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USA wrestling takes home all the gold
The Gazette
Apr. 21, 2019 8:17 pm, Updated: Apr. 22, 2019 1:10 am
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — The USA Wrestling men's freestyle team won all eight weight classes Sunday at the Pan Am Championships and finished the tournament a perfect 34-0.
Winning gold for USA were (with kilogram weight and college): Joshua Rodriguez (57, North Dakota State), Joe Colon (61, Northern Iowa), Colton McCrystal (65, Nebraska), Anthony Ashnault (70, Rutgers), Jordan Burroughs (74, Nebraska), David Taylor III (86, Penn State), Kyle Snyder (97, Ohio State) and Nicholas Gwiazdowski (125, North Carolina State).
FILE PHOTO: USA's Joe Colon, left, wrestles India's Sandeep Tomar in a 61 kg match during the first session of the 2018 Freestyle Wrestling World Cup at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Saturday, April 7, 2018. Colon won 6-4. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)