John Fuller\/USA Wrestling<\/p>\n
Burnaby, Canada – Three U.S. men’s freestyle wrestlers and three U.S. women’s freestyle wrestlers captured gold medals on Saturday at the Clansmen International.<\/p>\n
Winning gold in men’s freestyle competition were Jared Lawrence (Minneapolis, Minn.\/Minnesota Storm) at 66 kg\/145.5 lbs., Damion Hahn (Minneapolis, Minn.\/Minnesota Storm) at 96 kg\/211.5 lbs. and Tommy Rowlands (Columbus, Ohio\/Sunkist Kids) at 120 kg\/264.5 lbs.<\/p>\n
In the finals, Lawrence downed Chris Harada of Canada. Hahn defeated Steve Snijders of Canada in his gold-medal bout. Rowlands, moving up to 120 kg for the first time since 2002, defeated Murat Basiev of Russia in the finals.<\/p>\n
Jesse Brock (Boise, Idaho\/Boise State) won a bronze medal at 60 kg\/132 lbs. as did Tony Gansen (Colorado Springs, Colo.\/USOTC) at 84 kg\/185 lbs.<\/p>\n
Trey McLean (Colorado Springs, Colo.\/USOTC) placed fourth at 120 kg.<\/p>\n
Former USA Wrestling Junior Nationals champion for Ohio Khetag Pliev of Russia placed sixth at 96 kg.<\/p>\n
With three champions, Russia placed first overall. Lawrence and Hahn led the Minnesota Storm to a fourth-place finish.<\/p>\n
In women’s freestyle action, bringing home gold medals were Clarissa Chun (Colorado Springs, Colo.\/Gator WC) at 48 kg\/105.5 lbs., Jenny Wong (Colorado Springs, Colo.\/Sunkist Kids) at 51 kg\/112.25 lbs. and Ali Bernard (New Ulm, Minn.\/Univ. of Regina) at 72 kg\/158.5 lbs. Bernard was competing under her club, the Univ. of Regina, which is located in Canada.<\/p>\n
Chun defeated Miranda Dick of Canada in the gold-medal bout. Wong downed Olympian Lindsay Belisle of Canada, who recently won the Sunkist Kids\/ASU International Open, in the finals at 51 kg. Bernard topped Ayako Murashima of Canada in the 72 kg final.<\/p>\n
Na’Tasha Umemoto (Colorado Springs, Colo.\/Sunkist Kids) lost in a gold-medal bout at 63 kg\/138.75 lbs. to Viola Yanik of Canada.<\/p>\n
Winning a bronze medal for the U.S. was Tina Pihl (Colorado Springs, Colo.\/Unattached) at 55 kg\/121 lbs. Pihl is also a Canadian citizen.<\/p>\n
U.S. Nationals champion Sara Fulp-Allen (El Granada, Calif.\/Menlo) placed fifth at 48 kg.<\/p>\n
Also placing for the U.S. women were Titi Lowani (Pacific), fourth at 63 kg, Andrea Hale (Lassen), sixth at 67 kg\/147.5 lbs., Stacey Martell (Pacific), sixth at 72 kg, Irene Prouxl (Lassen) fourth at 80 kg\/176 lbs., Megan Richardson (Pacific), fifth at 80 kg and Kate Nomura (Lassen), sixth at 80 kg.<\/p>\n
TheMat.com will provide complete results of the Clansmen International when they become available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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