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Hawaii Wrestler Agcaoili Wins U.S. Open Title; Kalamau Places 7th

Hawaii wrestler Brenden Jorden Agcaoili won a U.S. Open championship in Las Vegas last week.

Agcaoili captured the title by winning all six of his matches in the U-15 62kg freestyle division.

Hawaii’s Brenden Jorden Agcaoili and Chazeron Kalamau. Photos: HFUSAW Instagram page.

Another Hawaii youth wrestler, Chazeron Kalamau, placed seventh in the UWW Futures Greco-Roman 35kg division.

Earlier in the week at the U.S. Open, as previously reported, Hawaii’s Grant Nakamura won the 70kg Masters B division.

 

Match results for Agcaoili and Kalamau follow.

As a side note, Agcaoili and Kalamau (combined) wrestled against opponents from nine different states — California, Iowa, Tennessee, Michigan, Nevada, Colorado, Montana, Missouri and Ohio.

Brenden Jorden Agcaoili
U.S. Open champion, U-15 62kg freestyle
>> Round of 64: def. Sean Griffin (California), VSU, 10-0, 0:48
>> Round of 32: def. Ethan Christoffer (Iowa), VPO1, 13-13
>> Round of 16: def. Elijah Blewitt (Iowa), VSU, 10-0, 2:00
>> Quarterfinals: def. Malachi Puckett (Tennessee), VSU1, 12-2, 3:36
>> Semifinals: def. Maximus Dhabolt (Iowa), VPOI, 6-3
>> Final: def. Quinten Cassiday (Michigan), VSU1, 12-2, 3:19

Chazeron Kalamau
U.S. Open seventh place, UWW Futures 35kg Greco-Roman
>> Round of 16: lost to G. Talbot (Nevada), VFA, 10-6, 2:27
>> Consolation: def. Cody Vick (Colorado), VSU, 11-0, 2:08
>> Consolation: def.  Brooke Watt (Montana), VFA, 4-2, 1:07
>> Consolation: lost to Jacob Saunders (Missouri), VSU, 8-0, 0:57
>> Seventh-place match: def. Christian Bushy (Ohio), VFA, 2-4, 1:12

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