Team USA's Results At The 2023 Dan Kolov Tournament

Team USA's Results At The 2023 Dan Kolov Tournament

Results for Team USA's wrestlers at the 2023 Dan Kolov-Nikola Petrov International wrestling tournament taking place on March 2-5.

Mar 5, 2023 by Jon Kozak
Team USA's Results At The 2023 Dan Kolov Tournament

The 2023 Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov International wrestling tournament is currently underway in Bulgaria with some of Team USA’s top wrestlers competing from March 2-5. Check out the below article for all the results for Team USA, links to the live streams, and a schedule of the tournament.

Men’s Freestyle 

61kg: Devan Turner - 0-1, DNP

  • Rd 16 - 4-0 loss to Stilyan Iliev (BUL)

61kg: Thomas Gilman - 1-1, DNP

  • Rd 16 - 6-1 win over Yaroslav Hurskyy (UKR)
  • Quarters - 11-1 loss to Kaise Tanabe (JPN)

Gilman's match against Tanabe begins at 1:42:33 in the below video:


61kg: Nathan Tomasello - 0-1, DNP

  • Rd 16 - 9-6 loss to Nika Zakashvili (GEO)

65kg: Joey McKenna  - BRONZE

  • Prelim - 6-2 win over Changsu Kim (KOR)
  • Rd 16 - 10-0 win over Luka Janezashvili (GEO)
  • Quarters - 7-0 win over Bek Zhaksylykov (KAZ)
  • Semis - 10-3 loss to Islam Dudaev (ALB)
  • Bronze - 6-2 win over Stefan Coman (ROU)

74kg: Mitchell Mesenbrink - BRONZE

  • Rd 16 - 11-0 win over Presiyan Mihov (BUL)
  • Quarters - Forfeit win over Askar Zhengisbekov (KAZ)
  • Semis - 12-5 loss to Murad Kuramagomedov (HUN)
  • Bronze - 15-2 win over Hikaru Takata (JPN)

Mesenbrink's bronze medal match against Takata begins at 8:50:07 in the below video:


79kg: Devin Skatzka - SILVER

  • Prelim - 5-3 win over Otari Adeishvili (GEO)
  • Rd 16 - Forfeit win over Iakub Shikhzhamalov (ROU)
  • Quarters - 10-0 win over Yerkhan Abdazov (KAZ)
  • Semis - 10-2 win over Eugeniu Mihalcean (MDA)
  • Gold - 9-2 loss to Mostafa Ghiyasi

79kg: Michael Kemerer - 1-1, DNP

  • Rd 16 - 3-1 win over Isaiah White (USA) 
  • Quarters - 11-6 loss to Eugeniu Mihalcean (MDA)

79kg: Isaiah White  - 1-1, DNP

  • Prelim - 8-1 win over Mihail Georgiev (BUL)
  • Rd 16 - 3-1 loss to Michael Kemerer (USA)

86kg: Andrew Morgan - 1-1, DNP

  • Prelim - 10-4 win over Ivars Samusonoks (LAT)
  • Rd 16 - 13-1 loss to Orkhan Abasov (AZE)

86kg: Quentin Perez - 0-1, DNP

  • Prelim - 13-5 loss to Orkhan Abasov (AZE)

97kg: Kyle Snyder -Gold

  • Rd 16 - 10-0 win over Daniil Pidlypenets (UKR)
  • Quarters - 10-0 win over Juho Ruusila (FIN)
  • Semis - 14-4 win over Danyal Shariatinia (IRI)
  • Gold - 12-1 win over Juhwan Seo

97kg: George Sikes - 0-1, DNP

  • Prelim - 9-0 loss to Daniil Pidlypenets (UKR)

125kg: Ty Walz - BRONZE

  • Prelim - 8-0 win over Johannes Ludescher (AUT)
  • Quarters - 6-0 win over Giga Shavadze (GEO)
  • Semis - 11-0 loss to Giorgi Meshvildishvili (AZE)
  • Bronze - 3-1 win over Rahid Hamidli (AZE)

