January 2021
January 2021
Card-style events, college duals, the Captains Cup, Henri Deglane, high school state championships, athlete relocations, rankings: January was an active month for women’s wrestling.
Senior Level | Card-Style Events
Card-style events have provided match time for wrestlers and fan engagement at a new level this season. January started with a senior level women’s match at the Battle on the Banks between World Champion Jacarra Winchester and U23 finalist Koral Sugiyama in New Jersey. Winchester won by technical superiority.
The next weekend, Flowrestling’s Adeline vs Tamyra card featured three women’s matches in Texas. Ronna Heaton (WRTC/SKWC) defeated Desiree Zavala (Wayland) 10-8; Erin Golston (WRTC/NYAC) defeated Emily Shilson (TMWC/TCRTC) 8-5; Tamyra Mensah-Stock defeated Adeline Gray 4-0.
The Wisconsin RTC wrestled six women’s matches on Underground 3. Payton Stroud (McKendree) defeated Sophie Smith (Oklahoma City), 11-0; Kylie Welker (Nazar Trained) defeated Rose Cassioppi, 10-0; Michaela Beck (Sunkist Kids/WRTC) defeated Brenda Reyna (McKendree), 4-2; Ronna Heaton (WRTC/Sunkist Kids) defeated Felicity Taylor (McKendree), 12-1; Erin Golston (WRTC/NYAC) defeated Pauline Granados (McKendree), fall; Mia Palumbo defeated Chloe Ayers, 11-0.
Dymond Guilford (TMWC) defeated Victoria Francis (TMWC) on the second Pitt Wrestling Club card and Skylar Grote (LVWC) battled for six minutes with 2016 Olympian and African Champion Enas Ahmed on Summit 1 Ahmed outscored Grote 10-6 in the final seconds of the match.
Senior Level | International
Ten women from the United States competed at the Henri Deglane Grand Prix in France, winning eight medals. GOLD: Sarah Hildebrandt (50 kg), Helen Maroulis (57 kg), Kayla Miracle (62 kg) and Tamyra Mensah-Stock (68 kg). SILVER: Jacarra Winchester (53 kg), Macey Kilty (62 kg) and Forrest Molinari (68 kg). BRONZE: Amy Fearnside (50 kg). Lauren Louive (57 kg) went 2-0 and Vicotria Francis (76 kg) went 0-2.
Senior Level | Relocations
The Beaver Dam RTC (Corvallis, Ore.) announced that Adeline Gray (NYAC) would be joining the RTC to continue preparation for Olympic Team Trials. Alyssa Lampe (SKWC) made the same move in December. The Dam RTC coaches include Chris Pendleton and Nate Engel. The Wisconsin RTC (Madison, Wis.) also added two resident athletes between December and January. First Erin Golston and most recently Michaela Beck. Golston’s announcement came following Underground 2 and Beck’s after Underground 3.
College | Duals
College wrestling got back into full swing in January for the first time this season. Similar to the card-style events, the pandemic pushed women’s wrestling heavily into individual and tri-dual competitions for the first time ever. These results are from Trackwrestling, and may vary from program box scores.
- Jan 31: North Central Duals
- McKendree 38, Stevens Point 8
- McKendree 44, North Central 3
- Adrian 35, Stevens Pount 10
- North Central 31, Adrian 13
- North Central 33, Stevens Point 16
- Jan 30: Colorado Mesa 31, Schreiner 9
- Jan 29: Tri (Cumberlands, Campbellsville, Lourdes)
- Campbellsville 35, Cumberlands 11
- Campbellsville 43, Lourdes 3
- Cumberlands 30, Lourdes 14
- Jan 28: Tri (Saint Mary, William Penn, Baker)
- William Penn 18, Saint Mary 13
- Baker 29, Saint Mary 14
- Baker 36 William Penn 7
- Jan 24: Stevens Point 20, Lakeland 15
- Jan 23: Tiffin 31, North Central 17
- Jan 23: Tri (Indiana Tech, Lourdes, Brewton Parker)
- Indiana Tech 30, Brewton Parker 18
- Brewton Parker 28, Lourdes 12
- Jan 22: Emmanuel 50, Liberty 0
- Jan 22: Life 29, Cumberlands 18
- Jan 21: Indian Hills 29, Central Methodist 12
- Jan 21: Grand View 43, William Penn 1
- Jan 20: Wayland Baptist 25, Texas Wesleyan 15
- Jan 20: Tri (Midlands, Hastings, Ottawa
- Midland 41, Hastings 3
- Midland 45, Ottawa 5
- Ottawa 15, Hastings 10
- Jan 17: Tornado Duals
- King 33, Colorado Mesa 12
- McKendree 36, Colorado Mesa 10
- McKendree 41, Emmanuel 8
- King 23, Emmanuel 13
- McKendree 27, King 16
- Emmanuel 31, Colorado Mesa 16
- Jan 16: Tiffin 31, Indiana Tech 16
- Jan 15: MSC Quad (Life Campbellsville, Brewton Parker
- Life 28, Brewton Parker 16
- Campbellsville 26, Life 18
- Campbellsville 42, Brewton Parker 5
- Jan 15: York College Dual Tournament
- Jamestown 22, Schreiner 10
- Texas Wesleyan 25, Schreiner 14
- Schreiner 20, York 20
- Texas Wesleyan 28, York 15
- Texas Wesleyan 23, Jamestown 20
- Jamestown 27, York 19
- Jan 14: Missouri Valley 30, Saint Mary 0
- Jan 9: Cumberlands 25, Indiana Tech 22
- Jan 9: King 30, Tiffin 3
- Jan 8: Campbellsville 28, Indiana Tech 9
- Jan 7: Tri (York, Midland, Hastings)
- York 29, Hastings 5
- Midland 35, Hastings 0
- Midland 24, York 10
College | New Coaches and Open Positions
There have been a number of coaching changes since the beginning of the 2020-21 college season. Most recently, Graham Karwath was hired as the head coach at Avila University in Kansas City, MO (first season fall 2021). Carlene Sluberski is the new head coach at Eastern Oregon, Aaron Meister has been hired at Friends University (first season fall 2021), Kiiler Stephens has been promoted to head coach at Wayland Baptist, Matt Atwood is now at the University of Providence and Daviaire Dickerson is the new head coach at Midland University. Visit our College Directory for a complete list of programs, locations and head coaches.
