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2004 Olympic Team Trials - Women
Bout-By-Bout Report
WT 48
Championship First Round
1 #9 Caitlyn Chase (Unattached) DEC #8 Julie Gonzalez (DSWC) D 7-1
2 #11 Elizabeth Torres (Pacific) DEC #6 Hana Askren (Santa Monica Bay) D 9-4
3 #10 Miriam Jenkins (Marines) WBF #7 Kristen Fujioka (Team Hawaii) F 2:05
Championship Quarter-Finals
13 #1 Clarissa Chun (Gator WC) WBTF #9 Caitlyn Chase (Unattached) T 12-2; 3:48
14 #4 Laura Felix (DSWC) DEC #5 Katie Kunimoto (Gator WC) D 7-0
15 #3 Sara Fulp-Allen (Menlo) DEC #11 Elizabeth Torres (Pacific) D 7-5
16 #2 Mary Kelly (NYAC) DEC #10 Miriam Jenkins (Marines) D 9-2
Consolation Second Round
30 #8 Julie Gonzalez (DSWC) DEC #10 Miriam Jenkins (Marines) D 3-1
31 #5 Katie Kunimoto (Gator WC) DEC #6 Hana Askren (Santa Monica Bay) D 3-2
32 #9 Caitlyn Chase (Unattached) WBTF #7 Kristen Fujioka (Team Hawaii) T 10-0; 2:24
Championship Semi-Finals
41 #1 Clarissa Chun (Gator WC) WBTF #4 Laura Felix (DSWC) T 13-2; 5:33
42 #3 Sara Fulp-Allen (Menlo) DEC #2 Mary Kelly (NYAC) D 8-6
Consolation Quarter-Finals
43 #8 Julie Gonzalez (DSWC) DEC #11 Elizabeth Torres (Pacific) D 4-3
44 #5 Katie Kunimoto (Gator WC) DEC #9 Caitlyn Chase (Unattached) D 8-0
Consolation Semi-Finals
57 #8 Julie Gonzalez (DSWC) DEC #4 Laura Felix (DSWC) D 5-4
58 #2 Mary Kelly (NYAC) DEC #5 Katie Kunimoto (Gator WC) D 4-1
Finals - First Place
65 #1 Clarissa Chun (Gator WC) DEC #3 Sara Fulp-Allen (Menlo) D 5-3
Finals - Third Place
66 #2 Mary Kelly (NYAC) DEC #8 Julie Gonzalez (DSWC) D 4-1
Finals - Fifth Place
67 #4 Laura Felix (DSWC) DEC #5 Katie Kunimoto (Gator WC) D 5-0
WT 55
Championship First Round
4 #10 Grace Magnussen (DSWC) DEC #8 Danielle Hobeika (DSWC) D 7-6
5 #6 Lauren Lamb (Michigan WC) WBTF #9 Courtney Martell (Unattached) T 10-0; 4:17
6 #7 Tina Pihl (NYAC) DEC #11 Cheryl Wong (DSWC) D 5-0
Championship Quarter-Finals
17 #1 Tela O'Donnell (DSWC) WBTF #10 Grace Magnussen (DSWC) T 14-3; 5:59
18 #5 Stephanie Murata (Sunkist Kids) DEC #4 Marcie VanDusen (Sunkist Kids) D 3-2
19 #6 Lauren Lamb (Michigan WC) DEC #3 Erin Tomeo (Sunkist Kids) D 4-1
20 #2 Jenny Wong (Sunkist Kids) DEC #7 Tina Pihl (NYAC) D 8-1
Consolation Second Round
33 #7 Tina Pihl (NYAC) DEC #8 Danielle Hobeika (DSWC) D 10-8
34 #4 Marcie VanDusen (Sunkist Kids) WBF #9 Courtney Martell (Unattached) F 0:51
35 #10 Grace Magnussen (DSWC) DEC #11 Cheryl Wong (DSWC) D 5-0
Championship Semi-Finals
45 #1 Tela O'Donnell (DSWC) WBTF #5 Stephanie Murata (Sunkist Kids) T 11-0; 4:18
46 #2 Jenny Wong (Sunkist Kids) DEC #6 Lauren Lamb (Michigan WC) D 3-2
Consolation Quarter-Finals
47 #3 Erin Tomeo (Sunkist Kids) DEC #7 Tina Pihl (NYAC) D 8-0
48 #4 Marcie VanDusen (Sunkist Kids) WBTF #10 Grace Magnussen (DSWC) T 15-3; 3:48
Consolation Semi-Finals
59 #5 Stephanie Murata (Sunkist Kids) DEC #3 Erin Tomeo (Sunkist Kids) D 4-1
60 #4 Marcie VanDusen (Sunkist Kids) WBTF #6 Lauren Lamb (Michigan WC) T 12-0; 3:49
Finals - First Place
