Women’s freestyle wraps up at the 2020 Pan Am Olympic Qualifier

Photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo/Wrestlers are Warriors.

Ottawa, Canada – Earlier today, the U.S. went four for four in the women’s freestyle semifinals at the Pan Am Olympic Qualifier. This secured weight class berths at the Olympic Games at 50 kg, 53 kg, 57 kg and 62 kg for the United States. Given that the U.S. had already qualified 68 kg and 72 kg for the Olympic Games at the 2019 World Championships, all six Olympic weight classes have now been qualified in women’s freestyle.

The U.S. women did not compete in the finals matches this afternoon, opting to injury default and finish with silver medals. As well as qualifying the weight classes with their performances, Sarah Hildebrandt, Jacarra Winchester, Helen Maroulis and Kayla Miracle all earned spots in the Olympic Team Trials finals.

Tomorrow morning men’s freestyle will begin at 10:30 a.m. EST and can be streamed live on Trackwrestling.

2020 Pan American Olympic Qualifier
at Ottawa, Canada (March 13-15)

Medal Match Results

50 kg
GOLD – Yusneylis Guzman Lopez (Cuba) df. Sarah Hildebrandt (USA), Injury default
BRONZE – Thalia Jihann Mallqui Peche (Peru) df. Carolina Castillo Hidalgo (Colombia), Injury default
BRONZE – Jessica Macdonald (Canada) df. Rita Fatima Rojas Chavez (Mexico), 10-0

53 kg
GOLD – Lianna de la Caridad Montero Herrera (Cuba) df. Jacarra Winchester (USA), Injury default
BRONZE – Samantha Stewart (Canada) df. Luisa Elizabeth Valverde Melendres (Ecuador), 9-0

57 kg
GOLD – Alma Valencia Escoto (Mexico) df. Helen Maroulis (USA), Injury default
BRONZE – Linda Morais (Canada) df. Nes Marie Rodriguez Tirado (Puerto Rico), FALL, 1:29

62 kg
GOLD – Lais Nunes de Oliveira (Brazil) df. Kayla Miracle (USA), Injury Default
BRONZE – Michelle Christina Fazzari (Canada) df. Nathaly Griman Herrera (Venezuela), Injury default

68 kg
GOLD – Danielle Lappage (Canada) df. Yudari Sanchez Rodriguez (Cuba), Injury default
BRONZE – Luz Clara Vazquez (Argentina) df. Leonela Ayovi Parraga (Ecuador), 3-2
BRONZE – Tatiana Renteria (Colombia) df. Yanet Ursula Sovero Nino (Peru), 4-2

76 kg
GOLD – Erica Wiebe (Canada) df. Aline Da Silva Ferreira (Brazil), Injury default
BRONZE – Genesis Rosangela Reasco Valdez (Ecuador) df. Andrea Carolina Olaya Gutierrez (Colombia), Injury default

U.S. Women’s Freestyle Results

50 kg: Sarah Hildebrandt (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC/USOPTC)
WIN Rita Rojas Chavez (Mexico), 10-0
WIN Jessica MacDonald (Canada), 11-0
LOSS Yusneylis Guzman Lopez (Cuba), Injury default

53 kg: Jacarra Winchester (Colorado Springs, Colo./Titan Mercury WC/USOPTC)
WIN Lianna de la Caridad Montero Herrera (Cuba), 6-2
WIN Zeltzin Hernandez Guerra (Mexico), 10-0
WIN Samantha Stewart (Canada), 8-4
LOSS Lianna de la Caridad Montero Herrera (Cuba), Injury default

57 kg: Helen Maroulis (Rockville, Md./Sunkist Kids)
WIN Linda Morais (Canada), 12-2
WIN Giullia Rodrigues Penalber de Oliveira (Brazil), 9-0
WIN Lissette Antes Castillo (Ecuador), 6-2
WIN Nes Marie Rodriguez Tirado (Puerto Rico), 11-0
LOSS Alma Valencia Escoto (Mexico), Injury Default

62 kg: Kayla Miracle (Iowa City, Iowa/Sunkist Kids)
WIN Nathaly Josefina Griman Herrera (Venezuela), FALL, 2:04
WIN Alejandra Romero Bonilla (Mexico), 5-1
WIN Jackeline Renteria Castillo (Colombia), 11-0
WIN Michelle Fazzari (Canada), 12-3
LOSS, Lais Nunes de Oliveira (Brazil) Injury default