Champions crowned at 8U, 10U, 12U and 14U divisions at USA Wrestling Girls Folkstyle Nationals

Girls Folkstyle OWs: Line Nau Rarick (UT/8U), Jayna Whitford (IA/10U), Kara Dover (GA/12U), Epenesa Elison (CA/14U)

OMAHA, Neb. – Champions and All-Americans were determined in the four Kids age groups (8U, 10U, 12U and 14U) at the 2023 USA Wrestling Girls Folkstyle Nationals.

This event was a leg of the new USA Wrestling Triple Crown for age-group girls.

Outstanding Wrestlers were awarded in each of the age divisions. They were:
• 8U – Line Nau Rarick, Team Utah (60-70 lbs)
• 10U - Jayna Whitford, Team Iowa (60 lbs)
• 12U – Kara Dover, Team Georgia (100 lbs.)
• 14U - Epenesa Elison, Team California (101 lbs.)

USA WRESTLING GIRLS FOLKSTYLE NATIONALS
At Omaha, Neb., March 4

8U Girls

45-50
1st Place Match - Madison Vigil (Team Colorado) won by fall over Hailey Lollis (Team Oklahoma) (Fall 2:34)
2nd Place Wrestleback - Hailey Lollis (Team Oklahoma) won by decision over Jayzie Whitford (Team Utah) (Dec 5-0)
3rd Place Match - Jayzie Whitford (Team Utah) won by fall over Aureli Sherwood (Team Colorado) (Fall 1:40)
5th Place Match - Brynlee Vanek (Team Nebraska) won by decision over Mckenna Goth (Team Minnesota) (Dec 6-2)

60-70
1st Place - Line Nau Rarick of Team Utah
2nd Place - Bailey Hile of Team Nebraska
3rd Place - Addilyn Hughes of Team Nebraska
4th Place - Myah Zessin of Team Nebraska
5th Place - Gemma Thompson of Team Nebraska
Line Nau Rarick (Team Utah) won by fall over Myah Zessin (Team Nebraska) (Fall 1:45)
Addilyn Hughes (Team Nebraska) won by fall over Gemma Thompson (Team Nebraska) (Fall 0:45)
Bailey Hile (Team Nebraska) won by fall over Gemma Thompson (Team Nebraska) (Fall 0:20)
Line Nau Rarick (Team Utah) won by fall over Addilyn Hughes (Team Nebraska) (Fall 1:25)
Bailey Hile (Team Nebraska) won by fall over Addilyn Hughes (Team Nebraska) (Fall 1:16)
Myah Zessin (Team Nebraska) won by decision over Gemma Thompson (Team Nebraska) (Dec 6-0)
Bailey Hile (Team Nebraska) won by major decision over Myah Zessin (Team Nebraska) (Maj 9-0)
Line Nau Rarick (Team Utah) won by fall over Gemma Thompson (Team Nebraska) (Fall 2:14)
Line Nau Rarick (Team Utah) won by fall over Bailey Hile (Team Nebraska) (Fall 1:34)
Addilyn Hughes (Team Nebraska) won by major decision over Myah Zessin (Team Nebraska) (Maj 9-0)

85
1st Place - Losa Nau Rarick of Team Utah
2nd Place - Cecilia Michael of Team Ohio
Losa Nau Rarick (Team Utah) won by fall over Cecilia Michael (Team Ohio) (Fall 0:34)
Losa Nau Rarick (Team Utah) won by fall over Cecilia Michael (Team Ohio) (Fall 1:17)

