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2022 Final X participant at 76kg.

  1. Women's Weekly: The End Of An Era

    Women's Weekly: The End Of An Era

    Jan 15, 2024

    Women’s college wrestling reached an intersection in 2020. Three separate national championships were scheduled with NCAA and NAIA programs hosting tournaments for the first time in the same year.
  2. National Champs Yelena Makoyed And Alara Boyd Return To College Competition

    National Champs Yelena Makoyed And Alara Boyd Return To College Competition

    Dec 15, 2023

    The North Central women's wrestling team entered the season with 19 returning All-Americans. You can move that number to 21 starting next semester.
  3. U.S. Women Have Tough Decisions To Make For 2024 Olympic Trials

    U.S. Women Have Tough Decisions To Make For 2024 Olympic Trials

    Sep 26, 2023

    The 2023 World Championships are over, and now the real work begins. The Olympic Games, unfortunately, shrinks to six weight classes in each style from 10 at the Worlds.
  4. The 76 kg  US Open Field Is Loaded With Star Power

    The 76 kg US Open Field Is Loaded With Star Power

    Apr 5, 2023

    The 2023 US Open is upon us, and no weight class has more depth and intrigue that 76 kilograms.
  5. Brackets Released For National Collegiate Women's Wrestling Championships

    Brackets Released For National Collegiate Women's Wrestling Championships

    Feb 25, 2023

    It's time to get excited for the 2023 National Collegiate Women's Wrestling Championships in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on March 3-4. FloWrestling is streaming the entire tournament, so be sure to tune in live.
  6. There's A New #1 In The Latest Women's College Pound-For-Pound Rankings!

    There's A New #1 In The Latest Women's College Pound-For-Pound Rankings!

    Feb 22, 2023

    Below are the fourth pound-for-pound rankings of the women’s collegiate wrestling season, which includes all divisions. Off-season results from the past year factored into the rankings but those increasingly decrease as championship season draws near.
  7. Women's Weekly: Yelena Makoyed Is For Real

    Women's Weekly: Yelena Makoyed Is For Real

    Feb 6, 2023

    This is starting to get good.
  8. Women's Weekly: Sacred Heart Continues To Climb

    Women's Weekly: Sacred Heart Continues To Climb

    Jan 31, 2023

    Watching Sacred Heart coach Paulina Biega at last year’s Senior High School Nationals in Virginia Beach was a sight to behold. She was there recruiting talent, of course, but she also had a long line of parents and athletes who wanted to learn more about her program.
  9. Women's Weekly: The Ultimate Wrestling Showdown

    Women's Weekly: The Ultimate Wrestling Showdown

    Jan 12, 2023

    What happens when the top-ranked NAIA wrestler faces the top-ranked NCAA wrestler?
  10. Women's Weekly: Lexi Janiak Put The Country On Notice

    Women's Weekly: Lexi Janiak Put The Country On Notice

    Dec 13, 2022

    Aurora’s Lexi Janiak’s college career didn’t get off to a good start. The freshman phenom from Plainfield, Illinois, opened her season by losing to North Central’s Sara Sterner in her first dual. Oh, by the way, she got pinned.
  11. Ali Savadkhoui Stuns Jordan Burroughs At The World Cup

    Ali Savadkhoui Stuns Jordan Burroughs At The World Cup

    Dec 12, 2022

    Ali Savadkouhi becomes the first-ever Iranian to beat Jordan Burroughs at the 2022 World Cup.
  12. 2022 UWW Men's & Women's World Cup Match Notes - Day 2

    2022 UWW Men's & Women's World Cup Match Notes - Day 2

    Dec 11, 2022

    It's the medal matches of the 2022 UWW Men's and Women's Freestyle Wrestling World Cup from Coralville, Iowa. Team USA has a women's match at 12 noon eastern time against Mongolia for bronze, and a men's match at 7 pm eastern against Iran for gold.
  13. 2022 UWW Men's & Women's World Cup Match Notes - Day 1

    2022 UWW Men's & Women's World Cup Match Notes - Day 1

    Dec 10, 2022

    It's a great day for a premier international wrestling event and a great day for live blogging, and so we will do both here in the Xtreme Arena in Coralville, Iowa as we follow the men's and women's freestyle wrestling World Cup in real-time.
  14. 20 World Cup Fast Facts

    20 World Cup Fast Facts

    Dec 10, 2022

    1. The USA men’s freestyle team is in pursuit of its 15th World Cup title. In 2018 — the last time the tournament was held on American soil — the United States won its first World Cup title in 15 years.
  15. Hear From The U.S. Women's Freestyle Team In Advance Of the World Cup

    Hear From The U.S. Women's Freestyle Team In Advance Of the World Cup

    Dec 9, 2022

    Hear from athletes and coaches on the women's freestyle team as they prepare for the World Cup in Coralville, Iowa, on December 10-11.