SZOMBATHELY, Hungary -. Three U.S. women placed in the top 10 of their weight classes on the opening day of women’s wrestling at the Cadet World Championships on Thursday.

Placing eighth in their weight classes were Regina Doi of Kingsburg, Calif. at 43 kg/94.75 lbs. and Kayla Miracle of Culver, Ind. at 49 kg/108 lbs.,

Doi opened her competition with a victory over Lkhamjav Undram of Mongolia. She fell in the next round to Valentina Faccio of Italy, 1-6, 1-1. Doi was eliminated when Faccio was defeated in the semifinals.

Miracle also won her first bout, a pin over Aigul Nuralim of Kazakhstan. She was edged in the second round by Mercedesz Denes of Hungary, 1-1, 0-1. Miracle was eliminated when Denes was beaten in the quarterfinals.

Zosima Castaneda of Atlanta, Ga. fell one match short of reaching the bronze-medal round at 65 kg/143.25 lbs. and finished 10th in her weight class.

Castaneda dropped her first match to Masako Furuichi of Japan and was pulled back into the repechage rounds when Furuichi reached the gold-medal finals. Castaneda scored a comeback three-period win over Aziza Sultamuratova of Uzbekistan, 0-5, 4-2, 1-3 in her first repechage match. She was pinned by Burneebaatar Nyamgerel of Mongolia in the next repechage bout, and Nyamgerel advanced to a bronze-medal bout.

Sophie Hertz of Colorado Springs, Colo. lost her opening bout to Alejandra Pagquaga-Frankovich of Canada at 56 kg/123.25 lbs. Hertz was eliminated when Pagquaga-Frankovich lost in the semifinals and she did not place in the top 10.

Competition was also held at 38 kg/83.5 lbs., a division in which the USA did not have an entry.

Coaching the women’s team is Donny Stephens of West Covina, Calif. along with USOEC Women’s Assistant Coach Tony DeAnda of Marquette, Mich.

Five other U.S. women’s freestyle athletes weighed in today and will compete on Friday. Their draws are posted in another article on TheMat.com

FILA CADET WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Szombathely, Hungary, August 25

38 kg/83.5 lbs.
1 Nedezhda Sokolova (Russia)
2 Tsogt-Ochir Namuuntsetseg (Mongolia)
3 Sahila Alakbarova (Azerbaijan)
3 Svetlana Ankicheva (Kazakhstan)
5 Nahomi Itzel Hoyos Dominguez (Mexico)
5 Iryna Cherkas (Ukraine)
7 Aleksandra Gorecka (Poland)
8 Ankita Dinesh Gund (India)
9 Yasmine Slimani (Algeria)
10 Begum Misiralti (Turkey)

43 kg/ 94.75 lbs.
1 Maria Kotsareva (Russia)
2 Ilona Semkiv (Ukraine)
3 Weronika Elzbieta Sikora (Poland)
3 Rina Okuno (Japan)
5 Valentina Faccio (Italy)
5 Serap Colgecen (Turkey)
7 Mamta Rani (India)
8 Regina Doi (USA)
9 Lkhamjav Undram (Mongolia)
10 Irina Borissova (Kazakhstan) 

49 kg/108 lbs.
1 Yu Miyahara (Japan)
2 Iulia Leorda (Moldova)
3 Assunta Persico (Italy)
3 Andjelka Vetoshkina (Russia)
5 Shafag Muradzada (Azerbaijan)
5 Tugba Deper (Turkey)
7 Mercédesz Denes (Hungary)
8 Kayla Miracle (USA)
9 Vinesh Vinesh (India)
10 Paula Kozlow (Poland)

56 kg/123.25 lbs.
1 Yui Sakano (Japan)
2 Pooja Dhanda (India)
3 Tetyana Kit (Ukraine)
3 Ekaterina Myagkova (Russia)
5 Ramona Galambos (Hungary)
5 Alejandra Pagquaga-Frankovich (Canada)
7 Katarzyna Madrowska (Poland)
8 Erdenebileg Tserenlkham (Mongolia)
9 Bediha Gun (Turkey)
10 Signe Store (Norway)

65 kg/143.25 lbs.
1 Masako Furuichi (Japan)
2 Nataliya Mazur (Ukraine)
3 Ekatrina Baldanova (Russia)
3 Burneebaatar Nyamgerel (Mongolia)
5 Cigdem Tunca (Turkey)
5 Ragneta Gurbanzada (Azerbaijan)
7 Agnieszka Krol (Poland)
8 Sabrina Seidl (Austria)
9 Viktoria Bobeva (Bulgaria)
10 Zosima Castaneda (USA)

U.S. women’s freestyle performance on Thursday

43 kg/ 94.75 lbs. - Regina Doi, Kingsburg, Calif., 8th
WIN Lkhamjav Undram (Mongolia), 2-1, 1-1
LOSS Valentina Faccio (Italy), 1-6, 1-1

49 kg/108 lbs. - Kayla Miracle, Culver, Ind., 8th
WIN Aigul Nuralim (Kazakhstan), pin
LOSS Mercedesz Denes (Hungary), 1-1, 0-1

56 kg/123.25 lbs. - Sophie Hertz, Colorado Springs, Colo., dnp/11th
LOSS Alejandra Pagquaga-Frankovich (Canada), 0-1, 1-1

65 kg/143.25 lbs. - Zosima Castaneda, Atlanta, Ga., 10th
LOSS Masako Furuichi (Japan), 0-6, 0-7
WIN Aziza Sultamuratova (Uzbekistan), 0-5, 4-2, 1-3
LOSS Burneebaatar Nyamgerel (Mongolia), pin