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Annual Benefit, ‘Grapple At The Garden’ Raises $1.3 Million For Beat The Streets Youth Wrestling Non-Profit


NEW YORK, Mulole 13, 2019-The excitement of a night of world-class wrestling at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, in which a sold-out, record-breaking crowd of 5,000 was treated to 13 electrifying matches, spilled over into the post-event Beat the Streets Benefit Celebration at The Wilson on Monday. And while the victories by Olympic champions Jordan Burroughs (2012, golide), Kyle Snyder (2016, golide) ndipo Ndi Cox (2016, mkuwa) ndi zokonda zakomweko monga Nick Suriano (Rutgers University) ndipo James Green (Willingboro, N.J.) stole the show on the mat during “Grapple at the Garden,” it was the Beat the Streets youth wrestlers who were the real winners, monga $1.3 million was raised for this worthy not-for-profit in support of programs which empower young people in New York City through the great sport of wrestling.


“It’s hard to put into words what the support of everyone involved in this great night means to these kids and our mission,"Anati Brendan Buckley, Beat the Streets Executive Director. “The wrestling community responds year after year to this important cause, and not only did they get to enjoy an amazing night of unbelievably high-level wrestling at a historic venue like the Hulu Theater at MSG, but they also went away with the knowledge that they make everything we do at Beat the Streets a reality. We couldn’t me more pleased and can’t wait to grow this even bigger next year.”


The award winners announced at the Benefit Celebration include:

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Junior League Female Wrestler of the Year: Sujeydy Matos, Inwood Academy for Leadership


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Junior League Male Wrestler of the Year: Sulayman Bah, MS 129



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Become Your Own Dream Foundation Scholarship: Adrian Rosario Beato, Mott Haven Campus – This financial scholarship is given annually to a New York City student-athlete who has overcome obstacles, worked through hardship, and plans to continue wrestling in college.


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Female Student Athlete of the Year:Lyn Kajihara, The Bronx High School of Science – This career achievement award is given to a female athlete who exhibits the greatest combination of academic and extracurricular success.



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Male Student Athlete of the Year: David Berkovich, Poly Prep Country Day School – This career achievement award is given to a male athlete who exhibits the greatest combination of academic and extracurricular success.


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Grit Award: Michael Babbcort, George Wingate Educational Campus – This career achievement award is given to the New York City wrestler who has embraced the grind and shown improvement through their tireless effort and dedication to the sport.


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Lady Liberty:Shola Cascen, Harry S. Truman High School – This career achievement award is given to the New York City female wrestler who has stood as the beacon of opportunity and promise, representing all that is strong and proud of New York City women’s wrestling.



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Atlas Award: Terry Adams, Monsignor Farrell High School – This career achievement award is given to a male athlete who has picked up New York City wrestling and taken it to new heights.

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Junior League Coach of the Year: Jonathan Khoury, Eagle Academy for Young Men


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Girls High School Coach of the Year: Ted Cook, Harry S. Truman High School



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Boys High School Coach of the Year: Michael Stern, Queens Metropolitan High School


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Assistant Coach of the Year: Barry Hart, George Wingate Educational Complex



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Volunteer of the Year: Jake O’Hara, Columbia University (‘14) m

Gonjetsani mpikisano wa Streets Benefit, yomwe idayamba mu 2010, kuyambira pamenepo akhala chiwonetsero chachikulu cha kupambana kwapadziko lonse lapansi. This unique annual event has helped Beat the Streets raise millions of dollars to support local youth wrestling programs which empower young people in New York City.


Phindu loyamba la Beat the Streets Benefit linachitika ku U.S.S. Wopanda mantha, chonyamulira ndege chaima kumadzulo kwa Manhattan. Kuyambira pamenepo, phindu lachitika kumalo ena odziwika ku New York City monga Grand Central Station ndi Times Square. Team ya USA yakumana ndi matimu ochokera padziko lonse lapansi kuphatikiza Japan, Cuba, Russia ndi Iran. Chaka chatha, mpikisano udachitikira ku Pier yatsopano 17 m'boma la Seaport ndikuphatikiza ma Burroughs vs. Frank Chamizo kufanana.