68 #1 Tela O'Donnell (DSWC) DEC #2 Jenny Wong (Sunkist Kids) D 5-2
Finals - Third Place
69 #5 Stephanie Murata (Sunkist Kids) DEC #4 Marcie VanDusen (Sunkist Kids) D 6-2
Finals - Fifth Place
70 #6 Lauren Lamb (Michigan WC) WBF #3 Erin Tomeo (Sunkist Kids) F M FOR
WT 63
Championship First Round
7 #9 Leigh Jaynes (NYAC) DEC #8 Tina Arnds (Missouri Valley) D 5-3
8 #5 Stefanie Shaw (Unattached) DEC #12 Mollie Keith (Missouri Valley) D 6-0
9 #4 Vanessa Oswalt (Simpson) DEC #13 Iris Mucha (Cumberland) D 4-3
10 #6 Tori Adams (Gator WC) DEC #11 Suekoila Shelly (Cumberland) D 2-2
11 #7 Brandy Rosenbrock (Rosenbrock WC) DEC #10 Shelly Ruberg (Cumberland) D 14-5
Championship Quarter-Finals
21 #1 Sally Roberts (Gator WC) WBTF #9 Leigh Jaynes (NYAC) T 14-4; 4:30
22 #5 Stefanie Shaw (Unattached) DEC #4 Vanessa Oswalt (Simpson) D 5-3
23 #3 Kaci Lyle (Sunkist Kids) DEC #6 Tori Adams (Gator WC) D 3-2
24 #2 Alaina Berube (NYAC) WBF #7 Brandy Rosenbrock (Rosenbrock WC) F 2:15
Consolation First Round
25 #13 Iris Mucha (Cumberland) DEC #12 Mollie Keith (Missouri Valley) D 2-1
Consolation Second Round
36 #7 Brandy Rosenbrock (Rosenbrock WC) DEC #8 Tina Arnds (Missouri Valley) D 6-4
37 #6 Tori Adams (Gator WC) DEC #13 Iris Mucha (Cumberland) D 5-0
38 #4 Vanessa Oswalt (Simpson) DEC #11 Suekoila Shelly (Cumberland) D 8-3
39 #9 Leigh Jaynes (NYAC) WBTF #10 Shelly Ruberg (Cumberland) T 10-0; 2:56
Championship Semi-Finals
49 #5 Stefanie Shaw (Unattached) DEC #1 Sally Roberts (Gator WC) D 4-2
50 #2 Alaina Berube (NYAC) DEC #3 Kaci Lyle (Sunkist Kids) D 5-1
Consolation Quarter-Finals
51 #6 Tori Adams (Gator WC) DEC #7 Brandy Rosenbrock (Rosenbrock WC) D 3-0
52 #9 Leigh Jaynes (NYAC) DEC #4 Vanessa Oswalt (Simpson) D 5-0
Consolation Semi-Finals
61 #1 Sally Roberts (Gator WC) DEC #6 Tori Adams (Gator WC) D 3-1
62 #3 Kaci Lyle (Sunkist Kids) WBF #9 Leigh Jaynes (NYAC) F 0:37
Finals - First Place
71 #2 Alaina Berube (NYAC) DEC #5 Stefanie Shaw (Unattached) D 5-4
Finals - Third Place
72 #3 Kaci Lyle (Sunkist Kids) DEC #1 Sally Roberts (Gator WC) D 4-1
Finals - Fifth Place
73 #6 Tori Adams (Gator WC) DEC #9 Leigh Jaynes (NYAC) D 4-3
WT 72
Championship First Round
12 #8 Ali Bernard (Minnesota Storm) DEC #9 Kelly Branham (Missouri Valley) D 4-0
Championship Quarter-Finals
26 #1 Stephany Lee (Missouri Valley) DEC #8 Ali Bernard (Minnesota Storm) D 9-5
27 #5 Nina Vernon (Gator WC) DEC #4 Iris Smith (Army) D 3-1
28 #3 Katie Downing (Sunkist Kids) WBTF #6 Randi Miller. (DSWC) T 11-0; 1:28
29 #2 Kristie Marano (NYAC) WBTF #7 Elena Mena (West Side) T 10-0; 3:26
Consolation Second Round
40 #7 Elena Mena (West Side) DEC #9 Kelly Branham (Missouri Valley) D 4-0
Championship Semi-Finals
53 #1 Stephany Lee (Missouri Valley) DEC #5 Nina Vernon (Gator WC) D 4-2
54 #2 Kristie Marano (NYAC) DEC #3 Katie Downing (Sunkist Kids) D 5-1
Consolation Quarter-Finals
55 #6 Randi Miller. (DSWC) DEC #7 Elena Mena (West Side) D 4-3
56 #4 Iris Smith (Army) DEC #8 Ali Bernard (Minnesota Storm) D 10-2
