Two U.S. freestyle wrestlers from the Dave Schultz Wrestling Club claimed gold medals at the 23nd annual Henri Deglane Challenge in Nice, France, Nov. 28-29.The U.S. champions were 1997 World silver medalist Cary Kolat (Lock Haven, Pa./Dave Schultz WC), at 138.75 pounds and John Hughes (Stillwater, Pa./Dave Schultz WC) at 152 pounds.
The Dave Schultz Wrestling Club won six of their seven dual meets, and claimed third place in the team competition.
The Henri Deglane Challenge is a dual meet tournament, with competition in six weight classes in freestyle and four weight classes in Greco-Roman. A team champion was determined, along with medals awarded in each of the 10 weight divisions.
Kolat won all eight of his matches in the tournament, including a 10-0 technical fall over Zourab Makoev of Russia I in the gold-medal match. Kolat racked up five technical falls and a pin. His closest match was a 4-3 decision over Nariman Rahcidon of Russia IV in the second round.
Kolat, the 1997 U.S. Nationals champion, won the Deglane Challenge for the third time. His first win came in 1991, when he was a high school senior.
Hughes won six matches during the meet, including a 5-0 decision over Ibrahim Selloum of the ASM club of France in the gold-medal match. Hughes had a pin and two technical falls. His toughest bout was a 6-5 win over veteran Ramis Ramazanov of Russia IV in his second match.
Hughes was an NCAA champion for Penn State Univ. in 1995, and was a 1994 Pan American Championships gold medalist.
Claiming a silver medal was freestyle wrestler Kerry Boumans (Colorado Springs, Colo./Dave Schultz WC) at 127.75 pounds. Boumans won his first six matches, before losing to Miron Dzadzaev of Russia I, 8-6, in the gold medal match. Boumans had two technical falls and a pin. He is a U.S. Olympic Training Center freestyle resident athlete.
Winning bronze medals were freestyle wrestlers Trevor Lewis (Malvern, Pa./Dave Schultz WC) at 167.5 pounds and Jon McGovern (Fairfax, Va./Dave Schultz WC) at 187.25 pounds and Greco-Roman wrestler Ethan Bosch (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC) at 187.25 pounds.
Lewis defeated Aznaur Adgiev of Russia III, 5-3 in the third-place match. McGovern stopped Vincent Aresse of the ASM club of France, 5-1 for third place.
Bosch, a U.S. Olympic Training Center Greco-Roman resident athlete, pinned Corzo Novoa of the Galice club of France, in the bronze-medal match.
The Dave Schultz WC defeated Russia III, 27-12, to take third place in the team standings. Their only loss came in the second round, when they were defeated by the eventual champion Russia IV, 23-14. Among the other teams that the Schultz club defeated were Spain, France FFL, Romania, Germany and Russia II.
The team was coached by 1996 Olympic Champion Kendall Cross (Boston, Mass.), who is an assistant coach at Harvard Univ. Nancy Schultz (Foster City, Calif.), the president of the Dave Schultz WC, also accompanied the team.
"The guys did a great job; they wrestled very well," said Schultz. "They each improved as the tournament went along. It was a fantastic competition."
HENRI DEGLANE CHALLENGE at Nice, France, Nov. 28-29
Individual medalists
Freestyle
127.75 - Gold - Miron Dzadzaev (Russia I); Silver - Kerry Boumans (Dave Schultz WC/USA); Bronze - Kourman Vapsinov (Russia III)
138.75 - Gold - Cary Kolat (Dave Schultz WC/USA); Silver - Zourab Makoev (Russia I); Bronze - Marat Ouorusov (Russia III)
152 - Gold - John Hughes (Dave Schultz WC/USA); Silver - Ibrahim Selloum (ASM/France); Bronze - Islam Miliev (Russia II)
167.5 - Gold - Hcamil Aliev (Russia IV); Silver - Kantemir Gagiev (Russia I); Bronze - Trevor Lewis (Dave Schultz WC/USA)
187.25 - Gold - Rasul Katinovasov (Russia IV); Silver - Andrei Tavgazov (Russia III); Bronze - Jon McGovern (Dave Schultz WC/USA)
213.75 - Gold - Bulat Mousaev (Russia IV); Silver - Aslan Khagourov (Russia I); Bronze - Iouri Goloubovski (Russia II)
Greco-Roman
