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Beat the Streets student-athletes test their skills at 2024 Journeymen Fall Classic

Christopher Edel claimed fourth place in the tournament.

Fourteen Beat the Streets competed in the Journeymen Fall Classic tournament this past weekend in Manheim, Pennsylvania.


Christopher Edel led the way for BTS with a fourth-place finish at 130 pounds. Edel recorded two wins by decision before falling in the semifinal round. He bounced back with a fall to stay alive in the tournament then fell in the third-place bout to take fourth.


Erick Largo also had three wins - all by fall - and Mathew Murillo had two falls. Bilali Assoumanou and Max Belousov each had one fall and Sellase Sunu scored a victory by major decision.


BTS Junior League alumnus Jonathan Ledee also took fourth place with two decisions, one tech fall and one major decision at 140. Ledee attends Fordham Prep in The Bronx.


Marielys Lugo and Carolina Lockard paced the BTS girls with two victories each in the girls tournament, which featured international competition. Lockard had two falls, and Lugo had one technical fall and one forfeit. Nicole Kremyanksiy also had one fall.


Competitions like the Journeymen Fall Classic give New York City high school boys and girls in BTS programs an opportunity to test their wrestling skills against national competition. Thanks to generous donors, BTS covers the cost of tournament registration and travel for student-athletes. To help BTS provide these competition opportunities to student-athletes, make a generous gift today at btsny.org/donate.


Since being founded in 2005, Beat the Streets has pioneered a movement that now includes 150 individual wrestling programs, a youth league and the first girls high school league.


BTS works to develop the full human and athletic potential of New York City urban youth and strengthen the city's wrestling culture. BTS aims to make a lifelong impact on student-athletes through the lessons learned on the wrestling mat -- discipline, perseverance, self-reliance, humility and a strong work ethic. Discover how you can make a meaningful contribution to BTS' work at btsny.org/donate.

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