Bella Williams and John Wiley both won U23 Pan Am Championships Gold Medals and helped lead the United States to team titles.
Wiley claimed gold in the 70 kg on Saturday, going 4-0 while. Wiley capped his dominant run with a win over Canada’s Cole Coghill in the finals at Auditorio General José María Arteaga. The Mustang, Okla., native outscored his opponents 41-1 across four technical falls and secured an automatic berth to the Junior Pan American Games in August in Asunción, Paraguay.
Edmond North’s Bella Williams also dominated her round robin tournament going 3-0 and taking the 59 KG title on Friday.
Men’s Freestyle Results (70 kg)
Round 1 – John Wiley (USA) VSU Donovan Solorzano Amaya (Honduras), 10-0
Round 2 – John Wiley (USA) VSU Diego Hernandez Perez (Guatemala), 10-0
Semifinal – John Wiley (USA) VSU1 Gabriel Sanchez Zepeda (Mexico), 11-1
Gold Medal Match – John Wiley (USA) VSU Cole Coghill (Canada), 10-0
Women’s Freestyle Results (59 KG)
Gold – Bella Williams (United States)
Silver – Olivia Lichti (Canada)
Bronze – Karla Ramos Espinosa (Mexico)
4th – Camila Roa Ortega (Peru)
Round robin bracket records: Williams (3-0), Lichti (2-1), Ramos Espinosa (1-2), Roa Ortega (0-3)
