Beat the Streets student-athletes compete at 2024 Columbus Day Duals

Ismael Youla led the BTS group with five falls.

Seventeen Beat the Streets student-athletes competed in the Tyrant Wrestling Columbus Day Duals national competition this past weekend in Manheim, Pennsylvania.

The BTS boys team won two duals to take 29th place in the 32-team American bracket. Ismael Youla and Christopher Edel each led the BTS boys team with five wins. Youla's victories all came by fall, while Edel had two falls and wins by major decision and decision.

Firdavs Ahmadzoda (two falls, two technical falls) and Andre Gordon (two falls, one decision) also had multiple victories with four and three, respectively. Leon Seeram (fall) and Jonah Lugo (decision) added victories for the team.

Marielys Lugo and Ana Carolina Mindlin Lockard led the BTS girls with four victories apiece. Mindlin Lockard scored four falls, while Lugo had three falls and one technical fall. Belen Medina added two falls and Nicole Kremyanskiy had one fall.

Competitions like the Tyrant Wrestling Columbus Day Duals 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.