Martinez, Hedrick, Beck, Laurent, Bullock receive draws for day one of women’s freestyle at Junior Worlds
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by Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling
Jayden Laurent competing in the 2019 U.S. Senior Open finals. Laurent starts her Junior World competition on Wednesday. Photo by Tony Rotundo, Wrestlers Are Warriors.
TALLINN, Estonia – The first five U.S. women’s freestyle wrestlers have received their draws for the UWW Junior World Wrestling Championships, and will begin competition on Wednesday.
Two-time age-group World medalist Alleida Martinez (Selma, Calif./Titan Mercury WC) at 50 kg/110 lbs. opens her competition against 2019 Pan American Junior champion and 2017 Cadet World bronze medalist Lucia Yepez Guzman of Ecuador.
Martinez was a 2015 Cadet World silver medalist and 2016 Cadet World bronze medalist. Martinez won a 2019 WCWA National title and a 2019 NAIA National Invitational title as a freshman for Menlo College.
2018 U23 World bronze medal Korinahe Bullock (Chahokia, Ill./Titan Mercury WC/McKendree Bearcat WC) has her first opponent at 76 kg/167 lbs., Soeun Kim of Korea, who was fifth in the 2019 Asian Junior Championships.
Bullock was a member of the 2018-19 Senior Women’s National Team after placing second in the 2018 Final X and is a two-time WCWA All-American for McKendree University.
2018 Junior World Team member Alex Hedrick (Fair Oaks, Calif./Titan Mercury WC) will open against 2017 Cadet World bronze medalist Anastasia Blayvas of Germany at 55 kg/121 lbs.,
Hedrick was No. 2 on the 2017-18 Senior Women’s National Team. She was a 2018 U.S. Senior Open champion, and was a 2019 Pan American Senior Championships gold medalist. Hedrick is a WCWA All-American for Simon Fraser.
2018 Junior World Team member Jayden Laurent (Denmark, Wis./Titan Mercury WC) will compete against B. Bukhayeva of Kazakhstan in her first bout at 68 kg/149.75 lbs.
Laurent has made the last two U.S. Senior National Teams, placing No. 3 on the ladder in 2018 and 2019. She was a 2019 U.S. Senior Open runner-up. Laurent won a 2019 WCWA national title at Lakeland University and is now with the Badger RTC.
At at 59 kg/130 lbs., Michaela Beck (New York, N.Y./New York AC/Hawkeye WC) has drawn Ana Beatrice Nuernberger of Germany, a 2018 German Cadet World Team member
Beck was a member of the 2018-19 U.S. Senior National Team, after taking third on the ladder. She was a 2018 U.S. Senior Open runner-up. She boasts Pan American age-group medals as a Senior, a Junior and a Cadet.
U.S. women’s freestyle draws for Wednesday
50 kg/110 lbs.: Alleida Martinez, Selma, Calif. (Titan Mercury WC)
Vs. Lucia Yepez Guzman (Ecuador), 2019 Pan American Junior champion, 2017 Cadet World bronze medalist
55 kg/121 lbs.: Alex Hedrick, Fair Oaks, Calif. (Titan Mercury WC)
Vs. Anastasia Blayvas (Germany), 3rd in 2018 Youth Olympic Games, 2017 Cadet World bronze medalist
59 kg/130 lbs: Michaela Beck, New York, N.Y. (New York AC/Hawkeye WC)
Vs. Ana Beatrice Nuernberger (Germany), 2nd in 2019 Flatz Open (Austria), 2018 German Cadet World Team member
68 kg/149.75 lbs.: Jayden Laurent, Denmark, Wis. (Titan Mercury WC)
Vs. B. Bukhayeva (Kazakhstan), no information available
76 kg/167 lbs.: Korinahe Bullock, Chahokia, Ill. (Titan Mercury WC/McKendree Bearcat WC)
Vs. Soeun Kim (Korea), 5th in 2019 Asian Junior Championships
TALLINN, Estonia – The first five U.S. women’s freestyle wrestlers have received their draws for the UWW Junior World Wrestling Championships, and will begin competition on Wednesday.
Two-time age-group World medalist Alleida Martinez (Selma, Calif./Titan Mercury WC) at 50 kg/110 lbs. opens her competition against 2019 Pan American Junior champion and 2017 Cadet World bronze medalist Lucia Yepez Guzman of Ecuador.
Martinez was a 2015 Cadet World silver medalist and 2016 Cadet World bronze medalist. Martinez won a 2019 WCWA National title and a 2019 NAIA National Invitational title as a freshman for Menlo College.
2018 U23 World bronze medal Korinahe Bullock (Chahokia, Ill./Titan Mercury WC/McKendree Bearcat WC) has her first opponent at 76 kg/167 lbs., Soeun Kim of Korea, who was fifth in the 2019 Asian Junior Championships.
Bullock was a member of the 2018-19 Senior Women’s National Team after placing second in the 2018 Final X and is a two-time WCWA All-American for McKendree University.
2018 Junior World Team member Alex Hedrick (Fair Oaks, Calif./Titan Mercury WC) will open against 2017 Cadet World bronze medalist Anastasia Blayvas of Germany at 55 kg/121 lbs.,
Hedrick was No. 2 on the 2017-18 Senior Women’s National Team. She was a 2018 U.S. Senior Open champion, and was a 2019 Pan American Senior Championships gold medalist. Hedrick is a WCWA All-American for Simon Fraser.
2018 Junior World Team member Jayden Laurent (Denmark, Wis./Titan Mercury WC) will compete against B. Bukhayeva of Kazakhstan in her first bout at 68 kg/149.75 lbs.
Laurent has made the last two U.S. Senior National Teams, placing No. 3 on the ladder in 2018 and 2019. She was a 2019 U.S. Senior Open runner-up. Laurent won a 2019 WCWA national title at Lakeland University and is now with the Badger RTC.
At at 59 kg/130 lbs., Michaela Beck (New York, N.Y./New York AC/Hawkeye WC) has drawn Ana Beatrice Nuernberger of Germany, a 2018 German Cadet World Team member
Beck was a member of the 2018-19 U.S. Senior National Team, after taking third on the ladder. She was a 2018 U.S. Senior Open runner-up. She boasts Pan American age-group medals as a Senior, a Junior and a Cadet.
U.S. women’s freestyle draws for Wednesday
50 kg/110 lbs.: Alleida Martinez, Selma, Calif. (Titan Mercury WC)
Vs. Lucia Yepez Guzman (Ecuador), 2019 Pan American Junior champion, 2017 Cadet World bronze medalist
55 kg/121 lbs.: Alex Hedrick, Fair Oaks, Calif. (Titan Mercury WC)
Vs. Anastasia Blayvas (Germany), 3rd in 2018 Youth Olympic Games, 2017 Cadet World bronze medalist
59 kg/130 lbs: Michaela Beck, New York, N.Y. (New York AC/Hawkeye WC)
Vs. Ana Beatrice Nuernberger (Germany), 2nd in 2019 Flatz Open (Austria), 2018 German Cadet World Team member
68 kg/149.75 lbs.: Jayden Laurent, Denmark, Wis. (Titan Mercury WC)
Vs. B. Bukhayeva (Kazakhstan), no information available
76 kg/167 lbs.: Korinahe Bullock, Chahokia, Ill. (Titan Mercury WC/McKendree Bearcat WC)
Vs. Soeun Kim (Korea), 5th in 2019 Asian Junior Championships
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