Ogden #8 in latest pound for pound rankings; Amani Jones #19; Zao Estrada breaks in at #25
Lake Highland Prep’s Chloe Ogden is the highest ranked pound for pound wrestler from the SE - coming in at #8 in the July 1st USA Wrestling, Flowrestling, and National Wrestling Hall of Fame Rankings. Joining Ogden in the pound for pound rankings is Georgia Senior Amani Jones (#19) and South Carolina freshman Zao Estrada (#25).
Florida, led by Ogden, has 15 wrestlers in the rankings, Tennessee has 10, Georgia has 7, South Carolina and North Carolina each have 3, and Alabama has none. Of Georgia’s 7 ranked wrestlers, all but 2 (An and Sullens) are Seniors. So look for that to have a big impact on the next rankings that come out.
In fact 109 (or 31%) of the 350 ranked wrestlers are Seniors that will fall out of the next rankings. The largest # of those ranked are rising Seniors (current Juniors according to the rankings). Juniors account for 121 of those ranked (or 34%) … in fact the top 4 ranked wrestlers pound for pound (Kennedy Blades, Welker, Elor, and Korina Blades are all Juniors). 70 Sophomores are ranked followed by 38 freshmen, and 12 8th graders.
Interested in the full list - check it out on the Team USA website. Drop to the bottom for a list of the girls we think they missed.
Photo Credit: USA Wrestling
GA’s Amani Jones wins a Pan Am Gold and is ranked #1 at 122 lbs.
SE Girls Ranked:
100 lbs.
Clare Booe (#7) - freshman - Palm Harbor (FL)
Heaven Fitch (#17) - senior - Uwharrie Charter (NC) - hard to take the rankings seriously when Heaven is listed as being from Jay Robinson High School, but hasn’t been there in 3 years (and we let USA Wrestling know of the mistake).
Kealonie Vega (#20) - sophomore - Osceola (FL)
106 lbs.
Catherine-Grace Bertrand (#10) - senior - Mt Pisgah (GA)
112 lbs.
Zao Estrada (#2) - freshman - Hilton Head (SC)
Hannah Hall (#4) - senior - Palm Harbor (FL)
Dianna Holmes (#12) - senior - North Gwinnett (GA)
Alyssa Valdivia (#22) - senior - Discovery (GA)
Brielle Bibla (#23) - sophomore - Nease (FL)
Avery Kibelbek (#25) - junior - Wyoming Sem (PA ) - from Tenn
117 lbs.
Juliana Diaz (#6) - junior - Dr Phillips (FL)
Cameron Galvin (#25) - na - Freedom (FL)
122 lbs.
Amani Jones (#1) - senior - Ola (GA)
Kailey Rees (#14) - junior - Freedom (FL)
127 lbs.
April Kelly (#13) - junior - Woodmont (SC)
Genevieve An (#18) - freshman - Kennesaw Mountain (GA)
132 lbs.
Jade Hutto (#24) - senior - South Caldwell (NC)
138 lbs.
Chloe Ogden (#2) - senior - Lake Highland Prep (FL)
Jada Llamido (#13) - sophomore - Hagerty (FL)
Bryce White (#20) - sophomore - Cane Ridge (TN)
144 lbs.
Caitlyn Davis (#13) - na - Land O’Lakes (FL)
Piper Fowler (#23) - 8th - Cleveland (TN)
152 lbs.
Maggie Graham (#4) - sophomore - Bartlett (TN)
Sidney Sullens (#16) - junior - White County (GA)
164 lbs.
Shelby Zacharias (#21) - senior - Creek Wood (TN)
180 lbs.
Dasia Yearby (#10) - junior - Christ Church Episcopal (SC)
Sierra Chavez (#15) - senior - University (FL)
Dream Santiago (#18) - senior - Alexander (GA)
Henlee Haynes (#21) - sophomore - Arnold (FL)
200 lbs.
Andrea Smith (#5) - junior - Orange Park (FL)
Ella Beam (#11) - junior - Burns (NC)
Ella Murohey (#14) - freshman - Harden Valley (TN)
Skyy Gowan (#20) - senior - Dr Phillips (FL)
Ariyanna Anderson (#24) - junior - Creek Wood (TN)
225 lbs.
Valerie Smith (#3) - junior - McGavock (TN)
Tayana Labady (#5) - senior - Orange Park (FL)
Justina Chong Nee (#8) - junior - Rossview (TN)
A few names they missed …
Evelyn Holmes-Smith - Alabama hammer that went 13-0 at 100 lbs. at Disney Duals
Delialah Betances - Georgia hammer that went 12-1 at 106 lbs. at Disney Duals
Kyla Oliver - Florida hammer that went 10-3 at 112 lbs. at Disney Duals - lost to Czerneski (ranked #19), but has beaten Holmes (ranked #12)
Paris Martinez - Florida hammer that went 12-1 at 118 lbs. at Disney Duals
Madisyn Blackburn - Florida hammer that went 11-2 at 130 lbs, at Disney Duals
May Prado - Georgia hammer that was 4-0 at Junior Duals
Raven Cook - Georgia hammer that went 12-1 at 138 lbs. at Disney Duals
Emma Burk - South Carolina hammer that was 8-0 at Junior Duals