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    Triggas medals at Pan Am Juniors Championships

    COLUMBUS, Ohio – Incoming Buckeye freshman wrestler and U.S. representative Nikko Triggas won a gold and bronze medal Saturday and Sunday at the 2007 Pan American Juniors Championship in Maracaibo, Venezuela. A native of Moraga, Calif., Triggas was crowned champion at 55kg/121 pounds in the Greco-Roman competition before winning the bronze medal at 60kg/132 pounds in the freestyle contest.

    Triggas and the U.S. men's freestyle team won gold, while the Greco-Roman squad was a silver medalist.

    In the Greco-Roman competition, Triggas won his first match against Freddy Pylco of Ecuador, 6-1, 6-1. He followed that performance with 3-0, Fall, and 3-2, Fall, victories over Jose Guevara of Venezuela and Mandiez Hidalgo of Cuba, respectively.

    Triggas' opening freestyle match against Luis Portillo of El Salvador resulted in a 6-0, 2-7, Fall, loss, but he rebounded with a 10-2, 6-1, win against Moises Soto of Panama.
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