Petzinger, Ryan complete their Thursday’s women’s freestyle competition at Poland Open in Warsaw

WARSAW, Poland – A pair of U.S. women wrestlers who were teammates at North Central College and are now pursuing Senior-level competition, Sydney Petzinger (53 kg) and Kendra Ryan (50 kg), completed their competition at the highly-respected Poland Open on Thursday.

Petzinger was edged by criteria in her opening bout to 2024 U23 World bronze medalist Natalia Klivhutska of Ukraine, 3-3. She rebounded in the wrestle-backs with a 10-0 technical fall over Laura Stanelyte (Lithuania, who was fifth in the 2024 U23 Europeans. Petzinger was eliminated in her next wrestle-back match by 2017 World bronze medalist Roksana Zasina of Poland, 12-2. In the final standings, Petzinger placed eighth.

Petzinger was a 2025 NCWWC national champion for North Central at 117 pounds. She is a member of the 2025-26 Senior Women’s National Team, ranked No. 3 on the national ladder at 53 kg. She was fifth at the 2025 U.S. Senior Open and third at the 2025 U23 Pan American Championships.

Ryan was leading late in her opening match against Cheon Ju-Young of Korea, but was hit with an arm throw and pinned. In her wrestle-back bout, she was pinned by two-time age-group World medalist Aida Kerymova of Ukraine.

Ryan is also a member of the 2025-26 Senior Women’s National Team, ranked No. 3 at 50 kg. She was a four-time All-American at North Central. This year, she place second at the Senior World Team Trials Challenge Tournament and third at the U.S. Senior Open.

There will be 10 more American women on the mats on Friday. Competing tomorrow will be Alyssa Mahan (57 kg), Alexis Janiak (59 kg), Brenda Reyna (59 kg), Alara Boyd (62 kg), Hanna Errthum (62 kg), Jennifer Page (65 kg), Maddie Kubicki (65 kg), Nina Makem (65 kg), Solin Piearcy (68 kg) and Elleni Johnson (68 kg).

The Wladyslaw Pytlasinski Memorial in Greco-Roman completed today, but there will be no U.S. entries this year.

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, July 31, 2025

Women’s freestyle results

50 kg

Gold - Oksana Livach (Ukraine)

Silver - Emanuela Liuzzi (Italy)

Bronze - Aida Kerymova (Ukraine)

Bronze - Svenja Jungo (Switzerland)

5th - Viktoria Slobodeniuk (Ukraine)

5th - Svetlana Ankicheva (Kazakhstan)

7th - Katie Ann Dutchak (Canada)

8th - Ju-Young Cheon (Korea)

9th - Cheima Chebila (Algeria)

10th -     Gabija Dilyte (Lithuania)

Gold –Oksana Livach (Ukraine) dec. Emanuela Liuzzi (Italy), 5-0

Bronze –Svenja Jungo (Switzerland) dec. Svetlana Ankicheva (Kazakhstan), 5-0

Bronze – Aida Kerymova (Ukraine) pin Viktoria Slobodeniuk (Ukraine)

53 kg

Gold - Emma Jonna Malmgren (Sweden)

Silver - Annika Wendle (Germany)

Bronze - Snizhana Onufriieva (Ukraine)

Bronze - Liliia Malanchuk (Ukraine)

5th - Roksana Zasina (Poland)

5th -       Nataliia Klivchutska (Ukraine)

7th - Vestina Daniseviciute (Lithuania)

8th - Sydney Petzinger (USA)

9th - Anastasiia Lebedieva (Poland)

10th - Ellen Oestman (Sweden)

Gold - Emma Malmgren (Sweden) tech. fall Annika Wendle (Germany), 11-0

Bronze – Liliia Malanchuk (Ukraine) pin Nataliia Klivchutska (Ukraine)

Bronze –Snizhana Onufriieva (Ukraine) dec. Roksana Zasina (Poland), 5-2

U.S. women’s freestyle results

50 kg: Kendra Ryan, Fenton, Mich.  (Cardinal WC), 14^th place

LOSS Cheon Ju-Young (Korea), pin

LOSS Aida Kerymova (Ukraine), pin

53 kg: Sydney Petzinger, Parsippany, N.J. (Cardinal WC), 8^th place

LOSS Natalia Klivhutska (Ukraine), 3-3

WIN Laura Stanelyte (Lithuania), tech fall, 10-0

LOSS Roksana Zasina (Poland), tech fall 12-2

Remaining Event schedule

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

Friday, August 1

(Women’s freestyle 55kg-57kg-59kg-62 kg-65kg-68 kg)

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

6:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. – Finals

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