San Gabriel Valley wrestlers at Nationals
http://www.amateurwrestlingphotos.com/women/2005usgwa_finals1/index.htm
http://www.amateurwrestlingphotos.com/women/2005usgwa_finals2/index.htm
http://www.usgwa.com/forum/showthread.php?s=196479c26f4e45cc76d5bd1d60ce5d28&threadid=1037
More Finals Pictures
Lower Weights:
http://www.amateurwrestlingphotos.c...nals1/index.htm
Upper Weights:
http://www.amateurwrestlingphotos.c...nals2/index.htm
More Photos from Nationals
Two sets of photos:
http://www.tech-fall.com/2005nmf1.html
http://www.tech-fall.com/2005nmf2.html
Wrestlers from Hawaii win at Nationals
Marissa Gonzales (Hogan High School)
Kristina Koenning and Kristen Esterheld
Ashley Evans-Smith (California)
Vallejo Area Girls seeking success at Nationals
American girls: Last Sunday was a special day for three Hogan
High wrestlers
who earned All-America status at the United States Girls Wrestling
Association championships in Lake Orion, Mich. Marissa Gonzales finished
fourth at 110 pounds, going 4-2 over the weekend. Jessica Ortiz wrestled at
the same weight and finished sixth.
Lauren Knight took fifth place at 134 pounds, going 5-2 over the weekend.
She was knocked into the loser's bracket Saturday when she lost to eventual
champion Deanna Rix, who recently finished as the runner-up in the Maine
state boys championships.
The top 12 finishers in each weight class won medals.
Stych, Gallippo place in national tournament
Oxnard High's Samantha Stych finished sixth and earned All-America honors in
the United States Girls Wrestling Association Tournament in Lake Orion,
Mich.
She was 3-3 and finished wrestling the fifth-place match with a dislocated
shoulder, said her coach and father Jim Stych.
Jessica Gallippo of Thousand Oaks High finished in 10th place with a 4-3
mark, earning All-America recognition.
California won the national team championship.
Gallardo places second: Victoria Gallardo, a former Hueneme High wrestler,
finished second in the 114-pound college division. Gallardo is a freshman at
the West Point Military Academy.
The next competition will be the women's national invitational April 8-10 in
San Diego.