Open positions: Presbyterian College, Clinton, S.C. (NCAA DI), Alverina University, Reading, PA (NCAA DIII) and Concordia University Wisconsin, Mequon, WI (NCAA DIII).
Captains Cup
The Captains’ Cup is a women’s only dual tournament (February 13-14) presented by Titan Mercury Wrestling Club (TMWC), USA Wrestling (USAW) and Flowrestling. Six captains—Sarah Hildebrandt (50 kg), Jacarra Winchester (53 kg), Jenna Burkert (57 kg), Kayla Miracle (62 kg), Tamyra Mensah-Stock (68 kg) and Victoria Francis (76 kg)—selected their teams during a live draft on Flowrestling on January 23rd. The teams consist of six wrestlers, one at each of the Olympic weights (50 kg, 53 kg, 57 kg, 62 kg, 68 kg and 76 kg) and the captains will compete at their respective weight classes on their teams. Visit our content hub, here.
High School | State Champions
Alabama, Indiana, Iowa and Nebraska have completed their individual high school state championships. By far the largest and most developed was the 2021 IWCOA Girls State (Iowa) with 457 wrestlers that competed in Coralville at the Xtream Arena. Nebraska had 180 wrestlers, Indiana 110 and Alabama 72. All four states are in different phases of working toward official state sanctioned status for girls’ high school wrestling.
Iowa
106 – Ella Schmit (Bettendorf)
113 – Eva Diaz (Waverly-Shell Rock)
120 – Kiki Connell (Charles City)
126 – Lilly Luft (Charles City)
132 – Annika Behrends (Waverly-Shell Rock)
138 – Abby Mclntyre (Glenwood)
145 – Naomi Simon (Decorah)
152 – Madison Diaz (Waverly-Shell Rock)
160 – Samantha Spielbauer (Clayton Ridge)
170 – Morgan Smith (Denver)
195 – Rachel Eddy (Independence)
285 – Millie Peach (Iowa Valley, Marengo)
Team Champions – Waverly-Shell Rock High School
Alabama
95- Lynleigh Weltzin (Thompson)
105 – Evelyn Holmes-Smith (Enterprise)
115 – Aenaya Vines (Thompson)
120 – Carly Thomas (Bob Jones)
130 – Fabiola Sanchez (Auburn)
140 – Lena Johannson (Weaver)
150 – Jade Eldridge (Wetumpka)
165 – Kaylee Holder (Daphne), So.
185 – Viskya Lantzsch (W. S. Neal)
225- Aniyah Griffin (Pinson Valley)
285- Emily Sasser (Daphne)
Team Champions – Daphne High School
Indiana
98 – Alexie Westfall (Crown Point)
106 – Kelsey Bilz (Madison Consolidated)
113 – Torieonna Buchanan (West Vigo)
120 – Cailin Campbell (North Montgomery)
126 – Catie Campbell (North Montgomery)
132 – Nadine Summers (Lowell)
138 – Kaylie Petersen (Evansville Central)
145 – Aulani Davis (Kokomo)
152 – Kiersten O`Neill (Wabash)
160 – Hannah West (Mount Vernon)
170 – Sarah Huse (Lebanon)
182 – Gracie Brandt (Lebanon)
195 – Riley Dempewolf (McCutcheon)
250 – Shae Meador (Attica)
Team champion – Lebanon High School
Nebraska
103 – Flavia Nagatani (Kearney)
109 – Brisa Figueroa (West Point Beemer)
117 – Taleah Thomas (Amherst)
124 – Regan Rosseter (Westside)
132 – Reagen Gallaway (Amherst)
142 – Maria Barnes (Ogallala)
154 – Tiffany Senff (Axtell)
170 – Kaylee Ricketts (Wahoo)
190 – Claire Paasch (West Point Beemer)
240 – Zeriah George (Bago)
Team champion – South Sioux City
High School | Commitments
Some of the nationals top-ranked high school wrestlers have announced college commitments. Below is a partial list for the class of 2021 through January.
- Olivia Shore (No. 1 106) – Tiffin University (NCAA DII)
- Samara Chavez (No. 1 at 112) – King University (NCAA DII)
- Mia Palumbo (No. 2 at 112) – Iowa Wesleyan University (NCAA DIII)
- Hannah Hall (No. 3 at 117) – McKendree University (NCAA DII)
- Montana Delawder (No. 2 at 127) – King University (NCAA DII)
- Devin Patton (No. 4 at 132) – Texas Wesleyan University (NAIA)
- Lily Sherer (No. 7 at 132) – Lock Haven University (NCAA DII)
- Chloe Ogden (No. 1 at 138) – University of North Carolina (NCAA DI)
- Tiffani Baublitz (No. 2 at 164) – King University (NCAA DII)
- Jessi Johnson (No. 5 at 164) – Lock Haven University (NCAA DII)
- Brianna Staebler (No. 1 at 180) – Campbellsville University (NAIA)
- Brittyn Corbishley (No. 2 at 180) – Texas Wesleyan University (NAIA)
- Olivia Brown (No. 2 at 200) –Grand View University (NAIA)
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