It was a great weekend of wrestling for the Iowa Women’s Wrestling team and incoming recruits. Bella Mir won the 68 KG title at the U20 Women’s Nationals in Spokane, Washington. Mir won by a tech fall, pin, and two decisions to make the finals. In the best of three finals Mir had two first period pins over London Houston of Washington in 1:24 and 1:54 to claim the title.
Mir is a true freshman out of Las Vegas, Nevada where she was a four-time state champion for Centennial High School.
Mir will now represent Team USA at the 2023 U20 World Freestyle Championships in Warsaw, Poland August 14-20.
Three Hawks placed second with Nyla Valencia (50 KG), Ella Schmidt (65 KG), and Kylie Welker (76 KG). Reece Larramendy placed third at 65 KG and Ava Bayless was sixth at 50 KG. Sterling Dias injury defaulted at 50 KG from the tournament after the quarterfinals.
Incoming recruits Haley Ward placed second at 72 KG, Emily Frost placed fourth at 59 KG, Lilly Luft was fourth at 62 KG, and Rose Cassioppi was third at 72 KG. Danni Swihart (62 KG) and Alivia White (76 KG) did not place. All are in the Recruiting Class of 2023. Real impressive showing by our incoming recruits.
On Saturday Iowa Hawkeye Felicity Taylor won the U23 Women’s Nationals at 53 KG.
A great performance by the Iowa Hawkeyes and our incoming recruits this weekend in Spokane against national level competition.
The Hawks will be well represented at the U.S. Open for Senior Women’s Freestyle in Las Vegas in two weeks. I will keep you posted right here on my blog.
U20 Nationals
Nyla Valencia 50 KG – 2nd
Ava Bayless 50 KG – 6th
Sterling Dias 50 KG – DNP
Ella Schmidt 65 KG – 2nd
Reese Larramendy 65 KG – 3rd
Isabella Mir 68 KG – Champ
Kylie Welker 76 KG – 2nd
U20 Nationals – Incoming recruits (Class of 2023)
Emily Frost 59 KG – 4th
Lilly Luft 62 KG – 4th
Danni Swihart 62 KG – DNP
Haley Ward 72 KG – 2nd
Rose Cassioppi 72 KG – 3rd
Alivia White 76 KG – DNP
U23 Nationals
Felicity Taylor 53 KG – Champ
It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.
Go Hawks!
