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Huskie Men Take Home Silver At CanWest Wrestling
Written by Evan Wright - 600 Action News-Local First
Saturday, 17 February 2007
For the U-of-S women, the CanWest finals resulted in a 4th place finish in the 5 team event.
However, Amy Dyck (59kg) brought home a gold medal.
Beth Thompson (82kg), Caileight Backman (72kg) and Jane Packota (67kg) finished with bronze medals.
The top qualifiers will return to the PAC in early March for the CIS finals.
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Young Mountaineers rule wrestling finals
2/18/07
Notable: Manistique junior Sammy Jenerou became only the second female ever in the 40-year history of the U.P. wrestling finals to medal. She was pinned by eventual champion Grabowski in the 103 semifinals and lost the third-place match, 7-4, to Rudyard’s Jake Perry.
The first female medalist was Escanaba’s Lisa Berube, who finished third in 1994.
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February 17, 2007
Rod Dreher reports on the disturbing trend of high school girls wrestling. Now if the girls were wrestling each other, this might be ok, at least as long as no mud is involved. However thanks to insane ideas of political correctness and a shortage of interested girls, most of them end up wrestling with boys.
Aside from the obvious problems of allowing hormone-crazed teenage boys to sweat and, ahem, rub themselves against the girls in front of a live audience, there are bigger issues:
...in order to muster the psychological wherewithal to compete on equal footing with a female wrestler, Rich Wood [a male wrestler] has to overcome deep cultural conditioning that will have taught him to think of women as persons men should exert physical labor to protect, not to conquer. The powerful and invaluable taboo that says men must never hit women will need to be eroded somewhat so Rich Wood can compete. Ten, twenty years from now, when Rich Wood is having a terrible argument with his wife or girlfriend, one wonders if it will be that much easier for him to give in to the temptation to strike her. MORE
The feminists who push for these kind of things are also the first to blame all men because a few men become abusive toward women. Now they are trying to create more abusive men? This is one of the nuttiest things I have ever heard. If your kids attend a school where this is happening, take them out. Now. It is a sign of much deeper problems.
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Wrestling squad geared up for provincials
Women's side strong, men must wrestle to their potential
Mallory Daley and Katie Graves
Friday, February 16, 2007
Coming off a successful meet in early February, Western’s wrestlers have their sights set on the Ontario University Athletics championships this weekend. Both the men’s and women’s squads proved their strength two weekends ago with strong performances at the Western Open.
The women’s team placed third overall with 38 points. Terri McNutt, wrestling for the affiliated London-Western club, placed first in the 61-kilogram weight category. Mustang standouts Stephanie Szmiett and Gillian McCallum placed second in the 48-kilogram and 63-kilogram, respectively.
Jessica Fitzgerald, who placed fourth in the 67-kilogram class, discussed the team’s future goals.
“I think we need to focus on the stuff we’re good at,” she said. “[We need to] go in and [not] try anything crazy.”
The equally prepared men placed fourth overall with 26 points. Contributing to the success was a standout performance by team captain Phil Medeiros, who placed third in the 57-kilogram. Also noteworthy was Jeff Werden, who finished fourth in the 54-kilogram.
Medeiros is proud of his team’s growth this season.
“I think we’ve really come along as a team,” he said. “We’ve all improved along the way, and I think we’re peaking at the right time.”
The key to the men’s success this weekend will be a veteran presence for a team lacking the women’s depth.
Despite the men’s possible vulnerability, Mustangs head coach Ray Takahashi believes both teams will succeed at the OUAs.
“Both our men and women have had some good results,” he said. “We have 10 weight classes for men and eight for women, and we have a chance to qualify in all the weight classes.”
Medeiros feels the men’s team can go far if it works to its full ability.
“If we wrestle to our potential and we all go out with the mentality that we can beat anyone, I think we’ll be just fine.”
Takahashi hopes his teams avoid injuries; he says a healthy squad can make or break their chances.
“We don’t want to risk any chance of injury, which is a big issue in wrestling,” he said. “If we stay healthy and keep a positive attitude, I think we’ll be fine.”
Takahashi was pleased with both squads at the Western Open and thought the event showed their potential.
“I think it was a good tune-up for the OUAs,” he said. “We had some tough matches which could have gone either way, so I think we had a pretty good showing.
