Website and registration open for USMC Girls Folkstyle Nationals and Women’s U23 Nationals in Oklahoma City

The official website has been launched and on-line registration opened for the popular women’s wrestling events set for the Cox Convention Center in downtown Oklahoma City, Okla., March 22-25.

Athletes can now register for the U.S. Marine Corps Girls Folkstyle Nationals and the Women’s U23 Nationals/World Team Trials.

Click here to register for USMC Girls Folkstyle Nationals/Women’s U23 Nationals

PLEASE NOTE: Athletes will receive a discount of $40 off their registration fee by booking with a sponsor hotel. You should book your hotel before registering for these tournaments. The registration is $45 with a hotel code, but jumps to $85 without a hotel code.

Click here to book with a sponsor hotel and receive hotel code

The U.S. Marine Corps Girls Folkstyle Nationals is the annual national championships for girls in folkstyle wrestling, which is also known as scholastic wrestling. Competition is held in the Junior, Cadet, Schoolgirl and two youth divisions.

The U.S. Marine Corps Girls Folkstyle Nationals will be an important event for the new National Girls High School Wrestling Rankings, organized by USA Wrestling, FloWrestling and the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. High school athletes who wish to be selected for these rankings, or wish to improve their national ranking, are highly encouraged to compete in this event.

Click below for the USMC Girls Folkstyle Nationals website
http://usawevents.sportngin.com/girlsfolkstylenationals

The Women’s U23 Nationals/World Team Trials is a new event which was created in 2017, for women’s freestyle athletes who are 18-23 years old. This event is the qualifying event for USA Wrestling’s U23 World Team, which will compete at the 2018 U23 World Championships in Bucharest, Romania, Nov. 12-18.

The U23 Nationals replaces the Women’s University Nationals, which had been in Oklahoma City the last six years.

Click below for the Women’s U23 Nationals website
http://usawevents.sportngin.com/womensu23nationals

Participants at the U.S. Marine Corps Girls Folkstyle Nationals will have the ability to participate in the Women’s UWW Cadet and Junior Development Camp Series, which will be held immediately following the tournament at Oklahoma City University from March 25-28. Deadline to register is March 1.

Click here for UWW Cadet and Junior Development Camp OKC flyer

In 2017, USA Wrestling set a record for the number of participants in this combined women’s wrestling event. There were 945 athletes at the U.S. Marine Corps Girls Folkstyle Nationals, 96 wrestlers at the Women’s University Nationals, and 13 teams at the Junior Women’s Folkstyle Duals.

2017 USMC Girls Folkstyle Nationals champions

2017 Junior Champions
100 – Emily Shilson (Minnesota Storm)
106 – McKayla Campbell (Ohio National Team)
112 –Autumn Gordon (Lancaster - OH)
117– Macey Kilty (Team Wisconsin)
122 – Gracie Figueroa (Team California USA)
127 – Kaden Campbell (SOT Academy - CO)
132 – Emma Bruntil (Choker Wrestling Club - WA)
138 – Alara Boyd (CIA – IN)
144 – Jayden Laurent (Team Wisconsin)
152 – Kayla Marano (Team Georgia Girls
164 – Alyvia Fiske (Team California USA)
180 – Nkechinyere Nwankwo (3 SW Academy - TX)
200 – Corey Burton (Team California USA
225 – Rachel Bridges (Timber Creek High School - TX)

2017 Cadet Champions
94 – Samara Chavez (Arlington Martin High School- TX)
100 – Emily Shilson (Minnesota Storm
106 – Jaslynn Gallegos (Colorado Brighton Bulldogs)
112 – Viktorya Torres (Victory Wrestling-Central WA)
117 – Macey Kilty (Team Wisconsin)
122 – Leilah Castro (S.E.O - OH)
127 – Jessica Sanchez (Team California USA)
132 – Mattison Parker (Team Texas)
138 – Cheyenne Bowman (Somar WC - CA)
144 – Tiyahna Askew (Team Georgia Girls)
152 – Kiana Pugh (Team Wisconsin)
164 – Folashade Akinola (Team California USA)
180 – Natalie Kemp (Team Wisconsin)
200 – Taja Showers (Virginia Women’s National Team)

2017 Schoolgirl champions
81 – Rayanne Bayne (Pennsylvania Dark Knights)
89 – Allison Hynes (Broken Arrow Wrestling)
97 – Cayden Condit (SOT Academy)
105 – Jordyn Knecht (Team Kansas)
113 – Reese Larramendy (Team Nevada)
120 – Lillian Freitas (Pitman)
128 – Nonnie Justice (Glory Wrestling Club)
137 – Laynei Patterson (Chatham Wrestling Club)
145 – Jewella Cokeley (Team Kansas)
155 – Kyleigh Dean (Team SC Girls Wrestling)
175 – Brianna Staebler (Team Wisconsin)
195 – McKenzie Bien (Athena Girls Wrestling Club)
225 – Zoey Gillis (Gladstone)

2017 Kids Division II champions
60 – Reanah Utterback (Southern Iowa Outlaws)
65 – Caley Graber (Minnesota Storm)
70 – Zao Estrada (SOT Academy)
75 – Alexis Segura (SOT Academy)
80 – Olivia Messerly (MESS WRESTLING)
85 – Lauren Walton (Carr Wrestling Academy)
90 – Skylur Lewis (Arkansas Girls National Team)
95 – Morigan Kiernan (Dundee WC)
102 – Shayla Gallegos (SOT Academy)
110 – Faith Tarrant (WSWL Colorado)
118 – Talia Lee (STL Valkyrie)
118+ – Stella Steigler (Orange Wrestling)
118++ – Maggie Smith (Top of The Rock Wrestling Club)
118+++ – Zoey Gillis (Gladstone)

2017 Kids Division I champions
45 – Alliya Walker (Virginia Women`s National Team)
50 – June Pyles Treser (Shore Sports Club)
55 – Abigail Meyrer (Female Elite Wrestling)
60 – Sydney Cannon (Mt. Zion Kids Wrestling Club)
65 – Callie Fairbank (Independence Wrestling Club)
70 – Taina Fernandez (SMWC Woflpack)
80 – Jasmine Richards (OWA)
85 – Abbrey Dewerff (Edwardsville)

2017 U23 Nationals champions
(held in Rochester, Minn.)
48 kg/105.5 lbs. – Cody Pfau (Lions WC/Emmanuel)
53 kg/116.5 lbs. – Amy Fearnside (Titan Mercury WC)
55 kg/121 lbs. – Dominique Parrish (Sunkist Kids)
58 kg/128 lbs. – Megan Black (New York AC/McKendree)
60 kg/132 lbs. – Kayla Miracle (Sunkist Kids)
63 kg/138.75 lbs. – Maya Nelson (Sunkist Kids)
69 kg/152 lbs. – Forrest Molinari (Titan Mercury WC)
75 kg/165 lbs. – Rachel Watters (New York AC/OKC RTC)