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July
30, 2007: Wrestling USA
Magazine
Three Utah National Titles; Eight Utah All-American
Finishes at Cadet-Junior National Championships
Five Utah wrestlers earned eight All-American finishes
at the USA Wrestling Cadet-Junior National Freestyle and
Greco-Roman Championships held at North Dakota State
University in Fargo, July 20-26, 2007. >From that pool of
five elite athletes, three national titles were earned, as
well as eight All-American finishes between the two
styles.
"This was a great showing for Utah," said Craig LaMont,
president of USA Wrestling-Utah. "It's a massive
tournament, where every weight is just packed with talent.
We almost had two double-champions, with both Jason
Chamberlain and Carson Kuhn winning it in freestyle and
finishing as runner-up in Greco-Roman. Utah can really be
proud about the state's showing."
Utah wrestlers earned two freestyle national
championships and one national title in Greco-Roman:
- Freestyle National Champion: Carson Kuhn of Sandy
(7-0), with West Jordan-based Vandit Wrestling Club,
Cadet (ages 15 and 16) 91 lbs.
- Freestyle National Champion: Jason Chamberlain of
Springville (11-0), with Vandit Wrestling Club, Junior
(ages 17 and 18) 135 lbs.
- Greco-Roman National Champion: Ethen Lofthouse of
Hyrum (9-0), with Kaysville-based Elite Wrestling Club,
Cadet 160 lbs.
All-American finishers included
- Second Place Greco-Roman: Kuhn (6-1), Cadet 91 lbs.
- Second Place Greco-Roman: Chamberlain (8-1), Junior
135 lbs.
- Eighth Place Freestyle: Trey Adamson (5-3), Cadet
140 lbs.
- Third Place Freestyle: Lofthouse (8-1), Cadet 160
lbs.
- Third Place Freestyle: Jake Salazar of Heber City
(8-1), Wasatch Wrestling Club, Junior 145 lbs.
Other Cadet-division wrestlers representing Utah were
- Gavin Robbins, Cadet 91 lbs., (freestyle 1-2,
Greco-Roman 0-2)
- Chasen Tolbert, Cadet 98 lbs., (freestyle 1-2,
Greco-Roman 1-2)
- Raider Lofthouse, Cadet 109 lbs., (freestyle 2-2,
Greco-Roman 1-2)
- Anthony Rojas, Cadet 112 lbs., (freestyle 0-2,
Greco-Roman 1-2)
- Kade Moss, Cadet 112 lbs., (freestyle 3-2,
Greco-Roman 3-2)
- Conner Meadows, Cadet 112 lbs., (freestyle 0-2,
Greco-Roman 0-2)
- Jake Fredrickson, Cadet 112 lbs., (freestyle 2-2,
Greco-Roman 1-2)
- Trevor Sweat, Cadet 119 lbs., (freestyle 1-2,
Greco-Roman 1-2)
- Craig Young, Cadet 119 lbs., (freestyle 2-2)
- Spencer Brown, Cadet 125 lbs., (freestyle 1-2,
Greco-Roman 2-2)
- Bryan Anderson, Cadet 125 lbs., (freestyle 0-2,
Greco-Roman 1-2 at 119 lbs.)
- Brock Brown, Cadet 125 lbs., (freestyle 1-2,
Greco-Roman 0-2)
- Matt Gallen, Cadet 135 lbs., (freestyle 2-2,
Greco-Roman 0-2)
- Cole Evans, Cadet 152 lbs., (freestyle 2-2)
- Daniel Frandsen, Cadet 152 lbs., (freestyle 0-2,
Greco-Roman 1-2)
Other Junior-division wrestlers representing Utah were
- Kolton Cheney, Junior 98 lbs., (freestyle 0-2,
Greco-Roman 1-2)
- Ryker Vandertoolen, Junior 112 lbs., (freestyle 2-2,
Greco-Roman 4-2)
- Nick Flores, Junior 119 lbs., (freestyle 3-2,
Greco-Roman 3-2 at 125 lbs.)
- Nicko Paraso, Junior 119 lbs., (freestyle 0-2,
Greco-Roman 1-2 at 125 lbs.)
- Mike Phetvixay, Junior 119 lbs., (freestyle 1-2,
Greco-Roman 0-2)
- Paul Johnson, Junior 125 lbs., (freestyle 2-2)
- Blake Mangum, Junior 130 lbs., (freestyle 1-2,
Greco-Roman 1-2)
- Bo Beckman, Junior 135 lbs., (Greco-Roman 3-2)
- Clay Frost, Junior 135 lbs., (freestyle 1-2,
Greco-Roman 3-2 at 140 lbs.)
- Matt Brown, Junior 140 lbs., (freestyle 3-2)
- Ethan Smith, Junior 160 lbs., (freestyle 3-2,
Greco-Roman 0-2)
- Cole Shafer, Junior 171 lbs., (freestyle 0-2,
Greco-Roman 4-2)
- Adam Fager, Junior 189 lbs., (freestyle 3-2,
Greco-Roman 2-2)
- Tyrell Wright, Junior 189 lbs., (freestyle 0-2,
Greco-Roman 0-2)
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