USA Wrestler Photo Contest Top left: Hunter Hillis of Kingsview Middle School in Maryland,
age 11, on the way to the 90 pound gold medal at the DSAWL Championships at Oakdale High. Cheryl Hillis photo. Top right: 11th grader Matt Baum of James Madison High School in Virginia, competing at the Region 6A North Championships held at Centreville High. Sharon Baum photo. Bottom left: First grader Frank Hazelrigg of the Columbia
Wrestling Club in Missouri throws his opponent at the recent Kirksville Junior Tiger Classic. Brent Hazelrigg photo. USA Wrestler is seeking your best wrestling photography for publication in a future issue of the magazine. Other photos may be posted on
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USA dominates India in freestyle dual meet during NCAA Fan Festival in Oklahoma City
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. - Team USA had a dominant per- formance, sweeping all of the bouts on the way to a 6-0 win over India at the USA Wrestling freestyle dual meet, which was part of the NCAA Fan Festival on March 20. The meet was held in front of a standing-room only crowd in the Cox Convention Center. This popular event was held after the first session of the NCAA Div. I Wrestling Championships and was free of charge to the fans. Right off the bat, Team USA came out strong. At 61 kg/134 lbs., Illinois grad B.J. Futrell (Ann Arbor, Mich./Titan Mercury WC/Michigan RTC) locked up a cradle and pinned World bronze medalist Bajrang of India in 2:35. The match was close in the early going, with both athletes scoring takedowns, but Futrell used his favorite pinning technique to get the fall. Next at 65 kg/143 lbs., Boise State grad Jason Chamberlain (Lincoln, Neb./Titan Mercury/Nebraska RTC) looked strong on both his feet and on the mat, scoring a 12-2 technical fall over Rajneesh in 3:31.
Chamberlain secured an ankle lace turn early in the second period and turned Rajneesh a number of times to secure the technical fall. After trailing 2-3 after the first period, Northern Iowa grad Moza Fay (Colorado Springs, Colo./Army WCAP/USOTC)
opened up his offense to score an impressive 11-2 win over Amit Kumar Dhankhar at 70 kg/154 lbs. Fay scored points with both takedowns and turns on the way to the win. Another comeback win for Team USA at 70 kg/154 lbs. came from Bucknell grad Kevin LeValley (Minneapolis, Minn./Minnesota Storm), who beat Parveen Rana, 9-2. LeValley had two two-point exposures on tilts in the second period to open up his lead The USA closed out the win with a pair of technical falls. Past NCAA champion from Iowa State Jon Reader (Colorado
Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids/USOTC) scored a quick takedown and a series of turns to put away Pawan Kumar, 10-0 in just 57 seconds. Kent State’s first NCAA champion Dustin Kilgore (Colorado
Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids/USOTC), followed with a technical fall of his own over Saywart Kadian, 11-1 in 4:08. Kilgore used an ankle lace for multiple turns in the second period to put the bout away. “The effort was good. They had a World medalist and a Dave Schultz champion in their lineup. We put out some guys who haven’t all had extensive international experience. They per- formed today. It shows we have some great depth in this coun- try,” said National Freestyle Coach Zeke Jones.
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