The Salt Lake Tribune: July 3, 2007

Young Utah Wrestlers Heading to Nationals

Sandy's William Kilpack and Nicholas Runyon will represent Utah at the USA Wrestling Kids Nationals this week, after leading a strong Utah contingent at the USA Wrestling Western Regional Championships last weekend in Klamath Falls, Ore.

Kilpack was one of five young wrestlers - participants ranged in age from 9 to 16 years old, and hailed from 11 states - to win titles in both freestyle and Greco-Roman disciplines, while four others won single championships.

"Utah was very well represented in Oregon," said Craig LaMont, president of USA Wrestling-Utah. "With only 55 kids there, we weren't the biggest state there, but we came out second in freestyle in terms of championships, coming in behind California, who probably had more wrestlers there than the host state. It was a real pleasure to see some of those kids really excel."

Mapleton's Taylor and Grant LaMont, Draper's Tayler Johnson and Kaysville's Ethan Lofthouse also won double titles. Kaysville's Patrick Brock won a freestyle championship, while Springville's Brandon George, West Jordan's Jacob Falk and Logan's Jordan Ballam won Greco-Roman championships. Runyon was sixth in the freestyles in his age group.

The national meet will be held in Green Bay, Wis.

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