Riley Hanrahan of Wisconsin secures a pin in the 130-pound finals to repeat as16U Folkstyle Nationals champion.

Riley Hanrahan of Wisconsin secures a pin in the 130-pound finals to repeat as16U Folkstyle Nationals champion.

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Hanrahan, Banks repeat, Conrad named 16U girls OW at Air Force Special Warfare Folkstyle Nationals

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by Richard Immel, USA Wrestling

Watch: 16U girls champion post-match interviews


CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – The final set of champions were crowned at the Air Force Special Warfare 16U and Junior Folkstyle Nationals on Sunday afternoon at the UNI Dome, as the 16U girls tournament concluded with an action-packed set of medal matches.


Two talented prospects repeated as 16U champions—Riley Hanrahan of Wisconsin and Lilliana Banks of Wisconsin. Both girls picked up dynamic pins in their respective championship matches.


Hanrahan scored a second period fall against Mariaha Benedict of Iowa in the 130-pound finals. The win punctuated a 3-0 record for Hanrahan in the 16U division this weekend. She also picked up a fifth-place finish at 130 pounds in the Junior tournament.

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Banks, who was a 16U All-American in Fargo, N.D., last year, secured a fall with two seconds remaining in the match to take the 142-pound title from Maddie Marsh of Indiana. Banks earned a runner-up finish in the 135-pound Junior bracket in Cedar Falls.


124-pound champion Keanna Conrad of Idaho was named Outstanding Wrestler for the 16U girls division at the conclusion of the event. She went four-for-four on pins this weekend, including a first period title clincher against Rianna Bernal of California in the championship match, her fastest fall of the event.

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Doubling up as 16U and Junior champion this weekend was Wisconsin star Brooke Huffman at 190 pounds. She pinned her way through both brackets, tallying six falls in total. Her 16U final against North Dakota’s Cambree Anderson resulted in a pin in 2:55.


Seven wrestlers earned pins in the championship finals—Hanrahan, Banks, Conrad, Huffman, Elizabeth Valenzuela Smith of Arizona at 106 pounds, Cheyenne Frank of Michigan at 112 pounds and Millie Azlin of Oklahoma at 170 pounds.


A complete list of championship finals and medal match results for the 16U girls division can be found below.


The Air Force Special Warfare 16U and Junior Folkstyle Nationals is the first leg of the USA Wrestling Triple Crown award. Girls division champions in Cedar Falls must win a freestyle national title in Fargo, N.D., plus either the Women’s Nationals in Spokane, Wash., or the High School Recruiting Showcase in Las Vegas, Nev., to claim a Triple Crown.


Fans can watch archived matches of this event on FloWrestling.com. Brackets and match-by-match results are available on Trackwrestling.com.


For more information about this event, please visit usawrestlingevents.com.

2024 Air Force Special Warfare 16U and Junior Folkstyle Nationals | March 15-17, UNI Dome, Cedar Falls, Iowa

1st – Easton Dadiomoff (Mayhem WC)

2nd – Brynn Engel (B.A.M. Training Center)

3rd – Anabelle Wessel (Mongoose Elite Wrestling)

1st – Katie Biscoglia (Ubasa Wrestling Academy) dec. Khyla Lipumano (Arizona Girls Wrestling), 7-2

3rd – Ella Kavanagh (Nevada Elite Wrestling) dec. Ava Schultz (Pinnacle Wrestling Club), 7-2

5th – Anna White (North Dakota) fall Ella Als (Female Elite Wrestling), 2:43

7th – McKenzy Mason (Team Owls Wrestling Club) fall Genavieve Ceja (Team Owls Wrestling Club), 1:46

1st – Elizabeth Valenzuela Smith (Arizona Girls Wrestling) fall Kynlie Keffer (Daleville Broncos Wrestling Club), 1:44

3rd – Alicia Kenfack (MATPAC Wrestling Club) dec. Olivia Crull (Northeastern Wrestling Club), 8-2

5th – Dilynn Albrecht (B.A.M. Training Center) inj. def. Mara Vanderpool (Nebraska Wrestling Academy), 4:16

7th – Payton Gines (Syracuse Wrestling Club) dec. Madisyn Mikels (Portage Wrestling Club), 5-0

1st – Cheyenne Frank (Michigan Revolution Wrestling Club) fall Aubree Gutierrez (Surfside RTC), 1:10

3rd – Erica Irvine (Immortal Athletics WC) dec. Janiah Slaughter (Illinois), 4-0

5th – Madalyn Deiter (North Montana Wrestling Club) fall Mia Anderson (Nebraska Wrestling Academy), 3:21

