2022 U17 World Championships

Day 3: Pastoriza Returns To U17 World Final, Merrill Snags Bronze

Day 3: Pastoriza Returns To U17 World Final, Merrill Snags Bronze

Returning World champion Erica Pastoriza is still on track to repeat after picking up three wins at the U17 Worlds. Cody Merrill snags Grego bronze.

Jul 27, 2022
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Session 2

Erica Pastoriza won a World gold medal at last year's U17 championships, and she's on pace again. She won three straight bouts to punch her ticket to the World finals for the second straight year.

Both Arvin Khosravy and Cody Merrill wrestled in Greco bronze medal matches. Khosravy fell in a tight 5-3 contest, but Merrill got it done 3-1.

Shelby Moore (57kg), Sydney Perry (65kg), and Kaiulani Garcia (73kg) have all been pulled into repechage.

Session 1

Returning World Erica Pastoriza looked like she was ready to repeat at 43 kilograms after snagging two wins at the U17 World Championships in Rome. Pastoriza used a four-point ankle pick in the second period of her first match to snag a 7-4 win. She used four takedowns and a tilt in the quarterfinals to secure her spot in the semifinals. 

Arvin Khosravy (71 kg) has a shot at Greco bronze after winning his repechage match, 3-1.

Shelby Moore (57 kg) dominated her first match and had a thrilling 11-8 win in the Round of 16. She scored a takedown and four turns in the second to race ahead 10-6 after falling behind in the first. She fought off her back with seconds remaining but came away with the victory. Moore lost her quarterfinal match, 10-0, and will wait to see if she is pulled back into the tournament. 

Returning World bronze medalist Audrey Jimenez (49 kg) was down 3-0 after the first and eventually fell, 9-2, in her opening match. 

Sydney Perry (65 kg) was defeated in the quarterfinals, 3-0, but can still get pulled back into the tournament. 

Kaiulani Garcia (73 kg) fell behind 3-0 at the end of the first but lost 3-1 in her first match. She is still alive to get pulled into repechage.

US Results and Upcoming Matches

Rome, Italy | July 25-31

U17 women’s freestyle results

40 kg: Megan Valdez (San Jacinto, Calif.)

vs. Yagmur Karabacak (Turkey), silver at 2022 U17 European Championships, gold at 2021 U15 Balkan Championships

43 kg: Erica Pastoriza (Phoenix, Ariz./Wyoming Seminary WC) – semifinals

WIN Elvina Karimzada (Azerbaijan), 7-2

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WIN Dominika Konkel (Poland), 10-0

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WIN Arina Abdullina (Kazakhstan) 12-2

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46 kg: Gabriella Gomez (Carol Stream, Ill.)

vs. Yelyzaveta Kulakivska (Ukraine), eighth at 2021 U17 Worlds, gold at 2021 U15 Europeans, bronze at 2021 U17 Europeans

49 kg: Audrey Jimenez (Tucson, Ariz. /Sunkist Kids WC) – awaiting repechage

LOSS Fabiana Rinella (Italy), 9-2

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53 kg: Elena Ivaldi (Newcastle, Calif./MatTime)

vs. Manar Elmasry (Egypt), gold at 2022 U17 African Championships

57 kg: Shelby Moore (Buckley, Wash./Takedown Express WC) – awaiting repechage

WIN Michalina Ignaszak (Poland), 11-0

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WIN Alina Flipovych (Ukraine), 11-8

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LOSS Sowaka Uchida (Japan), no international credentials

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61 kg: Valerie Hamilton (Gridley, Ill./SOT-C)

vs. Leonie Steigert (Germany), bronze at 2022 U17 European Championships

-OR- Yen-Yi Li (Taipei), fifth at 2019 U15 World Championships

65 kg: Sydney Perry (Batavia, Ill./Batavia WC) – awaiting repechage

WIN Szonja Szabo (Hungary), 5-0

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LOSS Anju Sato (Japan), 3-0

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69 kg: Jasmine Robinson (Allen, Texas /Best Trained Wrestling)

vs. Veronika Vilk (Croatia), silver at 2019 U15 World Championships, bronze at 2022 U17 European Championships

-OR- Anya Hatch (Tonga), no international credentials

73 kg: Kaiulani Garcia (Stockton, Calif./NorCal Queens WC) – awaiting repechage

LOSS Priya Priya (India), 3-1

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U17 Greco-Roman results

45kg: Davis Motyka (Kingston, Pa./XCalibur Athletics) – awaiting repechage

LOSS Ionut Mereuta (Romania), 2-1


48 kg: Christian Castillo (Glendale, Ariz./Thorobred Wrestling Club) - eliminated

LOSS Said Khalilov (Azerbaijan), 4-2


51kg: Elyle Francisco (Anchorage, AK./Anchorage Youth Wrestling Academy) – eliminated

LOSS  Peter Totok (Hungary), 12-3


55 kg: Nick Treaster (Newton, Kans./Newton Wrestling Club) – eliminated 

LOSS Halil Cinar (Turkey), 7-0


60kg: Zan Fugitt (Nixa, Mo.) – awaiting repechage

LOSS Gaspar Terteryan (Armenia), 9-0


LOSS Yussuf Ashrapov (Kazakhstan), 14-5
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65 kg: Joel Adams (Omaha, Neb./The Best Wrestler) – gold medal match 

WIN Takaku Suzuki (Japan), 8-0


WIN Saya Brunner (Switzerland), 10-0 


WIN Aleksandre Rusitashvili (Georgia), 6-0 


WIN Petro Shafranskyi (Ukraine), 6-0


WIN Ahoura Bouveiri-Piani (Iran), 6-0


71kg: Arvin Khosravy (Woodland Hills, Calif.) – awaiting repechage

WIN Marco Begle (Austria), 9-0


LOSS Anri Putkaradze (Georgia), 10-0


WIN Mihael Lukac (CRO), 3-1

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LOSS Ibrahim Ozdemir (TUR) 3-5

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80 kg: Cole Han-Lindemyer (Farmington, Minn./Pinnacle Wrestling Club) – eliminated 

LOSS Taizo Yoshida (Japan), 8-4


92kg: Cody Merrill (Ontario, Calif./Daniel Cormier Wrestling Club)  - Semifinals

WIN Arsen Ruslanov (Kyrgyzstan), 9-0


WIN Florin Manolache (Romania), fall


LOSS Darius Kiefer, (Germany), 0-9


WIN Marcell Gyuricza (Germany), 3-1

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110 kg: Koy Hopke (Amery, Wis./Pinnacle Wrestling Club) – eliminated 

WIN Maxim Ukraintsev (Kazakhstan), 8-0 


LOSS Dmytro Stryzhekozin (Ukraine), 8-0