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Army defeats Air Force, 25-17 to win Armed Forces men’s freestyle title

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. – By stringing three straight technical falls late in the dual meet, the U.S. Army defeated the U.S. Air Force, 25-17, to win the men’s freestyle team title at the Armed Forces Championships on Sunday.

After the first five matches, host Air Force led the Army 11-9 in the team standings. Army stars SPC Kamal Bey (79 kg), SPC Ryan Epps (86 kg) and SPC Timothy Young (92 kg) blitzed their Air Force opponents with technical falls to blow the dual meet open.

Bey, a World Team member in Greco-Roman, defeated 2d Lt Vincent Dolce, 14-1. Epps, who did not compete  in the first dual of the day to focus on this bout, put away Griffyn Broyles, 11-0. Young then stopped A1C Ronnie Caudill, 10-0.

The Air Force strong start included three victories in the first five bouts. 2d Lt Sidney Flores scored an impressive 10-0 technical fall over Greco-Roman Olympian SGT Ellis Coleman, 10-0 at 65 kg. SrA Mitch Brown edged PFC William Sullivan, 11-8 at 57 kg. Capt Gerald McGinty scored the only two takedowns to defeat Greco-Roman Olympian SPC Jesse Thielke, 4-0 at 74 kg.

After giving up an injury default at 97 kg, the Army did not clinch the win until the final bout at 125 kg, … story at … Themat.com/Army-defeats-air-force-25-17-to-win-armed-forces-men-s-freestyle-title

March 9, 2024 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized