Mckenna And Burroughs Win Pan American Gold

2022-05-09

Acapulco, Mexico – The PRTC earned two more gold medals this past weekend helping Team USA dominate the competition at the Pan American Championships. Joey McKenna (65kg) won his second Pan Am title while Jordan Burroughs (79kg) won his fifth.

Coach Brandon Slay, having coached Mark Hall and David McFadden to US Open titles a week earlier, made the trip south to corner Burroughs and McKenna while they represented the United States. “I’m very happy with the way our guys are wrestling right now,” said Slay. “Our par terre offense is getting better every day!”

McKenna won in the finals with a dominating 10-0 performance over Sebastian Rivera(Scarlet Knight Wrestling Club) from Puerto Rico. He used a leg lace from transition with several rolls to seal the match and the technical superiority win.

In the semi-finals, McKenna was also dominant in defeating 2020 Tokyo Olympian Agustin Destribats of Argentina. After several intense scramble situations, McKenna came away with the 13-5 victory.

Burroughs surrendered just one point while winning at 79kg. With just five competitors in the weight class, a round robin format was used. He outscored his opponents 40-1 with three technical superiority wins and one fall.

Following the US Women’s Freestyle Team’s Championship title on Saturday, the men’s team added a first place trophy of their own. Outscoring Canada by 91 points, Team USA won the Men’s Freestyle title.

The PRTC and Team USA results:

65kg: Joey McKenna – Gold Medal

Quarterfinal: VSU Andre Renato QUISPE FAJARDO (CHI)

Semifinal: VPO1 Agustin Alejandro DESTRIBATS (ARG)

Final: VSU Sebastian RIVERA (PUR), 10-0

79 kg: Jordan Burroughs – Gold Medal

Round Robin 1: VSU Samuel Jacob BARMISH (CAN), 12-1

Round Robin 2: VFA Victor J SANTOS ACOSTA (PUR), 8-0

Round Robin 3: VSU Juan Sebastian RIVERA GARCIA (COL), 10-0

Round Robin 4: VSU Miguel Angel ORNELAS REYNOSO (MEX), 10-0

Team Results

United States, 229
Canada, 138
Puerto Rico, 120
Mexico, 101
Cuba, 76
Argentina, 56
Brazil, 55
Colombia, 54
Dominican Republic, 38
Venezuela, 37

Pictures courtesy of Levi Ventura

Joey Mckenna Becomes Prtc’s First Pan American Champion

2021-06-01

Team USA brought home 10 gold medals in men's freestyle including McKenna's title at 65 kg

Outscoring his opponents 46-6, Joey McKenna became the Pennsylvania Regional Training Center’s first Pan American Champion. McKenna won all his matches, finishing with a perfect 4-0 record at 65 kg.

On the way to his first Senior international gold medal, McKenna defeated Brazil’s Marcos De Brito Siqueira 10-0 in the finals. He also beat NCAA All-American Sebastian Rivera, who competes internationally for Puerto Rico in the semifinals by a score of 10-0.

McKenna was part of a historic performance by Team USA, which won all 10 weight classes and did not give up a point in the finals. Overall, Team USA outscored its opponents 367-9 and won the team title with 250 team points, followed by Canada with 116 points and Mexico with 114 points.McKenna will next compete at the Poland Open, which takes place Tuesday, June 8 – Sunday, June 13.

2021 Pan American Championships

Guatemala City, Guatemala | May 27-30

Joey McKenna (65 kg) – FIRST

WIN Juan Rodriguez Jovel (El Salvador), 10-0

WIN Albaro Rudecindo Camacho (Dominican Republic), 17-6

WIN Sebastian Rivera (Puerto Rico), 10-0

WIN Marcos De Brito Siqueira (Brazil), 10-0

PRTC Wrestling

Mckenna And Burroughs Win Pan American Gold

Joey Mckenna Becomes Prtc’s First Pan American Champion