@MizzouWrestling Alums Askren, Cox Headline Beat The Streets Grapple at the Garden
5/6/2019 12:34:00 PM | Wrestling
Mizzou National Champions will wrestle in New York Monday night
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Former Mizzou Wrestling National Champions Ben Askren and J'den Cox are set to compete in this year's Beat The Streets Grapple at the Garden, which will be held tonight at 6:30 p.m. (CT) at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. Askren will wrestle Jordan Burroughs at 74 kg to close the night as the headline bout while Cox will grapple Patrick Brucki at 92 kg. Below is the complete bout card for the event:
- Elleny Seda vs. Valentina Bailon, 122 lbs. (girls)
- Jo Jo Aragona vs. Adam Busiello, 138 lbs. (boys)
- Nick Picininni vs. Jack Mueller, 57 kg
- Mallory Velte vs. Linda Morais, 62 kg (W)
- James Green vs. Anthony Ashnault, 70 kg
- Kyle Snyder vs. Nishan Randhawa (CAN), 97 kg
- Nick Gwiazdowski vs. Derek White, 125 kg
- Becka Leathers vs. Diana Weicker, 53 kg (W)
- Nick Suriano vs. Joe Colon, 61 kg
- David Taylor vs. Drew Foster, 86 kg
- J'den Cox vs. Patrick Brucki, 92 kg
- Bajrang Punia (IND) vs. Yianni Diakomihalis, 65 kg
- Jordan Burroughs vs Ben Askren, 74 kg
The Beat the Streets Benefit competitions began in 2010 and have since become a major showcase of the best of international wrestling. This unique and electrifying annual event has helped Beat the Streets raise millions of dollars to support local youth wrestling programs which empower young people in New York City.
"Grapple at the Garden" supports Beat the Streets (www.btsny.org), the largest grassroots inner city wrestling program in the United States, serving as both a fundraiser for the organization and to celebrate its athletes as they compete on the biggest stage in the center of the world.
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