NYAC Bill Farrell Was a lot of Fun

Every year the tournament in New York in November provides some interesting freestyle matchups and results. However, this year the field was much more prolific than the past. With the spots up for grabs as we essentially enter the last leg of the Olympic cycle, the talent was deep and the action was fun. 

There were a lot of interesting moments to hit on but to keep this from being a novel I'll post the results and some quick points. Track Wrestling has the complete brackets. Of course, we will have plenty to talk about on this week's podcast episode.

College kids showing up and doing work. One of the more interesting parts of freestyle & greco is what young guys step up and compete and then what ones don't. The heavyweight titles were won by guys who will go back to training folkstyle on Monday with Nick Gwiazdowski winning freestyle and Adam Coon winning in greco. Nathan Tomasello and Stevan Micic also had impressive tournaments that are not expected against a strong field of senior level guys. 

Outside of having to mount a comeback to beat Micic, Tyler Graff was completely dominant in a loaded bracket. It was a strong showing and Graff keeps improving on the freestyle circuit. 

Jordan Oliver has a knack for winning matches against everyone that isn't Brent Metcalf. Logan Steiber and Frank Molinaro looked incredible, but then JO beat Molinaro 4-4 and Steiber 8-5 in the finals. 

Kyven Gadson was interesting to watch. He seemed uncomfortable choosing when to pick his spots despite having success when he was the one causing the action. It'll be interesting to see him get more senior level experience in the next few months. Despite a 1-2 showing I still think it'd be foolish to count him out.

It was good to see Julia Salata back competing and working hard to a 4th place finish. She is coming off a couple injuries and looked good especially considering the long layoff. 

Women’s freestyle results
48 kg/105.5 lbs. 
Gold – Yuka Yago (Japan) forfeit Jessica MacDonald (Canada), 0:00
Bronze – Jasmine Mian (Canada) tech fall Natasha Kramble (Canada), 10-0

53 kg/116.5 lbs.
Gold – Whitney Conder (United States) dec Michaela Hutchison (United States), 3-1
Bronze – Deanna Betterman (United States) dec Jade Parsons (Canada), 7-2

58 kg/128 lbs. 
Gold – Michelle Fazzari (Canada) dec Kelsey Campbell (United States), 6-2
Bronze – Kayla Miracle (United States) dec Maya Nelson (United States), 4-2

63 kg/138.75 lbs.
Gold – Ayaka Ito (Japan) dec Misuzu Takahashi (Japan), 8-0
Bronze – Danielle Lappage (Canada) tech fall Amanda Hendey (United States), 10-0

69 kg/152 lbs.
Gold – Dorothy Yeats (Canada) dec Tamyra Mensah (United States), 3-0
Bronze – Stacie Anaka (Canada) dec Julia Salata (United States), 7-2

75 kg/165 lbs. 
Gold – Erica Wiebe (Canada) dec Randi Miller (United States), 7-0
Bronze – Justina DiSatasio (Canada) tech fall Destane Garrick (United States), 10-0

Outstanding Wrestler – Michelle Fazzari (Canada), 58 kg champion

Greco-Roman results
59 kg/130 lbs. 
Gold – Spenser Mango (United States) dec Hassan Abdelau (Egypt), 7-0
Bronze – Ildar Hafizov (Unattached) dec Sammy Jones (United States), 5-0

66 kg/145.5 lbs. 
Gold – Ji Hyun Jung (Korea) tech fall Ellis Coleman (United States), 8-0
Bronze – Alejandro Sancho (United States) dec Bo Beckman (United States), 5-1

75 kg/165 lbs. 
Gold – Kendrick Sanders (United States) dec Justin Lester (United States), 5-0
Bronze – Cheney Haight (United States) fall Youssef Karim Ibrahim (Egypt), 3:38

85 kg/187 lbs. 
Gold – Jon Anderson (United States) dec Masato Sumi (Japan), 4-1
Bronze – Jake Clark (United States) dec Geonho Kim (Korea), 4-0

98 kg/217 lbs. 
Gold – Joe Rau (United States) dec Caylor Williams (United States), 5-4
Bronze – Jarod Trice (United States) dec Yong Nam Kim (Korea), 6-2

130 kg/286 lbs. 
Gold – Adam Coon (United States) fall Toby Erickson (United States), 5:19
Bronze – Hyun Hee Hong (Korea) dec Zach Merrill (United States), 2-0

Outstanding Wrestler – Kendrick Sanders (United States), 75 kg champion

Men’s freestyle results
57 kg/125.5 lbs. 
Gold – Tyler Graff (United States) tech fall Zach Sanders (United States), 10-0
Bronze – Daniel Dennis (United States) tech fall Ali Naser (United States), 12-1

65 kg/143 lbs.
Gold – Jordan Oliver (United States) dec Logan Stieber (United States), 8-5
Bronze – Aaron Pico (United States) dec Frank Molinaro (United States), 7-4

74 kg/163 lbs. 
Gold – Bekzod Abdurakhmonov (Uzbekistan) tech fall Dan Vallimont (United States), 10-0
Bronze – Nick Marable (United States) tech fall Adam Hall (United States), 11-0

86 kg/189 lbs.
Gold – Ed Ruth (United States) tech fall Jon Reader (United States), 13-0
Bronze – Richard Perry (United States) dec Austin Trotman (United States), 4-3

97 kg/213 lbs.
Gold – J.D. Bergman (United States) dec Dustin Kilgore (United States), 7-5
Bronze – Cayle Byers (United States) dec Enock Francois (United States), 4-2

125 kg/275 lbs. 
Gold – Nick Gwiazdowski (United States) dec Dom Bradley (United States), 1-0
Bronze – Anthony Nelson (United States) dec Tyrell Fortune (United States), 3-2

Outstanding Wrestler – Jordan Oliver, 65 kg champion