7th – Paloma Juarez (Greater Heights Wrestling) maj. dec. Angel Robles (Clarksville High School Wrestling), 12-0

1st – Marisa Iturrino (Carrollton Thunder Wrestling) dec. Lauren Whitt (Iowa), 8-3

3rd – Gianna Arzer (Relentless Training Center) fall Natalie Keller (Iowa), 1:45

5th – Mary Prescott (Hudson High School Wrestling) fall Hailey Kennedy (Quest for Gold Wrestling Club), 4:23

7th – Kate Krause (Moyer Elite Wrestling) fall Deja Ireland (MATPAC Wrestling Club), 2:11

1st – Keanna Conrad (Team Idaho Wrestling Club) fall Rianna Bernal (Surfside RTC), 1:19

3rd – Emjay Neumann (Askren Wrestling Academy) fall Zorina Johnson (West Hills Wrestling Club), 3:25

5th – Ava Strayer (Region Wrestling Academy) dec. Ariella Dobin (Toss Em Up Wrestling Academy), 4-2

7th – Makenzi McCoy (Champions Wrestling Club) dec. Sydney Cannon (Mt. Zion Kids Wrestling Club), 2-0

1st – Riley Hanrahan (Team Nazar Training Center) fall Mariaha Benedict (Sebolt Wrestling Academy), 4:23

3rd – Maggie Thielges (MATPAC Wrestling Club) fall Franky Groom-Frey (Wisconsin), 1:58

5th – Naima Ghaffar (M3 Wrestling Academy) forfeit Kalynn Lyons (Nebraska)

7th – Grace Storjohann (Iowa) fall Ava Johnson (Mayhem WC), 2:45

1st – Julia Araujo (MATPAC Wrestling Club) dec. Isabella Miller (Big Game Wrestling Club), 6-4 SV1

3rd – Rylee Dearwester (Ohio) fall Brooke Pate (Oklahoma), 2:40

5th – Lillian Skelton (Carrollton Thunder Wrestling) dec. Ava Phillips (Minnesota), 2-0

1st – Lilliana Banks (Aviators Wrestling) fall Maddie Marsh (Red Cobra Wrestling Academy), 5:58

3rd – Hayden Bratland (Ubasa Wrestling Academy) fall Delilah Queen (Tennessee), 3:26

5th – Madison Reems (MATPAC Wrestling Club) fall Aubrey Martin-Hall (Oklahoma), 2:34

7th – Hattie Mathre (Minnesota) fall Madilyn Thompson (Utah), 2:45

1st – Gia Coons (California) dec. Veronica Madrid (Derby Wrestling Club), 7-3

3rd – Sally Johnson (Mayhem WC) dec. Bailey Parker (NWWC), 7-0

5th – Emersyn Miller (Poynette Panther Youth Wrestling) forfeit Kaylah Evans (Darkhorse Wrestling)

7th – Allison Garbacz (ISI Wrestling Club) maj. dec. Kinsey Byrge (Charger Wrestling Club), 15-4

1st – Kaili Manuel (Michigan Revolution Wrestling Club) dec. Sarah Pulk (Minnesota Storm), 10-4

3rd – Janiya Johnson (Tennessee) fall Ashlynn Eckerman (Sarbacker Wrestling Academy), 2:39

5th – Lauryn Trotter (West Suburban Girls Wrestling Club) forfeit Meletilini Matakaiongo (Iron County Wrestling Academy)

7th – Ellie Schiffman (Utah) received a bye

1st – Millie Azlin (Oklahoma) fall Clarion Fager (Charger Wrestling Club), 1:33

3rd – Alexis Storsved (MATPAC Wrestling Club) dec., Alexa Calidonio (Florida), 4-3

5th – Makayla Vasser (Nebraska) fall Ryann Miller (ISI Wrestling Club), 0:51

7th – Taylor Kanoy (Missouri) fall Nora Wilson (Uintah Girls Wrestling), 1:47

1st – Brooke Huffman (Team Nazar Training Center) fall Cambree Anderson (MATPAC Wrestling Club), 2:55

3rd – Jinet Demanou (White Bear Lake Wrestling) fall Madison Arroyo (Carbon Wrestling Club), 2:27

5th – Sky Kopp (North Dakota) fall Kaylyn Davis (Missouri), 1:58

1st – Jayden Moehle (MO West Championship Wrestling Club) dec. Ellysia Jennings (Ground Zero Wrestling), 4-2

3rd – Isabella Lorenzana (Beat the Streets New York City) fall Makayla Walden (Utah), 1:35

5th – Averie Gale (Iowa) fall Kylie O’Neil (Uintah Girls Wrestling), 0:26

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