“On the female side, I think the likelihood of winning the OUA championship is pretty good,” he said.
Expectations are high for the women’s squad, but they relish the opportunity to be the team to beat. Superstar Fitzgerald is up for the challenge.
“It would be great going into [nationals] knowing that we were the best in Ontario,” she said.
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Wrestlers don’t throw any caution to the wind
By Don BodgerNews Leader Pictorial
Feb 17 2007
Queen of Angels school Cougars and Cowichan Valley Wrestling Club members have done it again, with superb performances during the Island championships at Campbell River’s Carihi school last weekend.
The Queen of Angels accomplishments were celebrated at a school assembly Monday morning.
“It was a great weekend,’’ said coach Nick Zuback. “The kids did really well.’’
The Queen of Angels boys came fourth overall out of 15 teams and the girls sixth overall.
“It’s hard for us to win a title because we’re a middle school,’’ said Zuback.
That’s not to say it’s impossible. The team will continue to reach for the top.
The top five finishers in each division qualified for the provincial championships Thursday through Saturday in Surrey.
Uncontested gold medal winners included: Nick Christoffersen (74 kilogram boys) and Clarissa Peter (43 kg girls). Peter beat the B.C. Summer Games finalist in an exhibition match.
Earning silver were: Carmen Esquivel (51 kg girls), Ben Mesa (48 kg boys), Geoffrey Boyd (41 kg boys), Nolan Gierc (84 kg boys) and Aaron Kang (43 kg boys).
Esquivel “had a real tough final,’’ according to Zuback. “The girl she wrestled has won Island six times.’’
Dane Frost (54 kg boys) secured a bronze medal.
Others were in the medal hunt, but none closer than fourth-place finishers Hana Mulder in 63 kg girls and Cory Danesin in 48 kg boys.
The wrestling club had strong showings from two Frances Kelsey and two Cowichan secondary participants.
Kelsey’s Travis Carey won gold in the boys’ 78 kg class and Josh Jones took third in 84 kg. Cowichan’s Amanda Danesin was fourth in girls’ 54 kg and Doug Harris fifth in boys’ 70 kg.
Queen of Angels will be hosting the Island meet next year that is already generating plenty of excitement within the school.
“I’m hoping next year when we host Islands, I’ll have even more kids from the school here,’’ said Zuback.
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UNCASVILLE, Conn., Feb. 17 (UPI) --
Boys outnumber girls by at least 50-to-one in U.S. high school wrestling programs, but girls' wrestling is getting bigger, The New York Times reported.
About 5,000 high school girls wrestled last year, the National Federal of State High School Associations reported. That's a five-fold increase from 1995, and it probably understates the true number since many states did not report girls' wrestling participation, the newspaper said.
In any case, it doesn't come close to matching the number of high school boys -- 250,000 -- who participate in the sport.
Women's wrestling has been added as an Olympic sport and some colleges have added it as well.
One impediment to growth for girls' wrestling is a shortage of girls' teams. Without girls' teams, the sport may have trouble attracting girls to participate, and without girls' participation there won't be many girls' teams.
In a few cases, the Times reported, courts have ruled that girls should be permitted to join boys' teams if there are no girls' teams available to them.
Girls have teams in Texas and Hawaii, and in some California schools, the newspaper said.
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By Jesse Sowa 2/18/07
Albany Democrat-Herald
Lebanon sophomore Amy Bloom became the first girl from one of the state’s larger schools to place when she finished eighth at 103.
Last year, Waldport’s Misty Corwin became the first Oregon girl ever to place in the state tournament when she took fifth in the 2A/1A 103-pound bracket.
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Title IX issue isn't about to go away
By Brad Rock 2/18/07
Deseret Morning News
Now that all those thorny Title IX issues have been resolved, what do we tackle next, something easy like spiraling health care or energy independence?
Joking aside, events this month muddled the picture of equality in sports more than ever. Uintah High wrestler Candace Workman, competing with the boys, finished sixth in the state tournament Feb. 10 — highest ever by a female. She was covered widely by the media, proclaimed in headlines and touted on TV, which in some cases featured live updates from the UVSC campus in Orem.
In all honesty, it was a fairly interesting story — a girl competing against boys. But in reality she didn't do much to warrant the coverage. She won her first match, lost the second, won two more and lost her final two to finish sixth.
