LIMA, Peru – Former Panther and U.S. Open champion Joe Colon won the 61-kilogram weight class in the freestyle division of the 2018 Pan-Am Championships.
Colon opened with a 12-0 tech fall over Peru's Luis Enrique Mallqui Suazo. He went on to beat Joshua Bodnarchuk of Canada in a 13-2 tech fall. He pinned Juan Anton Rodriguez Jovel of Eastern Sports Association before meeting Bodnarchuk again. His 10-0 tech fall over Bodnarchuk for the title helped secure a team win for the U.S. over second-place Cuba.
Canada was third, and Colombia and Peru rounded out the top five.