Madison Square Garden ku New York City ndi amodzi mwamalo odziwika kwambiri amasewera ndi zosangalatsa padziko lonse lapansi.. Hulu Theatre ku Madison Square Garden ndi malo ochititsa chidwi omwe amatha kukhalamo 5,000. Bwalo la zisudzo lakhala likuchita nawo masewera olimbana kwambiri kuphatikiza 1998 Goodwill Games wrestling mpikisano ndi 2017 Gwirani pamwambo wolimbana ndi koleji ya Garden.


Za Beat the Streets
Ntchito ya Beat the Streets ndikukulitsa kuthekera kokwanira kwa achinyamata akumatauni komanso kulimbikitsa chikhalidwe cha New York City wrestling.. BTS imagwira ntchito mwachindunji ndi dipatimenti yowona zamaphunziro ku New York City mumgwirizano wapagulu ndi wabizinesi kuti athetse kusintha kwamasewera olimbana. 3,000 Ophunzira a ku New York City othamanga kuti awathandize kukwaniritsa zolinga zawo zaumwini komanso zamasewera. Kupyolera mukugwira ntchito kwa mapulogalamu omenyana m'masukulu apakati ndi apamwamba m'maboma asanu, BTS ndi DOE zimapereka chitetezo, malo abwino omwe achinyamata ovutika komanso omwe ali pachiwopsezo angaphunzire maphunziro ofunikira a grit, udindo waumwini ndi ntchito yamagulu, kulimbitsa thupi ndi zakudya, ndi maphunziro a moyo wonse. Cholinga cha kulimbikitsa mwamphamvu, ochita masewera ophunzitsidwa bwino amaperekedwa kudzera mu maphunziro, mapulogalamu pambuyo pa sukulu, maphunziro a luso la moyo, ndi misasa yachilimwe. Zambiri zitha kupezeka pa www.btsny.org.


About USA Wrestling
USA Wrestling ndi Bungwe Lolamulira la National Sport of Wrestling ku United States ndi, Motero, ndi nthumwi yake ku United States Olympic Committee ndi United World Wrestling, mayiko kulimbana chitaganya. Mwachidule, USA Kulimbana ndi chapakati gulu amayang'anira ankachita masewera ogwetsana mapulogalamu mu fuko ndi ntchito polenga chidwi ndi nawo ndondomeko. Zatha 230,000 mamembala ku fuko lonse, anyamata ndi atsikana, amuna ndi akazi amisinkhu yonse, kuyimira magulu onse amasewera. Purezidenti wake ndi Bruce Baumgartner, ndi Executive Director wake ndi Rich Bender. Zambiri zitha kupezeka TheMat.com.


2019 Beat the Streets “Grapple at the Garden”
Mulole 6, 2019, Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York



Final Results

122 lbs. (girls) – Valentina Bailon pin Elleny Seda, 3:22
138 lbs. (boys) – Jo Jo Aragona pin Adam Busiello, 4:06
Men’s freestyle – 57 kg – Jack Mueller tech. fall Nick Piccininni, 11-0
Women’s freestyle – 62 kg – Mallory Velte (USA) tech fall Linda Morais (Canada), 10-0
Men’s freestyle – 70 kg – James Green dec. Anthony Ashnault, 8-4
Men’s freestyle – 97 kg – Kyle Snyder tech. fall Nishan Randhawa (Canada), 15-1
Men’s freestyle – 125 kg – Nick Gwiazdowski dec. Derek White, 9-0
Women’s freestyle – 57 kg – Becka Leathers (USA) dec. Diana Weicker (Canada), 10-6
Men’s freestyle – 61 kg – Nick Suriano dec. Joe Colon, 3-1
Men’s freestyle – 86 kg – Drew Foster inj. dft. David Taylor, 0:31
Men’s freestyle – 92 kg – J’den Cox tech. fall Patrick Brucki, 10-0
Men’s freestyle – 65 kg – Yianni Diakomihalis dec. Bajrang Punia (India), 10-8
Men’s freestyle – 74 kg – Jordan Burroughs tech. fall Ben Askren, 11-0

