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Stephen Buchanan is your 97kg US Open Champion! He won four straight matches, outscoring his opponents 31-5! His dominant run included two technical falls, one fall, and a 5-3 decision in the championship final to secure his place on top of the podium and into Final X — USA Wrestling’s World Team Trials on Friday, June 19, 2026 in Newark, NJ!
Patrick Kennedy had a great tournament, only dropping one match to the eventual champ, Chance Marsteller, 0-6 in the semifinals. Kennedy recorded four technical falls and outscored his opponents 53-7 to capture third place! Kennedy will wrestle at Final X for true-third versus Evan Wick, prior to the championship best-of-three series on June 19th.
Spencer Lee reached the US Open finals at 57kg. He won three matches in a total of 3 mins and 18 seconds — two technical falls and a fall — before suffering his first loss to familiar foe, Luke Lilledahl, from Nittany Lion Wrestling Club in the championship final 4-5.
Austin DeSanto went 4-2 on the weekend, winning four matches—all via technical fall and out scoring those opponents 41-0! He fell to NCAA runner up Ben Davino (0-3) in the quarter finals and NCAA champion Jax Forrest (0-5) in the bronze medal bout. Lee (57kg) and DeSanto (61kg) can still qualify for Final X and have the opportunity to represent Team USA at the World Championships this Fall. They both need to compete and win on May 14-15 at the World Team Trials Challenge Tournament (WTTCT) in Louisville, for a chance to add themselves to the Final X card. Michael Caliendo will also be competing at the WTTCT for a spot in Final X 74kg.
Stephen Buchanan (97kg) and Austin DeSanto (61kg) are the representatives of Team USA for the Pan-American Championships this weekend held at the Xtream Arena in Coralville, IA. The Pan-Ams will take place from Thursday–Sunday with DeSanto wrestling on Saturday and Buchanan on Sunday. Here is the full schedule of events for this week’s competition!
Tom & Terry Brands are getting inducted into the Pan-American Wrestling Hall of Fame on Wednesday evening prior to the start of action on Thursday morning.
About 200 in person attendees, and 300 online bidders helped us raise over $200k last Saturday at our Annual Banquet — Clubmen’s Dinner! It was great having the Hyatt Regency Coralville Hotel & Conference Center as our host for this incredible event.
HUGE thank you to everyone that attended and/or participated in our auctions, you directly impacted our world-class athletes, coaches and staff, and helped us get that much closer to conquering our goals!
What’s next? The always fun, Riverside Golf Outing at Bluetop Ridge! Registration fills up fast so make sure to secure your spot as soon as possible!
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