There were good things that came from Workman's, well, workmanlike effort. She competed respectably and showed that high goals can be met. At the same time, the entire event was overshadowed by her presence. Though coaches and athletes weren't saying anything controversial, some of her opponents seemed squeamish about employing certain wrestling holds on a girl, or having her put the same moves put on them. Some appeared more interested in getting out of the spotlight than winning. That's not Workman's fault. But being a female probably worked in her favor.
While competing was clearly a good thing for the 103-pound Workman's confidence and self-esteem, it couldn't have done much for her opponents'. Equality is about fairness, but there isn't anything fair about being a villain based on gender.
I'm not entirely opposed to women competing against men, as long as they honestly can compete. But I cringe when it's done for show.
(Anyone remember Lucy Harris? She was the ballplayer the Jazz drafted while pregnant.) If golfers Michelle Wie or Annika Sorenstam can compete consistently against men, let them prove it. If Lisa Leslie can show she belongs in the NBA, fine. If there's a female baseball player who can throw a 95-mph fastball, bring her on.
To Workman's credit, she did earn a spot in the state tournament and she did win three matches. But how fair is it that two boys became four-time state champions, yet received only moderate coverage thanks to the Workman story?
For some, it was an issue of Title IX, which requires equal opportunity, regardless of gender. What it doesn't require is that males and females compete directly against one another. In male-dominated sports such as wrestling, some high schools around the country have created their own matching female programs.
Yet Title IX doesn't even mandate matching sports. Since few women play football, other team sports such as gymnastics, volleyball, soccer and field hockey are fielded to accommodate them.
But when women cross over to play with the men, it creates an entirely different problem. Does that mean that men can compete in women's sports? There is no men's gymnastics team at the University of Utah; does that mean a male gymnast can demand to be on the women's team?
In November 2005, the Princeton field hockey team needed an emergency goalkeeper during the playoffs, so it added one — a male.
According to the rules, each team was permitted to include as many as two males. Princeton didn't just find any guy; it added Josh Weinstein, a goalie for the men's ice hockey team.
Situations like that could get out of hand quickly. Need someone for the volleyball team? How about a seven-foot center off the men's basketball team? Need a good midfielder for the soccer team? How about a 210-pound fullback from the football team?
Gender equity is an issue that will never be fully resolved.
There are too many details that get in the way of the spirit of the law.
The state wrestling tournament only served to point that out. The good part of the story is that Workman got to compete; the bad part is that several boys were made to feel ashamed for doing the same. In the end, the big story of equality this month missed one major point: In a truly equal world, Workman wouldn't have been covered like a celebrity. She would have been covered like any other sixth-place finisher — in the fine print only.
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Growth in girls wrestling brings official status
By MICHAEL MCLAUGHLIN
P-I REPORTER 2/17/07
TACOMA -- For three years, the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association put on a girls wrestling invitational at the state tournament. The invite grew from 56 girls in 2004, to 109 in 2005, up to 156 last season.
Jeff Meyerhoff, WIAA assistant executive director and state wrestling tournament director, figured that with the number of participants increasing, this was the year to incorporate a sanctioned girls tournament.
Meyerhoff pushed to have the sport sanctioned last summer to give schools a chance to build participation, and it worked. For example, last year Kelso didn't have a single girl wrestler. This year, the school had 19. Hoquiam had 22, and at the start of the winter season, there were 375 girls signed up to wrestle statewide.
"We needed to increase the exposure of the sport on the girls side," Meyerhoff said. "Plus we wanted to get girls wrestling against girls as quick as possible. Wrestling has always been a co-ed sport, but now it'll be exclusively boys versus boys and girls versus girls."
The girls tournament is all-classification inclusive, but as the number of wrestlers increases, expect separate classification tournaments in the future. With more participants will come more wrestling opportunities, more tournaments and more coaches, which is what Meyerhoff is hoping for.
Plus, Meyerhoff points out, there are more opportunities for girls to wrestle outside of high school. Several colleges offer girls scholarships, including Northern Michigan and Pacific College in Forest Grove, Ore.
Women's wrestling also became a sanctioned Olympic sport in 2004.
Two girls are still allowed to wrestle on the boys side this season: Olympic's Camie Yeik (103 pounds) and Willapa Valley's Megan Martin (112) in 2B/1B. Both wrestled against boys at state last year and are grandfathered into the boys tournament. Once Yeik and Martin finish their careers -- both are juniors -- girls will no longer wrestle boys.
