TEAM FLORIDA has dropped their roster for Fargo and there are some notable names on the list including several 16U All Americans that are back and looking to take home a stopsign in Juniors. “Fargo” 2021 is the 50th edition of the prestigious Junior Nationals event. The first event, held in the summer of 1971, in Iowa City was Freestyle only … so we have progressed significantly since those early days - adding Greco and then 16U’s (Cadets) and the Girls (at both the Junior and 16U levels). For a fantastic breakdown of the history of “Fargo” (in reality, Junior Nationals and the other national-level USA Wrestling “high school aged” events) you should check out the Fargo Almanac produced by Jason Bryant. It is 187 pages of pure “Fargo” gold (even though the event wasn’t held in Fargo for the first 20+ years).

The 2019 edition of the event had 5,000+ entries (yes many wrestled more than one style) and, given that we missed 2020, 2021 could feature an even larger number. Florida will bring 43 in JR Freestyle (up 14 from 2019), 40 in JR Greco (up 14 from 2019), 18 in Junior Women’s Freestyle (same as in 2019), 31 in 16U Freestyle (up 10 from 2019), 28 in 16U Greco (up 10 from 2019), and 5 in 16U Women’s Freestyle (3 fewer than in 2019). Overall, the Florida will have 45 more entries in 2021 than they did in 2019.

Florida has a long history of success in “Fargo”.  The Sunshine state is #19 in terms of Junior Freestyle All Americans all time with 71 and is #12 in Junior Greco All Americans with 144 (just 2 behind Ohio).  Forty-five Florida women have made the podium as Juniors – putting Florida in the #10 spot.  Florida has been equally successful in taking home stopsigns … 7 Floridians have won Junior Freestyle titles, 24 have won Greco titles, and 4 women have claimed the top step.

Recent JR success: Florida had 6 Greco All Americans in 2019, but their last champ was Dante Jiovanetta back in 2015.  Two JR’s were All Americans in Freestyle in 2018, but Florida didn’t have a wrestler make the JR Freestyle podium in 2019 – that should change in 2021.  As for the JR women … 3 made in the podium in 2019 and this team will look to better that in 2021.

So – which Juniors should be on your radar?

Obviously those wrestlers that placed here at 16U in 2019 should be on the list. Top of the list is 2019 Junior Greco Runner-up Ryan Cody. Cody was 2nd at 160 in 2019 and returns in 2021 ready to take the title at 195. He is one of the few wrestlers that will be in the Junior bracket that competed as a Junior in 2019 and that should give him a ton of confidence coming into this week’s tournament. Kai Owen, a Floridian that spends his high school season at Wyoming Seminary in Pennsylvania, is back after making the podium in both styles in 16U in 2019. 126/132 will be much different than 100 for Owen, but he figures to be in the mix for a spot on the podium again in 2021. The only other Junior to make the podium in 2019 is Palmetto Ridge’s Brennan Van Hoecke. Van Hoecke was 3rd in 16U freestyle in 2019 and will certainly be in the mix for a spot at 138 this summer. Jack Crook, Chase Thompson, Mikey Tal-Shahar are not listed on the rosters provided by USA Wrestling and Nic Bouzakis is now wrestling for Team Pennsylvania.

Ethan Rivera, Tylynn Lukens, Jonathan Ley, and Tom Crook are all nationally-ranked Juniors and each will be in the hunt for a spot on the podium as well. Making the podium in Fargo isn’t easy and being a returning AA or a multiple State Champ doesn’t guarantee success. That said - I think there are several other Florida Juniors that have a real shot to make a run at the podium. Tyler Washburn, Christian Guzman, and Cooper Haase will be tough down low. Danny Nini, Rivera’s teammate at Lake Highland Prep, Braden Basile, Sebastian Melguizo, and Hayden Whidden will also be in the hunt. Keep an eye on Danny Williams at 160 … he could rattle off several wins and be in the hunt as well.

The Girls team is deep and I’d expect they will definitely expect to have more than 3 All Americans (their # in 2019). Clare Booe, Hannah Hall, Juliana Diaz and Andrea Smith are all ranked in the top 10 and each will look to not only make the podium, but to bring home a stopsign. But those 4 are not the only ones that should be in the hunt for a spot on the podium … also ranked is Kailey Rees, Sierra Chavez, and Cameron Galvin. Keep an eye on Solorio, Vega, Slauson, and Blackburn … it wouldn’t be a surprise for Florida to have 10 Juniors make the podium. This is a solid team that will competitive at most weights.

