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Photo credit: Sam Janicki (SamJanickiPhoto.com). Official release courtesy of USA Wrestling/Gary Abbott. The 2021 U.S. Junior World Team was set during an exciting championship series finals on Friday at Xtream Arena. The champions in the best-of-three championship series in the 10 weight classes will represent USA Wrestling at the UWW Junior World Championships in Ufa, Russia, August 16-22. Among those punching their ticket to Russia was 2021 U.S. Olympic Team Trials runner-up Braxton Amos of the Wisconsin RTC, who won his 97 kg championship series with a pair of quick technical falls over Christian Carroll of the Midwest RTC. Amos won the first bout 8-0 in 48 seconds, and the second bout 10-0 in 44 seconds. The finals was very competitive, as four of the championship series went the full three matches before the series was determined. Going the full three bouts in the finals were World Team members Billy Sullivan of Legends of Gold Las Vegas (55 kg), Dominic Damon of NMU-OTS at 67 kg, Jonathon Fagen of Spartan Combat RTC at 82 kg and Kodiak Stephens of Ebbetts Pass Wrestling at 87 kg. Sullivan lost the first match of his series to Aizayah Yacapin of Takedown Express WC, 4-1. After winning bout two by a 10-6 margin, Sullivan closed out the series with a 4-1 win over Yacapin in bout three. Damon opened with a tight 5-4 win over Payton Jacobson of Ringers WC, but lost the second bout by a 5-1 margin. In the deciding third match, Damon beat Jacobson, 5-2. Fagen also won his opener by a 5-1 margin over James Burks of MWC Wrestling Academy, but was blitzed by Burks in round two in a 9-0 technical fall loss. In the deciding third bout, Fagen won a 6-0 shutout decision. Stephens was defeated by technical fall by Tyler Hannah of the Combat WC School of Wrestling in the opening bout. He rallied with a pair of technical fall wins, beating Hannah 10-2 in bout two and 10-2 in bout three. Of the six series which ended in just two matches, three of the winners scored a pair of technical falls in their series, Amos, plus Nic Bouzakis of Pennsylvania (60 kg) and Chayse LaJoie of Spartan Combat WC (63 kg). Bouzakis beat Phillip Moomey of Spartan Combat RTC with a 12-2 technical fall in match one, and a 13-5 technical fall in match two. LaJoie blitzed Richard Fedalen of Warhawks Wrestling in two straight, 8-0 in match one and 10-0 in match two. Matthew Singleton of Compound Wrestling scored a two-match sweep over 2020 UWW Junior Nationals champion Justin McCunn of the Viking WC. Singleton won bout one, 8-6, the took bout two in a 9-0 technical fall. The other individual champions were Justus Scott of Legends of Gold Las Vegas (72 kg) and Luke Luffman of the Illinois RTC (130 kg). Scott edged Noah Wachsmuth of Colorado in the first bout, 8-8, then added a 7-0 shutout over Wachsmuth in the second match. Luffman scored a 12-4 technical fall in his first match over Peter Christensen of Wisconsin RTC, then won the closing match 9-4. UWW JUNIOR NATIONALS At Coralville, Iowa, April 30, 2021 Greco-Roman results 55 KG 1st Billy Sullivan (Legends of Gold Las Vegas) dec. Aizayah Yacapin (Takedown Express Wrestling Club), two matches to none Bout One – Yacapin dec. Sullivan, 4-1 Bout Two – Sullivan dec. Yacapin, 10-6 Bout Three - Sullivan dec. Yacapin, 4-1 3rd Jett Strickenberger CO (Black Fox Wrestling Academy) VPO1 Jonathan Gurule NM (505 Wrestling Club), 7-4 5th Max Black CO (Black Fox Wrestling Academy) VPO1 Angelo Lozado CO (Lil Saints Youth Wrestling), 5-1 7th Tyler Klein WI (Wisconsin) VPO1 Cole Smith CO (Army (WCAP)), 19-18 60 KG 1st Nic Bouzakis (Pennsylvania) dec. Phillip Moomey (Spartan Combat RTC), two matches to none Bout One – Bouzakis tech fall Moomey, 12-2 4:29 Bout Two – Bouzakis tech fall Moomey, 13-5, 5:11 3rd Kase Mauger UT (Brunson UVRTC) VSU1 Carter Stephenson CO (Black Fox Wrestling Academy), 9-1 4:07 5th Kellyn March SD (Bison Wrestling Club) VFO Haiden Drury WA (Takedown Express Wrestling Club), 0-0 7th Jakason Burks NE (Cowboy RTC) VSU Nick Masters GA (Princeton Wrestling Club), 10-0 1:13 