Janiak and Page claim silvers, Makem gets bronze in women’s freestyle at Poland Open

WARSAW, Poland – The United States earned three women’s freestyle medals at the respected Poland Open on Thursday, including two silver medals and a bronze medal.

Claiming silver medals for Team USA were Alexis Janiak (59 kg) and Jennifer Page (65 kg).

Janiak was defeated in the finals by 2019 U20 World bronze medalist Mariia Vynnyk of Ukraine, in a 10-0 technical fall. Vynnyk scored a takedown, then added two ankle laces and two gut wrenches to complete the victory.

Janiak opened the tournament with a pair of 10-0 technical fall victories. In the semifinals, she stopped 2017 U17 World bronze medalist Erika Bognar of Hungary, 6-3.

Janiak, a 2025 NCWWC national champion for Aurora University, won a U20 World bronze in 2023 and a U20 World silver in 2024 for Team USA. She is a current member of the Senior Women’s National Team.

Page, a 2023 Senior World bronze medalist and current member of the Senior Women’s National Team, was beaten in the finals in a wide-open battle by 2023 U20 World champion Eniko Elekes of Hungary, 14-9.

Page opened the match with a four-point takedown which was challenged by Hungary and denied, for a 5-0 lead. Elekes quickly scored a takedown to close it to 5-2, then added another to close it to 5-4. A Page head pinch turn, then a gut wrench gave her a 9-4 lead at the break. Elekes added a second-period takedown to make it 9-6. With less than 15 seconds left, Elekes scored six points, four on a takedown with exposure and then a last-second counter takedown

Page opened with a pair of technical falls to reach the finals over Nina Makem of the USA and Elma Zeidlere of Latvia.

Winning a bronze medal at 65 kg was Nina Makem, who scored a first-period fall on a cradle in the bronze-medal bout against 2021 U23 World bronze medalist Elma Zeidlere of Latvia.

After her opening loss to Page, Makem scored a pair of technical fall victories over Maria Sawiak of Canada and Maddie Kubicki of the USA to qualify for the bronze-medal round. Makem was a three-time NCWWC All-American for Augsburg.

Placing fifth after falling in the bronze medal match was Alara Boyd at 62 kg. Boyd opened with a pair of decisions, stopping Tynys Dubek of Kazakhstan, 8-6 and Aurora Campagna of Italy, 5-0. She was pinned in the semifinals by 2025 European silver medalist Sara Lindborg of Sweden. In the bronze-medal bout, 2025 European U23 bronze medalist Alicja Nowosad of Poland had a strong second period, and defeated Boyd, 13-6.

Boyd is a member of the 2025-26 U.S. Senior National Team and was a two-time U17 World medalist. She was a four-time NCWWC All-American for McKendree and North Central, with a 2021 national title for McKendree.

The final four U.S. women’s freestylers will compete on Saturday, Kaylynn Albrecht (72 kg), Alex Alli (72 kg), Joye Levendusky (76 kg) and Shenita Lawson (76 kg). The first of the U.S. men’s freestylers will also wrestle tomorrow, Dustin Plott (92 kg).

Fans can follow the results and a live stream from the Poland Open at the link below:

https://sportzona.pl/app/events/view/wrestling/6883

Session times each day are at 11:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., local time. Warsaw is six hours ahead of U.S. Eastern time zone.

POLAND OPEN

At Warsaw, Poland, August 1, 2025

Women’s freestyle results

55 kg

Gold - Oleksandra Khomenets (Ukraine)

Silver - Albina Rillia (Ukraine)

Bronze - Olivia Andrich (Germany)

4^th - Zulfiya Yakhyarova (Ukraine)

5^th - Patrycja Strzelczyk (Poland)

Oleksandra Khomenets (Ukraine) tech fall Zulfiya Yakhyarova (Ukraine), 11-0

Albina Rillia (Ukraine) pin Olivia Andrich (Germany)