Yeik lost her first match Friday, but won her second and will continue wrestling today. She believes girls should have the option to wrestle against boys.
"My philosophy is whoever stands out against you on the mat should be your opponent," Yeik said. "That's why wrestling is so unique. You can be tall, short, whatever color, as long as the weights are even, it's all good. Plus I won't lie -- I love to beat a guy."
Sophomore Antonia Navejas of Kentwood won the girls 112-pound weight class at the state invite in 2006 and won her first two matches Friday. She's been wrestling since she was 5 and wrestled junior varsity last year at Kentwood -- mostly against boys.
Last week at regionals, she got a good sense that girls wrestling in this state has come a long way.
"The biggest impression for me were the looks on so many dad's faces, the look of pride that their girls won," she said.
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Girls Wrestling | Pride-filled day for state's girls
By Steve Hunter 2/17/07
JIM BATES / THE SEATTLE TIMES
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TACOMA — Kentwood sophomore Jolene Crook-Meyers had plenty to be proud of Friday at the Mat Classic, because the joke's over when it comes to high-school girls wrestling in Washington.
Meyers and 17 other girls earned berths in tonight's championship round with two victories on opening day at the Tacoma Dome in the first girls state tournament sanctioned by the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association.
"People will see girls wrestling as something and not just a joke," said Crook-Meyers, who advanced to the title match at 130 pounds with back-to-back pins. "I started wrestling when I was younger, and guys would look at me and laugh."
Three hundred and seventy-six girls turned out for wrestling this year at 119 schools. Seventy-one girls advanced to nine weight classes as Washington joined Hawaii and Texas as the only states with sanctioned tournaments.
Sequim senior Summer Steenberg, a three-time returning champion in the state invitational offered the past three years by the WIAA, noticed a big difference for the girls this year at the Mat Classic.
"Before we came out and just kind of rolled around," said Steenberg, a 135 finalist. "Now we're like the guys and have a chance to go to the podium."
Unlike previous years when the girls wrestled during breaks in the boys action, the girls were featured on two of the 24 mats at the same time as the boys. That also will be the case for tonight's finals.
Two girls competed in the boys tournament. The WIAA "grandfathered" them into the competition because they were past qualifiers.
Crook-Meyers practices against members of the Kentwood boys teams and wishes she had the opportunity to enter the boys tournament. She has a 25-6 record, with all of her losses to boys.
"I think girls should have a chance if they want to wrestle boys," Crook-Meyers said. "There's more competition."
Kentwood sophomore Antonia Navejas also earned a spot in the finals at 112. She is coached by her father and has competed against boys since she was 5 years old.
Navejas showed her pride as one of the pioneers in girls wrestling. She has a 26-2 record, with her only losses to boys. She enjoyed all of the attention aimed at the girls on Friday.
"My first match I was nervous because everyone was watching to see what women's wrestling is like," Navejas said. "It's getting bigger and the guys need to watch out because it's our turn to shine."
Tara Miller, a junior from Jackson of Mill Creek, improved to 13-0 against girls with two victories at 103. She relished taking part in the first sanctioned tournament.
"It's awesome — our own state [tournament]," Miller said. "It adds everything to it. Every other year it was like, 'Who cares?' "
Note
• Hoquiam, which led all schools with six qualifiers, leads the team race with 54 points. Kentwood is second with 35 points and Kelso third (34).
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By Rob Burns - Daily World Writer
Saturday, February 17, 2007 1:04 AM PST
DAILY WORLD / KEVIN HONG Hoquiam’s Alex White, top, pressures Lindbergh’s Sierra Paull on Friday at Mat Classic XIX in Tacoma. White and teammates Kelsey Klein and Kyra Butler are unbeaten heading into today’s semifinals. Hoquiam leads the race for the first state girls wrestling team title by 19 points. Aberdeen’s Nicole Hyde is also unbeaten heading into today’s semifinals. |
TACOMA — Hoquiam’s team goal throughout the 2006-07 wrestling season was to take home the inaugural girls state wrestling team trophy.
After an eventful first day at the Mat Classic XIX in Tacoma, the Grizzlies find themselves with a good chance to accomplish their goal.
