By Richard Immel
USA Wrestling

CORALVILLE, Iowa – The U.S. men’s freestyle team turned up six gold medals on Sunday evening to conclude a masterful performance at the 2026 Senior Pan American Championships with the men’s freestyle team title.

Dynamos Ridge Lovett and Wyatt Hendrickson captured first-period pins in the gold medal round, invigorating the Xtream Arena crowd. It was an arm-bar finish in 1:28 for Lovett over Puerto Rico’s Victor Soto Rivera in the 70 kg finals. Hendrickson stopped Canada’s Jorawar Dhinsa in 1:39 at 125 kg, countering a Dhinsa lateral drop attempt to the back for the fall.

2025 World bronze medalist Real Woods re-upped his claim as one of the World’s elite at 65 kg with a 3-2 win over Canada’s Peiman Biabani in the gold medal match. Woods controlled the tenor of the match from start to finish and notched the only takedown of the bout. This was a rematch of the bronze medal match from last year’s Senior Worlds in Zagreb, Croatia, also won by Woods.

Liam Cronin put forth his best international competition to date en route to the 57 kg gold medal. Cronin outlasted 2024 Olympian Darian Cruz of Puerto Rico, 5-4, in a down-to-the-wire final.

2025 World champion Trent Hidlay (92 kg) and 2025 World silver medalist Levi Haines (79 kg) both went 4-0 in round robin brackets during the morning session to clinch gold medals. It was the second-straight Pan American title for Hidlay and the first for Haines.

These six joined men’s freestyle group one champions Austin DeSanto (61 kg) and Zahid Valencia (86 kg), who competed on Saturday, atop the medal stand for Team USA. Valencia was awarded the Golden Boot Award and recognized as the outstanding wrestler of the men’s freestyle division.

The only U.S. loss on the day came in an electric 97 kg final. 2024 Olympian Arturo Silot Torres of Cuba notched three four-point moves to give U.S. Open champion Stephen Buchanan his first official loss in Senior-level international competition. Buchanan earned gold medals at the Henri Deglane Grand Prix and the Zagreb Open Ranking Series earlier this year.

The U.S. was unmatched in the team race, with eight gold medalists and two silver medalists, collecting 240 of a possible 250 team points. Puerto Rico came in a distant second place with 150 team points. Canada rounded out the top three with 129 team points.

For a complete match-by-match breakdown of every Team USA match from Sunday, browse our day four match notes.

Wrestling fans in the U.S. market can watch the 2026 Senior Pan American Championships on-demand at FloWrestling.com. Complete brackets and match-by-match results are available on UWW Arena.

2026 Senior Pan American Championships 

May 10, Coralville, Iowa 

Reference Links 

• Event Hub

• Live Stream

• Brackets and Results

Men’s Freestyle Results 

Team Rankings 

1. United States, 240

2. Puerto Rico, 150

3. Canada, 129

4. Venezuela, 78

5. Dominican Republic, 71

6. Mexico, 62

7. Cuba, 50

8. Brazil, 45

9. Guatemala, 36

10. Jamaica, 27

Weight Class Rankings | Group Two 

57 kg 

Gold – Liam Cronin (United States)

Silver – Darian Cruz (Puerto Rico)

Bronze – Edwin Segura Guerra (Guatemala)

Bronze – Pedro Mejias Rodriguez (Venezuela)

5th – Justin Rosales Lacayo (Nicaragua)

5th – Juan Rubelin Ramirez Beltre (Dominican Republic)

7th – Guesseppe Rea Villarroel (Ecuador)

8th – Daniel Dos Santos Silva (Brazil)

9th – Omar Valenzuela Medina (Mexico)

10th – Christopher Merlo (Canada)

Gold – Liam Cronin (United States) dec. Darian Cruz (Puerto Rico), 5-4

Bronze – Edwin Segura Guerra (Guatemala) dec. Justin Rosales Lacayo (Nicaragua), 8-6 

Bronze – Pedro Mejias Rodriguez (Venezuela) med. for. Juan Rubelin Ramirez Beltre (Dominican Republic)

65 kg 

Gold – Real Woods (United States)

Silver – Peiman Biabani (Canada)

Bronze – Joseph Silva (Puerto Rico)

Bronze – Shannon Hanna II (Bahamas)

5th – Joshua Kramer (Ecuador)

5th – Tommy Garcia Sanchez (Dominican Republic)

7th – Wilfredo Rodriguez Bocaney (Venezuela)

8th – Jose Benites Vasquez (Peru)

9th – Zachary Espalin Aguirre (Mexico)

10th – Jordan Mitchell (Jamaica)

Gold – Real Woods (United States) dec. Peiman Biabani (Canada), 3-2

Bronze – Joseph Silva (Puerto Rico) dec. Joshua Kramer (Ecuador), 5-4 

Bronze – Shannon Hanna II (Bahamas) dec. Tommy Garcia Sanchez (Dominican Republic), 7-3 

70 kg 

Gold – Ridge Lovett (United States)

Silver – Victor Soto Rivera (Puerto Rico)

Bronze – Michael Zale (Canada)

4th – Mauricio Lovera (Argentina)

5th – Francisco Gonzalez Torres (Mexico)

6th – Brandon Hernandez Cardona (Guatemala)