16U’s

The 2019 16U’s were outstanding. Bouzakis won it in Freestyle, Tal-Shahar was 2nd in Freestyle and 5th in Greco, and the team also had Owen double AA and 3 others make the podium. This group will be hard-pressed to match that output, but they have several that will be in the hunt for their own stopsigns. The group is led by Sawyer Bartelt, Brian Burburija, Ethan Mojena, and Ethan Rivera. Bartelt was simply outstanding at Cadet duals and has to be one of the favorites to claim a title at 195. Burburija was equal to Bartelt (in terms of being unbeaten) at the duals - going 8-0 in Freestyle and 9-0 in Greco at 170. Burburija might not be on many national radars before this tournament, but he will be after we are finished in Fargo. Mojena and Rivera didn’t wrestle the duals, but both have looked outstanding this season and should be in the mix. Another name that might not be on many people’s radars as we begin the week is Anderson Heap of Osceola, but based on his wrestling at the duals … he will be a name that is mentioned repeatedly when all is said and done.

Keep an eye on Andrew Wittenberg, Brandon Cody, Ethan Vugman, and Caleb Rodriguez - each has wrestled top competition and will look to surprise a few people in Fargo. Clare Booe and Valarie Solorio will be tough in the 16U freestyle bracket. I expect each to be in the mix for a spot on the podium as well.

There are always wrestlers that “surprise” people … they get a good draw, they win close matches, they win matches to people they have lost to previously, and so on. The numbers and talent are there for Florida to have a very good 2021 Fargo … the question is … who in this group will?

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Florida Entries:

Men's - USA Junior Freestyle
100 Robert Allcroft, Vincent Biondoletti
106 Tyler Washburn
113 Christian Guzman
120 Blaine M. Jones ll, Jacob Witt, Cooper Haase
126 Braden Basile, Dylan Garcia, Sebastian Melguizo, Jaden Villalobos, Hayden Whidden, Kai Owen
132 Sean-Michael Gonzalez, Danny Nini, Eligh Rivera, Dominic Rubino
138 Isaac Church, Thomas Crook, Alan Diaz, James Marvel, Tyler Smith, Brennan Van Hoecke
145 Carson Miller, Myles Griffin, Aiden Reichert, Michael Shannon
152 Jaurice Seymour, Jonathan Ley, Lucas Moreno, Seth Rhodes
160 Logan Simpson, Frank Solorzano, Daniel Williams, Sergio Desiante, Bryce Mancuso, Anthony Nicolosi
170 Dominic Joyce, Tylynn Lukens
182 Joseph Nicolosi
195 Tyre Smith, Ryan Cody
285 Ethan Vergara

Men's - USA Junior Greco-Roman
100 Robert Allcroft
100 Vincent Biondoletti
106 Tyler Washburn
113 Christian Guzman
120 Blaine M. Jones ll, Jacob Witt
126 Cooper Haase, Braden Basile, Dylan Garcia, Sebastian Melguizo, Jaden Villalobos
132 Hayden Whidden, Kai Owen, Dominic Rubino
138 Isaac Church, Thomas Crook, Alan Diaz, James Marvel, Tyler Smith, Brennan Van Hoecke
145 Myles Griffin, Aiden Reichert, Michael Shannon, Carson Miller
152 Jaurice Seymour, Jonathan Ley, Lucas Moreno, Seth Rhodes
160 Bryce Mancuso, Anthony Nicolosi, Logan Simpson, Frank Solorzano, Daniel Williams, Sergio Desiante
170 Dominic Joyce, Tylynn Lukens
182 Joseph Nicolosi
195 Ryan Cody, Tyre Smith
285 Ethan Vergara

Women's - USA Junior Freestyle
100 Clare Booe, Kealonie Vega, Valarie Solorio
106 Helena Alcantar, Sophia Anderson
112 Sanii Porter, Hannah Hall
117 Cameron Galvin, Riley White, Juliana Diaz
122 Kailey Rees
127 Julia Ferreira
132 Teigan Slauson, Madisyn Blackburn
180 Destiny Madison, Sierra Chavez
200 Alyssa Favara
225 Andrea Smith

