Photos from the USA vs Russia Wrestling Dual Meet at Elmhurst College

DH · 06-11-2009 01:54 AM

The Chicago area hosted a wrestling dual meet between a team of FILA Jr/Cadet aged Americans and Club Olympus from Dagestan Republic of Russia. The meet took place on 6/10/09 at Elmhurst College in IL.

Below are some of my photos from the meet:

http://amateurwrestlingphotos.com/me...al09/index.htm

For more info and results from the dual, visit www.projecttorchusa.org

**ODH** · 06-11-2009 12:43 PM

Is this called "Project Torch" because of what the US did to the Russians?
Where are our Russian posters?
Can we search out Big just for his comments on this meet?

USA vs Russia Dual Meet official Results

6/10/09 at Elmhurst College

76 kg: Dan Rowlands dec. Kurbanov Magomed 5-0, 4-1
76 kg: Joe Keilbasa dec. Magomed Abdullaev 7-0, 6-0
85kg: Nick Proctor dec. Dzhamalutdin Gadshiev 5-0, 6-0
96 kg: Ryan Garringer dec. Islam Bahmudkadiev 0-4, 4-4, 6-1
105 kg: Ben Brooks dec. Ulluby Abdulgafurov 0-1, 6-0, 3-0
42 kg: Jake Field fall Aydemir Hydyrbekov 6-0, fall
46 kg: Bryce Brill dec. Arthur Arsanbekov 8-0, 6-0
50 kg: Eddie Greco dec. Kamalutdin Karachaev 7-0, 3-4, 4-3
54 kg: Matt Cavallaris dec. Salavutdin Karachaev 6-2, 5-0
58 kg: Eddie Klimara dec. Eldar Rabadanov 7-0, 6-0

Exhibition Bout: Steve Congenie dec Magomed Abdullaev 5-0, 7-0
Exhibition Bout: Lee Munster dec Islam Bahmudkadiev 6-0, 6-0

**sahota19** · 06-14-2009 01:59 AM

are you kidding me russia didnt even win one match wow

**Badcat** · 06-15-2009 06:51 AM

Originally Posted by sahota19

are you kidding me russia didnt even win one match wow

Hell, they only won three periods!! What the hell is going on with that program? The Coach will surely be sequestered to Siberia for that performance.

**arm-spin** · 06-15-2009 08:14 AM

This is just a wild guess but those probably aren't dagestan's best wrestlers

**grecowrestler13** · 06-15-2009 10:53 AM

Hopefully thats not the future of Russian wrestling right there. I feel embarrased. Maybe they just wanted the U.S. to feel good aout themselves.

**ODH** · 06-15-2009 11:39 AM

Originally Posted by arm-spin

This is just a wild guess but those probably aren't dagestan's best wrestlers

Yeah, but those are the best wrestlers in the US either.
I believe it is just a local Illinois team.

**Badcat** · 06-15-2009 01:15 PM

If you're going to bring a team to the US, why not bring your "A" team? That doesn't make sense.

**Mayak** · 06-16-2009 01:28 AM

It not the best team of Dagestan. The are guys from village just have started wrestling

**bezbedrov92** · 06-16-2009 09:19 AM

u guys are all such morons, u honestly think these guys are dagestans best wrestlers. Im from derbent, dagestan and i have a friend who wrestles in dagestan and for the cska team. His little brother is the kid who wrestled in 96kg in those tournament. His name is islam. These kids are not even close to what fdagestans best wrestlrs are. U pathetic americans r sending out ur best wrestlers against these kids. U have no idea what kind of wrestlers there are ovr there.I practice in russia every summer with them. Their beats.

**MMA_Brad** · 06-16-2009 12:24 PM

I love beats!

**grecowrestler13** · 06-17-2009 05:07 PM

Yea these guys definetly aren't from Dagestan.

**arm-spin** · 06-17-2009 09:12 PM

Originally Posted by bezbedrov92

u guys are all such morons, u honestly think these guys are dagestans best wrestlers. Im from derbent, dagestan and i have a friend who wrestles in dagestan and for the cska team. His little brother is the kid who wrestled in 96kg in those tournament. His name is islam. These kids are not even close to what fdagestans best wrestlrs are. U pathetic americans r sending out ur best wrestlers against these kids. U have no idea what kind of wrestlers there are ovr there.I practice in russia every summer with them. Their beats.

This guy's got a point. From my understanding USA wrestling is assembling a pretty elite team to go against these kids. Why not find some opponents closer to their skill level?

I'm pretty sure a "best of the best" team from Dagestan would have it's way with the best of Illinois (and possibly the best of the United States).

**ODH** · 06-18-2009 11:48 AM

Originally Posted by arm-spin

This guy's got a point. From my understanding USA wrestling is assembling a pretty elite team to go against these kids. Why not find some opponents closer to their skill level?

I'm pretty sure a "best of the best" team from Dagestan would have it's way with the best of Illinois (and possibly the best of the United States).

No one should be debating that the best wrestlers from a good wrestling area in Russia should be able to come the US and beat any state level all-star team. However, one would think that a group of wrestlers that came all the way over from Dagestan to represent their country would be at least decent by Dagestani standards, which I understand is among the best wrestling areas in Russia.

Illinois is a very good wrestling state, but not really in contention for the top spot. I don't follow youth wrestling so I don't know what level these guy are.

Also you have to take into consideration that the matches are in Freestyle which is not as famaliar to as Folkstyle to almost every youth wrestler.

Finally, it was an absolute shellacing by the US. The US won every match and almost every period and most period were not even close.

DH · 06-21-2009 02:55 AM

Originally Posted by ODH

Illinois is a very good wrestling state, but not really in contention for the top spot. I don't follow youth wrestling so I don't know what level these guy are.

Remember that it's freestyle and not folkstyle, and I believe IL has won the jr duals in freestyle the last few years as well as placing very high at Fargo.

I know that the Illinois team was switched around at the last minute to try to make the match-ups more even. Some wrestlers even bumped up a couple weights. This was the original line-up: http://www.projecttorchusa.org/news/...dualjune09.htm

As far as the Russian team, I know a couple guys were some of the best junior wrestlers from that area, but in general I think it was more for the cultural exchange. A similar dual was hosted last year with a Bulgarian club team.