Gold – Ridge Lovett (United States) fall Victor Soto Rivera (Puerto Rico), 1:28

Bronze – Michael Zale (Canada) med. for. Mauricio Lovera (Argentina)

79 kg 

Gold – Levi Haines (United States)

Silver – Michael Labriola (Puerto Rico)

Bronze – Patrik Leder (Canada)

4th – Sergio Espinoza Muniz (Mexico)

5th – Jhoan Serna Rodriguez (Colombia)

Round robin bracket records: Haines (4-0), Labriola (3-1), Leder (2-2), Espinoza Muniz (1-3), Serna Rodriguez (0-4)

92 kg 

Gold – Trent Hidlay (United States)

Silver – Shane Jones (Puerto Rico)

Bronze – Andrew Johnson (Canada)

4th – Pool Ambrocio Greifo (Peru)

5th – Lucas Bordeaux Rego Alvan (Brazil)

Round robin bracket records: Hidlay (4-0), Jones (3-1), Johnson (2-2), Ambrocio Greifo (1-3), Bordeaux Rego Alvan (0-4)

97 kg 

Gold – Arturo Silot Torres (Cuba)

Silver – Stephen Buchanan (United States)

Bronze – Cristian Sarco Colmenarez (Venezuela)

Bronze – Luis Perez Sosa (Dominican Republic)

5th – Steven Burrell Jr (Jamaica)

5th – Edwin Morales (Puerto Rico)

7th – Nishan Randhawa (Canada)

8th – Humberto Valverde Uzner (Mexico)

9th – Ailton Brito Rocha (Brazil)

Gold – Arturo Silot Torres (Cuba) tech. fall Stephen Buchanan (United States), 15-4

Bronze – Cristian Sarco Colmenarez (Venezuela) dec. Steven Burrell Jr (Jamaica), 6-5 

Bronze – Luis Perez Sosa (Dominican Republic) dec. Edwin Morales (Puerto Rico), 4-3 

125 kg 

Gold – Wyatt Hendrickson (United States)

Silver – Jorawar Dhinsa (Canada)

Bronze – Gabriel De Sousa Silva (Brazil)

Bronze – Jose Diaz Robertti (Venezuela)

5th – Brandon Anguiano Flores (Mexico)

5th – Jonovan Smith (Puerto Rico)

7th – Elison Adames Garcia (Dominican Republic)

8th – Aaron Johnson (Jamaica)

9th – Maxwell Lacey (Costa Rica)

Gold – Wyatt Hendrickson (United States) fall Jorawar Dhinsa (Canada), 1:39

Bronze – Gabriel De Sousa Silva (Brazil) fall Brandon Anguiano Flores (Mexico), 0:31

Bronze – Jose Diaz Robertti (Venezuela) dec. Jonovan Smith (Puerto Rico), 2-1 

U.S. Men’s Freestyle Results | Group Two 

57 kg – Liam Cronin (Lincoln, Neb./Nebraska WTC/Titan Mercury WC), gold medal 

WIN Edwin Segura Guerra (Guatemala), tech. fall, 11-0

WIN Justin Rosales Lacayo (Nicaragua), tech. fall, 11-1

WIN Darian Cruz (Puerto Rico), 5-4

65 kg – Real Woods (Ann Arbor, Mich./Cliff Keen WC/Titan Mercury WC), gold medal 

WIN Tommy Garcia Sanchez (Dominican Republic), tech. fall, 14-4

WIN Shannon Hanna II (Bahamas), 9-0

WIN Peiman Biabani (Canada), 3-2

70 kg – Ridge Lovett (Post Falls, Idaho/Nebraska WTC/Titan Mercury WC), gold medal 

WIN Michael Zale (Canada), tech. fall, 10-0

WIN Francisco Gonzalez Torres (Mexico), tech. fall, 10-0

WIN Mauricio Lovera (Argentina), med. for.

WIN Victor Soto Rivera (Puerto Rico), fall, 1:28

79 kg – Levi Haines (Bellefonte, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC), gold medal 

WIN Michael Labriola (Puerto Rico), tech. fall, 11-0

WIN Sergio Espinoza Muniz (Mexico), tech. fall, 10-0

WIN Patrik Leder (Canada), tech. fall, 13-2

WIN Jhoan Serna Rodriguez (Colombia), tech. fall, 10-0

92 kg – Trent Hidlay (Raleigh, N.C./Wolfpack WC/Titan Mercury WC), gold medal 

WIN Lucas Bordeaux Rego Alvan (Brazil), tech. fall, 11-0

WIN Pool Ambrocio Greifo (Peru), tech. fall, 11-0

WIN Andrew Johnson (Canada), tech. fall, 11-0

WIN Shane Jones (Puerto Rico), fall, 2:41

97 kg – Stephen Buchanan (Coralville, Iowa/Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC), silver medal 

WIN Steven Burrell Jr (Jamaica), tech. fall, 12-2

WIN Cristian Sarco Colmenarez (Venezuela), tech. fall 11-1

LOSS Arturo Silot Torres (Cuba), tech. fall, 15-4

125 kg – Wyatt Hendrickson (Stillwater, Okla./Cowboy RTC/WCAP), gold medal 

WIN Brandon Anguiano Flores (Mexico), fall, 0:31

WIN Gabriel De Sousa Silva (Brazil), tech. fall, 10-0

WIN Jorawar Dhinsa (Canada), fall, 1:39