U.S. women sweep 10 gold medals and easily win team title at U15 Pan American Championships in Guatemala

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala – The United States won all 10 individual gold medal and dominated the team standings in women’s freestyle at the 2025 Pan American U15 Championships on Friday.

Overall, the United States had a 36-1 record for the day in women’s freestyle, and won 32 matches by bonus points, either pins or technical falls. The USA scored the maximum amount of points in the team standings, with 250 points, a full 115 points more than runner-up Mexico with 135 points. Ecuador placed third in the standings with 107 points.

The U.S. individual champions were Julianna LaSavage of Wisconsin (33 kg), Jaelyn Anderson of Nebraska (36 kg), Brooklyn Henry of Pennsylvania (39 kg), Olivia Hernandez of Oregon (42 kg), Bella Manno of New Jersey (46 kg), Lyric Hetzer of Liberty, Ohio (50 kg), Olivia Kearns of Pennsylvania (54 kg) Jauzlyean Gray of Missouri (58 kg), Audrey Robinson of Oregon (62 kg) and Camilla Hathaway of Pennsylvania (66 kg).

Hernandez won the Golden Boot as the Outstanding Wrestler in the tournament. She pinned all three of her opponents in the first period, with a combined 2:15 on the mat overall.

The USA was so dominant that seven of the champions won all of their matches by pin or technical fall. In addition to Hernandez, Gray pinned all three of her opponents. The other team members with only bonus point wins were LaSavage, Anderson, Kearns, Robinson and Hathaway.

Henry lost her first match at 39 kg in a 3-3 criteria decision, then fought her way into the semifinals. She scored a pin in the semifinals over Andrea Flores Flores of Honduras then stopped Rubi Aguilar Montejo of Mexico, 7-1.

The women’s freestyle team was decided at the 2025 Women’s Nationals in Spokane, Washington in April, from the U15 National Championships.

The USA has now won two team titles in Guatemala, with the Greco-Roman team getting top honors on Thursday. The event concludes on Saturday with the men’s freestyle division. Session times on Saturday are 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Central time.

2025 PAN AMERICAN U15 CHAMPIONSHIPS

At Guatemala City, Guatemala, May 23, 2025

Women’s freestyle results

33 kg

Gold - Julianna LaSavage (USA)

Silver - Maria Guanuna Guallichico (Ecuador)

Gold – LaSavage tech fall Guanuna, 10-0, 1:23

36 kg

Gold – Jaelyn Anderson (USA)

Silver - Shirley Meza Alava (Ecuador)

Bronze - Victoria Rivera Diaz (Puerto Rico)

4^th - Claudia Flores Flores (Honduras)

5^th - Valery Galicia Aroche (Guatemala)

Meza pin Galicia, 0:49

Rivera dec. Flores, 9-3

Rivera tech fall Galicia, 10-0, 1:23

Anderson dec. Meza, 6-2

Meza tech. fall Flores, 12-2, 3:39

Anderson tech fall Galicia, 10-0, 1:02

Mexa dec. Rivera, 7-6

Anderson pin Flores, 0:27

Flores pin Galicia, 4:00

Anderson tech fall Rivera, 10-0, 4:00

39 kg

Gold - Brooklyn Henry (USA)

Silver - Rubi Aguilar Montejo (Mexico)

Bronze - Andrea Flores Flores (Honduras)

4^th – Esmeralda Gonzalez Lomeli (Mexico)

5^th - Jenny Asley Galarza Ruiz (Ecuador)

6^th – Grechel Cavalos Priego (Mexico)

Gold – Anderson tech fall Rivera, 10-0, 4:00

Bronze – Flores tech fall Gonzalez, 10-0, 1:14

42 kg

Gold – Olivia Hernandez (USA)

Silver - Katia Ramos Espinoza (Mexico)

Bronze - Natalie Lippstreu (Puerto Rico)

4^th - Fathima Coronado Juarez (Guatemala)

5^th – Kelianys De Jesus Nussa (Puerto Rico)

6^th - Maria Narvaez Pineda (Nicaragua)

