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Missouri Valley Showcase of Women's Freestyle

4/2/2005
Marshall, Mo.
Entered by Carl Murphree

Team Scoring

Results By Weight
48 kg/105.5 lbs.
1st Joey Miller – OK
2nd Rachel Holthaus – MN
3rd Jessica Medina – Cumberland
4th Kelli Rasmussen – MN
5th Melissa Girard – Cumberland

Round 1
Melissa Girard over Angelee Homma (MVC), 4-0, 1-0
Kelli Rasmussen over Daisy Callado (CC), 6-0, 2-2
Round 2
Jessica Medina over Melissa Girard, 4-0, 2-0
Joey Miller over Rachel Bernardes (OK), 2-0. 0-5, 6-1
Rachel Holthaus over Aquilla Hills (CC), 3-0, 2-0
Kelli Rasmussen over Tanya Miyasaki (MVC) 3-1, 2-0
Round 3
Miller over Medina, 1-0,0-1,1-0
Holthaus over Rasmussen, 1-0, 1-0
Final
Miller over Holthaus, 3-0, 2-1
Consolation Round 2
Miyasaki over Homma, 7-0, 4-0
Girard over Callado, WBF
Consolation 3
Hills over Miyasaki, 1-0, 4-3
Girard over Bernardes, 3-0, 8-3
Consolation 4
Medina over Hills, WB Inj Default
Rasmussen over Girard, 4-2, 5-6, 7-3
3rd place match
Medina over Rasmussen
5th place Match
Girard over Hills

51 kg/112.25 lbs.
1st Sadie Kaneda – MVC
2nd Tabithia Ramsey – MVC
3rd Deseree Cazares – Cumberland
4th Britney Sevy – MVC
5th Carmen Ramos –MVC

Round 1
Ramsey over Cazares, 3-0, 0-3, 1-1
Sevy over Ramos, 1-0, 2-0
Round 2
Cazares over Sevy, 2-0, 5-0
Kaneda over Ramos, by Fall
Round 3
Kaneda over Sevy, 3-0, 1-0
Ramsey over Ramos, 7-1, 4-0
Round 4
Keneda over Cazares, 4-1, 6-0
Ramsey over Sevy, 6-0, 3-0
Round 5
Cazares over Ramos, by Fall
Keneda over Ramsey, by forfeit

55 kg/121 lbs.
1st Othella Lucas – Cumberland
2nd Clarissa Calibuso – MVC
3rd LeAnn Barney – Texas
4th Courtney Martell – Vermont
5th Jen Aniano – MVC

Round 1
Lucas over Calibuso, by fall
Barney over Martell, 8-1, 2-1
Round 2
Calibuso over Martell, 3-0, 3-0
Lucas over Aniano, 6-0, 5-0
Round 3
Lucas over Barney, 6-0, 6-0
Calibuso over Aniano, by Fall
Round 4
Martell over Aniano, 1-1, 2-0, 1-0
Calibuso over Barney, by fall
Round 5
Barney over Aniano, by fall
Lucas over Martell, 5-0, 4-0

59 kg/130 lbs.
1st Suekoilya Shelly - Cumberland
2nd Julie Duarte - MVC
3rd Leigh Jaynes - MVC Alum
4th Maria Dunn – MVC
5th Brenda McDaniel – Cumberland

Round 1
Shelly over Sarah Peasley (OH), by Fall
Maria Dunn over McDaniel, by Fall
Jaynes over Nicole Husted (MVC), 3-0, 5-0
Round 2
Shelly over Dunn, by Fall
Duarte over Jaynes 0-7, 3-2, 3-1
Final
Shelly over Duarte
4-1, 2-0
Consolation 1
McDaniel over Peasley,
Consolation 2
Jaynes over McDaniel, 1-0, 2-0
Dunn over Husted, 4-0, 6-0
Consolation 3
Jaynes over Dunn, 1-0, 1-0
McDaniel over Husted, by Fall

63 kg/138.75 lbs.
1st Alaina Berube Cumberland
2nd Ashley Sword OTC
3rd Megan Neville Cumberland
4th Rachel Billerbeck MVC
5th Amanda Muncer, Bacone

Round 1
Berube over Emily Rinehart MVC, 5-0, 8-0
Muncer over Amanda Velasquez MVC, by Fall
Billerbeck over Allison Hooper Cumberland, 1-0, 2-1
Sword over Neville, 1-0, 6-1
Round 2
Berube over Muncer, by Fall
Sword over Billerbeck, 2-0, 1-0
Final
Berube over Sword, 3-2, 2-1
Consolation 1
Rinehart over Velasquez, 4-0, 4-0
Neville over Hooper, 1-0, 1-0
Consolation 2
Billerbeck over Rinehart, 1-0, 3-1
Neville over Muncer, 6-0, 6-0
Round 3
Neville over Billerbeck, by Fall
Muncer over Rinehart, by Forfeit

67 kg/147.5 lbs.
1st Heather Martin, Cumberland
2nd Kelly Branham, MVC
3rd Astrid Gomez, MVC
4th Lacy Novinska, WI
5th Sara Hilliard, KS

