
Nelson was a U20 World champion earlier in her career. Open runner-up Maya Nelson, who reached a medal match in the 2021 Senior Worlds. This weight class is a nice mix of athletes who have competed well in three different weight classes, 57 kg, 59 kg and 62 kg. Open champion Michaela Beck (Sunkist Kids) in Final X Jacarra Winchester, Titan Mercury WC/USOPTCĬhampion to face U.S. Somebody in this weight will need to step up in performance if they wish to keep Jacarra Winchester out of Final X,and make their own run for a Senior World Team berth.ġ. Foard recently was second at the U20 Trials. Open place winners at 55 kg, college wrestler Gabrielle Skidmore (who placed sixth at the Open) and high school star Virginia Foard (who placed seventh). Jaslynn Gallegos, a 2023 NCWWC national champion at 116 pounds, moves up in weight to take the fifth seed. Open at 59 kg and is seeded fourth in the World Team Trials Challenge Tournament. Dropping down in weight is 2022-23 National Team member Amanda Martinez, who placed third at the U.S. 2 seed, while Areana Villaescusa, a past National Team member who was third in the U.S. Open and a National Team member in 2022-23 earned the No. Winchester made the Olympic team at 53 kg, but has mostly competed at 55 kg, including the year she won her World title. 1 seed in Colorado Springs and is a strong favorite at this weight class. Open champion Alisha Howk (Sunkist Kids) in Final XĢ019 World champion and 2020 Olympian Jacarra Winchester, who did not compete at the 2023 U.S. Here is a look at the competitors in each of the weight classes:Ĭhampion to face U.S. There are 17 current or past college national champions are scattered throughout the four weight divisions. Leading the field of competitors are six-time World champion and 2020 Olympic silver medalist Adeline Gray at 76 kg, as well as 2019 World champion and 2020 Olympian Jacarra Winchester at 55 kg.Ī pair of past Senior World Team members will compete at 76 kg, 2021 World Team member Kylie Welker and 2022 World Team member Dymond Guilford. The other six women’s weight classes have already determined its two Final X competitors, which will be held in Newark, N.J., June 10. The winner of the World Team Trials Challenge Tournament in these weight classes will compete in Final X against the 2023 U.S. The weight classes being contested are 55 kg, 59 kg, 68 kg and 76 kg. The final four women’s freestyle athletes for Final X will be determined on Sunday, May 21 at the World Team Trials Challenge Tournament at Discovery Canyon High School in Colorado Springs. Photo by Tony Rotundo, Wrestlers Are Warriors. 2019 World champion Jacarra Winchester is among the stars competing in Colorado Springs at the World Team Trials Challenge Tournament.
