Winchester, Nelson, Howk, Villaescusa are U.S. women’s champions at Dave Schultz Memorial on Thursday
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by Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling
Jacarra Winchester takes down Lauren Louive in a 59 kg women's round robin match on Thursday night. Photo by Robbert Wijtman.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Jacarra Winchester was fifth in the 2018 World Championships at 55 kg. She entered the 2019 Dave Schultz Memorial up two weight classes at 59 kg.
It was no problem at all. Winchester, who competes for the Titan Merrcury WC, won all three matches in her round robin in dominant fashion, scoring two technical falls and a pin. In her last match on Thursday night, Winchester hit some big four-point moves on the way to a 12-0 technical fall over Lauren Louive of the New York AC.
The champion at 65 kg, after much discussion and a final decision by the UWW representative at the tournament, was 2017 Junior World champion Maya Nelson of the Sunkist Kids.
In the first match of the tournament, 2018 World bronze medalist Mallory Velte dropped a 2-1 decision to 2016 U.S. Open champion, Amanda Hendey 2-1 at 65 kg. Velte was quickly called up for her second match, which she lost to 2017 Junior World champion Maya Nelson, 8-1. Her team challenged the result, and it was determined that Velte did not have the required 20 minute rest time. Tournament officials scheduled a Velte-Nelson ematch in the second session.
This evening, Nelson had a 3-0 record in her other matches, but chose not to wrestle Velte again and forfeited. Based on that result, Velte got the gold, Nelson the silver and Brazil’s Lais Nunez the bronze. The procedure that led to the scheduled re-wrestled match was challenged, and ultimately the UWW decision was that the original 8-1 win by Nelson would stand.
The medals after this final decision were Nelson with gold, Nunes with silver and Velte with bronze. Nelson finished with a perfect 4-0 record when it was all sorted out.
At 55 kg, the round-robin finals bout was not held, as Junior World team and Cadet World team member Alisha Howk of the Sunkist Kids received an injury default win over two-time U23 World Team member Dominique Parrish of the Sunkist Kids. Both entered the final round with 1-0 records. Parrish got the silver.
In the morning session, the 57 kg weight classs was completed, as Ariana Villaescusa of Army WCAP defeated Amanda Walker of Wyoming Seminary in two straight matches in a best-of-three series. Villaescusa pinnedWalker in bout one in 2:19 and secured a pin in bout two in 4:41. It was her first tournament since the November 2017 Dave Schultz Memorial, when she was injured and required neck surgery.
Two of the deciding women’s matches in the final round were all-Canadian battles.
At 50 kg, 2012 World champion and three-time World medalist Jessica MacDonald defeated Natasha Kramble by technical fall, 10-0. In the deciding bout at 53 kg, Samantha Stewart won by injury default when Jade Parsons could not continue midway through the first period.
For MacDonald, it was a third career Dave Schultz Memorial International victory, to go along with titles in 2011 and 2014.
The other individual women’s champion was Canada’s 2018 World Team member Jessica Brouillette, who scored a 10-0 technical fall win in the 62 kg finals over three-time U.S. age-group World Team member Alexandria Liles, who wrestled unattached.
The rest of the women’s tournament will be completed on Friday, with 68 kg, 72 kg and 76 kg contested, along with some Greco-Roman and men’s freestyle weight classes.
The entire tournament is being broadcast live by FloWrestling.