63 KG 1st Chayse La joie MI (Spartan Combat RTC) dec. Richard Fedalen MD (Warhawks Wrestling), two matches to none Bout One – LaJoie tech fall Fedalen, 8-0 2:47 Bout Two – LaJoie tech fall Fedalen, 10-0 3:43 3rd Jordan Hamdan MI (Michigan Wrestling Club) VPO1 Aidan Nutter WI (Wisconsin), 6-1 5th Hagen Heistand IA (Sebolt Wrestling Academy) VFA Dyson Kunz NE (MWC Wrestling Academy), 2-1 2:42 7th Charlie Dill NY (Curby 3 Style Wrestling Club) VSU Johnny Masopust CO (Colorado Mesa Wrestling Club), 8-0 0:58 67 KG 1st Dominic Damon WA (NMU-National Training Center) dec.. Payton Jacobson WI (Ringers Wrestling Club), two matches to one Bout One – Damon dec. Jacobson, 5-4 Bout Two – Jacobson dec. Damon, 5-1 Bout Three – Damon dec. Jacobson, 5-2 3rd Hunter Lewis NC (Wolfpack Wrestling Club) VSU1 Hunter Garvin IA (Big Game Wrestling Club), 10-1 2:07 5th Cody Chittum TN (Tennessee) VIN Robert Perez 111 CA (Sunkids Wrestling Club) 7th Dallas Koelzer KS (Kansas) VPO1 Seth Lambers OH (Ohio), 4-4 72 KG 1st Justus Scott NV (Legends of Gold Las Vegas) dec. Noah Wachsmuth CO (Colorado), two matches to none Bout One –Scott dec. Wachsmuth, 8-8 Bout Two – Scott dec. Wachsmuth, 7-0 3rd Niko Katsuyoshi CA (New England Regional Training Center) VFA Brody Olson MN (NMU-National Training Center), 14-4 3:23 5th Ryan Wheeler WA (Colorado Mesa Wrestling Club) VFA Aaron Gandara CA (Poway Wrestling), 4-0 0:46 7th Gabriel Lewis IA (Viking Wrestling Club (IA)) VFO Robert Weston GA (Level Up Wrestling Center), 0-0 77 KG 1st Matthew Singleton (Compound Wrestling) dec. Justin McCunn (Viking Wrestling Club (IA)), two matches to none Bout One – Singleton dec. McCunn, 8-6 Bout Two –Singleton tech fall McCunn, 9-0 3:12 3rd Jared Stricker WI (Wisconsin) VSU1 Dylan Kohn FL (Seminole County Wrestling Club), 10-1 3:22 5th David Papach IL (Burg Training Center) VSU Dajun Johnson WI (Panther Wrestling Club RTC), 8-0 1:06 7th Zak Kozumplik IL (Burg Training Center) VIN Matthew Doyle IA (Burg Training Center) 82 KG 1st Jonathon Fagen (Spartan Combat RTC) dec. James Burks NE (MWC Wrestling Academy), two matches to one Bout One – Fagen dec. Burks, 5-1 Bout Two – Burks tech fall Fagen, 9-0, 0:31 Bout Three –Fagen dec. Burks, 6-0 3rd Macaron Kukowski MN (Minnesota) VSU1 Cole Pence WI (Wisconsin), 12-4 3:35 5th Fernando Villaescusa IA (Cyclone Regional Training Center C-RTC) VIN Austin Dohl-pantaleo PA (Team Tornado Wrestling Club) 7th Talmage Carman UT (Sanderson Wrestling Academy) VSU John Sexton IL (Kentucky RTC), 8-0 0:30 87 KG 1st. Kodiak Stephens CA (Ebbetts Pass Wrestling) dec. Tyler Hannah WI (Combat W.C. School of Wrestling), two matches to one Bout One – Hannah tech. fall Stephens, 10-0 1:32 Bout Two – Stephens tech fall Hannah, 10-2 3:55 Bout Three – Stephens tech fall Hannah, 10-2, 3:37 3rd Connor Bourne NV (Nevada) VPO1 Wyatt Voelker IA (Big Game Wrestling Club), 3-1 5th Jack Darrah MO (Xtreme Training) VIN Ryan Cody FL (The Masters Academy Wrestling) 7th Spencer Mooberry IA (Caveman Wrestling) VSU Cayden White WA (Washington), 8-0 0:27 97 KG 1st Braxton Amos (Wisconsin Regional Training Center) dec. Christian Carroll (Midwest Regional Training Center), two matches to none Bout One –Amos tech fall Carroll, 8-0, 0:48 Bout Two – Amos tech fall Carroll, 10-0, 0:44 3rd Isaac Trumble NC (Wolfpack Wrestling Club) VFA Kalob Runyon IA (Iowa), 9-7 2:26 5th Denzel Mabry CA (San Francisco Wrestling Club) VIN Cameron Dubose WA (Team Tornado Wrestling Club) 7th Sione Halo WA (Tri Cities Wrestling Club) VPO1 Tyler Thurston IA (Iowa), 9-6 130 KG 1st Luke Luffman (Illinois Regional Training Center/Illini WC) dec. Peter Christensen (Wisconsin Regional Training Center), two matches to none Bout One – Luffman tech fall Christensen, 12-4, 4:55 Bout Two –Luffman dec. Christensen, 9-4 3rd Braxton Mikesell WA (Brunson UVRTC) VSU1 Eli Pannell IL (Burg Training Center), 9-1 2:07 5th Max Diaz FL (Statesmen Wrestling Club) VFA Keith Miley MO (Thoroughbred Wrestling Academy (TWA)), 6-0 1:41 https://twitter.com/SJanickiPhoto/status/1388280255853568002

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