10U Girls

50
1st Place - Jayna Whitford of Team Utah
2nd Place - Piper Ayala of Team Wisconsin
3rd Place - Roxy White of Team Wyoming
4th Place - Cosette McNiel of Team Nebraska
5th Place - Reagan Graser of Team Nebraska
Piper Ayala (Team Wisconsin) won by fall over Cosette McNiel (Team Nebraska) (Fall 1:36)
Roxy White (Team Wyoming) won by fall over Reagan Graser (Team Nebraska) (Fall 5:02)
Jayna Whitford (Team Utah) won by fall over Roxy White (Team Wyoming) (Fall 2:23)
Piper Ayala (Team Wisconsin) won by fall over Reagan Graser (Team Nebraska) (Fall 0:42)
Jayna Whitford (Team Utah) won by fall over Reagan Graser (Team Nebraska) (Fall 0:43)
Roxy White (Team Wyoming) won by fall over Cosette McNiel (Team Nebraska) (Fall 0:52)
Jayna Whitford (Team Utah) won by fall over Cosette McNiel (Team Nebraska) (Fall 0:32)
Piper Ayala (Team Wisconsin) won by decision over Roxy White (Team Wyoming) (Dec 4-2)
Jayna Whitford (Team Utah) won by fall over Piper Ayala (Team Wisconsin) (Fall 1:55)
Cosette McNiel (Team Nebraska) won by fall over Reagan Graser (Team Nebraska) (Fall 0:43)

55
1st Place Match - Savina Burgo (Team California) won by decision over Esme Boyer (Team Nebraska) (Dec 2-0)
2nd Place Wrestleback - Hanna Lollis (Team Oklahoma) won by tech fall over Esme Boyer (Team Nebraska) (TF 15-0)
3rd Place Match - Hanna Lollis (Team Oklahoma) won by decision over Baeli Gossman (Team Nebraska) (Dec 4-0)
5th Place Match - Hazel Anderson (Team Wisconsin) won by fall over Madison Betterman (Team Colorado) (Fall 1:20)

60
1st Place Match - Mandi Blades (Team Iowa) won by fall over Sophia Gatewood (Team Indiana) (Fall 1:19)
3rd Place Match - Hais Thao (Team North Carolina) won by fall over Madilynn Gallegos (Team Colorado) (Fall 0:24)
5th Place Match - Hadleigh Ray (Team Kansas) won by fall over Delaney Hardy (Team Nebraska) (Fall 0:45)

65
1st Place Match - Savannah Phelan (Team Virginia) won by major decision over K`Myla Grate (Team Colorado) (Maj 14-4)
2nd Place Wrestleback - Payton Schroeder (Team Colorado) won by decision over K`Myla Grate (Team Colorado) (Dec 5-1)
3rd Place Match - Payton Schroeder (Team Colorado) won by decision over Kenley Berglund (Team Wisconsin) (Dec 6-4)
5th Place Match - Bennett Carlson (Team Utah) won by decision over Haley Guard (Team Indiana) (Dec 7-0)
7th Place Match - Lilah Gonzales (Team Colorado)

70
1st Place - Avery Haber of Team Maryland
2nd Place - Harper Formanek of Team Colorado
3rd Place - Kynlee Douglas of Team Utah
4th Place - Dareh Grieb of Team Colorado
Harper Formanek (Team Colorado) won by fall over Dareh Grieb (Team Colorado) (Fall 0:31)
Avery Haber (Team Maryland) won by major decision over Kynlee Douglas (Team Utah) (Maj 9-0)
Harper Formanek (Team Colorado) won by fall over Kynlee Douglas (Team Utah) (Fall 0:46)
Avery Haber (Team Maryland) won by fall over Dareh Grieb (Team Colorado) (Fall 0:14)
Avery Haber (Team Maryland) won by injury default over Harper Formanek (Team Colorado) (Inj. 1:40)
Kynlee Douglas (Team Utah) won by fall over Dareh Grieb (Team Colorado) (Fall 2:22)

75
1st Place - Brinlie Bazer of Team Nebraska
2nd Place - Nichole Gaskill of Team Illinois
Brinlie Bazer (Team Nebraska) won by decision over Nichole Gaskill (Team Illinois) (Dec 6-5)
Brinlie Bazer (Team Nebraska) won by decision over Nichole Gaskill (Team Illinois) (Dec 5-4)

