U.S. Greco-Roman wrestling team wins team title at the  1999 Poland Open in Myslowice, Poland, March 19-20 
   The U.S. Greco-Roman wrestling team won the team title at the 1999 Poland Open in Myslowice, Poland, March 19-20. The U.S. claimed two gold medals, one silver medal and two bronze medals.   
 Jim Gruenwald (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) and Rulon Gardner (Gilbert, Ariz./Sunkist Kids) won gold medals for the United States. Gruenwald claimed the title at 127.75 pounds, while Gardner won the gold medal at 286 pounds.    
 Gruenwald won five matches to claim the gold medal. He first won by technical fall over Grzegorz Szyszka of Poland, 12-1, then won by technical fall over Sylvester Charzewski of Poland, 14-3. He decisioned the rest of his opponents to claim the medal; Mariusz Trojanowski of Poland, 9-0, Farhat Mageramov of Belarus, 8-0, and Remigijus Sukavicius of Lithuania, 7-0, in the gold-medal match.   
 Gardner first won by technical fall over Tomasz Lisek of Poland, 19-5, then decisioned Jacek Fafinski of Poland, 4-1, and won by injury default over Mindaugas Mizgatis of Lithuania in the semifinals. He pinned Andrei Chehovski of Belarus for the gold medal.   
 TC Dantzler (Colorado Springs, Colo./Wildcat WC) won the silver medal at 167.5 pounds. He decisioned Mariusz Boguta of Poland, 6-3, then pinned Aleksej Putiakov of Lithuania and won by technical fall over Tomasz Krzysztowski of Poland, 11-0. In the semifinals, Dantzler scored a decision over Andrzej Tomaszewski of Poland, 11-6, and lost in the finals by a decision to 1997 World silver-medalist Artur Michalkiewicz of Poland, 5-4.   
 Claiming a bronze medal for the United States were Dan Niebuhr (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) at 187.25 pounds and Kevin Bracken (Dekalb, Ill./New York AC) at 138.75 pounds.    
 Niebuhr won three of his four matches to win the bronze medal. He pinned Piotr Kaczmarkiewicz of Poland and decisioned Aleksandr Minchur of Belarus, 6-3, to move to the semifinals. There, he lost by a pin to eventual champion Marek Szustek of Poland and won by injury default over Adam jaroszek of Poland in the bronze-medal match.   
 Bracken scored decisions over Krysztof Szezepanik of Poland, 5-3, Josip Powalski of Poland, 7-0, and Andrzei Szezpanik of Poland, 7-0. His only loss was a decision to Woldzienerz Zawadsei of Poland, 3-0, in the semifinals.    
 The United States placed first in the tournament, followed by Legia WWA (Poland), Belarus, Slask Wroclaw (Poland), Chelm (Poland), Wisloka Debica (Poland), Unia Raciborz (Poland), Lithuania, Piotrcovia Piotrkow (Poland) and PTC Pabianice (Poland). 