Men's - 16U Freestyle
106 David De Armas, Sebastian Degennaro, Gabriel B. Jones, Ethan Rivera, Luke Williams
113 Ethan Vugman
120 Anderson Heap, Titus Herron, Evan Pena, Daniel Echeverria, Ryan Phillips
126 Frankie Florio, Jonathan Hudson, Samuel Marvel
132 Andrew Wittenberg, Reid Noble
138 Brandon Cody, Joshua Boykin, Ethan Mojena
145 Brandon Lehrman, Austin Williams
152 Kendrick Hodge, Dylan Quiroga
160 Omer Barak, Roman Garcia, Elijah Penton
170 Brian Burburija
182 Rhyley Smith
195 Sawyer Bartelt
285 Cane Fernandez, Caleb Rodriguez

Men's - 16U Greco-Roman
106 David De Armas, Gabriel B. Jones, Luke Williams
113 Ethan Vugman
120 Anderson Heap, Titus Herron, Evan Pena, Daniel Echeverria
126 Frankie Florio, Jonathan Hudson, Samuel Marvel, Ryan Phillips, Andrew Wittenberg
138 Brandon Cody
145 Joshua Boykin, Ethan Mojena, Brandon Lehrman, Austin Williams
152 Kendrick Hodge, Dylan Quiroga
160 Omer Barak, Roman Garcia, Elijah Penton
170 Brian Burburija
182 Rhyley Smith
195 Sawyer Bartelt
285 Cane Fernandez, Caleb Rodriguez

Women's - 16U Freestyle
100 Clare Booe, Valarie Solorio
106 Helena Alcantar
180 Destiny Madison
200 Alyssa Favara

FloWrestling nationally ranked boys: Ethan Rivera (No. 8 at 106), Tom Crook (No. 13 at 138), Jonathan Ley (No. 16 at 152), Tylynn Lukens (No. 20 at 170)
Nationally ranked girls: Clare Booe (No. 7 at 100), Hannah Hall (No. 4 at 112), Juliana Diaz (No. 6 at 117), Cameron Galvin (No. 25 at 117), Kailey Rees (No. 14 at 122), Sierra Chavez (No. 15 at 180), Andrea Smith (No. 5 at 200),

Interested in watching some high quality wrestling? Go back and watch the Junior Freestyle Duals … the SE teams, but in reality any of the teams competing. There were some great matches, some outstanding throws, and the many duals came down to the last match.

Iowa downed Oklahoma Red 40-23 to claim the overall title - their first in 16 years. Minnesota Blue downed Illinois 37-27 for 3rd. Wisconsin, Ohio Red, California, and New Jersey rounded out the top 8.

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Alabama and Tennessee battle with some of the best in Pool A

Both Alabama and Tennessee lost their first round matches in Pool A - Alabama to #2 seed Colorado 47-25 and Tennessee in a heartbreaker 36-34 to Michigan Blue. Tennessee rebounded with wins over Nebraska and Colorado before losing to Michigan Blue again for 3rd. Alabama came back from that opening round loss to down Texas B 38-29 before losing to Michigan Blue and Colorado (again) to finish their action in Pool A.

Tennessee moved onto the Bronze/Copper Pool for Day 2 and Alabama moved into the Red/Blue Pool. Tennessee dropped their opening match to Georgia Blue 51-12, beat Minnesota Red 35-33 and then lost to Kansas and North Dakota Blue to finish 5th in the Bronze Pool. Bentley Ellison’s 10-2 win at the end of the Minnesota Red match sealed the win for Tennessee.

Alabama lost their opening match in the Red/Blue pool to Florida 43-21 and then dropped a tough one to Texas A 34-32 in a dual where their 2 forfeits really hurt them. Alabama rebounded with a win over George Red 41-22 before dropping a close one to Indiana 32-31 to finish the tournament.

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Georgia Blue just misses the All American Pool; Georgia Red battles into the Red/Blue Pool

Georgia Blue won their opening match vs. North Dakota Red before losing the pool B semifinal to New Jersey 41-25 (the match that would keep them from making the All American Pool and their only loss in Freestyle). Georgia Blue rebounded by downing California Blue and Oklahoma Blue to finish Pool B. Georgia Blue finished up their tournament with wins over Tennessee, Kansas, Minnesota Red, and Oklahoma Blue to take 9th.

Georgia Red lost a close one to North Dakota Blue 38-30 before downing South Carolina. They finished their action in Pool D with losses to Kansas and Pennsylvania. Georgia Red lost to Texas A, Florida, and Alabama before downing California Blue to take 7th in the Red/Blue Pool. Georgia Red was very competitive despite giving up 4 forfeits.