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U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist Kyle Snyder Returns To Beat the Streets ‘Grapple At The Garden’ May 6 At Hulu Theater


Snyder vs. Nishan Randhawa (Canada), Yianni Diakomihalis vs. Bajrang Punia (India) In Tenth Annual Youth Non-profit Fundraiser


NEW YORK–Kyle Snyder, who won gold at 97 kg the 2016 Olympics in Rio, will battle Canada’s Nishan Randhawa at the “Grapple at the Garden” Beat the Streets (Mtengo wa BTS) benefit, Mulole 6 at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden. The addition of the superstar and longtime BTS supporter plus a matchup between two-time National Champion Yianni Diakomahlis (Rochester, N.Y.) ndipo Bajrang Punia (India) increases the current number of scheduled matches to eight.


Snyder, of Woodbine, MD., a three-time NCAA Champion at Ohio State, will battle Randhawa at 97 kg. The youngest Olympic gold medalist and youngest world champion in U.S. wrestling history (he was 20 at the time of the Rio victory), Snyder also took gold at the 2015 ndipo 2017 World Championships and silver last year in Budapest. Last month he continued his dominance with a clean sweep at the Dave Kolov International to win gold. Randhawa, from Abbotsford, British Columbia, competes for Simon Fraser Univ. in B.C. and is a Canadian junior and senior freestyle champion.


Diakomahlis completed his second season at Cornell with his second straight national championship at 141 lbs., and now owns a mark of 66-1 with the Big Red, kuphatikizapo 47 molunjika kupambana. A four-time N.Y. state high school champion at Hilton H.S., Diakomahlis is a two-time Ivy League and EIWA Wrestler of the Year and a unanimous All-Ivy pick.


Bajrang, a frequent medalist in the World Championships, Asian Games, Commonwealth Games and other international championships since 2013, last November achieved the No. 1 ranking in the world at 65kg. Bajrang won five medals in all in 2018, including the historic first gold medal for India in the Asian Games, besting Daichi Takataniof Japan in the final.


“We’re excited to have our most recent Olympic gold medalist and one of our greatest ambassadors back this year,"Anati Brendan Buckley, Beat the Streets Inc Executive Director. “Kyle Snyder adds to a night that fans have buzzing about for weeks. We can’t wait until May 6 to showcase all this outstanding wrestling talent on the big stage of the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden.”


The added matchups boost an already impressive slate that is highlighted by featured bouts between 2012 gold medalist Jordan Burroughs ndipo 2008 Olympian Ben Askren; a match between current NCAA champion Nick Suriano (Paramus, N.J. / Rutgers Univ.) ndipo 2018 World bronze medalist Joe Colon (Clear Lake, Iowa / Univ. of Northern Iowa); women’s bouts between 2018 World Silver Medalist Sarah Hildebrandt(Granger, Ind.) and Canada’s Dana Weicker, ndipo 2018 Senior World Championships Bronze Medalist Mallory Velte (Sacramento, Calif.) vs. Linda Morais, also of Canada; and several other intriguing bouts.


The updated list of matches and weight classes is available below; the order is still to be determined, as are additional matchups. "Grapple at the Garden" imathandizira Beat the Streets (www.btsny.org), pulogalamu yayikulu kwambiri yolimbana ndi mzinda wapakati ku United States, kutumikira ngati ndalama zopezera ndalama za bungwe komanso kukondwerera othamanga ake pamene akupikisana pa siteji yaikulu kwambiri pakati pa dziko..


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Gonjetsani mpikisano wa Streets Benefit, yomwe idayamba mu 2010, kuyambira pamenepo akhala chiwonetsero chachikulu cha kupambana kwapadziko lonse lapansi. Chochitika chapadera ichi komanso chopatsa thanzi chapachaka chathandiza Beat the Streets kukweza ndalama zokwana madola mamiliyoni ambiri kuti zithandizire mapulogalamu omenyera achinyamata amderali omwe amapatsa mphamvu achinyamata ku New York City..


