Aug. 7, 2007: The Wrestling Mall, High School News

Utah Youth Report: Three Utah National Titles; Eight Utah All-American Finishes at Cadet-Junior Nationals

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)