  1999 POLAND OPEN 
  in Myslowice, Poland, March 19-20 
  Medalists 
   119 - 1st - Dariusz Jablonski (Poland); 2nd - Boris Radkevich (Belarus); 3rd - Piotr Jablonski (Poland)   
 127.75 - 1st - Jim Gruenwald (USA); 2nd - Remigijus Sukavicius (Lithuania); 3rd - Farhat Mageramov (Belarus)   
 138.75 - 1st - Wlodziemerz Zawadski (Poland); 2nd - Marcin Panasiak (Poland); 3rd - Kevin Bracken (USA)   
 152 - 1st - Ryszard Wolny (Poland); 2nd - Jerzy Szeibinger (Poland); 3rd - Petter Ole (Norway)   
 167.5 - 1st - Artur Michalkiewicz (Poland); 2nd - TC Dantzler (USA); 3rd - Andrzej Tomaszewski (Poland)   
 187.25 - 1st - Marek Szustek (Poland); 2nd - Marcin Letki (Poland); 3rd - Dan Niebuhr (USA)   
 213.75 - 1st - Andrzej Wronski (Poland); 2nd - Rafal Koszowski (Poland); 3rd - Marek Sitnik (Poland)   
 286 - 1st - Rulon Gardner (USA); 2nd - Andrei Chehovski (Belarus); 3rd - Jacek Fafinski (Poland) 
  U.S. Performances 
  119 - Jeff Schering, Colorado Springs, Colo., 4th -pin Pawel Kramarz (Poland); dec. Robert Sollie (Norway), 7-2; lost by tech. fall to Boris Radkevich (Belarus), 11-1; lost by dec. to Piotr Jablonski (Poland), 5-0   
 119 - Shawn Sheldon, Colorado Springs, Colo., 7th -lost by dec. to Piotr Jablonski (Poland), 4-2; won by tech. fall over Krzysztof Grzybek (Poland), 10-0   
 127.75 - Jim Gruenwald, Colorado Springs, Colo., 1st -won by tech. fall over Grzegorz Szyszka (Poland), 12-1; won by tech. fall over Sylvester Charzewski (Poland), 14-3; dec. Mariusz Trojanowski (Poland), 9-0; dec. Farhat Mageramov (Belarus), 8-0; dec. Remigijus Sukavicius (Lithuania), 7-0   
 138.75 - Kevin Bracken, Dekalb, Ill., 3rd - dec. Krysztof Szezepanik (Poland), 5-3; dec. Josip Powalski (Poland), 7-0; lost dec. to Woldzienerz Zawadsei (Poland), 3-0; dec. Andrzei Szezpanik (Poland), 7-0   
 138.75 - Ally Sleiman, Colorado Springs, Colo., dnp - lost dec. Adam Turkiewicz (Poland), 8-6; lost dec. Rafal Gargol (Poland), 4-1; lost by inj. def. to Marcin Panasiuk (Poland)   
 152 - Chris Saba, Colorado Springs, Colo., 5th - dec. Tomasz Kozlowski (Poland), 7-1; won by inj. def. over Andrzej Buniak (Poland); dec. Dariusz Zwierzynski (Poland), 4-0; lost by pin to Renates Puikis (Lithuania)   
 152 - Mike Ellsworth, Colorado Springs, Colo., 7th - pin Jacek Bucki (Poland); pin Jaroshaw Bujnowski (Poland); lost dec. to Ryszard Wolny (Poland), 9-0   
 152 - Mike Tess, Colorado Springs, Colo., dnp - lost dec. to Pawel Bedorsai (Poland), 6-4; lost by pin to Tomasz Szewezyk (Poland)   
 167.5 - TC Dantzler, Colorado Springs, Colo., 2nd - dec. Mariusz Boguta (Poland), 6-3; pin Aleksej Putiakov (Lithuania); won by tech. fall over Tomasz Krzysztowski (Poland), 11-0; dec. Andrzej Tomaszewski (Poland), 11-6; lost dec. to Artur Michalkiewicz (Poland), 5-4   
 187.25 - Dan Niebuhr, Colorado Springs, Colo., 3rd - pin Piotr Kaczmarkiewicz (Poland); dec. Aleksandr Minchur (Belarus), 6-3; lost by pin to Marek Szustek (Poland); won by inj. def. over Adam Jaroszek (Poland)   
 187.25 - Quincey Clark, New Brighton, Minn., 7th - dec. Ethan Bosch (USA), 6-5; lost dec. to Adam Jaroszek (Poland), 8-7   
 187.25 - Ethan Bosch, Colorado Springs, Colo., dnp - lost dec. to Quincy Clark (USA), 6-5; lost dec. to Adam Jaroszek (Poland), 6-0   
 213.75 - Jason Gleasman, Boonville, N.Y., 8th - lost dec. to Sergei Kirilchuk (Belarus), 3-0; lost dec. to Rafal Koszowski (Poland), 4-0   
 286 - Rulon Gardner, Gilbert, Ariz., 1st - won by tech. fall over Tomasz Lisek (Poland), 19-5; dec. Jacek Fafinski (Poland), 4-1; won by inj. def. over Mindaugas Mizgatis (Lithuania); pin Andrei Chehovski (Belarus);