Shilson, Kilty repeat as U23 Women’s National champions, adding to their UWW Junior titles on Friday
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by Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling
Macey Kilty turns Ana Luciano in the 62 kg finals of the U23 Nationals. Photo by Mark Lundy, LutteLens
OMAHA, Neb. – Emily Shilson of the Titan Mercury WC and Macey Kilty of the Sunkist Kids finished off a great weekend of wrestling with big wins on Saturday night at the U23 Nationals in women’s freestyle.
Both were able to repeat as U23 National champions. Both also won double titles in Omaha, after also winning UWW Junior National championships on Friday night.
The U23 age group is for those 23 years old and younger, while the UWW Junior age level is for wrestlers 17-20 years old.
Shilson claimed the title at 50 kg, scoring a 10-0 technical fall over Samara Chavez of the Spartan Mat Club in the first period. Shilson was dominant on her feet, and closed out the match with turns on the mat. Shilson won two college national titles last year, and was a 2018 Cadet and Youth Olympic Games champion. Chavez is currently the No. 1 ranked high school wrestler in her weight class.
Kilty was the champion at 62 kg, scoring a 10-0 technical fall in the finals over unattached Ana Luciano. Kilty had four first period takedowns, and sealed the win with another takedown in the second period. She won all four of her bouts by technical fall, and was named Outstanding Wrestler for the tournament. Kilty is a member of the Senior National Team and a five-time age-group World medalist.
Two returning U23 Nationals champions were defeated in the finals round.
2020 Senior Nationals runner-up Xochitl Mota-Pettis of Rise Wrestling knocked off 2019 U23 Nationals champion Abigail Nette of the Sunkist Kids, with a 12-1 technical fall at 57 kg. Mota-Pettis was second in the UWW Junior Nationals on Friday. It was a big win for Mota-Pettis, as Nette was a December 2019 Senior Nationals champion.
Dymond Guilford of the Titan Mercury WC defeated 2019 U23 Nationals champion Precious Bell in the 76 kg finals, securing a fall at the 3:25 mark. Guilford led Bell 8-4 when she hit the move to secure the pin. Guilford also had pinned Bell in the 2020 Senior Nationals in Iowa in October. At the December 2019 Senior Nationals, Bell defeated Guilford in the finals.
2015 Cadet World champion Ronna Heaton of the Sunkist Kids claimed the title at 53 kg, defeating King Univ. star Cheyenne Sisenstein of the Team Tornado Wrestling Club, 6-1.Heaton scored a first period takedown, then added a takedown and gut wrench in the second period to earn the victory.
In a battle of college stars at 55 kg finals, King’s Allison Petix of the Team Tornado WC had a strong second period to beat Colorado Mesa’s Marissa Gallegos of the Colorado Mesa WC, 6-2. Gallegos scored the only takedown in the first period to lead 2-1 at the break, but Petix scored a pair of second period takedown to take over the bout. Petix is a three-time college All-American, while Gallegos was third in the NCWWC nationals as a freshman last year.
Current Senior National Team member Desiree Zavala of the Texas Panhandle Wrestling Club scored a 10-0 technical fall over a former Senior National Team member, unattached Koral Sugiyama in the first period. Zavala, who attends Wayland Baptist, scored two takedowns and three turns for the win.
Two weight classes featured teammates in the finals, with the more experienced athlete winning both matches.
At 65 kg, a pair of Team Tornado WC athletes from King University wrestled. Ashlynn Ortega, a junior and two-time college All-American, scored an 11-0 technical fall over freshman Viktorya Torres in the finals. Ortega led 3-0 at the break, and opened her offense up in the second period.
At 72 kg, athletes from the Lion Wrestling Club, based at Emmanuel College, were in the championship match. Senior Kayla Marano, a two-time college All-American, stopped Ophelia Lara in the finals, with a 10-0 technical fall.
2020 Senior Nationals runner-up Skyler Grote of the New York AC won a three-athlete round robin at 68 kg with a 2-0 record. She scored a pin and a technical fall in her matches, wrestling only for a combined 48 seconds for the day.