80
1st Place - Mia Williams of Team Virginia
2nd Place - Brekyn Boyle of Team Arkansas
3rd Place - Sophia Peguero of Team Kansas
4th Place - Aubrey Parks of Team Colorado
Brekyn Boyle (Team Arkansas) won by fall over Aubrey Parks (Team Colorado) (Fall 2:56)
Mia Williams (Team Virginia) won by fall over Sophia Peguero (Team Kansas) (Fall 0:25)
Sophia Peguero (Team Kansas) won by fall over Aubrey Parks (Team Colorado) (Fall 0:34)
Mia Williams (Team Virginia) won by fall over Brekyn Boyle (Team Arkansas) (Fall 1:36)
Mia Williams (Team Virginia) won by fall over Aubrey Parks (Team Colorado) (Fall 1:33)
Brekyn Boyle (Team Arkansas) won by major decision over Sophia Peguero (Team Kansas) (Maj 15-1)

90-100 EXB
1st Place - Maggie Martinez of Team Oklahoma
2nd Place - Sophia Tellez of Team Texas
3rd Place - Hope Sjostrom of Team North Dakota
Sophia Tellez (Team Texas) won by decision over Hope Sjostrom (Team North Dakota) (Dec 10-4)
Maggie Martinez (Team Oklahoma) won by decision over Sophia Tellez (Team Texas) (Dec 4-2)
Maggie Martinez (Team Oklahoma) won by fall over Hope Sjostrom (Team North Dakota) (Fall 0:49)

12U Girls

65
1st Place Match 0 Jaelyn Anderson (Team Nebraska) won by tech fall over Sophia Valdez (Team Colorado) (TF 19-2)
2nd Place Wrestleback - Regan Kinneman (Team Arizona) won by decision over Sophia Valdez (Team Colorado) (Dec 4-0)
3rd Place Match - Regan Kinneman (Team Arizona) won by decision over Mackenzie Moe (Team Indiana) (Dec 4-0)
5th Place Match - Julianna LaSavage (Team Wisconsin) won by decision over Freyda Nelson (Team Minnesota) (Dec 4-0)
7th Place Match - Brindley Mazzulla (Team Nebraska) won by decision over Jessica Dean (Team New Jersey) (Dec 5-1)

70
1st Place - Abigail Peterson of Team Iowa
2nd Place - Emmeline Barry of Team Nebraska
3rd Place - Payten Jagodzinski of Team Wisconsin
4th Place - Addison McCarty of Team Colorado
Abigail Peterson (Team Iowa) won by fall over Addison McCarty (Team Colorado) (Fall 1:24)
Emmeline Barry (Team Nebraska) won by decision over Payten Jagodzinski (Team Wisconsin) (Dec 8-2)
Abigail Peterson (Team Iowa) won by fall over Payten Jagodzinski (Team Wisconsin) (Fall 0:59)
Emmeline Barry (Team Nebraska) won by fall over Addison McCarty (Team Colorado) (Fall 1:10)
Abigail Peterson (Team Iowa) won by decision over Emmeline Barry (Team Nebraska) (Dec 6-0)
Payten Jagodzinski (Team Wisconsin) won by fall over Addison McCarty (Team Colorado) (Fall 0:45)

75
1st Place Match - Iliyah Sailas-Lara (Team Colorado) won by fall over BryLee Irsik (Team Nebraska) (Fall 2:15)
2nd Place Wrestleback - Gjoa Rowe (Team Iowa) won by fall over BryLee Irsik (Team Nebraska) (Fall 0:34)
3rd Place Match - Gjoa Rowe (Team Iowa) won by decision over Laker Nau Rarick (Team Utah) (Dec 8-3)
5th Place Match - BlakeLee Smith (Team Oklahoma) won by fall over Eyniah Byrd (Team Texas) (Fall 0:25)

