UWW Junior National champs Daton Fix, Mitchell McKee, Mark Hall & Zahid Valencia face Iranian freestyle opponents in first international age-group bouts in Times Square

NEW YORK, Mai 11, 2016 – The four Junior match-ups between the United States and Iran in freestyle wrestling have been finalized for the 2016 Beat the Streets international competition, which returns to New York City’s Times Square on Donnerstag, Mai 19.

This will feature talented stars from the USA and Iran in the UWW Junior age-group level, which is between 17-20 Jahre alt. It will be historic, as the first international age-group matches featured in a Beat the Streets event in Times Square.

All four of the U.S. wrestlers competing in Times Square were champions at their weight classes at the recent UWW Junior Nationals held in Las Vegas, Nev., April 29-30. This includes one college wrestling star and three of the nation’s best high school talents.

Daton Fix of Sand Springs, Oklahoma. will face Kheyrollah Ghahramani of Iran at 55 kg/121 lbs. Fix was a bronze medalist at the 2015 UWW Cadet World Championships, and has been a UWW Junior Nationals champion for the last two years. Fix won a silver medal at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games, and was a 2013 Cadet Nationals champion in both styles. Ghahramani was a 2013 Cadet World bronze medalist and a 2012 Asian Cadet silver medalist.

Mitchell McKee of Hanover, Von. will battle Peiman Biabani of Iran at 60 kg / 132 lbs. McKee won the 2016 UWW Junior Nationals in freestyle and was second at the 2015 UWW Junior Nationals. Am 2015 Junior Nationals in Fargo, N. D., McKee won a gold medal in Greco-Roman and a silver medal in freestyle. Er war ein 2014 Junior Nationals freestyle champion. McKee has signed with the University of Minnesota. Biabani was a 2015 Asian Junior champion and won a gold medal at the Senior-level Dan Kolov Tournament in Bulgaria this year.

Mark Hall of Apple Valley, Von. has drawn Ahmad Bazrighaleh of Iran at 74 kg/163 lbs. Hall was a 2014 UWW Cadet World champion and was ninth in the 2015 UWW Junior World Championships. As a high school senior, he had an impressive 2-2 record at the 2016 U.S.. Olympische Mannschaftsprüfungen. Er war ein 2013 USA Wrestling Cadet Triple Crown winner, earning national titles in folkstyle, Greco-Roman and freestyle the same year. Hall was the 2015 USA Today High School Wrestler of the Year, und gewann die 2016 Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award from the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. Halle, a six-time Minnesota state high school champion, has signed with Penn State University. Bazrighaleh was a 2014 Asian Cadet bronze medalist and was ninth at the 2014 Cadet World Championships.

Zahid Valencia of Bellflower, Calif. will go up against Mojtaba Goleij of Iran at 84 kg/185 lbs. Valencia is a freshman at Arizona State University, where he took a redshirt year this season. Valencia was 10th at the 2015 UWW Junior World Championships, and won the UWW Junior Nationals for the second straight year. Valencia won the 2012 und 2013 Cadet Nationals in freestyle and the 2013 Cadet Nationals in Greco-Roman. Er war der 2015 ASICS High School Wrestler of the Year and won the 2015 Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award from the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. Goleij was a 2015 Junior World champion, and won a bronze medal at the 2014 Asian Junior Championships.

These four Junior matches will be added to the Main Event, which features five U.S. Olympic Team members facing top international opponents.

2012 Olympiasieger, three-time World champion and 2016 Olympian Jordan Burroughs at 74 kg and 2016 Olympian and two-time NCAA champion J’Den Cox at 86 kg will face opponents from Iran. 2016 Olympian and three-time World champion Adeline Gray and 2016 Olympiateilnehmer und 2015 World champion Helen Maroulis will battle Canadian stars in women’s freestyle. Two-time World bronze medalist and 2016 Olympian Andy Bisek will battle an Olympic and World champion from Korea at 75 kg in Greco-Roman.

The entire competition will be broadcast live on Flowrestling.

Billed as “United in the Square,” this will be the second time that Iran has been featured as part of the Beat the Streets Gala competition. In 2013, Die Veranstaltung hieß „The Rumble on the Rails,Wurde im historischen Grand Central Terminal veranstaltet und bot zwei Treffen zwischen dem Team USA, Russland und Iran.