U23 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Omaha, Neb., November 14, 2020
Women’s freestyle results
50 kg
1st - Emily Shilson (TMWC/Twin Cities RTC) tech. fall Samara Chavez (Spartan Mat Club), 10-0 2:30
3rd – Maria Vidales (Lion Wrestling Club) dec. Aleeah Gould (Team Tornado Wrestling Club), 4-0
5th - Nina Pham (Texas Panhandle Wrestling Club) tech. fall Ashley Gooman (Warrior Wrestling Club), 14-4 4:20
7th - Kasey Baynon (Lion Wrestling Club) tech. fall Jaclyn McNichols (Team Tornado Wrestling Club), 10-0 1:51
53 kg
1st - Ronna Heaton (Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club) dec. Cheyenne Sisenstein (Team Tornado Wrestling Club), 6-1
3rd – Tiare Ikei (TMWC) dec. Felicity Taylor (McKendree Bearcat Wrestling Club), 7-0
5th - Alisha Howk (Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club) tech. fall Victoria Smith (Unattached), 16-5 4:48
7th - Alleida Martinez (TMWC) pin Anja Tschohl (Colorado Mesa WC), 2:14
55 kg
1st - Allison Petix (Team Tornado Wrestling Club) dec. Marissa Gallegos (Colorado Mesa WC), 6-2
3rd - Vayle Baker (Twin Cities RTC) tech. fall Sophia Mirabella (Team Tornado Wrestling Club), 10-0 1:46
5th - Melanie Mendoza (Team Tornado Wrestling Club) pin Ngao Shoua Whitethorn (Twin Cities RTC), 8-2 4:02
7th - Makayla Welch (Team Tornado Wrestling Club) pin Rebekah Cordova (Texas Panhandle Wrestling Club), 1:04
57 kg
1st - Xochitl Mota-Pettis (Rise Wrestling) tech. fall Abigail Nette (Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club), 12-1 2:35
3rd – Alexia Ward (McKendree Bearcat Wrestling Club) dec. Lauren Mason (Unattached), 3-2
5th - Amanda Martinez (Cardinal Wrestling Club) dec. Karoline Ortiz (Missouri Baptist Wrestling Club), 9-0
7th - Mia Macaluso (Unattached) pin Serena Cervantes (Hill Country Wrestling Club), 2:30
59 kg
1st - Desiree Zavala (Texas Panhandle Wrestling Club) tech. fall Koral Sugiyama (Unattached), 10-0 1:38
3rd – Emily Se (Lion Wrestling Club) pin Sophia Smith (Unattached), 4:03
5th - Paige Respicio (Warrior Wrestling Club) forfeit over Gracie Figueroa (TMWC)
7th - Jerzie Estrada (Unattached) pin Sadie Tackett (Lion Wrestling Club), 1:32
62 kg
1st - Macey Kilty (Sunkist Kids Wrestling Academy) tech. fall Ana Luciano (Unattached), 10-0 3:22
3rd – Waipuilani Estrella-Beauchamp (Warrior Wrestling Club) pin Kendall Bostelman(Wyoming Seminary), 2:23
5th - Emmily Patneaud (McKendree Bearcat Wrestling Club) pin Phoenix Dubose (Team Tornado Wrestling Club), 2:10
7th - Alyssa Aceval (Team Tornado Wrestling Club) tech. fall Salome Walker (McKendree Bearcat Wrestling Club), 11-0 5:21
65 kg
1st- Ashlynn Ortega (Team Tornado Wrestling Club) tech. fall Viktorya Torres (Team Tornado Wrestling Club), 11-0, 5:36
3rd – Amor Tuttle (Twin Cities RTC) tech. fall Brianna Csontos (TMWC), 11-0 1:51
5th - Skie Rice (Cougar Wrestling Club) forfeit Marisol Nugent (Lehigh Valley Wrestling Club)
7th - Kayla Munoz (Colorado Mesa WC) forfeit Emma Cole MO (Unattached)
68 kg
1st - Skyler Grote (NYAC)
2nd - Samantha Bush (Grand View WC)
3rd - Julia Lhotellier (Lion WC)
Bush tech. fall Lhotellier, 10-0, 3:23
Grote pin Bush, 0:18
Grote tech. fall Lhotellier, 10-0, 0:30
72 kg
1st - Kayla Marano (Lion Wrestling Club) tech. fall Ophelia Lara (Lion Wrestling Club), 11-0, 4:15
3rd –Marlynne Deede (Twin Cities RTC) pin Caylee Collins (Colorado Mesa WC), 0:47
5th - Destynie Pacheco (Twin Cities RTC) forfeit Gianna Anaya (Lion Wrestling Club)
76 kg
1st - Dymond Guilford (TMWC) pin Precious Bell (TMWC), 3:25
3rd – Joye Levendusky (McKendree Bearcat Wrestling Club) dec. Nkechinyere Nwankwo (Unattached), 3-1
5th - Tristan Kelly (Unattached) tech. fall Yelena Makoyed (Cardinal Wrestling Club), 10-0 1:31
7th - Kamilla Montenegro (Choker Wrestling Club) forfeit Myranda Velazquez (Unattached)
OMAHA, Neb. – Emily Shilson of the Titan Mercury WC and Macey Kilty of the Sunkist Kids finished off a great weekend of wrestling with big wins on Saturday night at the U23 Nationals in women’s freestyle.
