Results
Spanish Grand Prix Final Results
Men's Freestyle mopped up in Madrid with a combined 10 medals, 6 of them gold.
It was a bizarre beggining for our lightweights with Nico Megaludis, Obe Blanc and Frank Perrelli occupying 3 of the last 4 spots on the bracket which set up USA v. USA matches quickly. OF that trio, Nico Megaludis had the most success with a 5th place finish. Obe Blanc was 11th in his first action since his 2 year ban. Frank Perrelli was 18th.
Daniel Dennis' comeback trail continues to be blazed with success. The former Hawkeye won Gold at 61KG over Jozsef Molnar of Hungary. The Gorilla Hulk AKA Frank Molinaro won gold for team USA at 65KG. Michael Curtis finished 5th.
James Green found a way to win the 70KG title in a bizarre final against former World Bronze Medalist Frank Chamizo of Italy. At 74KG we saw 3 studs take the mat with David Taylor blitzing through the field for a title. Mark Hall finished with a Bronze medal and Anthony Valencia finished in 7th.
Future Sun Devil Zahid Valencia was a runner up to veteran Spaniard Friev at 86KG. Wynn Michalak brought home the title at 98KG while Nick Gwiazdowski was the champ at 125KG. Nathan Butler, Team USA's JR World Team Rep finished with a Bronze medal.
Coach Slay tweeted a few pictures of our guys on the podium.
@WhoIsJamesG wins Gold at 2015 Grand Prix of Spain by beating 2010 World Bronze Medalist. @NebraskaWTC @USAWrestling pic.twitter.com/xTfmVUcx1A
— Brandon Slay (@CoachSlay) July 11, 2015
@Gorillahulk149 wins Gold at 65K at 2015 Grand Prix of Spain. @NittanyLionWC @USAWrestling pic.twitter.com/7lcKy5qehU
— Brandon Slay (@CoachSlay) July 11, 2015
@magicman_psu wins Gold & @Baybee_Marky earns Bronze at 74K at 2015 Grand Prix of Spain. @USAWrestling #TeamUSA pic.twitter.com/cECahga6R1
— Brandon Slay (@CoachSlay) July 11, 2015
@Z_MONEY97 earns Silver at 86K at 2015 Grand Prix of Spain. @Sunkistkids @USAWrestling #TeamUSA pic.twitter.com/7im1e7niDm
— Brandon Slay (@CoachSlay) July 11, 2015
@NGWIZZZ wins Gold & @Nastynatebutler earns Bronze at 125K at 2015 Grand Prix of Spain. @PackWrestle @CardWrestling pic.twitter.com/OzECAaAE6F
— Brandon Slay (@CoachSlay) July 11, 2015
.@wynner96 missed his Gold medal ceremony due to doping control so here's the 97K Champ. @IllinoisRTC @FCAWrestling pic.twitter.com/tudD2SzPkL
— Brandon Slay (@CoachSlay) July 11, 2015
Team Champions at 2015 GP of Spain. 6 Gold, 1 Silver, & 3 Bronze. Always feels good to beat Iran. @USAWrestling pic.twitter.com/PEO06GXqop
— Brandon Slay (@CoachSlay) July 11, 2015
@CoachSlay @Coach_Manning Spain Grand Prix. Great tournament gentlemen. pic.twitter.com/iSrY2yvEMu
— Randy Boswell (@RandyBoswell2) July 12, 2015
The Greco-Roman effort was lead by Joe Rau who won Bronze up at 98KG. Patrick Martinez was 5th at 80KG. Nikko Triggas finished 17th at 59KG.
Women's Freestyle saw its share of success as well. At 48KG Victoria Anthony won Bronze, while Sarah Allen, Amy Hou and Maia Phanthadara finished 13th, 16th and 21st respectively. At 53KG Jessica Medina and Amy Fearnside fell short of a medals finishing in 8th and 10th place. Micheala Hutchison finished 17th.
Helen Maroulis and Carlene Sluberski won Gold and Silver at 55KG. Maroulis was utterly dominant the entire tournament and won her finals match over Sluberski 10-0. Alli Ragan was 3rd at 58KG while Kelsey Campbell was 10th.
Jennifer Page had a runner up finish at 63KG while Shai Mason finished in 5th. Tamyra Mensah continues to impress with a Silver finish at 69KG while Elena Pirozhkova finished with Bronze. At 75KG Victoria Francis was 5th while Kendall Reusing was 12th.
Complete Final Results In PDF Below.