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Florida and South Carolina

Florida finished 5th in Pool B after going 2-2 with a bye in the opening round. They lost to Illinois 56-9 in the semis and lost to Oklahoma Blue 39-30 in the consi semis before getting on board with a dual win for 5th over California Blue. Florida then turned it on for day 2 - going unbeaten to claim the top spot in the Red/Blue Pool. They downed Alabama, Georgia Red, Texas A, and finally Colorado in a 36-31 match that came down to an 11-9 win by Hayden Whidden at 126 and a fall by Sebastian Melguizo at 132.

South Carolina brought 11 to Tulsa - and in this field that was going to be a real challenge (in getting dual wins). They went 0-2 in Pool D, but were significantly more competitive in the Green/Yellow Pool on Day 2. Still forfeiting 5 is always going to put a team behind … and South Carolina could never find a way to recover those 25 points. They finished the tournament losing to Texas B, Nebraska, Arkansas, and North Dakota Red.

Team Florida

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Five on the Rise

The Freestyle portion of the Junior Duals were filled with some outstanding individual performances. We’ve identified 5 below that really stood out plus an “others to watch” section that highlights some of those that you should definitely keep an eye on heading into Fargo

Another thing to keep in mind … going unbeaten is always the best measure of how well someone wrestled. It is important to note that some below (with losses) had tougher matches than others that might have finished with better records.

• 120 - Cole Hunt (Georgia) - 8-0 with 2 close wins over Potts of Oklahoma (8-7) and Collins of New Jersey (13-10) plus 6 tech falls.

• 160 - Gunner Filipowicz (Georgia) - 8-0 (6-0 with 2 forfeits). 6 tech falls with very good wins over Braden Anderson of Oklahoma, Kodiak Cannedy of Tennessee, and others.

• 160 - Will Miller (Alabama) - few walked away from the four days of wrestling with an unblemished record (in both Greco and Freestyle), but Miller was one of them. He was 8-0 with 5 tech falls and 3 falls. App State got a good one … and several SE programs will be sorry they didn’t pursue Miller more diligently.

• 170 - Gabe Arnold (Georgia) - 8-0 (7-0 with a forfeit). Really nice win over Michael Dellagatta of New Jersey 8-4.

• 220 - Noah Pettigrew (Georgia) - 8-0 (6-0 with 2 forfeits) - very good win over Ashton Davis of Tennessee (10-0 tech fall) - had 5 tech falls and a fall.

Others to watch:

• 120 - Yanni Vines (Alabama) - 6-2 with good wins over Milani of Michigan and Ditomasso of Georgia. Vines is on the cusp of pushing for a spot on the podium in Fargo, but will need to find a way to beat the likes of Strickenberger and Black (who he lost to this past week).

• 120 - Dominic Ditomasso (Georgia) - 5-3 with a fantastic win over Cadet Greco Fargo Champ Christian Tanefeu of North Dakota.

• 126 - Hayden Whidden (Florida) - 6-1 with 2 forfeits. Only loss to Baysinger of Illinois. Really good win over Angelo Lozado of Colorado - who was a Cadet All American 2 years ago.

• 126 - Amantee Mills (Georgia) - 5-3 with a forfeit win. Split matches with Oklahoma’s Rhett Peak and lost a close match to Totten of New Jersey 6-5. Really good win over Parker Janssen of Minnesota.

• 132 - Sebastian Melguizo (Florida) - 5-2 … good wins and two tough losses.

• 138/145 - Yannis Charles (South Carolina) - 4-2 splitting time between 138 and 145. Took one of his 2 losses at 145 vs. Connor Powell of Georgia. Had a wild 20-17 win over Brexton Beach of Arkansas.

• 138/145 - Brayden Ivy (Tennessee) - Unbeaten at 138 (6-0) - only loss came in bumping up to face Kilic of Georgia.

• 145 - Michael Kilic (Georgia) - 7-1 with a good 6-6 criteria win over 2019 Cadet All American Kyle Boeke and a tough 6-5 loss to Whalen of New Jersey.

• 145 - James Latona (Alabama) - 4-2 and split time with Logan Reaves at 145. Some good wins, but it was his loss to Ivan Morris that was the most telling - Morris was a Fargo All American 2 years ago as a Cadet. He lost 21-11 in a match that was all over the place (was 4-4 at the break). On his feet … Latona dominated, but couldn’t allow Morris on top.

