Spring Wrestling Makes Winter Champions

NY-USAWrestling has announced the New York State Cadet and Jr. Freestyle and Greco-Roman Championships scheduled for May 9-11 at Broome Community College in Binghamton.

The Bill Knapp Kids Freestyle and Greco-Roman Championships are scheduled for May 3-4 at Amsterdam HS.

Congratulation to Steven Keith for winning the prestigious FILA Cadet National Championships and being selected as USA Wrestling Athlete of the Week.

New York City had several wrestlers participating in the Championships and did very well. As the expression goes "you got to be in it, to win it".

Making the trip was Lou DeStefano, Head Coach at Monsignor Farrell HS. Many of these wrestlers train at the Beat the Streets Training Center on Staten Island.

Connor Hanafee - 128 - went 3-2 in Greco roman - 4 and 2 in freestyle - beat a NC and Washington state runner-up - lost a 3 period match to the Ohio State Champ and lost a 3 period match on the leg clinch in the All American round - was 10 seconds away!

Tony Carlo - went 2 and 2 in freestyle

Danny Franco (Petrides) and Kevin Hartnett (Farrell) both went 1 and 2 in freestyle and Greco roman

YEVGENIY KOMISSAROV (Madison HS) - went 2-2 in Greco

2008- 5 wrestlers entered 2009- a Full Contingent of New York City wrestlers will be "getting into the mix".

Steven Keith named TheMat.com Athlete of the Week for April 8-14
Gary Abbott USA Wrestling
04/16/2008

Steven Keith (Shoreham, N.Y./Team New York) has been named TheMat.com Wrestler of the Week for April 8-14.

Each week, TheMat.com will select an Athlete of the Week, based upon performance within wrestling for that week. The selection committee will consider any level of wrestling, from youth programs through the Senior level. The announcement will be made each week on Wednesday.

Keith won the 50 kg/110 lbs. division in freestyle at the FILA Cadet National Championships in Akron, Ohio, April 12-13, and was named the Outstanding Wrestler.

He dominated his opponents during the event. In the pool competition, Keith defeated returning FILA Cadet National champion and 2007 Cadet National champion Hunter Stieber of Ohio, 4-1, 2-2, 4-2.

In the championship finals, Keith handily defeated another Ohio state high school champion, Ty Mitch, by a 6-0, 6-0 technical fall.

Keith attends Shoreham-Wading River High School on Long Island. He competed at the Cadet Nationals the last two years.