Both were able to repeat as U23 National champions. Both also won double titles in Omaha, after also winning UWW Junior National championships on Friday night.
The U23 age group is for those 23 years old and younger, while the UWW Junior age level is for wrestlers 17-20 years old.
Shilson claimed the title at 50 kg, scoring a 10-0 technical fall over Samara Chavez of the Spartan Mat Club in the first period. Shilson was dominant on her feet, and closed out the match with turns on the mat. Shilson won two college national titles last year, and was a 2018 Cadet and Youth Olympic Games champion. Chavez is currently the No. 1 ranked high school wrestler in her weight class.
Kilty was the champion at 62 kg, scoring a 10-0 technical fall in the finals over unattached Ana Luciano. Kilty had four first period takedowns, and sealed the win with another takedown in the second period. She won all four of her bouts by technical fall, and was named Outstanding Wrestler for the tournament. Kilty is a member of the Senior National Team and a five-time age-group World medalist.
Two returning U23 Nationals champions were defeated in the finals round.
2020 Senior Nationals runner-up Xochitl Mota-Pettis of Rise Wrestling knocked off 2019 U23 Nationals champion Abigail Nette of the Sunkist Kids, with a 12-1 technical fall at 57 kg. Mota-Pettis was second in the UWW Junior Nationals on Friday. It was a big win for Mota-Pettis, as Nette was a December 2019 Senior Nationals champion.
Dymond Guilford of the Titan Mercury WC defeated 2019 U23 Nationals champion Precious Bell in the 76 kg finals, securing a fall at the 3:25 mark. Guilford led Bell 8-4 when she hit the move to secure the pin. Guilford also had pinned Bell in the 2020 Senior Nationals in Iowa in October. At the December 2019 Senior Nationals, Bell defeated Guilford in the finals.
2015 Cadet World champion Ronna Heaton of the Sunkist Kids claimed the title at 53 kg, defeating King Univ. star Cheyenne Sisenstein of the Team Tornado Wrestling Club, 6-1.Heaton scored a first period takedown, then added a takedown and gut wrench in the second period to earn the victory.
In a battle of college stars at 55 kg finals, King’s Allison Petix of the Team Tornado WC had a strong second period to beat Colorado Mesa’s Marissa Gallegos of the Colorado Mesa WC, 6-2. Gallegos scored the only takedown in the first period to lead 2-1 at the break, but Petix scored a pair of second period takedown to take over the bout. Petix is a three-time college All-American, while Gallegos was third in the NCWWC nationals as a freshman last year.
Current Senior National Team member Desiree Zavala of the Texas Panhandle Wrestling Club scored a 10-0 technical fall over a former Senior National Team member, unattached Koral Sugiyama in the first period. Zavala, who attends Wayland Baptist, scored two takedowns and three turns for the win.
Two weight classes featured teammates in the finals, with the more experienced athlete winning both matches.
At 65 kg, a pair of Team Tornado WC athletes from King University wrestled. Ashlynn Ortega, a junior and two-time college All-American, scored an 11-0 technical fall over freshman Viktorya Torres in the finals. Ortega led 3-0 at the break, and opened her offense up in the second period.
At 72 kg, athletes from the Lion Wrestling Club, based at Emmanuel College, were in the championship match. Senior Kayla Marano, a two-time college All-American, stopped Ophelia Lara in the finals, with a 10-0 technical fall.
2020 Senior Nationals runner-up Skyler Grote of the New York AC won a three-athlete round robin at 68 kg with a 2-0 record. She scored a pin and a technical fall in her matches, wrestling only for a combined 48 seconds for the day.
