One day after his twin brother locked up gold, Jordyn Raney (60 kg, KY/IRTC) came away with bronze, which means that the United States will depart from this latest running of the Cadet Worlds with two medalists.
The third and final day of Greco-Roman at the 2024 U17 World Championships began at 10:30am local time from Amman, Jordan (3:30am ET) and streamed live in the US on FLOWrestling.
’23 World champ Raney was looking for a repeat of his performance from last year, in addition to joining brother Jayden (55 kg) on top of the podium. To be sure, Jordyn Raney competed with World-caliber skill on Tuesday by marching to the semifinal round on the strength of three victories, with all three ending via stoppage (three VSU). But a tight loss to eventual bracket winner Aykhan Javadov (AZE) meant that Raney would have to fight for the next best thing: a World bronze medal.
Standing in his way this afternoon, at least temporarily, was Ukraine’s Vadym Matros, who carried a 1-1 criteria lead into the second period. Raney zipped a pair of arm throw attempts, from opposite sides, as he sought a multi-point score that might alter the complexion of the contest. Matros defended both tries, and the wrestlers re-engaged with zeal as the action began heating up. Matros was able to achieve an underhook on Raney’s left side, but the American chipped out of the position only to re-enter it in an instant, this time with him gaining a lefty underhook. Matros responded by feeling for an over/under lock. He then went to arch — but as he did, Raney was prepared and landed on top to score two points. A gutwrench from Raney followed to give the US a 5-1 advantage on the board. The Ukrainian corner challenged the sequence but the call on the mat was upheld to expand Raney’s margin to 6-1. There was no further scoring in the bout, and Raney had become a two-time U17 World medalist.
In two appearances at the U17 World Championships, Raney’s record stands at 8-1 (with his lone loss coming to Javadov on Tuesday by a passive point). Of Raney’s eight individual victories at both U17 World tournaments, six were recorded via technical fall.
Jeter 5th; Munaretto 10th
Both Dominic Munaretto (51 kg, IL) and Joseph Jeter (71 kg, OK) entered the day in the repechage round with opportunities to potentially compete for bronze hanging in the balance.
Munaretto endured a tough loss to Sainath Pardhi (IND) by a score of 7-1, which brought to an end his time in the tournament. Munaretto had won in impressive fashion on Tuesday. Behind 5-0 to Maksut Sultanov (UKR) in the opening round, the Illinois product stormed all the way back to clip Sultanov on criteria before falling to Azer Turan Dashdamirov, who went on to win the title.
Jeter had to dig deep against Yusif Ahmadli (AZE) in his own repechage bout. In yet another grueling but nevertheless inspired effort from an American this week, Jeter stared at a 7-1 deficit heading into the break. Ahmadli had scored two from a gutwrench, was subsequently awarded passivity/par terre, and converted two gutwrenches to make the score 7-0. Jeter reversed on the second rotation to pick up a point, but the margin with which he was forced to reconcile was indeed significant.
The score was still 7-1 with under a minute left in the match but Jeter was not done fighting. After a reset, he roped Ahmadli’s arms from a reverse angle and carried his hips to score four big points. He was close to having Ahmadli pinned, and the mat referee gestured as if the signal was impending. But Ahmadli survived, and would soon necessitate attention from the training staff due to his shoulder, resulting in a prolonged break in the action.
When wrestling resumed, a mere :20 hung on the clock with Jeter down by two points. At the whistle, he flung himself at Ahmadli in search of an arm throw, but, instead, a scramble ensued. Upon the next re-engagement — now with just :06 remaining — Jeter cranked a headlock that netted four. Ahmadli floated and exposed Jeter following impact, but the score at any rate was 9-9 with criteria belonging to Jeter. Azerbaijan challenged in haste; the call was upheld, and Jeter had delivered a most exhilarating win by a final score of 10-9.
With bronze on the line, Jeter faced Giorgi Aladashvili (GEO). He did not have an opportunity to generate the type of kinetic movement that had defined his earlier match. Aladashvili scored a takedown and gutwrench to surge ahead 4-0. After the reset, he landed a throw that yielded four more points. The US corner threw the challenge brick with regards to the match-ending sequence. The ruling for the action did not change and Aladashvili prevailed by an official score of 9-0.
2024 U17 World Championships Notes
— The United States finished 8th in the team standings with 56 points, one point ahead of Kyrgyzstan and six points behind age-group powerhouse Georgia.
— Iran won the team title with 140 points. Uzbekistan was second with 113, and Azerbaijan finished third with 105.
— The US had two U17 World medalists in ’24 — Jayden Raney, who earned gold, and Jordyn Raney, who garnered bronze. Prior to this year, the last time Team USA had multiple medalists from a Cadet/U17 World Championships was in ’22, when Joel Adams (65 kg) won and Cody Merrill (92 kg) earned bronze; and before Adams and Merrill medaled in the same year, the last time two Americans placed at the tournament was in ’13 (Cade Olivas and Jon Jay Chavez, both of whom earned bronze).
— US athletes competed in a combined 23 individual matches in ’24. Their record was 12-11. Of the 12 victories, five were technical falls, two were pins, one match was won on criteria, and four other bouts were won by decision.
2024 U17 World Championships
August 19-21 — Amman, JOR
TEAM USA FULL RESULTS
45 kg: Loc Webber (OH) — 9th
WON Toi Nishimura (JPN) 11-1, TF
LOSS Umidjon Karomov (UZB) 8-0, TF
48 kg: Hayden Schwab (IA) — 16th
LOSS Yedige Toleutayev (KAZ) 8-0, TF
51 kg: Dominic Munaretto (IL) — 10th
WON Maksut Sultanov (UKR) 5-5 (criteria)
LOSS Turan Dashdamirov (AZE) 9-0, TF
LOSS Sainath Pardhi (IND) 7-1
55 kg: Jayden Raney (KY/IRTC) — GOLD
WON Sardor Kholmurzaev (UZB) via fall
WON Denys Seredin (UKR) 9-0, TF
WON Ali Nazarov (AZE) 4-3
WON Petro Zhytovoz (HUN) via fall
WON Alpamys Bolatuly (KAZ) 7-5
60 kg: Jordyn Raney (KY/IRTC) — BRONZE
WON Ziming Ding (CHN) 9-0, TF
WON Bende Olasz (HUN) 8-0, TF
WON Aleks Margaryan (ARM) 17-8, TF
LOSS Aykhan Javadov (AZE) 2-1
WON Vadym Matros (UKR) 6-1
65 kg: Colten Weiler (WI) — 15th
LOSS Mohamed Ibrahim (EGY) 6-2
71 kg: Joseph Jeter (OK) — 5th
LOSS Vladislav Byrlia (AIN) 7-2
WON Yusif Ahmadli (AZE) 10-9
LOSS Giorgi Aladashvili (GEO) 9-0, TF
80 kg: Emmitt Sherlock (MD) — 17th
LOSS Arame Arakelyan (ARM) 11-1, TF
92 kg: Evan McGuire (MN/PINnacle) — 22nd
LOSS Kanstantsin Kasyan (AIN) via injury def.
110 kg: Travyn Boger (UT) — 16th Listen to “5PM57: Kamal Bey and David Stepanyan” on Spreaker. Listen to “5PM56: Rich Carlson and Spencer Woods” on Spreaker. SUBSCRIBE TO THE FIVE POINT MOVE PODCAST
LOSS Emrullah Capkan (TUR) 8-0, TF
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