DAVE SCHULTZ MEMORIAL INTERNATIONAL
At Colorado Springs, Colo., January 24
Women’s freestyle results
50 kg
Gold - Jessica MacDonald (Canada)
Silver - Natasha Kramble (Canada)
Bronze - Emily Shilson (TMWC)
4th - Jessica Rodriguez (Univ of the Cumberlands)
MacDonald tech. fall Shilson, 8-0, 1:18
Kramble pin Rodriguez, 1:37
MacDonald pin Rodriguez, 6-0
Kramble dec. Shilson, 8-6
MacDonald tech. fall Kramble, 10-0, 0:48
Shilson tech. fall Rodriguez, 10-0, 4:22
53 kg
1st - Samantha Stewart (Canada) inj. dft over Jade Parsons (Canada), 1:08
3rd - Amy Fearnside (TMWC) dec. Cody Pfau (TMWC), 9-1
55 kg
Gold - Alisha Howk (Sunkist Kids)
Silver - Dominique Parrish (Sunkist Kids)
Bronze - Vayle Baker (Wyoming Seminary)
Howk dec. Baker, 10-6
Parrish tech. fall Baker, 10-0, 2:11
Howk inj. dft. Parrish, 0:00
57 kg
1st - Ariana Villaescusa (Army WCAP) dec. Amanda Walker (Wyoming Seminary), two matches to none
Bout 1 - Villaescusa pin Walker, 2:19
Bout 2 – Villaescusa pin Walker, 4:41
59 kg
Gold - Jacarra Winchester (TMWC)
Silver - Arian Carpio (Sunkist Kids)
Bronze - Lauren Louive (NYAC)
4th - Jen Piassi (U.S. Army)
Louive tech. fall Pitassi, 10-0, 1:23
Winchester pin Carpio, 2:23
Winchester tech. fall Pitassi, 10-0, 0:40
Carpio dec. Louive, 8-4
Carpio (Sunkist Kids) tech. fall Jen Pitassi,10-0
Winchester (TMWC) tech fall. Louive, 12-0
62 kg
1st - Jessica Brouillette (Canada) tech. fall Alexandria Liles (Unattached-TX), 10-0, 2:17
3rd – Kellyanne Jimenez (U of the Cumberlands) dec. Bridgette Duty (U of the Cumberlands), 12-8
65 kg
Gold – Maya Nelson (Sunkist Kids)
Silver – Lais Nunez (Brazil)
Bronze –Mallory Velte (Titan Mercury WC)
4th – Amanda Hendey (Titan Mercury WC)
5th - Indira Moores (Canada)
Hendey dec. Velte, 2-1
Nunes pin Moores, 1:45
Nelson dec. Velte, 8-1
Hendey dec. Moores, 9-2
Nelson tech. fall Moores, 12-0, 2:14
Nunes pin Hendey, 1:05
Nelson dec. Nunes, 6-2
Velte inj. dft. Moores
Nelson dec. Hendey (TMWC), 5-0
Velte dec. Nunez, 2-1
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Jacarra Winchester was fifth in the 2018 World Championships at 55 kg. She entered the 2019 Dave Schultz Memorial up two weight classes at 59 kg.
It was no problem at all. Winchester, who competes for the Titan Merrcury WC, won all three matches in her round robin in dominant fashion, scoring two technical falls and a pin. In her last match on Thursday night, Winchester hit some big four-point moves on the way to a 12-0 technical fall over Lauren Louive of the New York AC.
The champion at 65 kg, after much discussion and a final decision by the UWW representative at the tournament, was 2017 Junior World champion Maya Nelson of the Sunkist Kids.
In the first match of the tournament, 2018 World bronze medalist Mallory Velte dropped a 2-1 decision to 2016 U.S. Open champion, Amanda Hendey 2-1 at 65 kg. Velte was quickly called up for her second match, which she lost to 2017 Junior World champion Maya Nelson, 8-1. Her team challenged the result, and it was determined that Velte did not have the required 20 minute rest time. Tournament officials scheduled a Velte-Nelson ematch in the second session.
This evening, Nelson had a 3-0 record in her other matches, but chose not to wrestle Velte again and forfeited. Based on that result, Velte got the gold, Nelson the silver and Brazil’s Lais Nunez the bronze. The procedure that led to the scheduled re-wrestled match was challenged, and ultimately the UWW decision was that the original 8-1 win by Nelson would stand.
The medals after this final decision were Nelson with gold, Nunes with silver and Velte with bronze. Nelson finished with a perfect 4-0 record when it was all sorted out.
At 55 kg, the round-robin finals bout was not held, as Junior World team and Cadet World team member Alisha Howk of the Sunkist Kids received an injury default win over two-time U23 World Team member Dominique Parrish of the Sunkist Kids. Both entered the final round with 1-0 records. Parrish got the silver.