U23 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Omaha, Neb., November 14, 2020
Women’s freestyle results
50 kg
1st - Emily Shilson (TMWC/Twin Cities RTC) tech. fall Samara Chavez (Spartan Mat Club), 10-0 2:30
3rd – Maria Vidales (Lion Wrestling Club) dec. Aleeah Gould (Team Tornado Wrestling Club), 4-0
5th - Nina Pham (Texas Panhandle Wrestling Club) tech. fall Ashley Gooman (Warrior Wrestling Club), 14-4 4:20
7th - Kasey Baynon (Lion Wrestling Club) tech. fall Jaclyn McNichols (Team Tornado Wrestling Club), 10-0 1:51
53 kg
1st - Ronna Heaton (Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club) dec. Cheyenne Sisenstein (Team Tornado Wrestling Club), 6-1
3rd – Tiare Ikei (TMWC) dec. Felicity Taylor (McKendree Bearcat Wrestling Club), 7-0
5th - Alisha Howk (Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club) tech. fall Victoria Smith (Unattached), 16-5 4:48
7th - Alleida Martinez (TMWC) pin Anja Tschohl (Colorado Mesa WC), 2:14
55 kg
1st - Allison Petix (Team Tornado Wrestling Club) dec. Marissa Gallegos (Colorado Mesa WC), 6-2
3rd - Vayle Baker (Twin Cities RTC) tech. fall Sophia Mirabella (Team Tornado Wrestling Club), 10-0 1:46
5th - Melanie Mendoza (Team Tornado Wrestling Club) pin Ngao Shoua Whitethorn (Twin Cities RTC), 8-2 4:02
7th - Makayla Welch (Team Tornado Wrestling Club) pin Rebekah Cordova (Texas Panhandle Wrestling Club), 1:04
57 kg
1st - Xochitl Mota-Pettis (Rise Wrestling) tech. fall Abigail Nette (Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club), 12-1 2:35
3rd – Alexia Ward (McKendree Bearcat Wrestling Club) dec. Lauren Mason (Unattached), 3-2
5th - Amanda Martinez (Cardinal Wrestling Club) dec. Karoline Ortiz (Missouri Baptist Wrestling Club), 9-0
7th - Mia Macaluso (Unattached) pin Serena Cervantes (Hill Country Wrestling Club), 2:30
59 kg
1st - Desiree Zavala (Texas Panhandle Wrestling Club) tech. fall Koral Sugiyama (Unattached), 10-0 1:38
3rd – Emily Se (Lion Wrestling Club) pin Sophia Smith (Unattached), 4:03
5th - Paige Respicio (Warrior Wrestling Club) forfeit over Gracie Figueroa (TMWC)
7th - Jerzie Estrada (Unattached) pin Sadie Tackett (Lion Wrestling Club), 1:32
62 kg
1st - Macey Kilty (Sunkist Kids Wrestling Academy) tech. fall Ana Luciano (Unattached), 10-0 3:22
3rd – Waipuilani Estrella-Beauchamp (Warrior Wrestling Club) pin Kendall Bostelman(Wyoming Seminary), 2:23
5th - Emmily Patneaud (McKendree Bearcat Wrestling Club) pin Phoenix Dubose (Team Tornado Wrestling Club), 2:10
7th - Alyssa Aceval (Team Tornado Wrestling Club) tech. fall Salome Walker (McKendree Bearcat Wrestling Club), 11-0 5:21
65 kg
1st- Ashlynn Ortega (Team Tornado Wrestling Club) tech. fall Viktorya Torres (Team Tornado Wrestling Club), 11-0, 5:36
3rd – Amor Tuttle (Twin Cities RTC) tech. fall Brianna Csontos (TMWC), 11-0 1:51
5th - Skie Rice (Cougar Wrestling Club) forfeit Marisol Nugent (Lehigh Valley Wrestling Club)
7th - Kayla Munoz (Colorado Mesa WC) forfeit Emma Cole MO (Unattached)
68 kg
1st - Skyler Grote (NYAC)
2nd - Samantha Bush (Grand View WC)
3rd - Julia Lhotellier (Lion WC)
Bush tech. fall Lhotellier, 10-0, 3:23
Grote pin Bush, 0:18
Grote tech. fall Lhotellier, 10-0, 0:30
72 kg
1st - Kayla Marano (Lion Wrestling Club) tech. fall Ophelia Lara (Lion Wrestling Club), 11-0, 4:15
3rd –Marlynne Deede (Twin Cities RTC) pin Caylee Collins (Colorado Mesa WC), 0:47
5th - Destynie Pacheco (Twin Cities RTC) forfeit Gianna Anaya (Lion Wrestling Club)
76 kg
1st - Dymond Guilford (TMWC) pin Precious Bell (TMWC), 3:25
3rd – Joye Levendusky (McKendree Bearcat Wrestling Club) dec. Nkechinyere Nwankwo (Unattached), 3-1
5th - Tristan Kelly (Unattached) tech. fall Yelena Makoyed (Cardinal Wrestling Club), 10-0 1:31
7th - Kamilla Montenegro (Choker Wrestling Club) forfeit Myranda Velazquez (Unattached)
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