80
1st Place Match - Carleigh Clark (Team Oklahoma) won by fall over Bella Reyes (Team California) (Fall 0:28)
2nd Place Wrestleback - Mylah Henebry (Team Idaho) won by forfeit over Bella Reyes (Team California) (FF)
3rd Place Match - Mylah Henebry (Team Idaho) won by decision over Mya Guyette (Team Wisconsin) (Dec 4-0)
5th Place Match - Kamryn Brumley (Team Colorado) won by decision over Sidda Evans (Team Kansas) (Dec 2-0)
7th Place - Addison Neal (Team Iowa)

85
1st Place Match - Isla Silva (Team Pennsylvania) won by decision over Raeya Perkins (Team Oklahoma) (Dec 8-5)
2nd Place Wrestleback - Raeya Perkins (Team Oklahoma) won by no contest over Emersyn Graap (Team Wisconsin) (NC)
3rd Place Match - Emersyn Graap (Team Wisconsin) won by fall over Jayden Jones (Team Nebraska) (Fall 0:42)
5th Place Match - Scout Eby (Team Indiana) won by fall over Beverly Kurkowski-Witt (Team Texas) (Fall 0:31)

90
1st Place Match - Kenley Harris (Team Nebraska) won by decision over Tenley Hemmingsen (Team Iowa) (Dec 4-3)
2nd Place Wrestleback - Tenley Hemmingsen (Team Iowa) won by no contest over Hailey Goth (Team Minnesota) (NC)
3rd Place Match - Hailey Goth (Team Minnesota) won by major decision over Willow Johns (Team Kansas) (Maj 10-0)
5th Place Match - Saraval McGregor (Team Wyoming) won by fall over Regan Huppenthal (Team Colorado) (Fall 0:45)
7th Place Match - Evalina Binns (Team Wyoming)

100
1st Place Match - Kara-Lynn Dover (Team Georgia) won by fall over Zaylyn Woods (Team Texas) (Fall 0:43)
3rd Place Match - Kira Wicklund (Team Washington) won by decision over Kaelyn Alleman (Team Utah) (Dec 7-2)
5th Place Match - Ryland Huppenthal (Team Colorado) won by fall over Halle Ball (Team Nebraska) (Fall 1:21)
7th Place - Reiona Hodges (Team Iowa)

110
1st Place Match - KiMorah Cathey (Team Oklahoma) won in sudden victory - 1 over Kaydence Golding (Team North Dakota) (SV-1 8-6)
2nd Place Wrestleback - Ember Zupanc (Team Wisconsin) won by decision over Kaydence Golding (Team North Dakota) (Dec 8-1)
3rd Place Match - Ember Zupanc (Team Wisconsin) won by fall over Freya Schwabenbauer (Team Washington) (Fall 1:25)
5th Place Match - Mollie Blades (Team Iowa) won by fall over Kylah Gallegos (Team Colorado) (Fall 3:30)
7th Place Match - Nova Estrada (Team South Carolina) won by fall over Zoe Greer (Team Colorado) (Fall 0:18)

120
1st Place - Emma Antoni of Team Minnesota
2nd Place - Victoria Powers of Team Nebraska
3rd Place - Norma Kurkowski-Witt of Team Texas
Victoria Powers (Team Nebraska) won by fall over Norma Kurkowski-Witt (Team Texas) (Fall 0:42)
Emma Antoni (Team Minnesota) won by fall over Norma Kurkowski-Witt (Team Texas) (Fall 0:59)
Emma Antoni (Team Minnesota) won by fall over Victoria Powers (Team Nebraska) (Fall 1:17)

