RaVaughn Perkins (77 kg, NYAC), Payton Jacobson (87 kg, NYAC/NTS), and Aden Attao (130 kg, NYAC) each earned their second-career Bill Farrell Memorial golds while Michial Foy (97 kg, Army/WCAP) picked up his first to tie a bow around the opening event of the season. As for Randon Miranda (60 kg, NYAC), Friday night ushered in his third such achievement.
The finals for the 2026 Bill Farrell Memorial began at 8:00pm ET and streamed live on FLOWrestling.
Perkins, 34, endured through a string of challenging bouts to claim his title at the expense of gifted prospect Aliaksandr Kikiniou Jr. (NYAC). Perkins led on criteria midway through Period 2 but points were at a premium. Later in the frame, the officials deemed Kikiniou passive for a second time to give Perkins a chance from par terre. There was no follow-up score but, after a reset with the match winding to a close, Perkins deftly countered near the boundary to off-balance Kikiniou and soon covered for two points at the boundary to make the score 3-1. Kikiniou’s corner challenged the conclusive sequence but the original call was upheld to amend the score to 4-1 and Perkins, a two-time Trials winner and World Team member in ’18, had his second NYC gold. His first came back in ’12, when the tournament was still known as the NYAC International Open.
Jacobson, Foy, & Attao
As reported earlier, leading to the finals, ’24 Olympian/’25 U23 World bronze Jacobson was brought to the second period only once, which was against Keenan Wyatt (Knights RTC) in the semifinals. But even in that match, and the two that came before it, Jacobson prevailed by way of technical superiority. The gold medal round did not provide a different result in that regard.
After receiving the first-period passivity/par terre chance, Jacobson executed consecutive four-point lifts to dispose of Johan Batista (DOM) to force a halt to the contest at 8-0. Jacobson, 24, earned his first Farrell gold in ’23 at 77 kilograms.
Foy
A lot of eyes were on Foy in New York. After going 1-1 at the Worlds in ’25, his first appearance in the tournament, Foy was unable to repeat at the April Trials. In the time since, reports were that he had doubled-down on his training and was improving both technically and pertaining to his physical size. To be sure, he looked a little different on Friday and, more importantly, wrestled with an uptick in confidence and resolve that exceeded his previous form, scoring impressive wins against Brandon Marshall (Big Game WC) and ’23 World Team member Zac Braunagel (NYAC/Navy WC), respectively.
Foy (red) lifts Yun for four points in the 97 kg final at the 2026 Bill Farrell Memorial in New York City. Foy defeated Yun via VSU and in the process earned his first Senior international title. (Photo: Justin Hoch/USA Wrestling)
In the finals, Foy presented a fairly well overmatched picture paired with Yun Donghyun (KOR). The bout’s first passivity saw Foy bomb a four-point lift to go up 5-0. A restart, and Foy scored two more on a land-on-top adjustment at the edge. One more reset later Foy coerced Yun out of bounds to secure the VSU as well as his first Senior international gold.
Attao
It was yet another strong showing from Attao on Friday who, like Jacobson and Foy, triumphed in each match in dominant fashion. But — Lucas Stoddard (West Point WC) was the one who broke the ice with gold on the line by managing a step-out. Attao answered back shortly thereafter by gaining four from a land-on-top counter, and he was there with two more thanks to a gutwrench. A step-out for Attao made the score 7-1 leading to the break, which meant that he would enter a second period for only the first time of the tournament. Attao sewed up his victory by scoring two more step-outs to collect title #2 midway through the second frame.
Miranda, Kauffman, & Scott
Similar to Perkins, multi-time National Teamer Randon Miranda (60 kg, NYAC) had his share of obstacles en-route to gold. He took a 5-1 decision over Mat Francisco (NMU/NTS), survived a high-scoring test against ’23 U23 World Team member Billy Sullivan (Army/WCAP), and edged ’25 U23 National champ Rhett Peak (Position) in the semifinals via 1-1 criteria. Standing across in the final was former Olympic Training Center stablemate, the huge Riley Lomenick, who was out in front of Miranda 2-1 in the second period. With under :20 to go, Miranda was able to wrap Lomenick around the waist as the duo made their way towards the edge. A second effort scored the step-out point for Miranda, which put him up on criteria 2-2. Lomenick wanted a challenge on the sequence. The officials reviewed the score and the ruling was upheld to update the score to 3-2 for Miranda, who held on through the remainder to seize his third Bill Farrell Memorial gold.
