A day after the Freestyle competition, wrestlers hit the mats for the Northeast Regional Greco Roman tournament. For results from Freestyle, see this link.
For more on Greco, please keep reading.
At the Junior level, New York featured six champions and a slew of additional placers. Taking titles were Matthew Morris (120), Jay Oakes (145), Burke Paddock (160), Roland Zilberman (195), Paul Herrera (220) and Quasar Hampton (285). The lengthy list of other medalists in the Junior competition and in the younger divisions are below.
At the Novice level, Nathan Lehr took gold at 80 pounds with a technical fall in the title bout over Jackson Gray of Pennsylvania after placing third in Freestyle. Shavail Bond was also first at 130 while Daniel Butavicius grabbed fourth at 85 pounds.
In Schoolboy action, Mack Berkowitz made the top two for the second straight day at 136 pounds. After earning runner up status in Freestyle on Saturday, he took first in Greco after pinning silver medalist Jack Wimmer of Pennsylvania in less than a minute and picking up a technical fall over third placer Ian Edenfield (also from the Keystone State). Joining Berkowitz near the top of the standings were second placers Brendan Ryan at 144 pounds and Vito Smolyak at 160.
2013 New York high school state placer John Busiello of Eastport South Manor led the way in the Cadet competition with a championship at 106 pounds. He wasn’t the only Empire State grappler to shine in that bracket, as Sean Miller (third) and John Luke DeStefano (fourth) also performed well at 106.
Leonard Merkin was also a titlewinner at Cadet 138 pounds. He dropped the first period of his finals bout against Jonathan Ross but rebounded to win the last two stanzas 6-2 and 6-0 to finish on top. Earning second were Jesse Porter at 152 pounds and Logan Brunick at 145. Also at 145, Gino Titone collected bronze.
For the full list of New York placers, see below:
For full results, see http://www.trackwrestling.com.
Novice Placewinners
Novice – 80 Results
1st Place – Nathan Lehr of New York
Novice – 85 Results
4th Place – Daniel Butavicius of New York
Novice – 130 Results
1st Place – Shavail Bond of New York
Schoolboy Placewinners
Schoolboy – 120 Results
3rd Place – Ryan Doyle of New York
Schoolboy – 136 Results
1st Place – Mack Berkowitz of New York
Schoolboy – 144 Results
2nd Place – Brendan Ryan of New York
Schoolboy – 160 Results
2nd Place – Vito Smolyak of New York
Cadet Placewinners
Cadet – 94 Results
4th Place – Brian Kelly of New York
5th Place – Austin O`Reilly of New York
Cadet – 100 Results
4th Place – Nicholas Forte of New York
Cadet – 106 Results
1st Place – John Busiello of New York
3rd Place – Sean Miller of New York
4th Place – John Luke Destefano of New York
Cadet – 138 Results
1st Place – Leonard Merkin of New York
Cadet – 145 Results
2nd Place – Logan Brunick of New York
3rd Place – Gino Titone of New York
Cadet – 152 Results
2nd Place – Jesse Porter of New York
Cadet – 160 Results
3rd Place – Zafar Iskandarov of New York
Junior Placewinners
Junior – 113 Results
2nd Place – Alpha Diallo of New York
Junior – 120 Results
1st Place – Matthew Morris of New York
4th Place – Bryan Arroyo of New York
Junior – 126 Results
3rd Place – Rashid Powell of New York
4th Place – Joseph Paterno of New York
Junior – 132 Results
2nd Place – Cheick Ndiaye of New York
Junior – 145 Results
1st Place – Jay Oakes of New York
Junior – 152 Results
2nd Place – Trevor Hoffmier of New York
Junior – 160 Results
1st Place – Burke Paddock of New York
Junior – 170 Results
3rd Place – Konstantin Parfiryev of New York
4th Place – Justin Yodice of New York
Junior – 182 Results
3rd Place – David Bunn of New York
4th Place – Cedrick Stephens of New York
Junior – 195 Results
1st Place – Roland Zilberman of New York
2nd Place – Nathanael Rose of New York
Junior – 220 Results
1st Place – Paul Herrera of New York
2nd Place – Richard Duermeyer of New York
3rd Place – Allan Michael Rios of New York
4th Place – Patrick Ennd of New York
Junior – 285 Results
1st Place – Quasar Hampton of New York
2nd Place – Mark Ifraimov of New York
3rd Place – Jeffrey Urbina of New York
4th Place – Matthew St. Onge of New York