• 145/152 - Luke Belcher (Tennessee) - Unbeaten at 145 (6-0) … only loss came to Jake Piccirilli of Georgia at 152.

• 152 - Jake Piccirilli (Georgia) - 6-2 with a pair of wins over Daegab Griffin of Oklahoma. Lost a close 6-5 decision to Elmore of Kansas.

• 160 - Zyan Hall (Georgia) - 6-1 (5-1 with a forfeit). Only loss came to Alabama’s Will Miller. Beat Couto of Florida as well Renner of North Dakota.

• 160/170 - Kodiak Cannedy (Tennessee) - 6-1 splitting time between 160/170 - only loss coming to Filipowicz of Georgia. Won a wild 21-18 decision over Kaden Renner of North Dakota.

• 182 - Warren Hoyt (Alabama) - 7-1 and wrestled outstanding. Gave up a quick fall to Robinson of Texas, but otherwise wrestled extremely well.

• 182 - Matthew Singleton (Georgia) - 7-1 and probably still a bit upset with his loss to Soldano of New Jersey (they got in a 50/50 situation in which Soldano came out on top and got the fall). Others Singleton ran through the 182’s - only giving up points to Cadet All American Jared Simma of Kansas in a 12-2 tech fall win.

• 182 - Gervacio Gonzalez (Tennessee) - only loss came to 2019 Cadet All American Jared Simma of Kansas.

• 195 - Ryan Cody (Florida) - 6-1 with a loss to Sheeren of Texas. Good win over Chesbro of Oklahoma and Adams of Georgia.

• 195 - Hunter Adams (Georgia) - 7-1 with only loss coming to Ryan Cody of Florida. Nice win over Sheeren of Texas 10-8

• 195 - Thomas Godbee (Georgia) - wrestled extremely well with his only loss coming to Ayzerov of New Jersey.

• 220 - Tristan Middlebrook (Florida) - 5-2 with a win over Webster of Georgia. Lost to Culp of Illinois and Newlin of Oklahoma.

• 220/285 - Logan Webster (Georgia) - 7-1 (5-1 with 2 forfeits). Stepped up and got 2 wins at 285 for Georgia Red. Only loss came to Tristan Middlebrook of Florida.

• 220 - Ashton Davis (Tennessee) - 6-2 with a loss to Pettigrew of Georgia and Caiden Casella (Kansas). Dominated in his 6 wins.

• 285 - Chase Horne (Georgia) - unbeaten and easily handled the competition … 5 tech falls (only giving up a point to McDaniel of Tennessee) plus a fall and a 9-0 decision of Novak of Minnesota.

• 285 - Abe Preston (Alabama) - Unbeaten at 8-0 (with 4 forfeits) Won 3 close matches - 9-8 over Vergara of Florida, 7-5 over Boggan of Michigan, and 8-4 over Valle of Georgia.

Florida Girls Earn All American

The Florida girls stepped up and claimed an All American finish at the Junior Duals in Tulsa, Oklahoma this past week. Florida won a hard fought 36-27 dual vs. Colorado to make the finals in Pool A - losing to eventual overall Champ California 52-12.

Florida then jumped into the deep end with some outstanding teams in the Gold/Silver (All American pool). They lost a close one to Pennsylvania Blue 35-32 as well as Texas Black 36-29 before losing again to California. Florida finished with losses to Missouri 34-24 and Illinois 35-32 to finish 6th.

Florida was in every dual (except their losses to California) and could have finished higher than 6th … still it was a very good effort with some outstanding individual performances.

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South Carolina and Georgia

Both South Carolina and Georgia brought significantly fewer than a full squad and that showed in the overall duals. South Carolina finished 3-4 despite forfeiting 5 of the 14 weights … they benefited from some other squads missing a few as well, but it was mainly because the 9 they brought all came to compete. Two finished 8-0 (Zao Estrada and Emma Burk) and three others finished 7-1. We will get to individual accomplishments below, but that is how South Carolina was able to stay competitive.

Georgia finished 0-4 while forfeiting 3 weight classes. They fought hard vs. Texas White (33-23 loss), Texas Blue (28-23), and Arkansas (39-29) and were only really overwhelmed as a team vs. Missouri (42-26). Georgia also had some outstanding individual performances … May Prade, Genevieve An, and Dianna Holmes each were unbeaten.