Gold - Hernandez pin Ramos, 0:29

Bronze - Lippstreu tech fall Coronado, 10-0, 3:56

46 kg

Gold – Bella Manno (USA)

Silver - Lilia Valenzuela Perez (Mexico)

Bronze – Alejandra Salinas Betancourt (Chile)

Bronze - Ashly Choc Choc (Guatemala)

5^th – Brithany Bustamante Rodriguez (Panama)

5^th - Amy Molina Humamani (Peru)

7^th – Lindsay Narvaez Reyes (Nicaragua)

8^th – Martina Mora Bedon (Ecuador)

9^th – Camila Cruz Ortiz (Puerto Rico)

10^th - Julia Freires Cardoso (Brazil)

Gold – Manno tech fall Valenzuela, 10-0, 1:37

Bronze – Salinas pin Bustamante, 0:31

Bronze – Choc Choc dec. Molina, 5-0

50 kg

Gold – Lyric Hetzer (USA)

Silver - Bella Sandoval Franco (Peru)

Bronze – Solange Palacios Cevallos (Ecuador)

Bronze - Rafaela De Azevedo Bispo (Brazil)

5^th – Jaslin Berrio Ledezma (Panama)

5^th - Naomi Castro Lopez (Mexico)

7^th – Aleeza Bernal Yerena (Mexico)

8^th – Pia Vasquez Ramirez (Chile)

9^th - Edmarie Sierra Moreno (Puerto Rico)

10^th – Mia Rodriguez Sanchez (Puerto Rico)

Gold – Hetzer dec. Sandoval, 16-8

Bronze – Palacios pin Berrio, 3:29

Bronze – De Azevedo pin Castro, 0:31

54 kg

Gold – Olivia Kearns (USA)

Silver - Mariajose Diaz Chuquizuta (Peru)

Bronze - Madelyn Little (Puerto Rico)

Bronze – Sofia De Jesus Nussa (Puerto Rico)

5^th - Danna Rivera Mondragon (Mexico)

5^th – Sara Diaz Diaz (Nicaragua)

7^th – Lucian Manzanares Romero (El Salvador)

8^th – Luna Leon Cativo (El Salvador)

Gold – Kearns tech fall Diaz, 10-0, 0:30

Bronze – De Jesus dec. Diaz, 9-0

Bronze – Little dec. Rivera, 14-6

58 kg

Gold - Jauzlyean Gray (USA)

Silver - Melanny Velasco Rubio (Mexico)

Bronze – Gilda Zhuzhingo Loja (Ecuador)

Bronze – Maria Anaya Raya (Mexico)

5^th - Andrea Carrion Berrios (Puerto Rico)

5^th – Ana Aldana Garcia (Guatemala)

7^th – Ana Rodrigues De Souza Coehlo (Brazil)

8^th – Gabriella Lee Skinner (Panama)

Gold – Gray pin Velasco, 0:50

Bronze – Zhuzhingo pin Carrion, 0:22

Bronze – Anaya dec. Aldana, 10-5

62 kg

Gold – Audrey Robinson (USA)

Silver - Samantha Victores Valadez (Mexico)

Bronze - Fernanda Riffo Catalan (Chile)

4^th - Gloria Cevallos Velasco (Ecuador)

5^th - Angeline Garcia Perez (Guatemala)

Riffo pin Garcia, 1:07

Robinson tech fall Victores, tech fall 10-0

Victores tech fall Cevallos, 10-0, 0:37

Robinson pin Garcia, 0:32

Victores dec. Riffo, 9-0

Robinson pin Cevallos, 0:27

Victores dec. Garcia, 4-2

Riffo pin Cevallos, 1:24

Cevallos inj. dft. Garcia, 0:00

Robinson tech fall Riffo, 10-0, 0:51

U.S. Women’s freestyle performances

33 kg – Julianna LaSavage (Menomonee Falls, Wis./Ringers WC), gold medal

WIN Maria Guanuna Guallichico (Ecuador), tech fall, 10-0, 0:55

36 kg – Jaelyn Anderson (Bennington, Neb./Nebraska Wrestling Academy), gold medal