The world-class competition has been hosted in Times Square four previous times. In 2011, Die Vereinigten Staaten besiegten Weltmeister Russland, 5-2, Das erste Sportereignis auf dem historischen Times Square. In 2012, ein anderer US. vs. Auf dem Times Square fand ein Doppeltreffen in Russland statt, zusammen mit den USA. Olympia-Team Wrestle-off für die 60 kg / 132 lbs. Position auf der US. Olympiamannschaft im Freistil der Männer. In 2014, Das Team USA besiegte ein World All-Star-Team auf dem Times Square, 8-3. In 2015, "Salsa in the Square" zeigte ein Treffen zwischen dem Team USA und dem Team Cuba in den drei olympischen Stilen, kurz nach dem historischen Wandel in den USA und den politischen Beziehungen Kubas statt.
This will be the seventh straight year in which a major international-style wrestling competition will be hosted as part of the Beat the Streets Gala activities. In 2010, eine All-Star-Herausforderung mit Top-USA. Wrestler wurde auf der USS Intrepid gehalten, Ein Flugzeugträger legte an der Westseite von Manhattan an.

Top Beat the Streets Jugend-Wrestler werden die Matte nehmen und ihre Fähigkeiten in Ausstellungsspielen ab zeigen 3:45 p.m. to start the evening. A new feature to be held is the PSAL Girls Freestyle Dual Meet Championships finals, featuring the two top New York City girl’s freestyle wrestling high school teams from the spring girl’s freestyle season. Dann ist es Team USA vs.. Iran and other guests at 6 p.m., followed by the Beat the Streets Gala Celebration.

The Beat the Streets competition requires a ticket for reserved seating in Times Square, but is an outdoor event. Pedestrians and non-ticket holders are encouraged to watch. Admission tickets may be bought in advance atwww.btsny.org oder 212.245.6570. A ticket is required for the Gala Celebration at the PlayStation Theater. Weitere Details finden Sie unter http://www.btsny.org/gala. The Gala Celebration will follow the wrestling competition.

Diese einzigartige und elektrisierende jährliche Veranstaltung hilft Beat the Streets (BTS) Sammeln Sie bedeutende Mittel, um seine Mission voranzutreiben. Ob es einen Safe bietet, konstruktiver Ausgang für unsere städtische Jugend, Bekämpfung von Fettleibigkeit bei Kindern, Frauen stärken, oder ganze Nationen vereinen, Wrestling lehrt Ausdauer, Widmung, and the value of working hard to achieve one’s goals, creates opportunities for personal and universal growth. BTS dienen derzeit vorbei 3,000 Studentensportler jedes Jahr.

“United In The Square,” Beat the Streets Matchups
In New York City, Mai 19, 2016
Freistil der Männer 74 kg/163 lbs. - Jordan Burroughs (USA) vs. Pehman Yarahmadi (Iran)
Freistil der Männer 86 kg / 189 lbs. – J’Den Cox (USA) vs. Meisam Mostafa Joukar (Iran)
Griechisch-Römisch 75 kg/165 lbs. – Andy Bisek (USA) vs. Kim Hyeon-Woo (Korea)
Damen 53 kg/116.5 lbs. – Helen Maroulis (USA) vs. Samantha Stewart (Kanada)
Damen 75 kg/165 lbs.– Adeline Gray (USA) vs. Justina Di Stasio (Kanada)
Junior men’s freestyle 55 kg/121 lbs. – Daton Fix (USA) vs. Kheyrollah Ghahramani (Iran)
Junior men’s freestyle 60 kg / 132 lbs. – Mitchell McKee (USA) vs. Peiman Biabani (Iran)
Junior men’s freestyle 74 kg/163 lbs. – Mark Hall (USA) vs. Ahmad Bazrighaleh (Iran)
Junior men’s freestyle 84 kg/185 lbs. – Zahid Valencia (USA) vs. Mojtaba Goleij (Iran)
Hinweis: Event will be broadcast by Flowrestling
Wrestling-Zeitplan
3:45 p.m. – Beat the Streets Youth Exhibition Matches between 42nd and 43rd Streets
4:45 p.m. – New York City Girl’s Freestyle Dual Meet Championships Finals between 42nd and 43rd Streets
6:30 p.m. - Weltklasse-Wrestling: Team USA vs.. Team Iran, Team Canada and Team Korea between 42nd and 43rd Streets
Followed by Gala Celebration