Update(10/28/19): Flying out tonight. Here is an article on the team: https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2019/October/25/U15-Pan-American-Championships-advance?mc_cid=936367f8e2&mc_eid=8ffb45e915 Thank you! Update (10/15/18): Elias has been approved by USA Judo to move up in weight for the Under 15 Judo Pan Ams from 36kg(79.2 lbs) to 40kg(88 lbs) so he will also be competing the following weekend November 7-10 in Guadalajara, Mexico! Here is a breakdown of the current costs that have been paid for. Thank you so much for all of your donations and support. We are humbled by it all!! U15 Wrestling and Judo Pan Ams Cost: USA Wrestling 10/29 - 11/4(6 nights @ hotel/venue for 2 tournaments - Freestyle and Greco Roman Wrestling); $920 - Dad’s hotel(shared room with another delegate/parent), meals, transportation, venue entry fee; $911 - Elias’ hotel(separate room from dad shared with another athlete, as required by USA Wrestling), meals, transportation, uniform(plus singlets) and tournament entry fee; $1,178.40 - Round Trip Tickets from San Diego to Panama City, Panama; $3,095.50 total for U15 Wrestling Pan Ams||||| USA Judo 11/7-11/10(3 nights/1 tournament - Judo) $510 - single bed for Dad and Elias for two nights(11/7-11/9/19) as required by the host country and breakfast only; $80.92 - direct booking of 1 night(11/9-11/10) same hotel(Presidente Intercontinental Guadalajara); $415.84 - Round trip tickets from Tijuana to Guadalajara; $146 - Uniform(Jacket, Joggers, Shorts & Shirt); For U15 Judo Pan Ams: $981.84; TOTAL: $4,248.26 ************************************************* Update (10/08/19): Elias is currently awaiting approval from USA Judo to move up a weight class to compete in Guadalajara, Mexico. So he will also be competing in the Judo Pan Ams in Mexico if approved. Thank you for all the support so far! **************************************************** Elias Navida has been invited to proudly represent the United States for Team USA in BOTH wrestling and Judo by USA Wrestling and USA Judo, respectively, but he will be only be competing in both Freestyle and Greco Roman wrestling in Panama City, Panama November 1-3, 2019 instead of also competing in Judo the following weekend in Guadalajara, Mexico on November 10th. It would be too difficult to make the weight for Judo at 36kg(79.2 lbs). He has been given this earlier than expected opportunity because of his great competition performances this past year. He was advanced enough to compete in the under 15 age categories in both sports as a precocious 12 year old. He is the youngest Poway wrestler to make a national team during Poway Wrestling’s storied 40 year history. Our goal is to raise $3,500 to help fly him and his dad to escort him to Panama and back, which include expenses for the hotel, food, and transportation. If we are able to exceed our request of $3,500, those extra funds will go towards upcoming wrestling competitions including the Virginia Holiday Duals this December, Maryland’s McDonogh Duals in January 2020, and New Jersey Wildwood Duals in February 2020, all of which he competed in last year and he earned All-American honors in Virginia and New Jersey, going 8-2 in both duals. Please help Elias showcase his skills to the world and use that experience to help give him a legitimate shot to compete in one or maybe all three sports in Paris 2024 and Los Angeles in 2028. We appreciate all and any support that he can get! Please share this link with anybody who would be kind enough to help Elias in this endeavor. Thank you and God bless!