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Five on the Rise

Several outstanding individual accomplishments … tough to pick just 5 to highlight. These girls look ready to make a run in Fargo. Because it was so difficult to narrow to 5 - I’ve included an others to watch section below that includes a few others that wrestled well and could make waves in Fargo in July.

Also it should be noted … the path for the Florida girls was more difficult (because the team made the All American pool) - so not all records are “equal”, but everyone below wrestled well in their matches. Also it was fairly clear that if South Carolina hadn’t had to give up 5 forfeits they would have been hard for anyone to beat.

• 112 - Hannah Hall (Florida) - Hannah wrestled extremely well finishing 6-1 and her only loss coming to Avery Ashley of Texas Black. Hall should be in the hunt for a spot on the podium in Fargo.

• 117 - Zao Estrada (South Carolina) - Few wrestlers were as dominant this weekend as Estrada. She had 4 tech falls and 3 falls. We didn’t get to see Estrada vs. Taylinn Long or Diaz, but those matches should happen in another month.

• 117/122 - Juliana Diaz (Florida) - Diaz was 6-1 with her only loss coming to Taylin Long of Illinois. She looked good in bumping up to 122 to take out Alexis Segura of Colorado.

• 132/138 - May Prado (Georgia) - 4-0 with 3 tech falls and a 31 second fall. Did what was necessary - win the matches in front of you. Would like to have seen her matchup with Sarah Savidge, Mayson Gray, and others, but wrestled well in the matches she had.

• 152 - Emma Burk (South Carolina) - Unbeaten at 8-0 with 4 falls, 3 tech falls, and a forfeit. Only match that was close was a 15-5 tech fall of Shean Miller of Minnesota.

Others to watch:

• 100/106 - Kealonie Vega (Florida) - split time with Clare Booe at 100/106 and finished the tournament 5-2 with losses to Eliana Martinez of Texas Black and Madison Avila of California. Kealonie had a nice hard fought win over Jayleah Pletz of Pennsylvania 7-6.

• 100/106 - Clare Booe (Florida) - split time at 100/106 with Vega. Finished 3-4, but was an important part of Florida making the All American pool.

• 112 - Dianna Holmes (Georgia) - 4-0 with 3 falls and a 10-0 tech fall. Same as Prado - won every match she had and that is all she could control. It will be interesting to see how that translates into how well she does in Fargo in July.

• 122 - Isabella Hoffman (South Carolina) - Hoffman finished 5-3 and split matches with Patron Plummer of Pennsylvania (getting a 20-19 decision and losing by fall). She ran into a very tough Ngao Shoua Whitethorn of Minnesota, but otherwise was in her match vs. Herrick (losing 9-6) before getting pinned.

• 127 - Genevieve An (Georgia) - 4-0 (with 2 forfeits). Two falls and missed opportunity to see the top 127’s that included Savannah Cosme of Colorado and Alex Janiak of Illinois. Still nice to get W’s vs. the competition you did get a chance to wrestle.

• 132 - April Kelly (South Carolina) - 7-1 and dominant in her wins. Competitive in her lone loss to Madyson Gray of Kansas (19-8 tech fall). Still if she wants to claim a stopsign in Fargo … she will have to figure out how to beat the likes of Gray (Gray was unbeaten at 9-0 and only gave up points to Kelly).

• 138 - Carolina Gilstrap (South Carolina) - 5-3 in a very competitive 138 weight class. Nice win over Yatcilla of PA 10-8 (also had a fall of Yatcilla). Got an opportunity to see what the top of the 138 weight class looks like in a loss to Marissa Porsch of Kansas.

• 144 - Caitlyn Davis (South Carolina) - 7-1 with her only loss coming to Maddie Kubicki of Missouri. Won a wild 14-11 decision over Allyssa Johnson of North Dakota.

• 180 - Dasia Yearby (South Carolina) - 7-1 with her only loss coming to Jaycee Foeller of Missouri. Had 4 forfeits, but was dominant in her other 3 matches.

• 180/200 - Sierra Chavez (Florida) - 5-2 with a match at 200 vs. Missouri (where she got the fall). Sierra was in every match - losing to Brittyn Corbishley of Texas 10-4 and split decisions with Maliya Castillo of California.

• 225 - Andrea Smith (Florida) - 3-1 and split time at 225 with Kiara Brin. Smith’s only loss came to Hannah Francis of Texas Black. She had falls over DeHerrera, Benjamin, and Sepeda.