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by Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling

Photo of Team USA at the Flatz Open courtesy of Emma Randall


WOLFURT, Austria – A team of U.S. women claimed six gold medals and nine total medals with a strong performance at the Flatz Open on Saturday.


Five of the U.S. gold medals were in the combined Junior/Senior division. Among the individual champions were three-time World champion and five-time World medalist Adeline Gray (Kingston, Pa. / New York AC) at 76 kg/167 lbs. and three-time U.S. Senior World Team member Whitney Conder (Colorado Springs, Colo. / U.S. Army at 53kg/116 lbs.


Gray dominated her weight class, winning three straight bouts with two pins and a technical fall. In addition to competing, Gray is the assistant coach at Wyoming Seminary, and helped support the 10 Wyoming Seminary athletes on the tour.


Conder was also totally dominant on the way to her title, winning all four of her matches by technical fall and outscoring her rivals 40-0.


The other Junior/Senior division champions for the United States were Michaela Beck (New York, N.Y.) at 55 kg/121 lbs., Emma Bruntil (Deming, Wash./Wyoming Seminary) at 62 kg/136 lbs. and National Team member Forrest Molinari (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Titan Mercury WC) 65kg/143 lbs.


Beck, a high school senior ranked No. 2 in the USA, won all four of her matches by technical fall and outscored her rivals 40-0. Bruntil, ranked No. 1 in the nation in high school, also had four victories, two by pin and two by technical fall. Molinari, who trains at the U.S. Olympic Training Center, had a pair of pins on her way to the top of the podium.


Winning Junior/Senior silver medals for Team USA were Vayle Baker (Benton, Pa./ Wyoming Seminary) at 50 kg/110 lbs., Shaina Murray (Watchung, N.J./ Wyoming Seminary) at 59 kg/130 lbs. and Ashlynn Ortega (Pueblo, Colo./Wyoming Seminary) at 68 kg/150 lbs.


The USA entered two athletes in the women’s Cadet division, scoring a gold medal at 69 kg/152 lbs. by Tiffani McNelis (Stewartstown, Pa./ Wyoming Seminary), who won four straight matches on the way to the crown.


The USA team placed second in the team race in the women’s division. Coaching the USA athletes were Assistant National Women's Freestyle Coach Emma Randall of Colorado Springs, Colo.) and former National Team member Kuuiini Robinson of Waianae, Hawaii.


The U.S. had an individual champion in the men’s Junior division, Aaron Cashman. A separate article on Cashman’s victory will also be posted on TheMat.com.

FLATZ OPEN

at Wolfurt, Austria, Feb. 4



U.S. Junior/Senior Women’s results



50 kg/110 lbs. – Vayle Baker (Benton, Pa./ Wyoming Seminary), silver medal

WIN Bianca Reczi (Hungary), pin

 WIN Kim Gmeiner (Austria), pin

LOSS Oleksandra Kogut (Austria) Tech fall


53kg/116 lbs. – Whitney Conder (Colorado Springs, Colo. / U.S. Army), gold medal

WIN Nikoletta Farago (Hungary), 10-0 tech. fall

WIN Emma Luttenauer (France), 10-0 tech fall

WIN Marta Busija (Croatia), 10-0 tech fall

WIN Elena Pittl (Austria), 10-0 tech fall


55kg/121 lbs. – Amanda Walker (Hatboro, Pa./ Wyoming Seminary), dnp

LOSS Jeannie Kessler (Austria), 9-2

LOSS Anne Numeberger (Germany), 12-2


55kg/121 lbs. – Michaela Beck (New York, N.Y.), gold medal

WIN Eveline Lotscher (Switzerland), 10-0 tech. fall

WIN Viktoria Vilhelm (Hungary), tech fall 10-0

WIN Jeannie Kessler (Austria), 10-0 tech fall

WIN Annie Numberger (Germany), 10-0 tech. fall


57kg/125 lbs. – Julia Dailey (Pa./ Wyoming Seminary), dnp

LOSS Szimonetta Szeker (Hungary), pin

LOSS Michaela Beck (USA), 10-0 tech. fall

LOSS Soumaya Hadjy Mamode (France), pin


57kg/125 lbs. – Cheyenne Sisenstein (Binghamton, N.Y./ Wyoming Seminary), 5th place

WIN Soumaya Hadjy Mamode (France), pin

WIN Julia Dailey (USA), 10-0 tech. fall

WIN Szimonetta Szeker (Hungary), 14-4 tech. fall

LOSS Tamara Dollak (Hungary), pin

LOSS Szimonetta Szeker (Hungary), 14-4 tech. fall


59kg/130 lbs. – Shaina Murray (Watchung, N.J./ Wyoming Seminary), silver medal

LOSS Erika Bognar (Hungary), 11-0 tech. fall

WIN Reka Bacsfaoiva (Slovakia), pin


62kg/136 lbs. – Emma Bruntil (Deming, Wash. / Wyoming Seminary), gold medal

WIN Sara Trbulin (Slovenia), pin

WIN Viktoria Felho (Hungary), 10-0 tech. fall

WIN Maria Juhaszova (Slovakia), 10-0 tech. fall

WIN Viktoria Felho (Hungary), pin


65kg/143 lbs. – Forrest Molinari (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Titan Mercury WC), gold medal

WIN Ashlynn Ortega (USA), pin

WIN Marine Le Cour Grandmaison (France), pin


68kg/150 lbs. – Ashlynn Ortega (Pueblo, Colo. / Wyoming Seminary), silver

LOSS Forrest Molinari (USA), pin

WIN Marine Le Cour Grandmaison (France), 10-0 tech fall


76kg/167 lbs. – Adeline Gray (Kingston, Pa. / New York AC), gold medal

WIN Nikoletta Szmolka (Hungary), pin

WIN Bernadett Nagy (Hungary), pin

WIN Georgina Nelthorpe (Great Britain), 10-0 tech. fall

U.S. Cadet Women’s performances


61kg/134 lbs. – Chanah (Tzi) Schwartz (Franktown, Colo./ Wyoming Seminary), 5th place

WIN Lili Ujfavi (Hungary), 10-0 tech fall

LOSS Andrea Molina (Spain), 10-0 tech. fall

LOSS Gerda Barth (Austria), 10-0 tech fall


69 kg/152 lbs. – Tiffani McNelis (Stewartstown, Pa./ Wyoming Seminary), gold medal

WIN Laura Kuhn (Germany), 6-1

WIN Lena Kaiser (Germany), 10-1

WIN Alexa Nagy (Hungary), 8-0

WIN Laura Kuhn (Germany), 8-1

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