Round 1
Martin over Branham, by Fall
Gomez over Novinska, 1-1, 3-1, 2-0
Round 2
Martin over Hilliard, by Fall
Branham over Gomez, 3-1, 6-1
Round 3
Martin over Novinska, 6-0, 6-0
Branham over Hilliard, 4-1, 3-0
Round 4
Martin over Gomez, 6-0, 6-0
Novinska over Hilliard, 1-0, 2-0
Round 5
Branham over Novinska, 6-0, 6-0
Gomez over Hilliard, by Fall

72 Kilos
1st Tabitha Golt, Cumberland
2nd Brittany Jones, MVC
3rd Selina Perez, MVC
4th Sheri Hilliard, Cumberland

Round 1
Golt over Jones, 7-2, 4-1
Perez over Hilliard, 2-0, 2-0
Round 2
Golt over Perez, by Fall
Jones over Hilliard, 1-0, 0-2, 2-0
Round 3
Golt over Hilliard, by Fall
Jones over Perez, by Forfeit

80 kg/176 lbs.
1st Teresa Fennell, Cumberland
2nd Elizabeth Hernandez, Cumberland
3rd Alecia McCoy MVC
4th Gillian Hampton, MO

Round 1
Fennell over McCoy, 7-2, 4-0
Hernandez over Hampton, 3-0, 4-0
Round 2
Hernandez over McCoy, by Fall
Fennell over Hampton, by Fall
Round 3
McCoy over Hampton by Fall
Fennell over Hernandez, 2-1, 1-3, 4-0

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TheMat.com U.S. Senior Women's Rankings

Released 3/31/2005
Ranked by TheMat.com

48 kg (105.5 lbs.) *
1. Clarissa Chun, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
2. Sara Fulp-Allen, El Granada, Calif. (Menlo College)
3. Mary Kelly, Mahomet, Ill. (Dave Schultz WC)
4. Laura Felix, Bakersfield, Calif. (Dave Schultz WC)
5. Katie Kunimoto, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Gator WC)
6. Caitlyn Chase, Hanover Park, Ill. (Gator WC)
7. Sadie Kaneda, Honolulu, Hawaii (Missouri Valley)
8. Jessica Medina, Pomona, Calif. (Cumberland)
9. Liz Short, Lombard, Ill. (USOEC)
10. Hana Askren, Los Angeles, Calif. (Santa Monica WC)

51 kg (112 lbs.)
1. Stephanie Murata, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
2. Malinda Ripley, Colorado Springs, Colo.(Sunkist Kids)
3. Jenny Wong, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
4. Debbi Sakai, Miliani, Hawaii (New York AC)
5. Cheryl Wong, Croton, N.Y. (Dave Schultz WC)
6. Kapua Torres, Kahuku, Hawaii (Pacific)
7. Maika Watanabe, Napa, Calif. (Missouri Valley)
8. Tabithia Ramsey, Austin, Texas (unattached)
9. Nicole Darrow, Pittsfield, Mass. (TNT)
10. Desiree Cazeras, South Grand Prairie, Texas (Cumberland College)

55 kg (121 lbs.) *
1. Tela O'Donnell, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Dave Schultz WC)
2. Tina George, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)
3. Marcie Van Dusen, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
4. Sharon Jacobsen, El Cajon, Calif. (USOEC)
5. Danyelle Hedin, Honolulu, Hawaii (USOEC)
6. Othella Lucas, San Diego, Calif. (New York AC)
7. Chelynne Pringle, Hugo, Minn. (Minnesota Storm)
8. Tina Pihl, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)
9. Amy Borgnini, Terre Haute, Ind. (USOEC)
10. Chelsea Roundtree, Crestwood, Ky. (Cumberland College)

59 kg (130 lbs.)
1. Brandy Rosenbrock, Harrison, Mich. (USOEC)
2. Sally Roberts, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Gator WC)
3. Suekoiyla Shelly, Hurst, Texas (New York AC)
4. Erin Tomeo, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
5. Leigh Jaynes, Burlington, N.J. (New York AC)
6. Brooke Bogren, Carbondale, Kan. (Missouri Valley)
7. Astrid Gomez, Hereford, Texas (Missouri Valley)
8. Laurin Daniels, Vashon, Wash. (Menlo College)
9. Kelsey Campbell, Oregon City, Ore. (unattached)
10. Brenna Larkin, Tucson, Ariz. (Pacific)

63 kg (138.5 lbs.) *
1. Alaina Berube, Escanaba,Mich. (Cumberland College)
2. Tori Adams, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
3. Kaci Lyle, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
4. N’Tasha Umemoto, Portland, Ore. (Sunkist Kids)
5. Stefanie Shaw, Waterford, Conn. (New England Elite)
6. Vanessa Oswalt, Mount Vernon, Ohio (SW Force)
7. Shelly Ruberg, Ueras, Ohio (Cumberland College)
8. Rachel Billerbeck, Plugerville, Texas (Missouri Valley)
9. Titilope Lawani, Rialto, Calif. (Pacific)
10. Jen Chu, Philadelphia, Pa. (W.O.W)