Ned Kauffman IV (63 kg, Tiger WC) last year gave the Doane University program their first international medal when he came away with bronze in New York. A year later, Kauffman has provided the upstart program with their first Bill Farrell gold by defeating Ruben Calderon (Paradigm). Kauffman was ahead 4-1 when passivity rang in his favor. From top, he rotated a pair of gutwrenches to end it at 9-1.
Scott
Up at 82 kg was ’23 US Open champ Justus Scott (Army/WCAP), who, in an understatement, appeared to take to the new weight category quite nicely. Scott was formidable on Friday as he defeated both top seed Sung Jun (KOR) and Mason Parsons in consecutive matches. In the semifinal round, Scott and the returning two-time Olympian Ben Provisor (NYAC) engaged in a contentious affair that went the Army wrestler’s way via 7-2 decision. The final pitted Scott against ’23 U23 World Teammate Tyler Eischens (Tarheel WC). Staring at an early 0-2 deficit, Scott struck back with a takedown-gut combo and eventually added two more points when he countered Eischens amid an exchange on the boundary. Scott was credited with a step-out point as time became a factor in the first period — and then in short order, Eischens responded with a takedown as he trailed 7-4 moving into intermission.
A caution-and-two on Scott for leading with the head soon into the second period closed Eischens’ gap to only two points. But, again, there was an answer-back, with Scott find another step-out point. After a reset, Scott nestled a two-on-one only to throw it by to attack the body and run Eischens out for one more as his lead increased to 9-6. Eischens could not come up with a score a the match ebbed towards its conclusion and Scott had himself his second Senior international tournament win after having come away with gold at the ’23 Pan-Am Championships.
2026 Bill Farrell Memorial
November 6 — 2026
FINALS RESULTS
55 kg: Marat Garipov (BRA) def. Cruzer Dominguez (MWC) 8-7
60 kg: Randon Miranda (NYAC) def. Riley Lomenick (Unattached) 3-2
63 kg: Ned Kauffman IV (Tiger WC) def. Ruben Calderon (Paradigm) 9-1, TF
67 kg: Kim Beomsu (KOR) def. Jonathan Elysee Martinez (DOM) 8-0, TF
72 kg: Julian Horta Acevedo (COL) def. Robert Perez III (Army/WCAP) 5-2
77 kg: RaVaughn Perkins (NYAC) def. Aliaksandr Kikiniou Jr. (NYAC) 4-1
82 kg: Justus Scott (Army/WCAP) def. Tyler Eischens (Tarheel WC) 9-6
87 kg: Payton Jacobson (NYAC/NTS) def. Johan Batista (DOM) 9-0, TF
97 kg: Michial Foy (Army/WCAP) def. Yun Donghyun (KOR) 8-0, TF
130 kg: Aden Attao (NYAC) def. Lucas Stoddard (West Point WC) 9-1, TF
3rd PLACE RESULTS
55 kg: William Jakeway (Unattached) def. Dustin Snider (CO) via fall
60 kg: Mo Aiz (KOR) def. Brady Koontz (TMWC/Position) 3-1
63 kg: Lee Yooshin (KOR) def. Ty Lydic (NYAC) 10-0, TF
67 kg: Seo Byeonggi (KOR) def. Peyton Omania (OCRTC) 10-0, TF
72 kg: Yun Jiwon (KOR) def. Mikel Uyemura (CA) 7-0
77 kg: Aydin Rix-McElhinney (Army/WCAP) def. Alexis Benitez Castro (MEX) 7-0
82 kg: Wonjong Sun (KOR) def. Tommy Brackett (Tiger WC) 10-0, TF
87 kg: Jongwon Choi (KOR) def. Keenan Wyatt (Knights RTC) 6-6 (criteria)
97 kg: Zac Braunagel (NYAC/Navy WC) def. David Tate Orndorff (TMWC) 5-3
130 kg: Brenton Russell (West Point WC) def. Courtney Denzel Freeman (Marines) 11-0, TF
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