Zulfiya Yakhyarova (Ukraine) dec. Patrycja Strzelczyk (Poland), 7-1

Oleksandra Khomenets (Ukraine) dec Olivia Andrich (Germany), 10-4

Albina Rillia (Ukraine) dec. Zulfiya Yakhyarova (Ukraine), 6-1

Oleksandra Khomenets (Ukraine) pin Patrycja Strzelczyk (Poland)

Olivia Andrich (Germany) pin Zulfiya Yakhyarova (Ukraine)

Albina Rillia (Ukraine) dec. Patrycja Strzelczyk (Poland), 3-2

Oleksandra Khomenets (Ukraine) dec. Albina Rillia (Ukraine), 6-4

Olivia Andrich (Germany) pin Patrycja Strzelczyk (Poland)

57 kg

Gold – Solomia Vynnyk (Ukraine)

Silver - Tamara Dollak (Hungary)

Bronze – Evelina Hulten (Sweden)

Bronze –Mia Friesen (Canada)

5^th - Nilufar Raimova (Kazakhstan)

5^th - Magdelena Glodek (Poland)

7^th - Laura Almaganbetova (Kazakhstan)

8^th - Jenna Kristiina Hemiae (Finland)

9^th - Inna Alimova (Lithuania)        

10^th - Alyssa Mahan (USA)

Gold – Solomia Vynnyk (Ukraine) tech fall Tamara Dollak (Hungary), 11-1

Bronze – Evelina Hulten (Sweden) dec. Magdelena Glodek (Poland), 5-4

Bronze –Mia Friesen (Canada) dec. Nilufar Raimova (Kazakhstan), 10-6

59 kg

Gold –Mariia Vynnyk (Ukraine)

Silver - Alexis Janiak (USA)

Bronze – Erika Bognair (Hungary)

Bronze – Elena Brugger (Germany)

5^th - Yuliia Vynnyk (Ukraine)

5^th - Othelie Hoeie (Norway)

7^th - Luna Rothenberger (Germany)

8^th - Julia Nowicka (Poland)

9^th - Olha Padoshyk (Poland)          

10^th - Anna Michalcova (Czechia)

Gold –Mariia Vynnyk (Ukraine) tech fall Alexis Janiak (USA), 10-0

Bronze – Erika Bognair (Hungary) dec. Yuliia Vynnyk (Ukraine), 6-0

Bronze – Elena Brugger (Germany) dec. Othelie Hoeie (Norway), 4-0

62 kg

Gold – Iryna Bondar (Ukraine)

Silver - Sara Lindborg (Sweden)

Bronze – Alicja Nowosad (Poland)

Bronze – Aurora Campagna (Italy)

5^th - Alara Boyd (USA)

5^th - Agnes Nygren (Sweden)

7^th - Hanna Errthum (USA)             

8^th - Tynys Dubek (Kazakhstan)

9^th - Luisa Scheel (Germany)

10^th - Nikoletta Szabo (Hungary)

Gold – Iryna Bondar (Ukraine) dec. Sara Lindborg (Sweden), 5-0

Bronze – Alicja Nowosad (Poland) dec. Alara Boyd (USA), 13-6

Bronze – Aurora Campagna (Italy) tech fall Agnes Nygren (Sweden), 11-0

65 kg

Gold - Eniko Elekes (Hungary)

Silver - Jennifer Page (USA)

Bronze – Vanja Gersak (Germany)

Bronze – Nina Makem (USA)

5^th - Yelena Shalygina (Kazakhstan)

5^th - Elma Zeidlere (Latvia)

7^th - Bianca Contrafatto (Italy)       

8^th - Maddie Kubicki (USA)

9^th - Monika Jaskula (Poland)         

10^th - Maria Sawiak (Canada)

Gold - Eniko Elekes (Hungary) dec. Jennifer Page (USA), 14-9

Bronze – Vanja Gersak (Germany) dec. Yelena Shalygina (Kazakhstan), 8-5

Bronze – Nina Makem (USA) pin Elma Zeidlere (Latvia)

68 kg

Gold –Tindra Sjoberg (Sweden)

Silver - Gerda Barth (Germany)

