U.S. earns six medals and wins third place as team in women's freestyle at University Worlds
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by Richard Immel USA Wrestling
Women's freestyle University World Team with the
third place team trophy at University Worlds. Photo
courtesy of Melissa Simmons.
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The U.S. had three athletes compete in the gold-medal finals, but all three fell just short of the gold.
Jamestown University standout, Amy Fearnside (Morgan Hill, Calif./Titan Mercury WC) won her first two bouts of the tournament to earn a spot in the finals against Iulia Leorda of Moldova at 53 kg/116.5 lbs. Leorda won it over the American by technical fall 10-0.
Top wrestler for King University, Amanda Hendey (San Gabriel, Calif./Titan Mercury WC/King Univ.) pinned opponents from Poland and Bulgaria to make her way to the gold-medal match. In the finals, she faced former Junior World champion Danielle Lappage of Canada. Hendey fell in a close 7-2 bout to Lappage to earn the silver medal at 63 kg/138.75 lbs.
WCWA national champion for Wayland Baptist, Tamyra Mensah, (Katy, Texas/Titan Mercury WC/Wayland Baptist) scored a technical fall over Germany and a pin over Romania on the way to the finals. She drew 2012 World silver medalist Dorothy Yeats of Canada for the gold. Yeats earned a quick 10-0 technical fall, earning Mensah the silver medal at 69 kg/152 lbs.
Three U.S. athletes competed in bronze-medal bouts, with all three taking home the bronze. are Jacarra Winchester (San Leandro, Calif./Titan Mercury WC) at 58 kg/128 lbs., Brieana Delgado (Fountain Inn. S.C./OKCU Gator RTC) at 60 kg/132 lbs. and Julia Salata (Canton, Mich./New York AC) at 75 kg/165 lbs.
Jacarra Winchester (San Leandro, Calif./Titan Mercury WC), a star at Missouri Valley College, went 2-1 on the day. She faced Tetyana Lavrenchuk of Ukraine in a bronze-medal bout at 58 kg/128 lbs. Lavrenchuk was fifth in the 2013 Senior World Championships, but Winchester was up for the challenge as she defeated the Ukrainian 6-6 to win bronze.
Oklahoma City University standout, Brieana Delgado (Fountain Inn. S.C./OKCU Gator RTC) battled Natsumi Hayami of Japan for a bronze. Delgado came on top in an exciting 8-6 bout and earned herself a bronze medal.
WCWA national champion for King University, Julia Salata (Canton, Mich./New York AC) drew Noelia Lalin Canda of Spain in the bronze-medal round. Salata made quick work of the Spaniard, winning by a 12-1 technical fall to earn bronze.
The U.S. came in third place in the team standings behind Champion Canada and runner-up Russia.
Three U.S. Greco-Roman athletes have weighed in and received their draws for day four of the University World Championships.
There is an official website and LIVE WEBCAST for the event at:
http://birkozoszov.hu/index.php?menu=69
UNIVERSITY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Pecs, Hungary, July 10
Women’s freestyle results
53 kg/116.5 lbs.
Gold – Iulia Leorda (Moldova)
Silver – Amy Fearnside (United States)
Bronze – Arisa Tanaka (Japan)
Bronze – Olga Shnaider (Ukraine)
5th – Brianne Barry (Canada)
5th – Sara Jezierzanska (Poland)
58 kg/128 lbs.
Gold – Emese Barka (Hungary)
Silver – Oksana Nagornykh (Russia)
Bronze – Jacarra Winchester (United States)
Bronze – Mikako Higuchi (Japan)
5th – Tetyana Lavrenchuk (Ukraine)
5th – Ecaterina Rusu (Moldova)
60 kg/132 lbs.
Gold – Mariia Liulkova (Russia)
Silver – Celeste Contante-Rodrigues (Canada)
Bronze – Viktoriia Chpurko (Ukraine)
Bronze – Brieana Delgado (United States)
5th – Natsumi Hayami (Japan)
6th – N. Sandagdorj (Mongolia)
63 kg/138.75 lbs.
Gold – Danielle Lappage (Canada)
Silver – Amanda Hendey (United States)
Bronze – Agnieszka Krol (Poland)
Bronze – Valeriia Lazinskaia (Russia)
5th – Dzanan Manolova (Bulgaria)
5th – Haruna Uehara (Japan)
69 kg/152 lbs.
Gold – Dorothy Yeats (Canada)
Silver – Tamyra Mensah (United States)
Bronze – Adina-Elena Popescu (Romania)
Bronze – Darima Sanzheeva (Russia)
5th – Lisa Nadine Hug (Germany)
5th – Chihiro Hashimoto (Japan)
75 kg/165 lbs.
Gold – Erica Wiebe (Canada)
Silver – Epp Mae (Estonia)
Bronze – Julia Salata (United States)
Bronze – Ganna Telkova (Ukraine)
5th – Noelia Lalin Canda (Spain)
5th – Viktoriya Frolova (Russia)
U.S. women’s freestyle performances
53 kg/116.5 lbs. - Amy Fearnside, Morgan Hill, Calif. (Titan Mercury WC), 2nd
WIN Sara Jezierzanska (Poland), 10-5
WIN Olga Shnaider (Ukraine), 4-2
LOSS Iulia Leorda (Moldova), 0-10
58 kg/128 lbs. - Jacarra Winchester, San Leandro, Calif. (Titan Mercury WC), 3rd
WIN Elizabeth Milovitch-Sera (Canada), pin
LOSS Emese Barka (Hungary), pin
WIN Tetyana Lavrenchuk (Ukraine), 6-6
60 kg/132 lbs.- Brieana Delgado, Fountain Inn. S.C. (OKCU Gator RTC), 3rd
LOSS Mariia Liulkova (Russia), tech. fall, 2-12
WIN Natsumi Hayami (Japan), 8-6
63 kg/138.75 lbs. - Amanda Hendey, San Gabriel, Calif. (Titan Mercury WC/King Univ.), 2nd
WIN Agnieszka Krol (Poland), pin
WIN Dzanan Manolova (Bulgaria), pin
LOSS Danielle Lappage (Canada), 2-7
69 kg/152 lbs. - Tamyra Mensah, Katy, Texas (Titan Mercury WC/Wayland Baptist), 2nd
WIN Lisa Nadine Hug (Germany), tech. fall 12-1
WIN A. Popescu (Romania), pin
LOSS Dorothy Yeats (Canada), 0-10
75 kg/165 lbs. - Julia Salata, Canton, Mich. (New York AC), 3rd
WIN Tamae Yoshii (Japan), 5-0
LOSS Epp Mae (Estonia), pin
WIN Noelia Lalin Canda (Spain), 12-1
Women’s freestyle team standings
1. Canada
2. Russia
3. United States
4. Japan
5. Ukraine
6. Poland
7. Hungary
8. Moldova
9. Romania
10. Mongolia
U.S. Greco-Roman draws for Friday
59 kg/130 lbs. – Sam Jones, Folsom, La. (USOEC)
Vs. Akan Baimagambetov (Kazakhstan), 3rd at 2013 Junior World Championships
71 kg/156.5 lbs. – Patrick Smith, Minneapolis, Minn. (Minnesota Storm)
Vs. Stefan Fuchsreiter (Austria), 2012 Junior World Team Member
98 kg/216 lbs. – Orry Elor, Marquette, Mich. (New York AC)
Vs. Alin Alexuc-Ciurariu (Romania), 2nd in 2010 Junior World Championships; 2012 Olympian