WIN Shirley Meza Alava (Ecuador), tech fall, 6-2

WIN Valery Galicia Aroche (Guatemala), tech fall, 10-0, 1:02

WIN Claudia Flores Flores (Honduras), pin 0:27

WIN Victoria Rivera Diaz (Puerto Rico), tech fall 10-0, 4:00

39 kg – Brooklyn Henry (Orrtanna, Pa./Pennsylvania), gold medal

LOSS Jenny Asley Galarza Ruiz (Ecuador), 3-3

WIN Rubi Aguilar Montejo (Mexico), 6-5

WIN Sheilianys Domenech Garcia (Puerto Rico), forfeit

WIN Andrea Flores Flores (Honduras), pin 2:51

WIN Rubi Aguilar Montejo (Mexico), 7-1

42 kg – Olivia Hernandez (Philomath, Ore./Beaver Dam WC), gold medal

WIN Natalie Lippstreu (Puerto Rico), tech fall, 10-0, 1:18

WIN Maria Narvaez Pineda (Nicaragua), pin 0:52

WIN Fathima Coronado Juarez (Guatemala), pin 1:05

WIN Katia Ramos Espinoza (Mexico), pin 9:29

46 kg – Bella Manno (Hawthorne, N.J./Tri State Training Center), gold medal

WIN Julia Freires Cardoso (Brazil), tech fall, 10-0, 0:50

WIN Ashly Choc Choc (Guatemala), 6-2

WIN Amy Molina Humamani (Peru), tech fall 10-0, 4:00

WIN Lilia Valenzuela Perez (Mexico), tech fall 10-0, 1:37

50 kg – Lyric Hetzer (Liberty, Ohio/ Toss Em Up Wrestling Academy), gold medal

WIN Rafaela De Azevedo Bispo (Brazil), pin 1:02

WIN Edmarie Sierra Moreno (Puerto Rico), tech fall 12-1, 0:58

WIN Naomi Castro Lopez (Mexico), tech fall 10-0, 1:25

WIN Bella Sandoval Franco (Peru), 16-8

54 kg – Olivia Kearns (Chambersburg, Pa./Haines Trained Wrestling), gold medal

WIN Danna Rivera Mondragon (Mexico), tech fall 10-0, 0:55

WIN Madelyn Little (Puerto Rico), pin 0:44

WIN Mariajose Diaz Chuquizuta (Peru), tech fall, 10-0, 0:30

58 kg – Jauzlyean Gray (Buckner, Mo./Jackson County Wrestling), gold medal

WIN Andrea Carrion Berrios (Puerto Rico), pin 1:04

WIN Gilda Zhuzhingo Loja (Ecuador), pin 0:33

WIN Melanny Velasco Rubio (Mexico), pin 0:50

62 kg – Audrey Robinson (Central Point, Ore./Crater HS Wrestling), gold medal

WIN Samantha Victores Valadez (Mexico), tech. fall, 10-0

WIN Angeline Garcia Perez (Guatemala), pin 0:32

WIN Gloria Cevallos Velasco (Ecuador), pin 0:27

WIN Fernanda Riffo Catalan (Chile), tech fall 10-0, 0:51

66 kg – Camilla Hathaway (Pittsburgh, Pa./South Hills Wrestling Academy)

WIN Camily Moutta Lima (Brazil), pin 0:06

WIN Mabel Judith Sarai Ajpop Paz (Guatemala), pin 0:16

WIN Janize Lopez Raya (Puerto Rico), tech fall 10-0, 1:18

WIN Hannia Casso Lopez (Mexico), pin 0:37

WIN Kimberly Munoz (Puerto Rico), tech fall 10-0 1:24

Women’s Team Standings

1. United States, 250

2. Mexico, 135

3. Ecuador, 107

4. Puerto Rico, 83

5. Guatemala, 67

6. Peru, 50

7. Brazil, 37

8. Chile, 36

9. Honduras, 27

10. Nicaragua, 27

11. Panama, 26

12. El Salvador, 8