Hoquiam leads the team standings after the first day with 54 points, 19 more than second-place Kentwood, and will have three wrestlers — Kyra Butler, Kelsey Klein and Alex White — in the championship finals tonight.
Aberdeen’s Nicole Hyde will join the three Grizzlies in the finals as the fourth Grays Harbor wrestler vying for a state title. Overall, seven wrestlers — five from Hoquiam — will place in the tournament.
“Guaranteed, the girls on the Harbor are the toughest in the state,” the senior Bobcat said.
In a pivotal second round of matches, Hoquiam scored wins by pin in five of its six matches to pile up bonus and advancement points in the team competition. Hoquiam was among six other schools with eight points after the first round.
“We started out last night talking about winning the state championship,” HHS head coach Kirk Hartzell said. “After the first round, they wanted to know why they were tied with everyone. We told them they had to go out there and get the bonus points. Just taking care of the matches was one thing, but scoring as many points as you could would do the job. They went out there and did that.”
The key match for the Grizzlies was in the 119-pound semifinal between Kyra Butler and Central Valley’s Emily Juhre. The two have met before earlier this season, with Juhre outmuscling Butler in a win by pin.
This time, Butler tied her up, scored takedowns when needed, but was called for two stall penalties to send the match into overtime, 4-4. After a scoreless first overtime, Butler was in the down position and found her opening.
Butler switched up her escape move, getting away from Juhre quickly at 5-4, then took her off-balance opponent down to her back for five more points at 10-4 in the 30-second period. On the second and final period of the overtime, Juhre escaped, but couldn’t take Butler down in a 10-5 decision.
“She’s really strong and she just overpowered me the first time I faced her,” said Butler, who decisioned Cassie Virgil, of Yelm, 5-2, in the opening round. “I really improved on my technique after facing her and the coaches put everyone through an intense series of practices this week. I was ready for her.”
“The girls just fed off of Kyra’s win and it got them on a roll for the rest of the night,” Hartzell added.
Kelsey Klein became the second Hoquiam finalist by surviving a late first-period reversal and 3-point nearfall in her 125 match to control and pin Kettle Falls’ Destinie Worden at 3 minutes, 23 seconds.
“I got a little nervous there, but I was lucky in that there wasn’t a lot of time left,” said Klein, who decisioned Katie Newgard, of Mount Baker, 14-8, in the opening round. “I wasn’t going to give this one up to her and I kept at her.”
Alex White controlled Arlington’s Jennifer Jayne throughout their 135 championship semifinal match. White had plenty of room on the scoreboard for the win, but got the team bonus points with the pin at 5:18.
“(The matches) were a lot tougher than what I thought it would be,” said White, who pinned Lindberg’s Sierra Puall at 5:18 in the opening round. “It is a totally different attitude now toward girls wrestling. There’s more people watching and the matches are intense.”
Hyde admitted after her 145 match with Highline’s Siri Berg that she got a reprieve and another chance to win at state. Berg led 3-1 with 30 seconds to go when Berg walked backward to the out-of-bounds line during a tieup for a stall penalty point. The two locked up again and Berg did the same thing again, this time penalized for two points to give Hyde the win, 4-3.
“I’m surprised (I won); I thought I lost,” said Hyde, who pinned Fife’s Kirsten Schumacher in 1:05 in the opening round. “I had a chance at pinning her in the first round and I should have. So, now I get another chance. I’m a senior. This is my only shot at this.”
Hoquiam’s Tess Grannemann got the Grizzlies started in the second round by bouncing back from an opening round loss to pin Edmonds-Woodway’s Sandy Nguyen at 53 seconds in a 103 loser-out match.
Grizzly teammates Ashley Kroll and Whitney McKormack faced each other in a loser-out match at 160. State rules say when two teammates face each other in a match, the team is awarded pin points and bonus points, regardless of the outcome. McKormack pinned Kroll at 4:47 to advance.
Elma’s Mackenzie Glerup already assured herself of a second-day match with an opening-round pin of Burlington-Edison’s Anne Barnett at 3:31. However, Kelso’s Alisha Beach wouldn’t allow Glerup to get into the match and edged her, 5-2.
Grannemann, McKormack and Glerup are one win away from a top-four finish and are assured of top-six finishes.
