Justin Ruiz (Salt Lake City, Utah/Elite) placed sixth at 90 kg./198 lbs., the top individual performance for the United States at the 1997 Junior World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships in Turku, Finland. 
 The Junior World Championships feature the best wrestlers in the world between 17-20 years of age. 
 Ruiz, who claimed a double title at the 1997 Junior Nationals at 191.5 pounds, finished the tournament with a  3-3 record. Ruiz, who was part of the first group of wrestlers, lost two matches on Friday. In the consolation semi-finals he lost by fall to Dmitri Lissoun of Belarus in 0:18. In the fifth place match he was defeated 9-1 by Lajos Virac of Hungary. 
 The final three wrestlers from the second group were eliminated from the tournament on Friday. Lance Weber (Des Plaines, Ill.) at 60 kg/132 lbs., Cory Posey, (Westfield, N.J./NYAC) at 70 kg/154 lbs. and Brad Vering, Howells, Neb. at 83 kg/182.5 lbs. 
 Weber, who will be attending Northern Illinois Univ. this fall, lost his second match by tech. fall to Alexander Khudish of Israel, 11-0 in 1:45. Weber finished the tournament with a 1-2 record. 
 Posey, who competes for Michigan State Univ., lost a 6-3 overtime decision to Theodoros Voltsidis of Greece in 5:29. Posey finished the tournament with a 2-2 record. 
 Vering, the outstanding wrestler at the 1997 Espoir Nationals in Greco-Roman, was eliminated Friday by a 2-1 overtime referees decision to Henry Padtashvicy of Israel at 8:00. Vering posted a 1-2 record in the tournament. 
 Two wrestlers from group two were eliminated from the tournament on Thursday, Brady Jones (Salt Lake City, Utah/Sundance) at 52 kg/114.5 lbs. and Dave Clymer, (Hastings, Minn./Minnesota Storm) at 115 kg/253 lbs. 
 Three wrestlers from the first group of athletes were eliminated on Wednesday, Darnell Lollis (Harvey, Ill./Twisters) at 56 kg/123.25 lbs., Luis Blanco, (San Bernadino, Calif./Cyclone) at 65 kg/143 lbs. and Tom Ciezki, (Evergreen Park, Ill./Wildcat WC) at 76 kg/167.25 lbs. 
 The 1997 Junior Greco-Roman World Championships finish on Saturday, August 16 with the medal matches for the second group. 
 The athletes qualified for the World Team by winning the 1997 Espoir Nationals at Purdue University, May 16-17. 
 The head coach of the Junior Greco-Roman World Team is Tony Thomas (Columbus, Ga.) and the assistant coach is Vern Zellner (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.). Thomas is the former head coach of the All-Army wrestling team. 
 Complete results of this tournament can be located on the internet at http://www.weppi.fi/jwc97/wrestling/index.htm 
 1997 FILA JUNIOR GRECO-ROMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 
 at Turku, Finland, Aug. 15, 1997 
 Final Results for Group One 
 49 kg/108 lbs. - 1st - Unal Orel (Turkey) dec. Alexander Ogorodnik (Ukraine), 10-1; 3rd - Koba Balavinov (Georgia) dec. Tahir Cahidov (Azerbaijan), 4-0; 5th - Askar Zhursumbaev (Kazakhstan) dec. Mikhail Petrov (Russia), 8-3; 7th - Jarkko Ala-Huikku (Finland); 8th - Florin Gavrila (Romania); 9th - Shahram Samiei Sarkhanloo (Iran); 10th - Jong Hyun Park (Korea) 