67 kg (147.5 lbs.)
1. Katie Downing, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
2. Ali Bernard, New Ulm, Minn. (Rolling Thunder)
3. Heather Martin, Wellington, Ohio (All-American WC)
4. Cindy Herceg, Los Angeles, Calif. (Spartak)
5. Kelly Branham, Apache Junction, Ariz. (Missouri Valley)
6. K’uu Johnson, Honolulu, Hawaii (USOEC)
7. Ashley Sword, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)
8. Andrea Hale, Chicago, Ill. (Lassen College)
9. Nikia Jensen, Eden Prairie, Minn. (unattached)
10. Megan Nevill, Claire, Mich. (Cumberland College)

72 kg (158.5 lbs.) *
1. Toccara Montgomery, Cleveland, Ohio (Cumberland College)
2. Kristie Marano, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)
3. Stephany Lee, Honolulu, Hawaii (Missouri Valley)
4. Iris Smith, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)
5. Samantha Lang, Tualatin, Ore. (Sunkist Kids)
6. Donell Bradley, Aiea, Hawaii (USOEC)
7. Randi Miller, Arlington, Texas (USOEC)
8. Juanita Russell, Galway, N.Y. (TNT)
9. Elena Mena, St. Paul, Minn.
10. Tabitha Golt, Chesapeake, Va. (Cumberland College)

* - Olympic weight class

Media outlets may reproduce these rankings only if they identify them as TheMat.com U.S. Senior Women’s rankings

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World bronze medalist Sally Roberts to provide clinic and autographs at Body Bar Women’s Nationals on April 9

3/30/2005
Gary Abbott/USA Wrestling

2003 World bronze medalist Sally Roberts (Colorado Springs, Colo./Gator WC) will provide a special technique clinic, Body Bar demonstration and autograph session at the Body Bar Women’s National Championships in El Cajon, Calif., Saturday, April 9.

Roberts, who is currently ranked No. 1 on the Women’s National Team at 59 kg/130 lbs., will be a special guest at the championships as part of Body Bar’s sponsorship of this major national women’s competition.

The competition will be held at Grossmont High School in the city of El Cajon, which is in the San Diego community on April 9 and 10.

The technique clinic and Body Bar demonstration will be held at the conclusion of the second session of wrestling on Saturday, April 9, at approximately 3:30 p.m. Roberts, along with one of her U.S. Olympic Training Center resident athlete teammates, will teach young women athletes during the clinic. At the conclusion of her presentation, Roberts will sign autographs for those in attendance.

The Body Bar Women’s Nationals provides USA Wrestling national championships for female wrestlers at three different age levels, the University division, the FILA Junior division and the FILA Cadet division. In addition, national championships in freestyle wrestling will be held in two other age group divisions: Grades 3-6 and Grades 7-8.

For information on the Body Bar Women’s Nationals, contact event director Richard Bailey at 619-303-6886 or the California USA Wrestling office at 559-275-9478.

Roberts won a bronze medal at the 2003 World Championships in New York City, helping lead Team USA to a second-place finish. She was a 2003 World Cup champion, as well as a 2003 U.S. Nationals champion and 2003 University Nationals champion. She placed fifth in the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials competing up a weight class. In both 2003 and 2004, Roberts won Special Wrestle-offs to claim the No. 1 spot on Women’s Team USA.

Roberts has won a number of international medals, including gold medals at the Yarygin Memorial in Russia and the Dave Schultz Memorial in the United States. She is originally from Federal Way, Wash., and competed at Pacific Univ. and UM-Morris before joining the USOTC resident program in Colorado Springs.

USA Wrestling announced earlier this week that Body Bar Systems of Boulder, Colo. has agreed to continue to be designated as USA Wrestling's Women's National Team Sponsor through 2006. Body Bar Systems served as Women’s National Team Sponsor leading up to the 2004 Olympic Games.

Body Bar Systems produces "The Body Bar" and its accompanying "Master Your Body" video and DVD series. It has proven to be an equalizer in fitness facilities with new students, advanced exercisers and professionals finding new ways to challenge themselves. The Body Bar is also proving to be a powerful home-workout tool, with no loose parts and easy storage.

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State teams encouraged to enter Women’s Junior National Duals in Fargo, N.D.

4/2/2005
Gary Abbott/USA Wrestling

USA Wrestling will be hosting the first Women’s Junior National Dual Championships in Fargo, N.D. on Thursday, July 28.

This event will be held in conjunction with the ASICS/Vaughan Junior National Championships for men and women, as well as the men’s Cadet National Championships, which are held in Fargo, N.D. during that week.

The competition will be a dual meet format, using the current weight classes and rules for women on the Junior level. The format is prescribed by the National Junior Dual Policies and Procedures.

The entry deadline for the Women’s Junior National Duals is June 1, and a $500.00 deposit is due on or before June 1.

State associations are encouraged to enter their Junior women’s team in the new Women’s Junior National Duals, which is held prior to the individual Junior Nationals for women.

For information, contact USA Wrestling’s Events Department at 719-598-8181.