LOWNEY WINS GOLD MEDAL AT JUNIOR WORLD GRECO-ROMAN CHAMPIONSHIPS IN BUCHAREST, ROMANIA, AUGUST 12-15 
 Garrett Lowney (Appleton, Wis./Minnesota Storm) claimed a gold medal at the 1999 FILA Junior World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships in Bucharest, Romania, August 12-15. This event featured the best 17-20 year old Greco-Roman wrestlers in the world. 
 Lowney won five matches on the way to his World Championship at 97 kg/213.75 lbs., including a 6-0 decision over Ilia Lejava of Georgia in the gold-medal match. 
 He first scored decisions over Arsen Uriandmkapeli of Ukraine, 6-3, and Han Tae-Young of Korea, 3-0. In the quarterfinals, Lowney decisioned Dec Lukasz of Poland, 3-1, and scored a 3-0 decision over Dintchev Kaloyan of Bulgaria in the semifinals to move to the gold-medal match. 
 Lowney is a student at the Univ. of Minnesota, where he was a redshirt last season as a freshman. Lowney won five Junior National gold medals as a high school star from Appleton, Wis. 
 Lowney becomes the first U.S. Greco-Roman World champion on this age level since 1993, when Jason Gleasman of New York claimed a gold medal at super heavyweight. 
 Lowney's gold-medal performance helped lead the United States to an 11th place finish in the team standings. Russia claimed the team title. 
 Dustin Brewer (Kansas City, Mo./Competitors Association) placed seventh at 127.5 pounds with a 1-2 record at this weight class. 
 Darnell Lollis (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC) claimed tenth place at 127.7 pounds with a 1-1 record during the tournament. 
 Four U.S. wrestlers were unable to place in the top 10 of their weight classes: Davey Starks (Stoughton, Wis.) at 110 pounds, Brandon McNab (Colorado Springs, Colo./Dave Schultz WC) at 138.75 pounds, Carl Fronhofer (Salem, N.Y./ATWA)  at 167.5 pounds, Paul Devlin  (Livingston, N.J.) at 286.5 pounds. The U.S. did not have entries at 152 and 187.25 pounds. 
 The head coach for the FILA Junior Greco-Roman U.S. team was Mark Fuller of Salt Lake City, Utah, a four-time Greco-Roman Olympian. Vern Zellner of West Orange, N.J., was the assistant coach. United States Greco-Roman Development Coach Ike Anderson of Colorado Springs, Colo., also went with the team. Anderson placed sixth in the 1988 Olympics. 
 1999 FILA JUNIOR GRECO-ROMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS at Bucharest, Romania, Aug. 12-15 
 Placings 
 50 kg/110 lbs. - Gold-Medal match - Florin Gavrila, Romania, dec. Tahir Zahidov, Azerbaidjan, 11-6; Bronze-Medal match - Dimitri Iurkin, Russia, dec. Park Eun Chol, Korea, 4-3; 5th - Nobuhiko Konosu, Japan; 6th - Vasbir Singh, India; 7th - Kharko Dymitro, Ukraine; 8th - Fel Val David, Spain; 9th - Frigur Aroad; 10th - Dnoyan Ara, Armania 
 54 kg/119 lbs. - Gold-Medal match - Alexei Cheutsov, Russia, dec. Tcotchua Irakli, Georgia, 12-11; Bronze-Medal match - Hasan Rangraz, Iran, dec. Tibor Olah, Hungary, 6-4; 5th - Suren Gevorkian, Ukraine; 6th - Hugo Pasos, Portugal; 7th - Dustin Brewer, United States; 8th - Zahidov Jeyhun, Azerbaidjan; 9th - Norbert Futo, Yugoslavia; 10th - Wu Tienying, China 
 58 kg/127.7 lbs. - Gold-Medal match - Alexandre Pitchouguine, Russia, dec. Ashraf Mohamed, Egypt, 1-0; Bronze-Medal match - Matache Catalin, Romania, dec. Ala Huikku Jarkko, Finland, 5-1; 5th - Sardar Pashaei, Iran; 6th - Ion Gainer, Moldova; 7th - Mammadov Tural, Azerbaidjan; 8th - Ai Linuey, China; 9th - Park Keun-Chol, Korea; 10th - Darnell Lollis, United States 
 63 kg/138.7 lbs. - Gold-Medal match - Samourgachev Varteres, Russia, dec. Andras Horvath, Hungary, 3-1; Bronze-Medal match - Elburus Mammadov, Azerbaidjan, dec. Adrian Ozsda, Romania, 7-2; 5th - Eduard Kratz, Germany; 6th - Khaksar Imcheh Shahramy, Iran; 7th - Oleksiy Mazur, Ukraine; 8th - Mardenov Bek, Kazakhstan; 9th - Song In-Ki, Korea; 100. Lie Huilen, China 
