2026 Beach World Series Final: U.S. Senior Results and Schedule

September 27 Event Schedule

The remaining event schedule for the competition in Katerini, Greece, operates on local time for Sunday, September 27. Group rounds begin the day’s athletic action before the elimination rounds and finals determine the champions.

• 10:00 a.m. – Group Rounds
• 4:00 p.m. – Elimination Rounds and Finals
• 7:00 p.m. – Closing Celebration

U.S. Senior Men’s Division Results and Bouts

In the 70 kg category, Justin Benjamin (St. Charles, Ill./Tar Heel WC) competing in Group A notched a 3-0 victory over Iosif Nikolaidis of Greece in 2:33, followed by a 3-1 loss to Oleksii Boruta of Ukraine in 2:56, setting up a match against Valentin Seimetz of Germany. Bryan Coll (Bayville, N.Y./The Dynamic Wrestling Academy) dropped Group C matches to Greece’s Ilias Kranavas (3-0 in 1:22) and France’s Quentin Sticker (by fall in 0:57), ahead of facing Davit Partenadze of Georgia. Wyatt Abele (McConnelsville, Ohio/Southeast Ohio WC) competed in Group B with losses by fall to Azerbaijan's Rubail Ibrahimli (0:36) and Ukraine's Ivan Semenov (2:42) before a meeting with Levan Kelekhsashvili of Georgia, while securing knockout wins and losses against Norway's Noah Johansen. At 80 kg, Wayne LaMont (Coram, N.Y.) recorded Group A losses to Greece’s Christos Christoforidis (3-0 in 1:44) and Georgia’s Luka Chkhitunidze (by fall in 0:55) with a remaining bout against Vusal Aliyev of Azerbaijan, alongside knockout results against Greece’s Vissarion Fountas. Justin Grant (Tallahassee, Fla.) split knockout rounds against Georgia’s Zurab Mamuladze, winning 2-1 in 3:00 before dropping decisions of 3-2 in 2:51 and 4-2 in 2:56. Keenan Graef (Overland Park, Kansas) faced Group B setbacks against Georgia’s Zurab Mamuladze (3-0 in 1:29) and Azerbaijan’s Sahib Dadashov (3-0 in 1:33) with a match against Diego Makharadze of Georgia ahead. In the 90 kg division, Owen Uppinghouse (Quincy, Ill.) fell to Georgia’s Tornike Tulashvili 3-0 in 1:47 before bouncing back with a 3-2 victory over France’s Sofiane Ben Boubaker in 1:30, with Mathis Marand of France next. In the over 90 kg class, Joel Faglier (Augusta, Ga./The Storm Wrestling Center) dropped Group A matches to Georgia’s Giorgi Chikhradze (3-2 in 1:42) and Azerbaijan’s Jamal Feyziyev (3-0 in 0:23) before facing Mamuka Kordzaia of Georgia. Gabe Rangel (Moline, Ill./Tiger WC) pinned teammate Jax Cromwell in 0:46 of Group B action, then fell 3-0 to Ukraine’s Vazha Daiauri in 2:28, with Tedore Ebanoidze of Georgia up next. Jax Cromwell (Lone Jack, Mo.) dropped his Group B bouts to Gabe Rangel by fall in 0:46 and Tedore Ebanoidze 3-0 in 0:29, with a match against Vazha Daiauri remaining.

U.S. Senior Women’s Division Results and Bouts

In the women’s 50 kg bracket, Kenya Mwehu (Cleveland, Ohio/Beat the Streets Cleveland) defeated Bulgaria’s Reya Stoilova 3-1 in 2:32 of Group B before falling by fall in 0:32 to Romania’s Ana Maria Rotaru, with Viktoriia Slobodeniuk of Ukraine awaiting. Molly Root (Dimondale, Mich.) dropped a Group A match by fall in 1:03 to Argentina’s Claudia Cabrera, facing Diana Rysova of Ukraine next. At 60 kg, Brianna Holcomb (Owings, Md.) defeated fellow American Ava Ebrahimi 3-0 in 2:28 of Group C before dropping a 3-0 decision to Ukraine’s Sofiia Kushnir in 1:20, with Anastasiya Kravchenko of Ukraine on the schedule. Ava Ebrahimi (San Diego, Calif./Poway High School) dropped her Group C matches to Brianna Holcomb and Anastasiya Kravchenko (by fall in 1:16) with Sofiia Kushnir next. Olivia Root (Dimondale, Mich.) dropped knockout matches to France’s Alice Gardy by fall in 1:54 and 3-0 in 1:21. In the 70 kg division, Amber Hunter-Snyder (Bear, Del./Western Maryland WC) advanced through knockout matches with two wins over Bulgaria’s Fatme Shaban (3-0 in 2:30 and 3-1 in 2:12), while going 1-1 in Group B with a 2-1 win over Greece’s Konstantina Christodoulou and a 3-1 loss to Ukraine’s Halyna Razghonova Oleksiivska, ahead of facing Slovenia’s Sara Trubulin. Anastasia Hardin (Brewster, Kansas) secured knockout victories against Greece’s Christodoula Anastasiadou (3-0 in 0:46 and 4-0 in 1:12), and went 1-1 in Group A following a 3-0 loss to Ukraine’s Romana Vovchak and a fall victory over Serbia’s Masa Perovic in 2:39, with Olena Nikitinska of Ukraine next. In the over 70 kg category, Eliana Bommarito (East Lansing, Mich./Michigan Revolution) won her Group A matches by defeating France’s Angelique Gonzalez 3-0 in 1:19 and pinning compatriot Kasandra Villarreal in 0:08. Maria Hiles (Clarksburg, Md.) defeated Greece’s Agoro Papavasileiou 3-2 in 1:38 of Group B before falling by fall in 0:08 to Ukraine’s Daria Konstantynova, with Stefania Zacheila of Greece remaining. Kasandra Villarreal (Jurupa Valley, Calif.) dropped her Group A opening match to Eliana Bommarito by fall in 0:08, with a match against Angelique Gonzalez ahead.