138.75 - Gold - Vladimir Bolchalov (Nice/France); Silver - Mambazarov (Russia IV); Bronze - Valery Nikonrov (Russia I)
152 - Gold - Asker Abhev (Russia IV); Silver - Oleg Blokhine (Russia I); Bronze - Mustafa Dib (France)
167.5 - Gold - Valery Kapaev (Russia I); Silver - Mohamed El Hadad (France); Bronze - Dolov (Russia IV)
187.25 - Gold - Sergei Tsvir (Russia I); Silver - Aladev (Russia II); Bronze - Ethan Bosch (Dave Schultz WC/USA)
U.S. individual results
Freestyle
127.75 -Kerry Boumans, Colorado Springs, Colo., 2nd - won by tech. fall over Ruben Diaz (Spain), 10-0; dec. David LePrince (France FFL), 10-4; dec. Aurel Ciufulescu (Romania), 3-0; won by tech. fall over Jan Bromme (Germany), 11-0; dec. Vadim Sdanov (Russia II), 6-3; pin Kourman Vapsinov (Russia III); lost dec. to Miron Dzadzaev (Russia I), 8-6
138.75 - Cary Kolat, Lock Haven, Pa., 1st - won by tech. fall over Juan Matamoros (Spain), 11-1; dec. Nariman Rahcidon (Russia IV), 4-3; pin Karim Maklouf (France FFL); won by tech. fall over Costel Carp (Romania), 10-0; won by tech. fall over Siefan Schieche (Germany), 10-0; dec. Evgueni Sidorov (Russia II), 10-1; won by tech. fall over Marat Ouoruson (Russia III), 10-0; won by tech. fall over Zourab Makoev (Russia I), 10-0
152 - John Hughes, Stillwater, Pa., 1st - pin Carlos Dominguez (Spain); dec. Ramis Ramazanov (Russia IV), 6-5; won by tech. fall over Cosmin Mistor (Romania), 10-0; pin Fabien Bastide (Germany); dec. Islam Mitiev (Russia II), 9-2; dec. Ibrahim Selloum (ASM/France), 5-0
167.5 - Trevor Lewis, Malvern, Pa., 3rd - won by tech. fall over Victor Dominguez (Spain), 10-0; lost dec. to Hcamil Aliev (Russia IV), 5-0; dec Augustin Oliveira (France FFL), 5-2; won by tech. fall over Lucian Valcu (Romania), 13-3; dec. Oleg Danilov (Russia II), 9-2; dec. Aznaur Adgiev (Russia III), 5-3
187.25 - Jon McGovern, Fairfax, Va., 3rd - won by tech. fall over Castillo Diaz (Spain), 11-0; lost dec. to Rasul Katinovasov (Russia IV), 5-0; dec. Jean-Pierre Gobert (France FFL), 6-1; won by ref. dec. over Mamed Agaev (Russia II), 1-1, ot, 8:00; lost dec. to Andrei Tavgazov (Russia III), 7-1; dec. Vincent Aresse (ASM/France), 5-1
213.75 - Eric Duus, Stanford, Calif., dnp - dec. Jose Migueras (Spain), 8-0; lost dec. to Bulat Mousaev (Russia IV), 10-1; pin Marius Ciuciu (Romania); lost dec. to Iouri Goloubovski (Russia II), 7-6; dec. Kazbek Sounthev (Russia III), 8-5
Greco-Roman
138.75 - Brandon McNab, Colorado Springs, Colo., dnp - dec. Juan Ruiz (Spain), 5-2; lost by tech. fall to Mairbek Mambazarov (Russia IV), 10-0; lost dec. to Phillippe Bendjoudi (France FFL), 4-3; dec. Dirk Methfessel (Germany), 3-0; lost dec. to Vladimir Orehov (Russia II), 7-3; lost dec. to Alexander Samsonov (Russia III), 5-0
152 - Mike Ellsworth, Colorado Springs, Colo., dnp - won by tech. fall over Jose Luis Andujar (Spain), 13-1; lost dec. to Asker Abhev (Russia IV), 4-0; lost dec. to Mustafa Dib (France FFL), 5-4; won by tech. fall over Alexander Pirch (Germany), 11-1; pin Gaiev Samour (Russia II); lost dec. to Sergei Shaniavski (Russia III), 10-3
167.5 - Mike Uker, Colorado Springs, Colo., dnp - lost dec. to Alberto Recuro (Spain), 9-2; lost by tech. fall to Dolov (Russia IV), 11-1; lost by tech. fall to Mohamed El Hadad (France FFL), 10-0; dec. Falk Sheibe (Germany), 11-5; pin Konov (Russia II)
187.25 - Ethan Bosch, Colorado Springs, Colo., 3rd - pin Andres Bernardino (Spain); dec. Alexander Kyznicov (Russia IV), 4-1; pin Laurent Castilliglio (France FFL); pin Dirk Schubert (Germany); lost dec. to Aladev (Russia II), 5-0; pin Corzo Novoa (Galice/France)
Team Standings
1. Russia IV; 2. Russia I; 3. Dave Schultz Wrestling Club (USA); 4. Russia III; 5. (tie) A.S. Monterrand (France) and Russia II
U.S. Dual meet results
Dave Schultz WC 35, Spain 6
Russia IV 23, Dave Schultz WC 14
Dave Schultz WC 27, France FFL 13
Dave Schultz WC 39, Romania 1
Dave Schultz WC 37, Germany 2
Dave Schultz WC 25, Russia I