RUIZ REMAINS ALIVE AFTER DAY ONE AT JUNIOR WORLD GRECO-ROMAN CHAMPIONSHIPS IN CAIRO, EGYPT, AUG. 18 
  
 Justin Ruiz (Salt Lake City, Utah/Elite) remains alive in the hunt for a bronze medal at 198.25 pounds at the FILA Junior Greco-Roman World Championships in Cairo, Egypt. 
  
 The tournament features the best 17-20 year old wrestlers in the World, competing in Greco-Roman, one of the two Olympic styles.  
  
 Ruiz opened with a 4-1 win over Diva Savilo of Latvia, then lost to Mirko Englich of Germany, 5-2. Englich is the German Junior and Senior National champion who also won the 1998 Concord Cup title.  
  
 In his first consolation bout, Ruiz scored a 2-0 overtime referee¹s decision over Jannick Szezepaniak of France. Ruiz, who placed fifth in the 1997 Junior World Championships, is still eligible to wrestle back for the bronze medal. 
  
 Four other U.S. athletes who started competition on Tuesday were defeated twice and have been eliminated from medal contention. They include Jason Powell (Choctaw, Okla./Cowboy WC) at 108 pounds, Chris Williams (Perry, Mich./Michigan State) at 123.25 pounds, Brandon McNab (Colorado Springs, Colo./Dave Schultz WC) at 143.25 pounds and Tom Ciezki (Evanston, Ill./Wildcat WC) at 167.5 pounds. 
  
 McNab won two of his four matches, including wins over Alex Yohananoo of Israel, 3-0 and Maustafa Rafat of Egypt. He was eliminated in a 1-1 overtime referee¹s decision against Lin Ming of China. 
  
 Powell and Ciezki each had 1-2 records, whil Williams went 0-2 in the tournament. 
  
 Five other U.S. wrestlers begin competition tomorrow: Brady Jones (Salt Lake City, Utah/Sundance) at 114.5 pounds, Leroy Vega (Valparaiso, Ind./Minn. Storm) at 132.25 pounds, Nathan Vasquez (Bakersfield, Calif./Dave Schultz WC) at 154.25 pounds, Mike Mathers (Canby, Ore./U.S. Army) at 182.75 pounds and Billy Blunt (Modesto, Calif./NC State) at 253.5 pounds. 
  
 The U.S. team is coached by Dan Russell of Colorado Springs, Colo. and Steve Sabo of Herndon, Va. 
  
 1998 FILA JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS at Cairo, Egypt, August 18 
  
 U.S. performances 
  
 49 kg/108 lbs. - Jason Powell, Choctaw, Okla. - dec. Aset Imanbaev (Kazakhstan), 8-4; lost by tech. fall to S. Kasparov (Kyrgyzstan), 10-0; lost dec. to Mikhail Petrov (Russia), 10-0 
  
 56 kg/123.25 lbs. - Chris Williams, Perry, Mich. - lost by tech. fall to Nikolai Antonkin (Russia), 10-0; lost by tech. fall to Dionyssis Katiforodis (Greece), 10-0 
  
 65 kg/143.25 lbs.  - Brandon McNab, Colorado Springs, Colo. - dec. Alex Yohananoo (Israel), 3-0; lost dec. to Adrian Oszna (Romania); dec. Maustafa Rafat (Egypt), 4-2; lost by ref. dec. to Li Ming (China), 1-1, ot, 8:00 
  
 76 kg/167.5 lbs. - Tom Ciezki, Evanston, Ill. - dec. Yakoli Meshsekou (Israel), 3-2; lost by pin to Yuriy Vitt (Uzbekistan); lost by pin to Peter Szabo (Hungary) 
  
 90 kg/198.25 lbs. - Justin Ruiz, Salt Lake City, Utah - dec. Diva Savilo (Latvia), 4-1; lost dec. to Mirko Englich (Germany), 5-2; won by ref. dec. over Jannick Szezepaniak (France), 2-0, ot, 8:00