Tommy Rowlands Articles
By Gary Abbott USA Wrestling 03/05/2011 MINSK, Belarus – Tervel Dlagnev (Columbus, Ohio/Sunkist Kids) won a bronze medal at 120 kg/264.5 lbs. on the final day of the men’s freestyle competition at the Alexander Medved International on Saturday. Dlagnev, a 2009 World bronze medalist, went 3-1 for the day, including a victory of Rasul Kadyrov of Russia. He opened with wins over Dmitrijs Mihailovs of Latvia and Pasha Otarchiev of Russia. His only loss came in the semifinals, when he was defeated by 2008 Olympic bronze medalist Marid Mu...
By Gary Abbott USA Wrestling 03/04/2011 MINSK, Belarus – The United States won three medals in men’s freestyle on the first day of the Alexander Medved International on Friday. Capturing a gold medal at 60 kg/132 lbs. was 2009 U.S. World Team member Shawn Bunch (Columbus, Ohio/Gator WC) Bunch won five matches to capture the title, including a victory over Bekhan Goigereev of Russia in the finals. He opened with wins over Vladimir Fligontov of Russia, Vitali Koryakin of Tajikistan and Aliaksandr Kontoyev of Belarus. He defeated Amer...
http://www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=3&page=showarticle&ArticleID=23170 Rowlands wins gold, four U.S. wrestlers get bronzes at Cerro Pelado in Cuba Gary Abbott USA Wrestling 02/19/2011 HAVANA, Cuba – Tommy Rowlands (Columbus, Ohio/Sunkist Kids) won a gold medal at 120 kg/264.5 lbs. on the first day of men’s freestyle competition at the Cerro Pelado International. He was one of five Americans who won medals on Saturday. Rowlands won three bouts on the way to the title, including a win over Disney Rodriguez of Cuba in the fina...
http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/homepage/20110216_At_Cornell__fund-raising_just_as_important_to_wrestling_as_mat_work.html?page=3&c=y At Cornell, fund-raising just as important to wrestling as mat work POSTED: February 16, 2011 By Frank Fitzpatrick Inquirer Staff Writer Third in an occasional series ITHACA, N.Y. - The likelihood that Cornell would ever be home to the nation's best wrestling team once seemed as remote as the Ivy League school's Central New York campus, perched like a Brigadoon above Lake Cayuga's sparsely populated and piney...
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By Gary Abbott USA Wrestling 01/30/2011 KRASNOYARSK, Russia - The Russian wrestling federation has reported that Tervel Dlagnev (Columbus, Ohio/Sunkist Kids) won a bronze medal at 120 kg/264.5 lbs. at the Ivan Yarygin Memorial Grand Prix on Sunday. Dlagnev was a 2009 World bronze medalist at this division. The website reported that the winner at the 120 kg/264.5 lbs. division was 2008 Olympic silver medalist Bakhtiyar Akhmedov of Russia. Three weight classes were contested on Sunday (84 kg, 96 kg and 120 kg) and Dlagnev was the only medalist wh...
By Gary Abbott USA Wrestling 11/06/2010 Eight U.S. wrestlers win gold at Hargobind International in Canada; Rowlands win $5k bonus prize SURREY, B.C., Canada – Eight U.S. wrestlers on gold medals at the Hargobind International on Saturday. The men’s division was held in its entirety on Saturday, along with the gold-medal finals of the women’s division in the four Olympic weights. The rest of the women’s tournament was held on Friday. Claiming gold medals in men’s freestyle were: • Shawn Bunch (Columbus, Ohio/G...
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By Gary Abbott USA Wrestling 10/11/2010 Tommy Rowlands in action at the 2007 World Championships. Larry Slater photo GROZNY, Russia - A pair of U.S. wrestlers claimed bronze medals at the Ramzan Kadirov Cup of freestyle wrestling, Oct. 9-10. Winning bronze medals were Nick Marable (Columbia, Mo./unattached) at 74 kg/163 lbs. and Tommy Rowlands (Hilliard, Ohio/Sunkist Kids) at 120 kg/264.5 lbs. Marable defeated Samuel Imeksuyan of Russia, 1-0, 0-2, 1-0 in the bronze-medal bout. He finished with a 4-1 record in the tournament. His only loss was ...