2011 FILA Junior World bronze medalists Erin Golston and Alli Ragan are eligible to return to the Body Bar FILA Junior Nationals this year. Both advance directly to the best-of-three series

The Body Bar Women’s National Championships will be held in Lakeland, Fla., May 11-13 at the Lakeland Center. 

The event is USA Wrestling’s age-group wrestling championships with competitions for five separate age groups: FILA Junior Nationals (ages 17-20), FILA Cadet Nationals (ages 15-17), ages 13-14, ages 10-12, and ages 7-9.

Online registration is available until 7:00 p.m. central time, Wednesday May 9. Reduced online registration entry fee is $30.
Click here to register

On-site registration will be accepted, but the fee is $40. 

The event serves as the qualifying event for two age-group World Championships, as well as other international competitions.

Champions at the Body Bar FILA Junior National Championships will qualify for the U.S. team at the 2012 FILA Junior World Championships in Pattaya, Thailand, Sept. 4-9.

Champions at the Body Bar FILA Cadet National Championships will qualify for the U.S. team at the 2012 FILA Cadet World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, August 21-27.

Both the FILA Junior Nationals and the FILA Cadet Nationals will have a best-of-three series for the Championship finals.

On the FILA Junior level, a returning FILA Junior World medalist earns the right to sit out of the Challenge Tournament, moving right into the best-of-three Championship Series at the FILA Junior Nationals.

Two 2011 FILA Junior World bronze medalists are eligible to compete at the FILA Junior Nationals again and will advance to the best-of-three finals: Erin Golston (Lake in the Hills, Ill./New York AC) and Alli Ragan (Carbondale, Ill./New York AC/King College).

In conjunction with the event, Olympian Marcie Van Dusen will be holding a clinic on Saturday, May 12, at 8:00 am. For more information click here

For more information on the event visit the Body Bar Women’s National 
Body Bar Women's Nationals website

2012 BODY BAR WOMEN’S NATIONALS
At Lakeland, Fla May 11-13

Event schedule

Friday, May 11 

7:00 PM to 8:00 PM Registration, - FILA Cadets, Schoolgirls, and Girls Divisions I and II

8:00 PM to 8:30 PM  1Medical Check & Weigh-ins - FILA Cadets, Schoolgirls, and Girls Divisions I and II

Saturday, May 12

8:00 AM to 9:00 AM Body Bar Instructional Clinic with Olympian Marcie Van Dusen

9:30 AM to 1:30 PM Session I – 
• FILA Cadets, Schoolgirls and Girls Divisions I and II
• Preliminaries through 3rd place matches (3 mats) - FILA Cadets
• Preliminaries through finals (3 mats) - Schoolgirls, Girls Divisions I and II

2:00 PM to 3:00 PM Session II - FILA Cadets Round 1 of best of 3 finals 

3:00 PM to 4:00 PM Session III - FILA Cadets Round 2 of best of 3 finals (1 mat)

4:00 PM to 4:30 PM Session IV - FILA Cadets Round 3 of best of 3 finals  

5:00 PM to 6:00 PM Registration - FILA Juniors

5:30 PM to 6:00 PM 1Medical Check & Weigh-ins - FILA Juniors
(FILA Cadets wishing to participate in the FILA Junior tournament must weigh-in again during the FILA Junior weigh-in time. See Weigh-in Procedures)

Sunday, May 13

9:00 AM to 1:00 PM Session I - FILA Juniors Preliminaries through 3rd place matches 

2:00 PM to 3:00 PM Session II - FILA Juniors Round 1 of best of 3 finals 

3:00 PM to 4:00 PM Session III - FILA Juniors Round 2 of best of 3 finals 

4:00 PM to 4:30 PM Session IV - FILA Juniors Round 3 of best of 3 finals 

ALL athletes MUST be present at the BEGINNING of weigh-ins