Women’s Freestyle

50kg: Audrey Jimenez - BRONZE

  • Quarters - 10-8 loss to Svetlana Ankicheva (KAZ)
  • Repechage - 10-0 win over Emine Cataloglu (TUR)
  • Bronze - 12-2 win over Svenja Jungo (SUI)

55kg: Alex Hedrick - BRONZE

  • Rr 1 - 2-1 win over Aisha Ualishan (KAZ)
  • Rr 2 - 10-0 loss to Akari Fujinami (JPN)
  • Rr 3 - 10-0 win over Nazife Tair (BUL)
  • Semis - 9-8 loss to Ainur Ashimova (KAZ)
  • Bronze - 10-0 win over Elena Ionescu (ROU)

59kg: Michaela Beck - SILVER

  • Quarters - 14-4 win over Fatime Shaban (BUL)
  • Semis - 11-0 win over Emma Tissina (KAZ)
  • Gold - 11-0 loss to Sara Natami (JPN)

Beck's match against Shaban begins at 3:31 in the below video:


62kg: Jennifer Page - BRONZE

  • Rr 1 - 9-4 win over Elis Manolova (AZE)
  • Rr 2 - 11-0 win over Janida Garcia (USA)
  • Semis - 12-2 loss to Marwa Amri (TUR)
  • Bronze - 6-5 win over Elis Manolova (AZE)

Page's bronze medal match against Manolova begins at 7:29:33 in the below video:


62kg: Janida Garcia - 0-2, DNP

  • Rr 1 - 3-0 loss to Elis Manolova (AZE)
  • Rr 2 - 11-0 loss to Jennifer Page (USA)

68kg: Solin Piearcy - SILVER

  • Rr 1 - Forfeit win over Saidy Chavez (HON)
  • Rr 2 - 10-0 win over Daniela Brasnarova (BUL)
  • Semis - 10-0 win over Zsuzsanna Molnar (SVK)
  • Gold - 8-1 loss to Yuliana Yaneva (BUL)

72kg: Marilyn Garcia - SILVER

  • Rr 1 - 10-6 win over Maria Nitu (ROU)
  • Rr 2 - 4-4 loss to Ilana Kratysh (ISR)
  • Semis - Pinned Anastassiya Panassovich (KAZ)
  • Gold - 4-1 loss to Maria Nitu (ROU)

Men’s Greco-Roman

60kg: Gabe Townsell - 0-2, DNP

  • Quarters - 9-0 loss to Zholaman Sharshenbekov (KGZ)
  • Repechage - Forfeited to Nedyalko Petrov (BUL)

60kg: Ryder Smith - 0-2, DNP

  • Quarters - 9-0 loss to Michal Tracz (POL)
  • Repechage - 8-0 Koto Gomi (JPN)

63kg: Aidan Nutter - 5th place

  • Quarters - 7-1 win over Koki Yoshinaga (JPN)
  • Semis - 9-0 loss to Hrachya Poghosyan (ARM)
  • 5-1 loss to Komei Sawada (JPN)

Nutter's match against Yoshinaga at 1:05:05 in the below video:


67kg: Charles Welcome - 0-2, DNP

  • Prelim - 8-0 loss to Slavik Galstyan (ARM)
  • Repechage - Artur Politaiev (UKR)

67kg: David Stepanian - 0-1, DNP

  • Prelim - 8-0 loss to Morten Thoresen (NOR)

77kg: Riley Briggs - 0-1, DNP

  • Prelim - 4-4 loss to Zlatomir Emilov (BUL)

77kg: Mike Higgins - 1-1, DNP

  • Prelim - Forfeit win over Akseli Yli Hannuksela (FIN)
  • Rd 16 - 9-0 loss to Elmar Nuraliiev (UKR)

82kg: Michael Altomer - 1-1, DNP

  • Rd 16 - 6-3 win over Yumeto Aoyama (JPN)
  • Quarters - 8-0 loss to Roslan Dermanski (BUL)

82kg: David Hallet - 0-1, DNP

  • Prelim - 9-0 loss to Roslan Dermanski (BUL)

87kg: George Sikes - 0-1, DNP

  • Rd 16 - Forfeited to Kaito Miyamoto


The live stream will be available through the Bulgarian Wrestling Federation youtube page here.