 56 kg/123.25 lbs. - 1st - Parviz Kasymov (Ukraine) dec. Maxim Semenov (Russia), 4-2; 3rd - Roberto Monzon (Cuba) dec. Seymour Gosimov (Azerbaijan), 10-3; 5th - Alexandre Laboun (Belarus) pin Moyratidis Haralambos (Greece), 0:18; 7th - Ali Ashkani (Iran); 8th - Vahan Juharyan (Armenia); 9th - Erkan Dundar (Turkey); 10th - Vjceslav Masloboev (Latvia) 
 65 kg/143 lbs.  - 1st - Alexandre Shishko (Belarus) dec. Bunyamin Emik (Turkey), 4-3; 3rd - Ali Zabihi (Iran) dec. Szymon Kogut (Poland), 3-0, ot, 6:27; 5th - Artem Korolenko (Ukraine); 6th - Peter Ronai (Hungary); 7th - Geoffrey Kintz (France); 8th - Shaniun Yi (China); 9th - Juha Koivunen (Finland) 76 kg/167.25 lbs. - 1st - Sandor Bardosi dec. Artur Michalkiewicz (Poland), 3-1, ot, 7:11; 3rd - Karam El Gaber (Egypt) won by ref. dec. over Besarion Zurabiani (Georgia), 2-1, ot, 8:00; 5th - Kee Tae Kim (Korea) dec. Alexander Zaets (Ukraine), 3-1, ot, 7:55; 7th - Alexei Michine (Russia); 8th - Nurlan Ijiangithvev (Kazakhstan); 9th - Georgios Tziolas (Greece); 10th - Fritz Anaes (Norway) 
 90 kg/198 lbs. - 1st - Vladimir Bakhtov (Russia) won by tech. fall over Fuming Feng (China), 10-0, 1:59; 3rd - Dmitri Lissoun (Belarus) dec. Richard Karelson (Estonia), 4-1; 5th - Lajos Virag (Hungary) dec. Justin Ruiz, Salt Lake City, Utah, 9-1; 7th - Michael Caso (Cuba); 8th - Daryoush Ghalavand (Iran); 9th - Mindaugas Ezerskis (Lithuania); 10th - Panagiotis Papastefanoy (Greece) 
  U.S. RESULTS - GROUP ONE 
 49 kg/108 lbs. - no entry 
 56 kg/123.25 lbs. - Darnell Lollis, Harvey, Ill. (dnp) - lost by tech. fall to Erkan Dundar (Turkey), 10-0, 2:36; withdrew from competition due to injury 
 65 kg/143 lbs. - Luis Blanco, San Bernadino, Calif. (dnp) - lost dec. to Czewiertnia Pavel (Czech. Republic), 4-1, ot, 7:01; tech. fall over Armanco Zamudio Sanch (Mexico), 10-0, 0:27; lost by tech. fall to Yudelmis Rivera (Cuba), 13-0, 4:08 
 76 kg/167.25 lbs. - Tom Ciezki, Evergreen Park, Ill. (dnp)  - lost dec. to Tziolas Georgios (Greece), 3-0, ot, 7:18; lost dec. to Takuya Nagaoka (Japan), 6-4 
 90 kg/198 lbs. - Justin Ruiz, Salt Lake City, Utah (6th) - lost dec. to Vladimir Bakhtov (Russia), 5-0; dec. Constantin Radu (Romania), 4-1; dec. Mirko Englich (Germany), 3-2, ot, 6:12; dec. Michael Caso (Cuba), 3-1, ot, 7:59; lost by fall to Dmitri Lissoun (Belarus), 0:18; lost dec. to Lajos Virac (Hungary), 9-1 
  U.S. RESULTS - GROUP TWO 
 52 kg/114.5 lbs. - Brady Jones, Salt Lake City, Utah - lost dec. to Vasile Nicoliei (Romania), 6-0; lost by tech. fall to Maxim Vorobiev (Belarus), 11-0, 2:29 
 60 kg/132 lbs. - Lance Weber, Des Plaines, Ill. - lost dec. to Gurbinder Singh (India), 7-0; dec. Alik Isaev (Kyrgyzstan), 7-1; lost by tech. fall to Alexander Khudish (Israel), 11-0, 1:45 
 70 kg/154 lbs. - Cory Posey, Westfield, N.J.  - tech. fall over Javier Flor (Spain), 11-1, 4:01; lost dec. to Lide Bao (China), 3-1; dec. Masanori Oi (Japan), 3-1, ot, 5:42; lost by dec. to Theodoros Voltsidis (Greece), 6-3, ot, 5:29 
 83 kg/182.5 lbs. - Brad Vering, Howells, Neb. - lost dec. to David Millien (France), 4-2, ot, 5:47; won by ref. dec. Mojtsba Shirmardi (Iran), 3-2, ot, 8:00; lost by ref. dec. to Henry Padtashvicy (Israel), 2-1, ot, 8:00 
 115 kg/253 lbs. - Dave Clymer, Hastings, Minn. - lost by tech. fall to David Soldadze (Ukraine), 10-0, 1:10; lost dec. to Nico Schmidt (Germany), 3-0