14U Girls

72-79
1st Place - Ella Neibert of Team Indiana
2nd Place - Brynn Engel of Team Wisconsin
3rd Place - Kemrie Grange of Team Utah
4th Place - Piper Phillips of Team Iowa
5th Place - Bridget Martin of Team Indiana
Piper Phillips (Team Iowa) won by decision over Bridget Martin (Team Indiana) (Dec 4-0)
Ella Neibert (Team Indiana) won by decision over Kemrie Grange (Team Utah) (Dec 7-0)
Brynn Engel (Team Wisconsin) won by fall over Kemrie Grange (Team Utah) (Fall 0:44)
Ella Neibert (Team Indiana) won by fall over Piper Phillips (Team Iowa) (Fall 0:49)
Ella Neibert (Team Indiana) won by fall over Brynn Engel (Team Wisconsin) (Fall 0:33)
Kemrie Grange (Team Utah) won by fall over Bridget Martin (Team Indiana) (Fall 3:34)
Brynn Engel (Team Wisconsin) won by fall over Bridget Martin (Team Indiana) (Fall 1:22)
Kemrie Grange (Team Utah) won by fall over Piper Phillips (Team Iowa) (Fall 3:32)
Brynn Engel (Team Wisconsin) won by fall over Piper Phillips (Team Iowa) (Fall 0:23)
Ella Neibert (Team Indiana) won by tech fall over Bridget Martin (Team Indiana) (TF 17-0)

85
1st Place - Leena Sharp of Team Utah
2nd Place - Brynlee Mooney of Team Texas
3rd Place - Sophia Anderson of Team Wisconsin
Brynlee Mooney (Team Texas) won by decision over Sophia Anderson (Team Wisconsin) (Dec 2-0)
Leena Sharp (Team Utah) won by fall over Sophia Anderson (Team Wisconsin) (Fall 2:56)
Leena Sharp (Team Utah) won by fall over Brynlee Mooney (Team Texas) (Fall 3:28)

92
1st Place Match - Paris Soria (Team California) won by fall over Calliope Willman (Team Illinois) (Fall 1:56)
3rd Place Match - Corabella Wesley (Team Indiana) won by decision over Morgan Johnson (Team Wisconsin) (Dec 2-0)
5th Place Match - Mikayela Valdez (Team Texas) won by major decision over Neelie Johnson (Team Oklahoma) (Maj 8-0)
7th Place Match - Raelyn Scott (Team Colorado) won by decision over Layonna Avila (Team Indiana) (Dec 5-0)

97
1st Place Match - Erica Irvine (Team Iowa) won by decision over Dilynn Albrecht (Team Wisconsin) (Dec 3-0)
2nd Place Wrestleback - Katelynn Dockery (Team Texas) won by fall over Dilynn Albrecht (Team Wisconsin) (Fall 0:38)
3rd Place Match - Katelynn Dockery (Team Texas) won by fall over Lilli Cooper (Team Iowa) (Fall 0:21)
5th Place Match - Peggy Susan Dean (Team New Jersey) won by decision over Stella Isensee (Team Colorado) (Dec 8-4)
7th Place Match - Hanna Givens (Team Texas) won by fall over Abigail Borden (Team Colorado) (Fall 2:21)

101
1st Place Match - Epenesa Elison (Team California) won by major decision over Saydee Lussenhop (Team Colorado) (Maj 14-0)
3rd Place Match - Mia Anderson (Team Nebraska) won by fall over Catherine Hendricks (Team Wyoming) (Fall 2:27)
5th Place Match - Raylynn Woods (Team Nevada) won by fall over Taylor Drake (Team Idaho) (Fall 0:56)
7th Place Match - Grace Beeson (Team South Carolina) won by fall over Angelina Roller (Team Colorado) (Fall 1:00)

105
1st Place Match - Julianna Hernandez (Team New York) won by decision over Chloe Ross (Team Rhode Island) (Dec 5-2)
2nd Place Wrestleback - Mara Vanderpool (Team Nebraska) won by decision over Chloe Ross (Team Rhode Island) (Dec 2-0)
3rd Place Match - Mara Vanderpool (Team Nebraska) won by decision over Ali Svancara (Team Idaho) (Dec 2-0)
5th Place Match - Alicia Kenfack (Team North Dakota) won by fall over Kylie Smith (Team Texas) (Fall 1:26)
7th Place Match - Liliauna Nold (Team Kansas) won by decision over Cierra Lear (Team Indiana) (Dec 7-0)

