Team Hildebrandt

50 kg team Captain Sarah Hildebrandt after a win at the Pan American Olympic Qualifier. Photo by Justin Hoch.

This is one of six team previews for the Captains’ Cup, a women’s freestyle dual competition presented by Titan Mercury WC, USA Wrestling and Flowrestling.

Team: Hildebrandt
Coach: Emma Randall
Pool B: Team Hildebrandt wrestles on Saturday vs Team Mensah-Stock at 6pm CT and Team Francis at 7pm CT.

Sarah Hildebrandt is coming into the Captains’ Cup with a string of domestic and international successes. She went 4-0 at the Henri Deglane in France last month, and in November defeated Alyssa Lampe by superiority in a long-anticipated battle of World medalists at the WRTC Underground 1. She won Senior Nationals in November and qualified the U.S. 50 kg weight class for the Olympic Games at the Pan Am Qualifiers in Ottawa. 

Hildebrandt’s team has an additional pair of 2020 Senior Nationals champions. Jennifer Page won at 62 kg over Macey Kilty and has been on multiple card-style events with the Nittany Lion WC, earning wins over Desiree Zavala and Lauren Mason. Lauren Louive (NYAC) won at 57 kg with a fall over Xochitl Mota-Pettis. Louive also competed in France. Kayla Marano, a multiple-time college All-American will wrestle at 68 kg. She’s ranked No. 1 in the NCAA and won U23  Nationals in the fall. Alex Hedrick replaced Tiare Ikei from the original draft at 53 kg. Hedrick became a 2020 NCWWC champion at 123 pounds after defeating Team Mensah-Stock’s 53 kg Cheyenne Sisenstein in the finals. Senior National Team Member Precious Bell—a 2019 U.S. Open and Senior Nationals champion—rounds out the lineup at 76 kg.

Individual Bios

50 kg Sarah Hildebrandt (captain)
New York Athletic Club/Rudis Athlete
COS-Olympic Training Center resident athlete
King University Alumni (2015) 

  • Qualified the U.S. for the Olympic Games at 50 kg
  • Ranked No. 1 domestically at 50 kg (Flowrestling)
  • World silver medalist  (2018)
  • Two-time World Team member (2016, 2018)
  • Two-time Junior World Team member (2012, 2013)
  • University World Games Team member (2013)
  • Four-time Pan Am Champion (2013, 2015, 2018, 2019)
  • U.S Open Champion (2018)
  • Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix (Russia) Runner-up (2017)
  • Two-time WCWA Nationals Champion (2014, 2015)
  • Four-time WCWA Nationals finalist (2012-2015)

55 kg Alex Hedrick 
Senior at Simon Fraser University; Titan Mercury WC Athlete

  • Senior National Team member (2018-2019)
  • Final X runner-up (2018)
  • World Team Trials Challenge Tournament champion (2018)
  • U.S. Open Champion (2018)
  • UWW Junior World Team member (2018)
  • NCWWC champion (2020)
  • Two-time WCWA Nationals runner-up (2017, 2018)
  • Two-time California State champ 

57 kg Lauren Louive
New York Athletic Club Athlete
COS-Olympic Training Center
University of the Cumberlands Alumni (2013) 

  • Ranked No. 4 domestically at 57 kg (Flowrestling)
  • Senior Nationals Champion (2020)
  • Final X runner-up (2019)
  • World Team Trials Challenge Tournament champion (2019)
  • Dave Shultz Memorial International champion (2017)
  • Pan Am silver medalist (2012)
  • U.S. Open runner-up (2018)
  • Three-time WCWA All-American (2010, 2011, 2013)

62 kg Jennifer Page
Titan Mercury Wrestling Club Athlete
Wrestles with Nittany Lion WC

  • Ranked No. 6 domestically at 62 kg (Flowrestling)
  • Senior Nationals champion (2020)
  • Klippan Lady Open champion (2020)
  • U.S Open runner-up (2017)
  • Senior Pan Am champion (2015)
  • Two-time University Nationals champion (2013, 2014)
  • FILA Junior World bronze medalist (2013)
  • Four-time National Team member (2012-2015, 2017)

68 kg Kayla Marano
Senior at Emmanuel College; NCAA No. 1 at 155 pounds

  • Ranked No. 6 domestically at 68 kg (Flowrestling)
  • U23 Nationals champion (2020)
  • Fourth U.S. Open (2019)
  • Junior Pan Am Championships silver medalist (2018)
  • Two-time WCWA All-American (2018-2019)
  • Cadet World bronze medalist (2016)

76 kg Precious Bell
Titan Mercury Wrestling Club Athlete
Trains at Victory School of Wrestling in River Falls, WI
Menlo College Alumni (2020)

  • Ranked No. 4 domestically at 76 kg (Flowrestling)
  • Final X runner-up (2019)
  • Two-time U.S. Open champion (April 2019, Dec. 2019)
  • World Team Trials Challenge Tournament champion (2019)
  • U23 World Team Trials champion (2019)
  • Two-time WCWA Nationals All-American ( 2018, 2019)
  • NAIA Nationals runner-up (2019) 

The Captains’ Cup will be wrestled on Saturday and Sunday, February 13-14 and streamed on Flowrestling.Visit our Captains’ Cup hub for all related headlines.

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