With 2012 Olympic bronze medalist Clarissa Chun out of the mix this season, the 48 kg weight class in women’s freestyle is now looking for a rising star to take over the weight.

2012 Olympic Trials runner-up Alyssa Lampe looks to be the favorite at this weight heading into the World Team Trials in Stillwater, Okla. in two weeks. 

Lampe lost a tough three match series to eventual bronze medalist Chun in last year’s Olympic Trials in Iowa City, Iowa, but has rebounded from that loss nicely having won the 2013 U.S. Open championship and posting a 3-1 record at the Women’s World Cup held in Mongolia last March. 

Lampe was a bronze medalist at the 2012 World Championships at 51 kg last September and also competed in the 2010 World Championships at 48 kg. 

Lampe defeated the explosive Victoria Anthony 3-0, 5-2 in the finals of the U.S. Open in Las Vegas. 

Anthony is fresh off a winning University National Championship in Oklahoma City in March. She finished third in last year’s Olympic Trials and is a two-time Junior World Champion. 

Other top contenders in the weight class include a slew of youngsters looking to make a run to the World Championships. 

Erin Golston has come on strong this year picking up a FILA Junior National Championship at 44 kg, a second place finish at University Nationals and a third place finish at the U.S. Open. Golston also boasts two Junior World bronze medals. 

Olympic Training Center team member Candace Workman won a University National Championship up at 51 kg this year, also placing fourth at the U.S. Open. 

2013 Pan American team member Emily Webster wrestling out of Oklahoma City University will also be a factor at this weight. 

Other young wrestlers looking for a breakout performance in Stillwater include U.S. Open place winners Bernara Moore and Tamika Jones (Waldorf), and 2013 WCWA All-Americans Shannon Constantine (King), Caitlyn Chase (Missouri Baptist) and Kristi Garr (OKCU). 

A special note about the women’s division at the World Team Trials, which is contended only in the four Olympic weights (48 kg, 55 kg, 63 kg, 72 kg). Athletes who have qualified for the Trials at a non-Olympic weight class can choose to compete at one of the four Olympic weights. Some qualifiers may choose not to enter at all and focus on making the world team at a non-Olympic weight later this summer.

Look for some of the qualifiers at 51 kg to make the drop down to 48 kg for the competition in Stillwater. 

The new FILA rules will be in place for the World Team Trials. The rules will include two three-minute periods, cumulative scoring, two-point takedowns and the passivity shot clock. 

2013 U.S. OPEN RESULTS 

48 KG/105.5 LBS
1st – Alyssa Lampe, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids) dec. Victoria Anthony, Huntington Beach, Calif. (New York AC), 3-0, 5-2
3rd – Erin Golston, Lake of the Hills, Ill. (New York AC/USOEC) dec. Candace Workman, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Team OTC), 3-1, 3-1
5th – Emily Webster, Sedalia, Mo. (OKCU Gator RTC) tech. fall Bernara Moore, West Covina, Calif. (unattached), 6-0, 6-0
7th – Tamika Jones, Columbia, S.C. (Waldorf College) dec. Allene Somera, Ewa Beach, Hawaii (Grapplers HI), 5-0, 0-1, 6-1

51 KG/112.25 LBS
1st – Jessica Medina, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids) dec. Haley Augello, Lockport, Ill. (New York AC), 2-0, 0-1, 2-0
3rd – Carlene Sluberski, Fredonia, N.Y. (New York AC) pin Amy Fearnside, Morgan Hill, Calif. (Jimmie WC), 1:52
5th – Samantha Klingel, Kregsville, Pa. (King College) dec. Christina Varland, Douglas, Wyo. (Air Force WC), 4-0, 2-1
7th - Kalin Knight-Alvarez, Vista, Calif. (No Mercy WC) pin Milagros Zamora, Homestead, Fla. (UC Women’s Wrestling), 1:38

U.S. WORLD TEAM TRIALS QUALIFIERS AT 48 KG/105.5 LBS
’12 Olympic Team Trials Champion – Clarissa Chun, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
’12 Olympic Team Trials second place – Alyssa Lampe, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
’12 Olympic Team Trials third place – Victoria Anthony, Huntington Beach, Calif. (Sunkist Kids)
’13 WFS U.S. Open Champion – Alyssa Lampe, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
’13 WFS U.S. Open second place – Victoria Anthony, Huntington Beach, Calif. (Sunkist Kids)
’13 WFS U.S. Open third place – Erin Golston, Lake in the Hills, Ill. (NYAC)
’13 WFS U.S. Open fourth place – Candace Workman, Colorado Springs, Colo. (OTC)
’13 WFS U.S. Open fifth place – Emily Webster, Sedalia, Mo. (OKCU Gator Women’s RTC)
’13 WFS U.S. Open sixth place – Bernara Moore, West Covina, Calif. (Unattached)
’13 WFS U.S. Open seventh place – Tamika Jones, Columbia, S.C. (Waldorf)
’13 WFS U.S. Open Champion at 51 kg– Jessica Medina, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
’13 WFS U.S. Open second place at 51 kg – Haley Augello, Lockport, Ill. (NYAC)
’13 WFS U.S. Open third place at 51 kg – Carlene Sluberski, Fredonia, N.Y. (NYAC)
’13 WFS U.S. Open fourth place at 51 kg– Amy Fearnside, Morgan Hill, Calif. (Jimmie Wrestling Club)
’13 WFS U.S. Open fifth place at 51 kg – Samantha Klingel, Kregsville, Pa. (King)
’13 WFS U.S. Open sixth place at 51 kg – Christina Varland, Douglas, Wyo. (Air Force WC)
’13 WFS U.S. Open seventh place  at 51 kg– Kalin Knight-Alvarez, Vista, Calif. (No Mercy School of Wrestling)
’12 World Team Wrestle-Off (non-Olympic weight) Champion at 51 kg – Alyssa Lampe, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
’12 World Team Wrestle-Off (non-Olympic weight) second place at 51 kg – Whitney Conder, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)
’13 WFS University National Champion – Victoria Anthony, Huntington Beach, Calif. (Sunkist Kids)
’13 WFS University National second place – Erin Golston, Lake In the Hills, Ill.  (NYAC)
’13 WFS University National Champion at 51 kg – Candace Workman , Colorado Springs, Colo. (OTC)
’13 WFS University National second place at 51 kg – Amy Fearnside, Morgan Hill, Calif. (Jimmie Wrestling Club)
’13 WCWA Nationals Champion at 101 – Emily Webster, Sedalia, Mo. (Oklahoma City)
’13 WCWA Nationals second place at 101 – Caitlyn Chase, Hanover Park, Ill. (Missouri Baptist)
’13 WCWA Nationals fourth place at 101 – Shannon Constantine, Haverhill, Mass. (King College)
’13 WCWA Nationals Champion at 109 – Victoria Anthony, Huntington Beach, Calif. (Simon Fraser)
’13 WCWA Nationals second place at  109– Emily Martin, Frisco, Texas (King College)
’13 WCWA Nationals third place at 109 – Kristi Garr, Goodrich, Mich. (Oklahoma City)
’13 Klippan Lady Open third place – Erin Golston, Lake In the Hills, Ill. (New York AC)
’13 Outstanding Ukrainian Memorial Champion –Alyssa Lampe, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
’13 Outstanding Ukrainian Memorial third place –Victoria Anthony, Huntington Beach, Calif. (Sunkist Kids)
’13 Klippan Lady Open third place – Jessica Medina, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
’13 Klippan Lady Open third place – Haley Augello, Lockport, Ill. (New York AC)