110
1st Place Match - Julia Araujo (Team North Dakota) won by decision over Olivia Bezdicek (Team Idaho) (Dec 4-0)
3rd Place Match - Paloma Juarez (Team Missouri) won by decision over Tessa Urias (Team Texas) (Dec 8-2)
5th Place Match - Sara Pauls (Team New York) won by fall over Analia Urias (Team Texas) (Fall 0:45)
7th Place Match - Harley LaBuda (Team Montana) won by fall over Nayeli Cardenas (Team Colorado) (Fall 0:33)

119
1st Place - Elliotte Strange of Team Texas
2nd Place - Hope Senteney of Team Indiana
3rd Place - Paisley Morrison of Team Oregon
4th Place - Tessa York of Team Wisconsin
Hope Senteney (Team Indiana) won by major decision over Paisley Morrison (Team Oregon) (Maj 12-4)
Elliotte Strange (Team Texas) won by decision over Tessa York (Team Wisconsin) (Dec 7-0)
Elliotte Strange (Team Texas) won in sudden victory - 1 over Paisley Morrison (Team Oregon) (SV-1 4-2)
Hope Senteney (Team Indiana) won by fall over Tessa York (Team Wisconsin) (Fall 3:12)
Paisley Morrison (Team Oregon) won by decision over Tessa York (Team Wisconsin) (Dec 9-2)
Elliotte Strange (Team Texas) won by decision over Hope Senteney (Team Indiana) (Dec 2-0)

127
1st Place Match - Erika Sleznikow (Team Wisconsin) won by decision over Parker Martinez (Team Oklahoma) (Dec 5-0)
2nd Place Wrestleback - Landri VonGonten (Team Texas) won by fall over Parker Martinez (Team Oklahoma) (Fall 2:00)
3rd Place Match - Landri VonGonten (Team Texas) won by fall over Shayla DeBlaere (Team North Dakota) (Fall 1:34)
5th Place Match - Carlee Roth (Team Wyoming) won by decision over Zoe Chamberlin (Team Colorado) (Dec 3-2)
7th Place Match - Julianne Cantu (Team Indiana) won by decision over Michelle Venegas (Team Washington) (Dec 5-0)

136
1st Place Match - Isabella Miller (Team Iowa) won by fall over Kaili Manuel (Team Michigan) (Fall 1:33)
3rd Place Match - Remington LaFlamme (Team Texas) won by major decision over Kylee Wicklund (Team Washington) (Maj 9-0)
5th Place Match - Makayla Hinchey (Team South Carolina) won by decision over June Wagner-Gilbert (Team Indiana) (Dec 2-1)

145
1st Place Match - Matilda Hruby (Team Colorado) won by fall over Carli Vargas (Team Missouri) (Fall 3:18)
3rd Place Match - Veronica Madrid (Team Kansas) won by decision over Sarah Eddy (Team Wyoming) (Dec 2-0)
5th Place Match - Laila Hustoles (Team South Carolina) won by fall over Amelia Soltis (Team Wisconsin) (Fall 0:35)
7th Place Match - Soraya Shirley (Team Montana) won by fall over Olivia Garrean (Team Nebraska) (Fall 2:26)

185
1st Place - Melanie Butler of Team Missouri
2nd Place - Tevia Nau Rarick of Team Utah
3rd Place - Charley Timms of Team Nevada
4th Place - Camille Gatrost of Team Arizona
Melanie Butler (Team Missouri) won by fall over Camille Gatrost (Team Arizona) (Fall 3:01)
Tevia Nau Rarick (Team Utah) won by fall over Charley Timms (Team Nevada) (Fall 0:57)
Melanie Butler (Team Missouri) won by fall over Tevia Nau Rarick (Team Utah) (Fall 3:15)
Charley Timms (Team Nevada) won by major decision over Camille Gatrost (Team Arizona) (Maj 9-0)
Melanie Butler (Team Missouri) won by decision over Charley Timms (Team Nevada) (Dec 5-4)
Tevia Nau Rarick (Team Utah) won by fall over Camille Gatrost (Team Arizona) (Fall 1:12)