U.S. Army wrestlers Nieradka, Loukides and Byers win silver medals at Devataev Tournament in Russia 
  Three members of the U.S. Army wrestling team, Glenn Nieradka (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army), Jason Loukides (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army) and Dremiel Byers (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army) claimed silver medals at the Devataev Tournament of Greco-Roman wrestling, Dec. 11-13 in Saransk, Russia. 
  Nieradka was defeated in the gold-medal finals by Alexander Pafilkin of Russia, by a 2-1 referee's decision in overtime. Nieradka won three matches on the way to the championship match. 
  Loukides also lost in the finals by a 2-1 referee's decision, losing to Vasili Vlasov of Russia. He won his first match Alexei Gushin of Russia, 1-0 to qualify for the finals. 
  Byers lost an even closer match, dropping a 0-0 referee's decision in overtime to Oleg Parshin of Russia. Byers won his first two matches to make the championship round. 
  Just missing a medal was Justin Weber (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army), who was fourth at 119 pounds with a 2-2 record. In the bronze-medal match, he was beaten by Renat Bekinin of Russia, 8-0. 
  Two U.S. Army athletes placed eighth: Jason Tolbert (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army) at 138.75 pounds and Mark Fiore (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army) at 187.25 pounds. 
  The U.S. Army team competed in this tournament during a December tour to Russia. 
 DEVATAEV TOURNAMENT in Saransk, Russia, Dec. 11-13 
  Medalists 
  119 - Gold - Andre Kalashnikov (Ukraine); Silver - Asker Jusumbaev (Kazakhstan); Bronze - Renat Bekinin (Russia) 
  127.75 -Gold - Yuir Makeev (Russia); Silver - Alexander Barison (Russia); Bronze - Alexander Broshkin (Russia) 
  138.75 - Gold - Alexander Pafilkin (Russia); Silver - Glenn Nieradka (United States); Bronze - Rustem Slaev (Russia) 
  152 - Gold - Alexei Grishkov (Russia); Silver - Mikail Yerizarov (Russia); Bronze - Alexei Ilkin (Russia) 
  167.5 - Gold - Alexei Mishin (Russia); Silver - Nikolai Ilkin (Russia); Bronze - Nurlan Jangitaev (Kazakhstan) 
  187.25 - Gold - Raman Yusupov (Russia); Silver - Nikolai Skebelin (Russia); Bronze - Alan Bakaev (Russia) 
  213.75 - Gold - Vasili Vlasov (Russia); Silver - Jason Loukides (United States); Bronze - Alexei Gushin (Russia) 
  286 -Gold - Oleg Parshin (Russia); Silver - Dremiel Byers (United States); Bronze - Erlan Oskaev (Kazakhstan) 
  U.S. Army performances 
  119 - Justin Weber, 4th - won by tech. fall over Igor Larin (Russia), 15-0; lost by tech. fall to Asker Jusumbaev (Kazakhstan), 14-0; pin Victor Picsin (Russia); lost dec. to Renat Bekinin (Russia), 8-0 
  138.75 - Glenn Nieradka, 2nd - won by tech. fall over Pavel Okin (Russia), 12-0; dec. Zafar Yakusev (Russia), 8-4; dec. Vadim Vlasov (Russia), 7-0; lost dec. to Alexander Pafilkin (Russia), 5-1 
  138.75 - Jason Tolbert, 8th - dec. Armen Hacheturov (Russia), 4-1; lost dec. to Alexander Pafilkin (Russia), 2-1, ot, 9:00; won by tech. fall over Renat Safuronov (Russia), 12-0; lost dec. to Stanislav Lomachinski (Russia), 3-2 
  187.25 - Mark Fiore, 8th - lost dec. to Dmitri Balasnikov (Russia), 3-0; dec. Alexei Feklistov (Russia), 4-2; lost dec. to Andrei Blagov (Russia), 4-3 
  187.25 - Mike Mathers, dnp - lost dec. to Nikolai Skabelin (Russia), 9-1; lost dec. to Andrei Blagov (Russia), 3-0 
  213.75 - Jason Loukides, 2nd - won by ref. dec. over Alexei Gushin (Russia), 1-0, ot, 9:00; lost by ref. dec. to Vasili Vlasov (Russia), 2-1, ot, 9:00 
  286 - Dremiel Byers, 2nd - pin Shamil Nugaev (Russia); dec. Alexander Stroganov (Russia), 5-0; lost by ref. dec. to Oleg Parshin (Russia), 0-0, ot, 9:00