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Pellot-Vazquez Represents Puerto Rico at U23 United World Wrestling Championships

Pellot-Vazquez Finishes Ninth in the 97kg Bracket

By Nick Anderson (Director of Athletic Communications)

10/29/2026 11:42:00 AM

Las Vegas, NV (October 29, 2026) - Alvernia University Men’s Wrestling alumni Mauro Pellot-Vazquez represented Puerto Rico at the U23 United World Wrestling Championships the weekend of October 18-19th in Las Vegas, NV.

Mauro Pellot-Vazquez UWW Profile

Pellot-Vazquez, a four year member of the Alvernia Wrestling team, is representing Alvernia and Puerto Rico at this year’s World Championships following a second place finish at the U23 Pan American games in June. Pellot-Vazquez is competing in the 97kg weight class and is wrestling alongside his brother, Lorenzo Pellot-Vazquez who is competing in the 92kg weight class.

Pellot-Vazquez tallied an 11-0 VSU over Brazil’s Adrian Vasconcelos de Santana in the first round of the U23 Pan American games but dropped his second match to USA’s Justin Rademacher, 10-0. Pellot-Vazquez then rattled off back to back wins over Mexico’s Humberto Valverde Uzner and Peru’s Frank Franco Bernabel to secure silver medal honors in the games and punch his ticket to the 2026 United World Wrestling Championships.

Pellot-Vazquez, a three time NCAA DIII National qualifier and a 2024-25 All-American in the 285 pound weight class tallied 96 career wins during his time at Alvernia and suffered just 27 losses. Pellot-Vazquez totaled 39 victories by fall, 23 decisions, 18 technical falls and 12 wins by major decision in his career. He was also a three time All-MAC honoree, a NCAA Southeast Regional Champion in 2024-25 and won the 197 pound MAC title in his junior season. Pellot-Vazquez recorded a 5-6 overall record at the NCAA Championships in his career including a 4-2 record his senior season that led him to a seventh place finish in the 285 pound bracket which earned him the title of All-American.

Pellot-Vazquez headed to Providence, Rhode Island with five other Golden Wolves and helped lead Alvernia to an eighth place finish (58 points) at the Championships. Pellot-Vazquez was one of four Golden Wolves to wrestle their way to All-American honors, including Keito Shaw (middle right), national runner-up, Nathan Lackman (far right) and Alvernia’s first NCAA national champion in any sport, Matthew Lackman (middle left).

Pellot-Vazquez took on Andriyan Valkanov in the first round of the 97kg bracket and posted a 11-0 victory by fall over Valkanov to move onto the round of 16 against Ivan Prymachenko. Pellot-Vazquez dropped the round of 16 match to Prymachenko by VSU, 10-0 and brought an end to his U23 United World Wrestling Championships and earned him a ninth place finish at the world championships.

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