SPORTS News
|
SSgt Shillow Places 5th at Acropolis Grand Prix
|
ATHENS, GREECE - U.S. wrestlers Aaron Sieracki (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army) and Philip Johnston (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army) captured bronze medals in Greco-Roman wrestling at the Acropolis Grand Prix on Feb. 24. Sieracki, who competes at 84 kg/185 lbs., lost his opening match of the tournament to Artur Michalkiewicz of Poland, a 2006 European champion. When Michalkiewicz qualified for the gold-medal finals, Sieracki was drawn into the wrestleback rounds. He defeated Armen Grigoryan of Russia in his first wrestle-back match, then defeated Hannes Haring of Austria in the bronze-medal match. Johnston had a 3-1 record for the day. He opened with a win over fellow American R.C. Johnson (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC), then lost in the second round to Sergey Yaroshevich of Russia. When Yaroshevich made it to the championship finals, Johnston was eligible for the wrestlebacks. Johnston beat two athletes from Greece in the wrestlebacks, first stopping Ioannis Arzoumanidis then beating Theodoris Tounousidis in the bronze-medal match. Both Sieracki and Johnston have a No. 2 ranking on Greco-Roman Team USA, after placing second at the 2006 U.S. World Team Trials in their weight classes. One other wrestler qualified for a medal match, James Shillow (Quantico, Va./U.S. Marines), who placed fifth at 66 kg/145.5 lbs. Shillow lost his opening match to Ion Panait of Romania, who went on qualify for the finals. In his first wrestleback match, Shillow defeated Kwit Lukjan of Poland. He was then defeated in the bronze-medal match by Georgios Boukis of Greece. Coaching the U.S. athletes were Shon Lewis of Colorado Springs, Colo., Dan Hicks of Quantico, Va. and James Johnson of Tempe, Ariz. ACROPOLIS GRAND PRIX At Athens, Greece, Feb. 24 Individual results 55 kg/121 lbs. Gold Ryo Minemura (Japan)] Silver Ulen Hocko (Czech Republic) Bronze Artiom Kiouregian (Greece) Bronze Giorgi Gvenetadze (Georgia) 5th Maksim Tokarev (Russia) 5th Hassan Mustafa (Egypt) 60 kg/132 lbs. Gold Viacheslav Djaste (Russia) Silver Mohamed Ashraz (Egypt) Bronze Hristos Gikas (Greece) Bronze Mustafa Mohamed (Egypt) 5th Apostolos Maouilidis (Greece) 5th Johannes Lienbacher (Austria) 66 kg/145.5 lbs. Gold Ruslan Balkharoev (Russia) Silver Ion Panait (Romania) Bronze Georgios Boukis (Greece) Bronze Ion Puscasu (Romania) 5th Aleksander Maksnouc (Serbia) 5th James Shillow (USA) 74 kg/163 lbs. Gold Kostas Papadopoulos (Greece) Silver Sergios Solontki (Greece) Bronze Ahmad Abde Sadek (Egypt) Bronze Alexey Ivanov (Russia) 5th Mihajlo Bajlovic (Serbia) 5th Tomas Sobecky (Czech Republic) 84 kg/185 lbs. Gold Artur Michalkiewicz (Poland) Silver Attila Batky (Slovakia) Bronze Viachaslav Makharanka (Belarus) Bronze Aaron Sieracki (USA) 5th Alexandros Poikilidis (Greece) 5th Hannes Haring (Austria) 96 kg/211.5 lbs. Gold Sergey Yaroshevich (Russia) Silver Andrei Batura (Belarus) Bronze Georgios Koutsioubas (Greece) Bronze Philip Johnston (USA) 5th Roman Meduna (Slovakia) 5th Theodoris Tounousidis (Greece) 120 kg/264.5 lbs. Gold David Vala (Czech Republic) Silver Lukasz Banaj (Poland) Bronze Aleksandr Ekimov (Russia) Bronze Panagiotis Papadopoulos (Greece) 5th Yuri Dabko (Belarus) 5th Sark Yasser (Egypt) U.S. performances 55 kg/121 lbs. Jermaine Hodge, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army), dnp WIN Ali Reza Tung (Austria) LOSS Hassan Mustafa (Egypt) 60 kg/132 lbs. Jeremy McLean, Quantico, Va. (U.S. Marine Corps), dnp LOSS Vlahos Mihalis (Greece) 60 kg/132 lbs. Donnie Depatto, Quantico, Va. (U.S. Marine Corps), dnp LOSS Mohamed Ashraz (Egpyt) LOSS Johannes Lienbacher (Austria) 66 kg/145.5 lbs. Marcel Cooper, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army), dnp LOSS Glenn Garrison (USA) 66 kg/145.5 lbs. James Shillow, Quantico, Va. (U.S. Marine Corps), 5th LOSS Ion Painat (Romania) WIN Kwit Lukjan (Poland) LOSS Georgios Boukis (Greece) 66 kg/145.5 lbs. Glenn Garrison, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army), dnp WIN Marcel Cooper (USA) LOSS Georgios Boukis (Greece) 74 kg/163 lbs Phillip Padilla, Phoenix, Ariz. (Team Arizona), dnp LOSS Alexey Ivanov (Russia) 74 kg/163 lbs. Steve Forrest, Quantico, Va. (U.S. Marine Corps), dnp LOSS Ahmad Sadek (Egypt) 84 kg/185 lbs. Aaron Sieracki, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army), 3rd LOSS Artur Michalkiewicz (Poland) WIN Armen Grigoryan (Russia) WIN Hannes Haring (Austria) 96 kg/211.5 lbs. R.C. Johnson, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids), dnp LOSS Philip Johnston (USA) 96 kg/211.5 lbs. - Philip Johnston, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army), 3rd WIN R.C. Johnson (USA) LOSS Sergey Yaroshevich (Russia) WIN Ioannis Arzoumanidis (Greece) WIN Theodoris Tounousidis (Greece) 120 kg/264.5 lbs. Russ Davie, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC), dnp LOSS Aleksandr Ekimov (Russia) 120 kg/264.5 lbs.- Brandon Ruiz, Salt Lake City, Utah (Sunkist Kids), dnp LOSS Panagiotis Papadopoulos (Greece) Team Standings 1. Russia, 28 ots. 2. Greece, 28 pts. 3. Czech Republic, 13 pts. 4. Egypt, 13 pts. 5. Poland, 11 pts. 6. Belarus, 11 pts. 7. United States, 10 pts. 8. Slovakia, 7 pts. 9. Japan, 6 pts. 10. Romania, 5 pts. (of 14 nations) |