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After coming within a point of a sectional championship at 112 pounds, Carbondale freshman Alli Ragan ended her season with an opening-round loss.Ragan (39-8) bowed out to Aurora Waubonsie Valley senior Jared Morar, who pinned the tournament's only female wrestler in 2:53. Morar lost in his subsequent match, ending Ragon's first season on the mats.
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Miranda, Van Dusen win golds at Tourcoing Golden Grand Prix in France
Gary Abbott USA Wrestling
02/17/2007
Two American women wrestlers claimed gold medals at the Tourcoing Golden Grand Prix in Tourcoing, France, Feb. 17.
2004 Olympic bronze medalist Patricia Miranda (New Haven, Conn./Sunkist Kids) won the title at 51 kg/112.25 lbs. and 2004 University World champion Marcie Van Dusen (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) was the champion at 55 kg/121 lbs.
Miranda won four matches on the way to the title, including a strong 5-0, 6-0 decision over Anna Trusova of Russia in the gold-medal finals.
Miranda opened with a 3-0, 1-0 win over American Jenny Wong, then won two straight technical falls, stopping Natascha Marchandise of France), 6-0, 7-0 and Estera Dobre of Romania, 7-1, 7-0.
Van Dusen also scored four wins during the tournament. She needed three periods to capture the gold medal finals against Maria Gurova of Russia, 0-4, 1-0, 3-0.
Van Dusen opened with a win over Dalila Rouabhia of Algeria, 3-2, 3-0, then pinned Audrey Prieto Bokhashvili of France in the second period. In the semifinals, she defeated Alena Filipava of Belarus, 1-1, 4-0.
“Both of our champions wrestled their style. They stuck to their game plan,” said National Women’s Coach Terry Steiner. “In both matches, we had Russians and they came out hard after us. They couldn’t keep up the intensity. We stayed calm and steady and we eventually got to them. Sticking with the game plan was key.”
Both Miranda and Van Dusen were also gold medalists at the Dave Schultz Memorial International in Colorado Springs, Colo. a week earlier.
Two U.S. women won silver medals, 2005 World bronze medalist Katie Downing (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) at 67 kg/147.5 lbs. and 2005 World champion Iris Smith (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army) at 72 kg/158.5. lbs.
Both women won their first three matches, then were pinned in the gold-medal finals. Downing fell in the finals to 2005 World silver medalist Martine Dugrenier of Canada. Smith was defeated by 2004 Olympic silver medalist Guzel Manyurova of Russia.
Downing won a 1-0, 2-3, 1-0 match in the semifinals over 2000 World silver medalist Anna Shamova of Russia, the first time Downing had beaten Shamova. Smith also had a strong semifinal win, stopping 2005 World bronze medalist Marina Gastl of Austria, 3-0, 9-0.
“Until the finals, Katie and Iris wrestled very solid,” said Steiner. “In the finals, both got away from their game plan a little bit. They wrestled hard, but were not smart. We will learn from this.”
Two U.S. wrestlers won bronze medals, Jenny Wong (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) at 51 kg/112.25 lbs. and Randi Miller (Colorado Springs, Colo./Gator WC) at 63 kg/138.75 lbs. Both came back strong with wins in the wrestleback rounds. Miller finished with a 3-1 record in the tournament, and Wong ended with a 2-1 record.
2005 World Team member Mary Kelly (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC) placed fifth at 48 kg/105.5 lbs.
The United States placed second in the team standings with 52 points, behind team champion Russia with 59 points. France, Belarus and Germany rounded out the top five in the standings in a field of 23 teams.
The U.S. team will continue on to Kiev, Ukraine, to compete in the Kiev International next weekend.
TOURCOING GOLDEN GRAND PRIX
At Tourcoing, France, Feb. 17
48 kg/105.5 lbs.
Gold – Lorisa Oorzhak (Russia)
Silver – Anne Catherine Delunsche (France)
Bronze – Cristina Croitoru (Romania)
Bronze – Sofia Mattson (Sweden)
5th – Mihaela Munteanu (Romania)
5th – Mary Kelly (USA)
51 kg/112.25 lbs.
Gold – Patricia Miranda (USA)
Silver – Anna Trusova (Russia)
Bronze – Aureile Basset (France)
Bronze – Jenny Wong (USA)
5th – Amandrine Lanoo (France)
5th – Estera Dobre (Romania)
55 kg/121 lbs.