 69 kg/152 lbs. - Gold-Medal match - Max Schwindt, Germany, dec. Parviz Zaidvand, Iran, 3-2; Bronze-Medal match - Alexander Dokhturishvili, Georgia, dec. Gabor Koleszar, Hungary, 4-1; 5th - Vladislav Lomatchinski, Russia; 6th - Zhang Xilin, China; 7th - Andriy Malyy, Ukraine; 8th - Park Song-Soo; 9th - Florin Bauer, Romania; 10th - Bosnic Danilo, Yugoslavia 
 76 kg/167.5 lbs. - Gold-Medal match - Alexei Michine, Russia, dec. Yusuf Duzer, Turkey, 3-1; Bronze-Medal match - Yuriy Vitt, Uzbekistan, dec. Alinani Mirandehi Mehdi, Iran, 2-1; 5th - Khasaia Badri, Georgia; 6th - Robert Ribaric, Croatia; 7th - Peter Szabo, Hungary; 8th - Cristian Rusu, Romania; 9th - Bjorn Holk, Germany; 10th - Andre Lindvest, Estonia 
 85 kg/187.25 lbs. - Gold-Medal match - Anagnostou Teofanis, Greece, dec. Carl Michael, Germany, 5-0; Bronze-Medal match - Arman Geghamyan, Armania, dec. Marek Szustek, Poland, 6-5; 5th - Oleg Manea, Moldova; 6th - Gaglar Tekin, Turkey; 7th - Bojan Mijatov, Yugoslavia; 8th - Mehdi Rahimi, Iran; 9th - Jeronen Hannu, Finland; 10th - Aliaksandr Minchuc, Belarus 
 97 kg/213.75 lbs. - Gold-Medal match - Garrett Lowney, United States, dec. Ilia Lejava, Georgia, 6-0; Bronze-Medal match - Huseyin Uzuner, Turkey, dec. Dintchev Kaloyan, Bulgaria, 3-2; 5th - Georgios Koutsioumbas, Greece; 6th - Dec Lukasz, Poland; 7th - Stanislav Prakhodski, Belarus; 8th - Satish Kumar, India; 9th - Mijain Loaez Nunez, Cuba; 10th - Farhad Kafaizadef, Iran 
 130 kg/286.5 lbs. - Gold-Medal match - Iouri Patrikeev, Russia, dec. Koutsioumbas Egwofon, Greece, 3-2; Bronze-Medal match - Eddy Bengtssen, Sweden, pin George Tsurtsumia, Georgia; 5th - Viktor Pryvalychin, Ukraine; 6th - Mindaugas Mizgaitis, Lithuania; 7th - Gokhan Guglii, Turkey; 8th - Florin Anehei, Romania; 9th - Andrei Chekhavskoi, Belarus; 10th - Miroslaw Aziewicz, Poland 
 U.S. Matches 
 50 kg/110 lbs. - Davey Starks, Stoughton, Wis., dnp - lost dec. to Nobuhiko Konosu (Japan), 5-4; lost dec. to Oruc Serdar (Turkey), 4-2 
 54 kg/119 lbs. - Dustin Brewer, Kansas City, Mo., 7th place - pin Yimaz Ebubekir (Turkey); lost dec. to Jan Hocko (Czech Rep.), 5-3; lost by pin to Irakli Tcotchua (Georgia) 
 58 kg/127.7 lbs. - Darnell Lollis, Colorado Springs, Colo., 10th place - lost by tech. fall to Catalin Matache (Romania), 15-3; dec. Nagy Marian (Slovakia), 7-0 
 63 kg/138.7 lbs. - Brandon McNab, Colorado Springs, Colo., dnp - dec. Moisses Sanchez (Spain), 4-0; won by tech. fall over Caba Liptak (Yugoslavia), 10-0; lost dec. to Khaksar Imcheh Shahramy (Iran), 3-0 
 69 kg/152 lbs. - no entry 
 76 kg/167.5 lbs. - Carl Fronhofer, Salem, N.Y., dnp - dec. Hafid Esslimi (France), 8-1; dec. Yacov Mavasherov (Isreal), 13-5; lost dec. to Badri Khasaia (Georgia), 7-0 
 85 kg/187.25 lbs. - no entry 
 97 kg/213.75 lbs. - Garrett Lowney, Appleton, Wis., 1st place - dec. Arsen Uriandmkapeli (Ukraine), 6-3; dec. Han Tae-Young (Korea), 3-0; dec. Dec Lukasz (Poland), 3-1; dec. Dintchev Kaloyan (Bulgaria), 3-0; dec. Ilia Lejava (Georgia), 6-0 
 130 kg/286.5 lbs. - Paul Devlin, Livingston, N.J., dnp - lost dec. to Iouri Patrikeev (Russia), 7-0; lost dec. to Han Dezhi (China), 3-0 
 Team Standings 
 1. Russia - 64 pts.; 2. Georgia - 39 pts.; 3. Iran - 38 pts.; 4. Greece - 30 pts.; 5. Romania - 30 pts.; 6. Hungary - 29 pts.; 7. Germany - 27 pts.; 8. Turkey - 26 pts.; 9. Ukraine - 25 pts.; 10. Azerbaidjan - 24 pts.; 11. United States - 15 pts.; 12. Korea - 14 pts.; 13. Poland - 13 pts.; 14. Moldova - 11 pts.; 15. China - 10 pts. (of 32 nations) 
 U.S. Coaches 
 Head Coach-Mark Fuller, Salt Lake City, Utah 
 Assistant Coach-Vern Zellner, West Orange, N.J.  
 Greco-Roman Developmental Coach - Ike Anderson, Colorado Springs, Colo.