OKLAHOMA
CITY – Oklahoma City University has added Taylor Busboom
of Spring, Texas and Chelsea Koenen of Killeen,
Texas to its women’s wrestling program.
Busboom
and Koenen were each four-time state qualifiers. Busboom captured the
girls folkstyle national championship at 109 pounds in March at OCU.
The
Stars won the WCWA national championship and their second consecutive
NWCA National Duals championship last season.
Busboom
won four district championships for Spring Klein High School
(Texas). Busboom placed third at 110 pounds as a senior and fifth as a
junior. She went 96-4 her final two years of high school.
“She’s
pretty tenacious,” OCU coach Archie Randall said
of Busboom. “She wrestles really hard. She is an outstanding
student and proved herself an outstanding wrestler because she won the
folkstyle national championship.”
Busboom
said of OCU, “It’s everything I’m looking for.”
Koenen
won four district titles for Killeen Shoemaker High School (Texas). She
advanced to the state tournament and the regional final all four years
of her high-school career.
Koenen competed at 120 pounds as a senior.
“She
really wants to develop and mature as a wrestler,” Randall said.
“She believes OCU is the best place for her. She wanted a school
like ours where she could develop as a wrestler and achieve her
academic goals. She is pretty tough.”
To see video of Busboom winning the 109-pound national title, click here.
OCU hosts the Junior National Duals on June 24-28. The event annually features the nation’s top youth wrestlers.
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Congratulation to University of Saskatchewan Huskie women's wrestling
team captain Jill Gallays who earned a silver medal in Austria, this
weekend in the 55-kg weight class.