Team USA Starts Season with Impressive Showing
–Acapulco, Mexico– Legends of Gold to found in Mexico are alive and well after Justin Benjamin of Illinois started the Beach Wrestling World Series season with a historic gold medal performance in stop 1 of this year’s Series. Benjamin became the first U.S. man to win a Senior World-level gold medal, and only the second American of any gender, with his victory in a very competitive 70 kg division.
Benjamin finished the weekend with an impressive 5-0 record for the tournament, including an impressive 6 second fall in his semi-final bout.
Returning world medalist Ty Loethen of Missouri also lit up the sand, earning Top Throw honors in the men’s division, bringing home the $1000 prize that goes with the award and continuing to produce excitement in his performances.
Kyle Ferriter of Colorado made is World Series debut and was fifth at 90+ kg, finishing with a 1-2 record. Veteran Mike Clark of Kentucky was Team USA’s other entry at 70 kg, and finished in 8th place with an 0-3 record.
VISIT THEMAT.com for more details on the performance of Team USA. Also CHECK OUT Coach Rusty Davidson’s Beach Blog from the event HERE.
The next stop on this year’s World Series will be St-Laurent-du-Var, France June 28-29. Prior to that will be USA Carolina Beach Nationals and World Team Qualifier May 11th in Carolina Beach. For more info on the remaining World Series events visit UWW Beach Wrestling.
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