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World champions Maroulis, Gray are No. 1 in December UWW World women’s freestyle rankings

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by Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling

Photo of Helen Maroulis and Adeline Gray with their 2015 World gold medals by Tony Rotundo, Wrestlers Are Warriors.


2015 World champions Helen Maroulis (Huntington Beach, Calif./Sunkist Kids) and Adeline Gray (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC) remain No. 1 in the UWW World women’s freestyle rankings for December 2015.


Gray, who won her third career World title and second in a row, remained on top of the 75 kg/165 lbs. World freestyle rankings. Gray, who has not competed since the World Championships in Las Vegas in September, will wrestle in India’s Professional Wrestling League throughout December.


Maroulis, who won her first World title in Las Vegas and is a three-time World medalist, holds the top ranking at 55 kg/121 lbs. Maroulis won a gold medal at the UWW Golden Grand Prix Finals in Baku, Azerbaijan, dropping down to an Olympic weight class at 53 kg/116.5 lbs.


2015 World bronze medalist Leigh Jaynes-Provisor (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army WCAP) comes in at No. 5 at 60 kg/132 lbs. She has not competed since winning her World medal in Las Vegas.


Moving up to No. 6 at 69 kg/152 lbs. is 2012 World champion and three-time World medalist Elena Pirozhkova (Colorado Springs, Colo. /Titan Mercury WC). Pirozhkova dropped down a weight class to 63 kg/138.75 lbs., where she won a gold at the UWW Golden Grand Prix Finals in Azerbaijan.


Four other members of the 2015 U.S. World Team are in the December rankings: Whitney Conder (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army WCAP), who is No. 11 at 53 kg/116.5 lbs., Alyssa Lampe (Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids), who is No. 12 at 48 kg/105.5 lbs., Alli Ragan (Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC), who is Ni. 15 at 58 kg/128 lbs. and Erin Clodgo Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids), who is No. 17 at 63 kg/138.75 lbs.


Ragan won a silver medal, wrestling up at 60 kg/132 lbs. at the UWW Golden Grand Prix Finals in Azerbaijan, while Clodgo placed seventh in her weight class in the event. Conder won a gold medal at the Bill Farrell International in New York City in November.


Lampe, who has not competed since the World Championships, will also compete in India’s Professional Wrestling League throughout December.


Also earning a No. 14 World ranking at 60 kg/132 lbs. is Jennifer Page, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Titan Mercury WC). Page was fifth at the UWW Golden Grand Prix Finals in Azerbaijan.

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U.S. women’s freestyle wrestlers ranked in the UWW December rankings

No. 1 at 75 kg - Adeline Gray, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)

No. 1 at 55 kg - Helen Maroulis, Rockville, Md. (Sunkist Kids)

No. 5 at 60 kg – Leigh Jaynes-Provisor, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army WCAP)

No. 6 at 69 kg - Elena Pirozhkova, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Titan Mercury WC)

No. 11 at 53 kg – Whitney Conder, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army WCAP)

No. 12 at 48 kg - Alyssa Lampe, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)

No. 14 at 60 kg - Jennifer Page, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Titan Mercury WC)

No. 15 at 58 kg – Alli Ragan, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)

No. 17 at 63 kg - Erin Clodgo, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)

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