wrestling) over James Kiernan (JDKAM Fight Club) Fall 1:26
Paul Jones (GoSoHard Wrestling) over Larry Robertson (Who`s Your Daddy) Fall 3-0,1:05
James Kiernan (JDKAM Fight Club) over Larry Robertson (Who`s Your Daddy) Dec 0-1,1-0,1-0

130 KG/286.5 lbs
1st Place - Alexander Pisakin of RUSSIA
2nd Place - Safiyula Abdrashitov of RUSSIA

Division E

58 KG/127.75 lbs 
1st Place - Victor Chirkov of RUSSIA
2nd Place - Derril Fry of Elko wrestling

63 KG/138.5 lbs
1st Place - Radik Khamidullin of RUSSIA

69 KG/152 lbs
1st Place - Igor Korolkov of Ukraine
2nd Place - Christopher Roos of Santa Monica Bay Wrestling Clu
3rd Place - Robbert Wijtman of Yreka
Round Robin Matches
Christopher Roos (Santa Monica Bay Wrestling Clu) over Robbert Wijtman (Yreka) Dec 4-0,3-0
Igor Korolkov (Ukraine) over Robbert Wijtman (Yreka) Dec 2-0,3-0
Igor Korolkov (Ukraine) over Christopher Roos (Santa Monica Bay Wrestling Clu) Dec 1-0,2-3,1-0

76 KG/167.5 lbs 
1st Place - Bruce Moe of HillsboroBruce
2nd Place - Mark Black of Santa Monica Bay Wrestling Clu
3rd Place - Arthur De La Cruz of Bernalillo County Wolfpack
Round Robin Matches
Mark Black (Santa Monica Bay Wrestling Clu) over Arthur De La Cruz (Bernalillo County Wolfpack) Dec 1-6,3-1,1-1
Bruce Moe (HillsboroBruce) over Mark Black (Santa Monica Bay Wrestling Clu) Dec 2-1,1-0
Bruce Moe (HillsboroBruce) over Arthur De La Cruz (Bernalillo County Wolfpack) Dec 1-0,2-0

85 KG/187.25 lbs.
1st Place - Steve Contarino of unattached
2nd Place - Valery Sorokov of RUSSIA
3rd Place - Peter Haag of CHICAGO WRESTLING CLUB
Round Robin Matches
Peter Haag (CHICAGO WRESTLING CLUB) over Steve Contarino (unattached) Dec 1-0,1-4,8-0
Steve Contarino (unattached) over Valery Sorokov (RUSSIA) Dec 4-3,1-1
Valery Sorokov (RUSSIA) over Peter Haag (CHICAGO WRESTLING CLUB) Dec 1-0,3-0

97 KG/214 lbs.
1st Place - Stephen Campbell of unattached
2nd Place - Donald Apodaca of Santa Monica Bay Wrestling Clu

130 KG/286.5 lbs
1st Place - Joe Reasbeck of Superior Wrestling
2nd Place - Ray Lotfi of N/A