USA Wrestling announces the 2001 Winter Tours lineups for freestyle

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Heather Van Peursem (USA Wrestling)
12/25/2000


USA Wrestling has announced tentative lineups for the 2001 Winter Tours for freestyle.     The freestyle tours start in Tehran, Iran with the Takhti Cup, Feb. 21-23.  Leading that lineup is 1999 World Champion Stephen Neal (Bakersfield, Calif./Dave Schultz WC) at 286 pounds. 1999 World Team member Joe Williams  (Iowa City, Iowa/Hawkeye WC) will wrestle at 167.5 pounds.    Then it is on to the Kiev Open in Kiev, Ukraine, Feb. 23-24. 2000 Olympian Charles Burton (Bloomington, Ind./NYAC) will compete at 187.25 pounds. Burton finished fifth at the 2000 Olympics.    The freestyle tour schedule will conclude with the Yasar Dogu Tournament in Ankara, Turkey, March 2-3 and the  Poland Open in Wroclaw, Poland, March 8-10. Among those projected to compete are 2000 Olympic silver medalist Sammie Henson (Norman, Okla./Sunkist Kids) at 119 pounds, and 2000 U.S. National Team Members Kerry Boumans (Colorado Springs, Colo./Dave Schultz WC),  Eric Guerrero (Stillwater, Okla./Sunkist Kids) at 127.75 pounds, Ramico Blackman (Colorado Springs, Colo./Team Excel) at 152 pounds and Rex Holman (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army) at 213.75 pounds.    U.S. Freestyle Winter Tour lineups  Takhti Cup, Tehran, Iran, Feb. 21-23  119 lbs./54 kg -Teague Moore, Pittsburgh, Pa. (Sunkist Kids)  138.75 lbs./63 kg - Bill Zadick, Iowa City, Iowa (Hawkeye WC)  152 lbs./69 kg - Chris Bono, Ames, Iowa (Sunkist Kids)  167.5 lbs./76 kg - Joe Williams, Iowa City, Iowa (Hawkeye WC)  187.25 lbs./85 kg - Lee Fullhart, Iowa City, Iowa (Hawkeye WC)  213.75 lbs./97 kg - Chad Lamer, Iowa City, Iowa (Hawkeye WC)  286 lbs./130 kg - Stephen Neal, Bakersfield, Calif. (Dave Schultz WC)  Kiev Open, Kiev, Ukraine, Feb. 23-24  119 lbs./54 kg -  Eric Akin, Overlannd Park, Kan. (Dave Schultz WC), Mike Mena,  Iowa City, Iowa (Hawkeye WC)  167.5 lbs./76 kg - Byron Tucker, Norman, Okla. (Sunkist Kids)  187.25 lbs./85 kg -  Charles Burton, Bloomington, Ind. (NYAC)  286 lbs./130 kg - Tolly Thompson, Cedar Falls, Iowa (Sunkist Kids)  Yasar Dogu Tournament, Ankara, Turkey, March 2-3 and Poland Open, Wroclaw,  Poland, March 8-10  119 lbs./54 kg - Sammie Henson, Norman, Okla. (Sunkist Kids)  127.75 lbs./58 kg - Eric Guerrero, Stillwater, Okla. (Sunkist Kids), Kerry  Boumans, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Dave Schultz WC), Danny Felix, Norman, Okla.  (Sunkist Kids)  138.75 lbs./63 kg - Jeff Bedard, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)  152 lbs./69 kg - Ramico Blackman, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Team Excel)  187.25 lbs./85 kg -  Aaron Simpson, Tempe, Ariz. (Sunkist Kids)  213.75 lbs./97 kg - Rex Holman, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)