Vote now for Adeline Gray and Jordan Burroughs for Team USA’s Best of September Awards

2015 World Wrestling Champions Adeline Gray and Jordan Burroughs have made the final ballot for the Team USA Best of September Awards from the U.S. Olympic Committee.

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Gray was one of five finalists in the Female Olympic/Paralympic Athlete of the Month. Burroughs is one of five finalists for Male Olympic/Paralympic Athlete of the Month.

Gray won a gold medal at 75 kg/165 lbs. at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas, Nev., September 10. It was Gray’s third career World gold medal, to go along with titles in 2012 and 2014. She has won five career World medals. She was one of four U.S. wrestlers to win World titles in 2015.

Gray opened with a 10-0 technical fall over Naranchimeg Gelegjamts of Mongolia, then shut out Vasilisa Marzaliuk of Belarus, 6-0. In the quarterfinals, she got another technical fall over Daria Osocka of Poland, 10-0. In the semifinals, she controlled 2014 World silver medalist Aline da Silva of Brazil, 10-2. In the finals, she dominated 2014 World bronze medalist Qian Zhou of China by a 13-2 technical fall.

Gray’s third World title puts her second in U.S. women’s history, behind only Tricia Saunders (4). Her fifth World medal puts her second in U.S. women’s history, behind only Kristie Davis (9) and tied with Tricia Saunders (5). Saunders (1998, 1999) and Gray (2014, 2015) are the only U.S. women to win back-to-back World titles.

Other women finalists are Morgan Craft, Gwen Jorgensen, Beezey Madden and Allysa Seely.

Burroughs won a gold medal at 74 kg/163 lbs. at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas, Nev., September 12. It was Burroughs’ third career World gold medal, to go along with titles in 2011 and 2013. Burroughs also boasts a 2012 Olympic gold medal and a 2014 World bronze. He was one of four U.S. wrestlers to win World titles in 2015.

Burroughs won six matches on the way to the title. He opened with a 5-2 win over Krystian Brzozowski of Poland, then scored a pair of technical falls over Oleg Zakharevych of Ukraine, 10-0 and Mihaly Nagy of Hungary, 11-0. In the quarterfinals, Burroughs shut out Alireza Ghasemi of Iran, 5-0. He stopped 2015 European Games champion Aniuar Geduev of Russia, 4-3 in the semifinals. He finished strong, with a 10-0 technical fall over Unurbat Purevjav of Mongolia, 10-0. The victory secured a position for the USA at this weight class at the 2016 Olympic Games.

Burroughs career record is now 114-2. Burroughs joins John Smith (6) and Bruce Baumgartner (5) as the only American freestyle wrestlers who have combined to win four or more World and Olympic titles. His three World titles puts him behind John Smith (4), and tied with Baumgartner (3) and Lee Kemp (3).

Other men’s finalists are Matt Anderson, Will Groulx, Vincent Hancock and Michal Smolen.

The U.S. Olympic Committee launched its new Team USA Awards program, presented by Dow, earlier this year. At this point, no wrestler has yet to win one of these monthly awards, which includes a Fan Vote and a vote within the Olympic family. You can help Adeline and Jordan win the September award by voting for them today.

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