Consolation Semi-Finals
63 #5 Nina Vernon (Gator WC) WBTF #6 Randi Miller. (DSWC) T 10-0; 4:29
64 #4 Iris Smith (Army) DEC #3 Katie Downing (Sunkist Kids) D 5-0
Finals - First Place
74 #2 Kristie Marano (NYAC) WBF #1 Stephany Lee (Missouri Valley) F 3:34
Finals - Third Place
75 #4 Iris Smith (Army) DEC #5 Nina Vernon (Gator WC) D 7-0
Finals - Fifth Place
76 #3 Katie Downing (Sunkist Kids) WBTF #6 Randi Miller. (DSWC) T 12-0; 1:27
Brackets / Pictures - Friday / Saturday
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Challengers determined for Olympic Trials finals
5/22/2004
Jason Bryant/USA Wrestling
The Championship Series of the U.S. Olympic Team Trials on Sunday will have some of the old and some of the new at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, Ind.
Women’s freestyle went according to seed, with the exception of Kristie Marano making the finals on Sunday at 72 kg, up from her usual 63 kg.
Marano, a seven-time World medallist and 2003 World champion, scored three points from a throw on Stephany Lee and secure the fall at 3:34. Marano will face two-time World silver medallist Toccara Montgomery at 72 kg.
Tela O’Donnell got past Jenny Wong, a 2003 World bronze medallist, 5-2 en route to face U.S. National Champion Tina George at 55 kg. O’Donnell trailed early, but went a head late in the first period with a two-point gut wrench. She tacked on three second-period takedowns, the last with six seconds to go.
Alaina Berube gave up the first takedown to high school junior Stefanie Shaw, but never trailed again, as Berube outlasted Shaw 5-4 at 63 kg. Berube will face U.S. National runner-up Sara McMann on Sunday in a best-of-three to determine one of the four weights women’s wrestling will be competed in Athens. McMann is at the top of the ladder because Marano, the U.S. National Champion at 63 kg, missed weight and was forced up to 72 kg.
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Lawrence knocks off Bono, Garrison ends Rial’s run, H.S. junior Shaw beats Roberts
5/22/2004
Jason Bryant/USA Wrestling
Two former U.S. World Team members fell in the semifinals of the U.S. Olympic Team Trials Challenge Tournament at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, Ind. on Saturday morning and one upstart’s Olympic run came to an end.
In Men’s Freestyle, Jared Lawrence of the Minnesota Storm beat top-seeded Chris Bono of Sunkist Kids 3-1 in overtime at 66 kg. Lawrence took the lead on a caution and one point as Bono broke his lock in the clinch at the start of the second period after the first period went scoreless. Bono tied the match in the final minute with a takedown, but Lawrence responded with a takedown with three seconds left in regulation. Heading into overtime, Lawrence led 2-1 and Bono broke his lock in the clinch just five seconds into the extra period. Bono was a member of the 2001 and 2002 U.S. World Team, and placed second at the U.S. Nationals this year.
