SANTIAGO, Chile --- UNI rising sophomore Wyatt Voelker posted a perfect 4-0 record on Thursday en route to his first U20 Pan American Greco-Roman title in the 87-kilogram weight class.
The 2023 U20 U.S. Open and U.S. World Team Trials champion opened up the five-man field at 87-kilograms with back-to-back shutout victories by superiority (VSU), beginning with an 8-0 win over Dieter Von Helms Valenzuela (Chile). He followed his first round win with a 9-0 VSU over Brazil's Max Franca Magalhaes De Almeida.
After yielding his first points of the competition to Carlos Salazar Gomez (Mexico), Voelker quickly stormed back and secured a victory by fall (VFA) with one minute, 38 seconds remaining in the match.