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Hazewinkel, Byers place second at the Hungary Grand Prix
By Elizabeth Wiley // USA Wrestling // March 4, 2008
SZOMBATHELY, Hungary U.S. wrestlers Dremiel Byers (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army) and Sam Hazewinkel (Norman, Okla./Gator WC) claimed silver medals at the Hungary Grand Prix, March 1-2.
Hazewinkel went 4-0 at 55 kg/121 lbs. with wins over opponents from Romania, Kazakhstan, and two wrestlers from Belarus. He lost in the gold medal finals to Bekkhan Mankiev of Russia in the finals (0-6, 2-3).
Byers dropped a close match to Riza Kayaalp of Turkey (1-1, 0-3, 1-1) in the gold medal match at 120 kg/264.5 lbs. He had previously beaten wrestlers from Belarus, Iran, and two different opponents from Poland to reach the finals. Byers was a 2002 World champion and a 2007 World bronze medalist.
Two other U.S. Greco-Roman wrestlers finished in top 10s, R.C. Johnson (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) was seventh at 96 kg/211.5 lbs. and Spenser Mango (Flourissant, Mo./Gator WC) was 10th at 55 kg/121 lbs.
A total of 16 U.S. athletes took part in the two-day competition. Match results are not yet available for the 96 kg/211.5 lbs. weight class.
Hungary Grand Prix
Szombathely, Hungary
March 1-2, 2008
U.S. performances
55 kg/121 lbs. Sam Hazewinkel, Norman, Okla. (Gator WC), silver medal
WIN Jan Hocko (Czech Republic), 3-0, 3-0
WIN Pavel Kramarz (Poland), 3-3, 5-1
WIN Marat Garipov (Kazakhstan), 6-0, 0-3, 8-5
WIN Virgil Munteanu (Romania), 5-2, 5-0
LOSS Bekkhan Mankiev (Russia), 0-6, 2-3
55 kg/121 lbs. Spenser Mango, Flourissant, Mo. (Gator WC), 10th
WIN Mechman Alaev (Israel), 2-1, 2-4, 7-0
LOSS Marat Garipov (Kazakhstan), 5-4, 0-3, 1-1
55 kg/121 lbs. Nate Engel, DNP/27th
LOSS Virgil Munteanu (Romania), 0-7, 0-5
60 kg/132 lbs. Jim Gruenwald, DNP/20th
LOSS Yury Dubinin (Belarus), 0-4, 3-0, 0-3
60 kg/132 lbs. Kerry Regner, DNP/23rd
LOSS Edward Barsegjan (Poland), 1-1, 0-5
60 kg/132 lbs. Glenn Garrison, DNP/24th
LOSS Eric Buisson (France), 1-1, 0-4, 0-4
66 kg/145.5 lbs. Faruk Sahin, DNP/27th
LOSS Tsutomu Fujimura (Japan), 1-2, 0-6
74 kg/163 lbs. Ken Cook, DNP/11th
WIN Hee-Bok Kang (Korea)
LOSS Aliaksandr Kikiniou (Belarus), 4-4, 1-2
74 kg/163 lbs. Harry Lester, DNP/18th
LOSS Mark Madsen (Denmark), 0-6, 5-1, 3-6
74 kg/163 lbs. Cheney Haight, DNP/30th
LOSS Mohammad Resa Babulfath (Sweden), 0-3, 1-1, 0-4
84 kg/185 lbs. Keith Sieracki, DNP/15th
WIN Amer Hrustanovic (Austria), 1-1, 0-3, 1-1
LOSS Attila Batky (Slovakia), 0-2, 1-1, 1-1
84 kg/185 lbs. Jason Plamann, DNP/21st
LOSS Melonin Noumonvi (France), 1-1, 0-4, 3-4
96 kg/211.5 lbs. R.C. Johnson, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids), 7th
96 kg/211.5 lbs. John Wechter, DNP/21st
120 kg/264.5 lbs. Dremiel Byers, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army), silver medal
WIN Marek Ryszard Mikulski (Poland), 3-0, 3-0
WIN Bashir Babjanzadeh (Iran), 2-0, 0-3, 3-0
WIN Lukasz Bahak (Poland), 4-0, 3-0
WIN Loseb Chugoshvili (Belarus), 1-1, 2-1
LOSS Riza Kayaalp (Turkey), 1-1, 0-3, 1-1
120 kg/264.5 lbs. Cole Konrad, DNP/18th
LOSS Siarhei Artziukhin (Belarus), 0-3, 1-1, 1-2
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