Team Burkert

Team: Burkert
Coach: Kristie Davis, nine-time World medalist and U.S. Open champion, four-time University Nationals champion, two-time WCWA Nationals champion
Pool A: Team Burkert will wrestle Team Winchester in the first dual of the day at 2pm CT. At 3pm CT, they will face Team Miracle.

The WCAP had to withdraw from competition this weekend due to a Covid-protocol, leaving Team Burkert without their Captain, Jenna, and 50 kg teammate Whitney Conder. Stepping in are college wrestlers Brenda Reyna (57 kg) and Aleeah Gould (50 kg). Reyna, a senior at McKendree, is a two-time Junior World team member and two-time WCWA All-American. She wrestled a close match with Michaela Beck at the WRTC Underground 3. Aleeah Gould is a senior at King University. She’s a multiple-time college All-American and is currently ranked No. 2 in the NCAA. Gould placed fourth at U23s last fall.

Katherine Shai (53 kg) brings the most experience to this team. She’s a six-time Senior National Team member and will be able to test her recent success and development against World Champion Jacarra Winchester in the very first dual. Shai won Senior Nationals in the fall with a win over Ronna Heaton (Team Miracle). At 62 kg, Mallory Velte is a World Bronze medalist—she wrestles Macey Kilty in the very first dual, which should expose where these two are at competitively. Between Shai and Velte, Team Burkert has five WCWA titles.

Simon Fraser senior Alyvia Fiske (68 kg) and Colorado Mesa Freshman Tristan Kelly (76 kg) round out the team. Fiske placed 3^rd at the National Collegiate Wrestling Championships in 2020 and in 2019 was a U.S. Open champion, Junior World Team Member and Final X runner-up. Kelly is a 2020 Junior Nationals finalist, Cadet Pan-Am gold medalist and placed fourth at Senior Nationals this fall.

Individual Bios 

50 kg Aleeah Gould
King University (2021)

• 8 domestically (Flowrestling)
• NCAA No. 2 at 109
• Three-time WCWA All-American (2017, 2018, 2020)
• Fourth at U23 Nationals (2017, 2020)
• Fifth at NCWWC Nationals (2020)
• Fifth at U23 Nationals (2019)
• Third at UWW Junior Nationals (2017)

53 kg Katherine Shai
Titan Mercury WC athlete
Northern Colorado WC
Menlo (2010)

• 4 domestically (Flowrestling)
• S. Senior Nationals champion (2020)
• Bronze at Matteo Pellicone International (2020)
• Final X runner-up (2019)
• Six-time National team member (2009-10, 2012-15, 2016-17, 2019-20)
• Third in Olympic Team Trials (2012, 2016)
• Dave Schultz Memorial International champion (2016)
• Two-time WCWA National champion (2009, 2010)
• University World champion (2008) 

57 kg Brenda Reyna
McKendree University (2021)

• NCAA No. 4 at 136
• Two-time WCWA Nationals All-American (2018, 2019)
• Two-time UWW Junior World Team member (2016, 2018)
• Fourth at U.S. Open (2018, 2019)
• Fourth at Grand Prix of Germany (2019)
• UWW Junior Pan Am silver medalist (2018)
• U23 Nationals runner-up (2018)
• Junior Fargo champion (2016)

62 kg Mallory Velte
Titan Mercury WC
Simon Fraser University (2018)

• 3 domestically (Flowrestling)
• Final X runner-up (2019)
• World bronze medalist (2018)
• Pan-Am silver medalist (2019)
• Final X champion (2018)
• S. World Team Trials champion (2017)
• World Team Trials Challenge Tournament champion (2018)
• Third at U.S. Olympic Team Trials (2016)
• Two-time University Nationals champion (2016, 2017)
• S. Open runner-up (2018)
• Third at U.S. Open (2017)
• Three-time WCWA National champion (2016, 2017, 2018)
• UWW Junior World Team member (2015)

68 kg Alyvia Fiske
Titan Mercury WC athlete
Simon Fraser University (2021)

• 2019 Final X runner-up
• Fifth in 2019 Junior World Championships
• 2019 U.S. Senior Open champion
• 2019 U23 World Team Trials champion
• 2018 and 2019 Junior World Team member
• 2017 Junior Folkstyle national champion
• Fourth in 2018 U.S. Senior Open
• Third in 2019 WCWA Nationals for Simon Fraser 
• Third in 2020 National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Championships

76 kg Tristan Kelly
Colorado Mesa University (2024)

• 10 domestically at 76 kgs (Flowrestling)
• NCAA No. 3 at 170
• UWW Juniors National champion (2020)
• Fourth at Senior Nationals (2020)
• UWW Cadet Pan-Am Games gold medalist (2019)
• UWW Cadet World Team member (2018)
• UWW Cadet Nationals runner-up (2019)
• Cadet and Junior Fargo champion (2018)

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