Gold – Marcie Van Dusen (USA)
Silver – Maria Garova (Russia)
Bronze – Alena Filipava (Belarus)
Bronze – Anna Gomis (France)
5th – Audrey Prieto Bokhashvili (France)
5th – Nicole Hauptmann (Germany)
59 kg/130 lbs.
Gold – Annette Hoie (Norway)
Silver – Maria Smolyakova (Russia)
Bronze – Meyriem Selloum (France)
Bronze – Tatiana Bokhan (Belarus)
5th – Birit Stern (Austria)
5th – Alexandre Leuca (France)
63 kg/138.75 lbs.
Gold – Lise Legrande (France)
Silver – Volha Khilko (Belarus)
Bronze – Randi Miller (USA)
Bronze – Stephanie Gross (Germany)
5th – Hanna Beliayeva (Belarus)
5th – Martina Zykovla (Czech Republic)
67 kg/147.5 lbs.
Gold – Martine Dugrenier (Canada)
Silver – Katie Downing (USA)
Bronze – Anna Shamova (Russia)
Bronze – Susan Koller (Germany)
5th – Kristin Buttner (Germany)
5th – Rovana Ianculovici (France)
72 kg/158.5 lbs.
Gold – Guzel Manyurova (Russia)
Silver – Iris Smith (USA)
Bronze – Unda Maider (Spain)
Bronze – Vasalisa Marzuliuk (Belarus)
5th – Marina Gastl (Austria)
5th – Masira Admiraal (Netherlands)
U.S. performances
48 kg/105.5 lbs. – Mary Kelly, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC), 5th
WIN Mihaela Radoi (Romania), 4-0, 1-0
WIN Martina Da Skova (Czech Republic), 3-0, 5-0
LOSS Loris Oorzhak (Russia), 0-1, 0-4
LOSS Sofia Mattson (Sweden), 0-3, 0-5
51 kg/112.25 lbs. – Jenny Wong, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids), 3rd
LOSS Patricia Miranda (USA), 0-3, 0-1
WIN Natascha Marchandise (France), 3-0, pin
WIN Estera Dobre (Romania), pin
51 kg/112.25 lbs. – Patricia Miranda, New Haven, Conn. (Sunkist Kids), 1st
WIN Jenny Wong (USA), 3-0, 1-0
WIN Natascha Marchandise (France), 6-0, 7-0
WIN Estera Dobre (Romania), 7-1, 7-0
WIN Anna Trusova (Russia), 5-1, 6-0
55 kg/121 lbs. – Marcie Van Dusen, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids), 1st
WIN Dalila Rouabhia (Algeria), 3-2, 3-0
WIN Audrey Prieto Bokhashvili (France), 0-1, pin 2nd
WIN Alena Filipava (Belarus), 1-1, 4-0
WIN Maria Gurova (Russia), 0-4, 1-0, 3-0
63 kg/138.75 lbs. – Randi Miller, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Gator WC), 3rd
WIN Adrienne Lugasi (Germany), 3-0, 6-0
LOSS Volha Khilko (Belarus), pin 1st
WIN Magail Navarro (France), 2-0, 2-0
WIN Hanna Beliayeva (Belarus), 3-1, 3-0
67 kg/147.5 lbs. – Katie Downing, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids), 2nd
WIN Mava Erlandsen (Norway), pin
WIN Kristin Buttner (Germany), 1-0, 2-0
WIN Anna Shamova (Russia), 1-0, 2-3, 1-0
LOSS Martine Dugrenier (Canada), pin 1st
72 kg/158.5 lbs. – Iris Smith, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army), 2nd
WIN Si Houda Dahi Nour (Algeria), 5-0, 5-0
WIN Under Maider (Spain), 3-0, 4-0
WIN Marina Gastl (Austria), 3-0, 9-0
LOSS Guzel Manyurova (Russia), pin 1st
Team standings
1. Russia, 59 pts.
2. USA, 52 pts.
3. France, 37 pts.
4. Belarus, 34 pts.
5. Germany, 29 pts.
6. ROB club, 18 pts.
7. FRB club, 17 pts.
8. (tie) Norway, 16 pts.
8. (tie) Romania, 16 pts.
10. (tie) Austria, 14 pts.
10. (tie) Czech Republic, 14 pts.
of 23 teams