In the morning session, the 57 kg weight classs was completed, as Ariana Villaescusa of Army WCAP defeated Amanda Walker of Wyoming Seminary in two straight matches in a best-of-three series. Villaescusa pinnedWalker in bout one in 2:19 and secured a pin in bout two in 4:41. It was her first tournament since the November 2017 Dave Schultz Memorial, when she was injured and required neck surgery.
Two of the deciding women’s matches in the final round were all-Canadian battles.
At 50 kg, 2012 World champion and three-time World medalist Jessica MacDonald defeated Natasha Kramble by technical fall, 10-0. In the deciding bout at 53 kg, Samantha Stewart won by injury default when Jade Parsons could not continue midway through the first period.
For MacDonald, it was a third career Dave Schultz Memorial International victory, to go along with titles in 2011 and 2014.
The other individual women’s champion was Canada’s 2018 World Team member Jessica Brouillette, who scored a 10-0 technical fall win in the 62 kg finals over three-time U.S. age-group World Team member Alexandria Liles, who wrestled unattached.
The rest of the women’s tournament will be completed on Friday, with 68 kg, 72 kg and 76 kg contested, along with some Greco-Roman and men’s freestyle weight classes.
The entire tournament is being broadcast live by FloWrestling.
DAVE SCHULTZ MEMORIAL INTERNATIONAL
At Colorado Springs, Colo., January 24
Women’s freestyle results
50 kg
Gold - Jessica MacDonald (Canada)
Silver - Natasha Kramble (Canada)
Bronze - Emily Shilson (TMWC)
4th - Jessica Rodriguez (Univ of the Cumberlands)
MacDonald tech. fall Shilson, 8-0, 1:18
Kramble pin Rodriguez, 1:37
MacDonald pin Rodriguez, 6-0
Kramble dec. Shilson, 8-6
MacDonald tech. fall Kramble, 10-0, 0:48
Shilson tech. fall Rodriguez, 10-0, 4:22
53 kg
1st - Samantha Stewart (Canada) inj. dft over Jade Parsons (Canada), 1:08
3rd - Amy Fearnside (TMWC) dec. Cody Pfau (TMWC), 9-1
55 kg
Gold - Alisha Howk (Sunkist Kids)
Silver - Dominique Parrish (Sunkist Kids)
Bronze - Vayle Baker (Wyoming Seminary)
Howk dec. Baker, 10-6
Parrish tech. fall Baker, 10-0, 2:11
Howk inj. dft. Parrish, 0:00
57 kg
1st - Ariana Villaescusa (Army WCAP) dec. Amanda Walker (Wyoming Seminary), two matches to none
Bout 1 - Villaescusa pin Walker, 2:19
Bout 2 – Villaescusa pin Walker, 4:41
59 kg
Gold - Jacarra Winchester (TMWC)
Silver - Arian Carpio (Sunkist Kids)
Bronze - Lauren Louive (NYAC)
4th - Jen Piassi (U.S. Army)
Louive tech. fall Pitassi, 10-0, 1:23
Winchester pin Carpio, 2:23
Winchester tech. fall Pitassi, 10-0, 0:40
Carpio dec. Louive, 8-4
Carpio (Sunkist Kids) tech. fall Jen Pitassi,10-0
Winchester (TMWC) tech fall. Louive, 12-0
62 kg
1st - Jessica Brouillette (Canada) tech. fall Alexandria Liles (Unattached-TX), 10-0, 2:17
3rd – Kellyanne Jimenez (U of the Cumberlands) dec. Bridgette Duty (U of the Cumberlands), 12-8
65 kg
Gold – Maya Nelson (Sunkist Kids)
Silver – Lais Nunez (Brazil)
Bronze –Mallory Velte (Titan Mercury WC)
4th – Amanda Hendey (Titan Mercury WC)
5th - Indira Moores (Canada)
Hendey dec. Velte, 2-1
Nunes pin Moores, 1:45
Nelson dec. Velte, 8-1
Hendey dec. Moores, 9-2
Nelson tech. fall Moores, 12-0, 2:14
Nunes pin Hendey, 1:05
Nelson dec. Nunes, 6-2
Velte inj. dft. Moores
Nelson dec. Hendey (TMWC), 5-0
Velte dec. Nunez, 2-1
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