Phindu loyamba la Beat the Streets Benefit linachitika ku U.S.S. Wopanda mantha, chonyamulira ndege chaima kumadzulo kwa Manhattan. Kuyambira pamenepo, phindu lachitika kumalo ena odziwika ku New York City monga Grand Central Station ndi Times Square. Team ya USA yakumana ndi matimu ochokera padziko lonse lapansi kuphatikiza Japan, Cuba, Russia ndi Iran. Chaka chatha, mpikisano udachitikira ku Pier yatsopano 17 m'boma la Seaport ndikuphatikiza ma Burroughs vs. Frank Chamizo match.


Madison Square Garden ku New York City ndi amodzi mwamalo odziwika kwambiri amasewera ndi zosangalatsa padziko lonse lapansi.. Hulu Theatre ku Madison Square Garden ndi malo ochititsa chidwi omwe amatha kukhalamo 5,000. Bwalo la zisudzo lakhala likuchita nawo masewera olimbana kwambiri kuphatikiza 1998 Goodwill Games wrestling mpikisano ndi 2017 Gwirani pamwambo wolimbana ndi koleji ya Garden.


Za Beat the Streets


Ntchito ya Beat the Streets ndikukulitsa kuthekera kokwanira kwa achinyamata akumatauni komanso kulimbikitsa chikhalidwe cha New York City wrestling.. BTS imagwira ntchito mwachindunji ndi dipatimenti yowona zamaphunziro ku New York City mumgwirizano wapagulu ndi wabizinesi kuti athetse kusintha kwamasewera olimbana. 3,000 Ophunzira a ku New York City othamanga kuti awathandize kukwaniritsa zolinga zawo zaumwini komanso zamasewera. Kupyolera mukugwira ntchito kwa mapulogalamu omenyana m'masukulu apakati ndi apamwamba m'maboma asanu, BTS ndi DOE zimapereka chitetezo, malo abwino omwe achinyamata ovutika komanso omwe ali pachiwopsezo angaphunzire maphunziro ofunikira a grit, udindo waumwini ndi ntchito yamagulu, kulimbitsa thupi ndi zakudya, ndi maphunziro a moyo wonse. Cholinga cha kulimbikitsa mwamphamvu, ochita masewera ophunzitsidwa bwino amaperekedwa kudzera mu maphunziro, mapulogalamu pambuyo pa sukulu, maphunziro a luso la moyo, ndi misasa yachilimwe. Zambiri zitha kupezeka pa www.btsny.org.


About USA Wrestling


USA Wrestling ndi Bungwe Lolamulira la National Sport of Wrestling ku United States ndi, Motero, ndi nthumwi yake ku United States Olympic Committee ndi United World Wrestling, mayiko kulimbana chitaganya. Mwachidule, USA Kulimbana ndi chapakati gulu amayang'anira ankachita masewera ogwetsana mapulogalamu mu fuko ndi ntchito polenga chidwi ndi nawo ndondomeko. Zatha 230,000 mamembala ku fuko lonse, anyamata ndi atsikana, amuna ndi akazi amisinkhu yonse, kuyimira magulu onse amasewera. Purezidenti wake ndi Bruce Baumgartner, ndi Executive Director wake ndi Rich Bender. Zambiri zitha kupezeka TheMat.com.


2019 Beat the Streets “Grapple at the Garden”
Mulole 6, 2019
Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York




(Matches scheduled to date, Order TBD)

Sarah Hildebrandt vs. Diana Weicker, 53 kg (The)
Mallory Velte vs. Linda Morais, 62 kg (The)
Jo Jo Aragona vs. Adam Busiello, 138 lbs.
Nick Suriano vs. Joe Colon, 61 kg
Bajrang Punia (IND) vs. Yianni Diakomihalis, 65 kg
James Green vs. Anthony Ashnault, 70 kg
Jordan Burroughs vs Ben Askren, 74 kg
Kyle Snyder vs. Nishan Randhawa (CAN), 97 kg