Lawrence will face Eric Larkin of Sunkist Kids in the Challenge Tournament final. Larkin beat Jared Frayer of the Dave Schultz WC 3-2 in the other semifinal. Frayer had beaten Larkin twice this year at the U.S. Nationals.
At 60 kg, Mike Zadick of Hawkeye WC rallied to beat Jesus Wilson of the Minnesota Storm 5-4 in overtime. Wilson took a 4-0 lead with a first period takedown and a three-point throw early in the second period. Zadick scored four points in the final 1:30 to force overtime, two on takedowns and two on fleeing the mat cautions against Wilson.
Zadick scored on a takedown 11 seconds into overtime.
At 96 kg, 40-year-old Melvin Douglas’ comeback ended at the hands of Tim Hartung, as Hartung scored four takedowns to win 4-0. Douglas was given a standing ovation as he walked across the mat for the final time during the consolation semifinal round. Hartung was a member of the 2002 U.S. World Team. Douglas was a two-time Olympian and 1993 World Champion.
Cael Sanderson, the 2003 world silver medallist reached the Challenge Tournament finals at 84 kg with a 7-2 victory over Clint Wattenburg of the New York AC. Sanderson dove in right off the whistle, scoring on his trademark anklepick and quickly getting two more points on a gut-wrench. Wattenburg answered with a takedown of his own, but Sanderson scored twice from the top position in the second period.
In Women’s Freestyle, Stefanie Shaw, a high school junior from Connecticut, pulled one of the biggest upsets of the year, earning a 4-2 decision over world bronze medallist Sally Roberts, the top seed at 63kg.
Shaw, a 17-year old in only her second senior level event, scored the first points of the match, countering a Roberts single leg and turning it into a two-point crotch lift exposure. Roberts rallied to tie the match at two apiece with a pair of takedowns, but Shaw took the lead for good, countering on a Roberts arm-spin attempt for one point, and she added the final takedown, again countering Roberts’ offense to win 4-2.
Tricia Saunders, one of the U.S. Olympic Team Coaches for women, said, “She (Shaw) was unmoved and kept her composure and wrestled like she’d been wrestling a while; not a high school kid. Sally’s a tough wrestler; she just won the World Cup. This young woman wasn’t fazed by it at all.”
Shaw will face Alaina Berube of the New York AC in the Challenge Tournament final. Berube beat Kaci Lyle 5-1.
One of the loudest ovations from the early morning crowd came at 48kg, where Sara Fulp-Allen of Menlo College beat Mary Kelly of the New York AC 8-6. Kelly nearly tied the match late, but had a bow-and-arrow attempt stopped late in the bout that potentially could have tied the match. Fulp-Allen will face Clarissa Chun in the Challenge Tournament final. Chun beat Laura Felix of Dave Schultz WC by a 13-2 count.
In Men’s Greco-Roman, Mark Rial reached the semis at 66 kg by beating two former U.S. world team members, Marcel Cooper and T.C. Dantzler, but he didn’t have an answer for sixth-seeded Glenn Garrison of the U.S. Army. Garrison scored the winning two-point gut wrench in overtime to knock 10th-seeded Rial from the championship bracket.
Garrison will face top-seed and 2000 Olympian Kevin Bracken of the New York AC in the finals. Bracken beat Harry Lester of the USOEC 5-2 in overtime. Two of the most explosive wrestlers in Greco-Roman, the two wrestled relatively even on their feet, with Lester getting a point in the first period for lift appreciation. Bracken broke his grip in overtime, giving Lester a point, but Bracken scored the winning move with a three-point dump on the edge of the mat.
At 120 kg, 2000 Olympic champion Rulon Gardner earned the only pin of the semifinals, charging Corey Farkas and taking him to the mat at 5:25. Gardner, leading 3-0 at the time, got a rousing ovation from the fans in attendance after his fall. Gardner will meet Paul Devlin, a 3-0 winner over Russ Davie, in the Challenge Tournament final.