Bronze –Sophia Schaefle (Germany)

Bronze – Manola Skobelska (Ukraine)

5^th - Karolina Domanszuk (Poland)

5^th - Laura Godina (Italy)

7^th - Grabriela Pedro Da Rocha (Brazil)

8^th - Daniela Tkachuk (Poland)       

9^th - Solin Piearcy (USA

10^th - Adela Hanzlickova (Czechia)

Gold –Tindra Sjoberg (Sweden) pin Gerda Barth (Germany)

Bronze –Sophia Schaefle (Germany) dec. Karolina Domanszuk (Poland), 7-0

Bronze – Manola Skobelska (Ukraine) dec. Laura Godina (Italy), 3-3

U.S. women’s freestyle results

57 kg: Alyssa Mahan, Wilmington, Del. (Blue Hose WC), 10^th place

LOSS Jenna Hemiae (Finland), tech fall 16-6

LOSS Inna Alimova (Lithuania), 10-4

59 kg: Alexis Janiak, Plainfield, Ill. (Titan Mercury WC), silver medal

WIN Anna Michalcova (Czechia), tech fall 10-0

WIN Julia Nowicka (Poland), tech fall 10-0

WIN Erika Bognar (Hungary), 6-3

LOSS Mariia Vynnyk (Ukraine), tech fall 10-0

59 kg: Brenda Reyna, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army WCAP), 14^th place

LOSS Elena Brugger (Germany), tech fall 10-0

LOSS Othelie Hoeie (Norway), tech fall 10-0

62 kg: Alara Boyd, Naperville, Ill. (Cardinal WC), 5^th place

WIN Tynys Dubek (Kazakhstan), 8-6

WIN Aurora Campagna (Italy), 5-0

LOSS Sara Lindborg (Sweden), pin

LOSS Alicja Nowosad (Poland), 13-6

62 kg: Hanna Errthum, Mount Horeb, Wis. (USOPTC), 7^th place

WIN Nikoletta Szabo (Hungary), pin

LOSS Sara Lindborg (Sweden), tech fall 10-0

LOSS Alicja Nowosad (Poland), pin

65 kg: Jennifer Page, State College, Pa. (Nittany Lion WC/TMWC), silver medal

WIN Nina Makem (USA), tech fall 16-5

WIN Elma Zeidlere (Latvia), tech fall 10-0

LOSS Eniko Elekes (Hungary), 14-9

65 kg: Maddie Kubicki, Kansas City, Mo. (Blue Hose WC), 8^th place

WIN Monika Jaskula (Poland), 10-3

LOSS Eniko Elekes (Hungary), tech fall 10-0

LOSS Nina Makem (USA), tech fall, 10-0

65 kg: Nina Makem, Shakopee, Minn. (Minnesota Gold), bronze medal

LOSS Jennifer Page (USA), tech fall 16-5

WIN Maria Sawiak (Canada), tech fall 10-0

WIN Maddie Kubicki (USA), tech fall 10-0

WIN Elma Zeidlere (Latvia), pin

68 kg: Solin Piearcy, San Jose, Calif. (Titan Mercury WC), 9^th place

LOSS Sophia Schaefle (Germany), 9-1

WIN Beibit Seidualy (Kazakhstan), pin

LOSS Gabriela Pedro da Rocha (Brazil), 5-0

68 kg: Elleni Johnson, Murray, Utah (Laker WC), 14^th place

LOSS Tinda Sjoberg (Sweden), pin

LOSS Gabriela Pedro da Rocha (Brazil), tech fall 11-0

Remaining Event schedule

(Warsaw is six hours ahead of U.S. Eastern time zone)

Saturday, August 2

(Women’s freestyle 72kg-76kg, Men’s freestyle 86kg-92kg-97kg-125kg)

11:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. – Qualification rounds and repechage

6:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. – Finals

Sunday, August 3

(Men’s freestyle 57kg-61kg-65kg-70kg-74kg-79kg)

11:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. – Qualification rounds and repechage

6:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. – Finals