This week the women get a change to make some world teams in Texas. The annual Women’s Nationals(formerly Body Bar) is taking place with competition at the 14U, U15, Cadet, Junior, and U23 age levels. There will be 19 competitors from Indiana participating with some doubling up in age divisions. Competition starts today and will run through Sunday.
UWW Juniors
Four girls will be taking the mat in the Junior age group. Leading the way is Alara Boyd who was a team member in 2019. She was 4th at the Olympic Trials and is a favorite to make another world team. Three others that are still in high school will take the mat against a mixture of high school and college stars. State champions Trinity Malave and Torieonna Buchanan will be at 50kg and 53kg respectively. The last one to participate is Delta’s state runner-up anna Krejsa at 57kg.
U23
Three girls will be on the mats for this age division with two of them doubling up as both Alara Boyd and Torieonna Buchanan will also participate in the Junior division. Mishawaka’s Salome Walker will be the other competitor in this division. She attends McKendree University with Boyd and will wrestle at 59kg.
UWW Cadets
Indiana will have six representatives in the cadet division at the Women's Nationals. Wrestlers that are doubling up include Heath Crull, Rianne Murphy, and Trinity Malave. The three that are going only this division include Devyn Moore at 49kg, Sydney Delois at 53kg, and Kaylie Petersen at 65kg. Moore was an IHSGW runner-up in 2019 and an ISWA freestyle champ this year. Delois was 4th at the IHSGW finals along with being a runner-up last week at ISWA freestyle state. Petersen was champion at both ISWA state and IHSGW state this year.
U15
This is the largest representation for Indiana natives at this age division with 9 participants. This is a young and tough group of girls that will be tough outs and we could see more than one on the Pan Am team. Leading the way is Rianne Murphy who is attending Wyoming Seminary currently. Heather Crull was second at middle school state against the boys and placed 8th in freestyle against the boys. The O’campo sisters, Ysabella and Julianna, have both had a lot of success within the state and could surprise some folks in Texas. Amelia Murphy has had some success within the state and should be one to watch at 42kg. Joy Cantu is the daughter of former Hobart placer John Cantu and is another one with a lot of success within the state. Highland’s Aleksandra Bastaic and Pendleton’s Maddie Marsh will both be at 54kg and have won multiple ISWA titles during their short careers.
14U
This age division will see five representatives from Indiana. Both Aleksandra Bastaic and Maddie Marsh will be doubling up age divisions here. The others include a pair of girls from Muncie in Paislee Chambers and Ella Gahl. Gahl won ISWA freestyle and folkstyle titles while she was runner-up at middle school state. Chambers was 2nd at freestyle state and middle school state, while winning a folkstyle title. Lastly, Olivia Crull will take the mat for Indiana. She was a runner-up in both ISWA freestyle and folkstyle state while finishing third at middle school state.
Brackets
https://arena.flowrestling.org/event/2c98bfde-365d-1d75-26b1-ca5128585398
Schedule
Friday, May 7th
Session I - Preliminaries
UWW Junior Women
9:30am to 1:00pm
Session II - Quarterfinals, semifinals, consolations
UWW Junior Women
2:00pm - 6:00pm
Session III - Best 2 out of 3 Championship Finals and 3rd, 5th, 7th place matches
UWW Junior Women
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Saturday, May 8th
Session IV - Preliminaries
14U & 10U girls
9:00am - 12:30pm
UWW Cadet Women
10:00am - 12:30pm
Session V - Quarterfinals, semifinals, consolations
UWW Cadet, 14U & 10U Girls
1:30pm - 4:30pm
Session VI - All placement matches
14U & 10U
4:30pm - 6:00pm
Best 2 out of 3 Championship Finals and 3rd, 5th, 7th place matches
UWW Cadet Women
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Sunday, May 9th
Session VII- Preliminaries, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Consolations
UWW U23, UWW U15, 12U & 8U Girls
9:30am to 2:00pm
Session VIII - All placement matches
12U & 8U Girls
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Best 2 out of 3 Championship Finals and 3rd, 5th, 7th place matches
UWW U23 and UWW U15 Girls
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Participants
Division | Weight | Name | Club |
14U Girls | 119 lbs | Aleksandra Bastaic | Highland Wrestling Club |
14U Girls | 119 lbs | Maddie Marsh | Indiana Girls Wrestling IGNITES |
14U Girls | 127 lbs | Ella Gahl | Spartans Wrestling Club |
14U Girls | 136 lbs | paislee chambers | Spartans Wrestling Club |
14U Girls | 92 lbs | Olivia Crull | Indiana Girls Wrestling IGNITES |
U15 Women | 42 kg | Amelia Murphy | Crown Point |
U15 Women | 42 kg | Ysabelle Ocampo | Penn Wrestling Club |
U15 Women | 46 kg | Heather Crull | Indiana Girls Wrestling IGNITES |
U15 Women | 46 kg | Julianna Ocampo | Penn Wrestling Club |
U15 Women | 50 kg | Joy Cantu | Legends of Gold Las Vegas |
U15 Women | 50 kg | Rianne Murphy | Wyoming Seminary |
U15 Women | 54 kg | Aleksandra Bastaic | Highland Wrestling Club |
U15 Women | 54 kg | Maddie Marsh | Indiana Girls Wrestling IGNITES |
U15 Women | 58 kg | Ella Gahl | Spartans Wrestling Club |
U23 Women | 53 kg | Torieonna Buchanan | Team Green Wrestling Club |
U23 Women | 59 kg | Salome Walker | McKendree Bearcat Wrestling Club |
U23 Women | 65 kg | Alara Boyd | McKendree Bearcat Wrestling Club |
UWW Cadet Women | 46 kg | Heather Crull | Indiana Girls Wrestling IGNITES |
UWW Cadet Women | 46 kg | Rianne Murphy | Wyoming Seminary |
UWW Cadet Women | 49 kg | Devyn Moore | Region Wrestling Academy |
UWW Cadet Women | 49 kg | Trinity Malave | Munster |
UWW Cadet Women | 53 kg | Sydney Delois | Indiana Girls Wrestling IGNITES |
UWW Cadet Women | 65 kg | Kaylie Petersen | Maurer Coughlin Wrestling Club |
UWW Junior Women | 50 kg | Trinity Malave | Munster |
UWW Junior Women | 53 kg | Torieonna Buchanan | Team Green Wrestling Club |
UWW Junior Women | 57 kg | Anna Krejsa | Delta |
UWW Junior Women | 65 kg | Alara Boyd | McKendree Bearcat Wrestling Club |
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