McNab wins gold medal and is named Outstanding Wrestler at the 1999 Women's University National Championships at Northwestern Univ. in Evanston, Ill., April 11Aimee McNab won the 136.5-pound title and was named Outstanding Wrestler at the 1999 Women's University National Championships at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., April 11.
This was the second year that a women's division has been held alongside the men's University National Championships. The competition featured many of the best women wrestlers in the nation, including many top athletes on the college level.
Champions include: Julie Gonzalez (Vallejo, Calif./Dave Schultz WC) won the title at 101.25 pounds, Angela Hesener (Ann Arbor, Mich./Michigan) at 112.25 pounds, Sara McMann (UM-Morris) at 123.25 pounds, Aimee McNab (UM-Morris) at 136.5 pounds, Katie Downing (UM-Morris) at 149.75 pounds and Kristie Stenglein at 165.25 pounds.
Stenglein defended her title at 165.25 pounds when she decisioned Nina Vernon of UM-Morris, 7-4. Hesener won the 101.25-pound title last year and McNab won the 112.25-pound title last year.
The Most Falls Award went to Sara McMann of UM-Morris with two falls in 1:55. The Outstanding Wrestler award went to Aimee McNabb of UM-Morris.
1999 WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY FREESTYLE NATIONALS
at Evanston, Ill., April 11
46 kg/101.25 lbs. -
1st - Julie Gonzalez, Vallejo, Calif. (Peninsula Grapplers) dec. Danielle Hobeika, Cambridge, Mass. (Dave Schultz WC), 14-6
51 kg/112.25 lbs. -
1st - Angela Hesener, Ann Arbor, Mich. (Univ. of Michigan) dec. Olivia Ocampo (UM-Morris), 8-1
3rd - Trinh Nguyen, Oakland, Calif. (Peninsula) dec. Janelle Curtis, Galesburg, Ill. (Knox), 7-4
56 kg/123.25 lbs. -
1st - Sara McMann (UM-Morris) won by tech. fall over Beth Suppa (UM-Morris), 10-0
3rd - Tarimotimi Awipi, New York, N.Y. (NYC) won by tech. fall over Dominique Laquito, New York, N.Y. (NYC), 11-1
62 kg/136.5 lbs. -
1st - Aimee McNab (UM-Morris) dec. Cassie Inman (UM-Morris), 8-4
3rd - Jimi-Dawn Horbuckle, Lawrence, Kan. (Dave Schultz WC) pin Melony Monahan (UM-Morris), 1:25
68 kg/149.75 lbs. -
1st - Katie Downing (UM-Morris) pin Beth Artman, New York, N.Y. (NYU), 0:38
75 kg/165.25 lbs. -
1st - Kristie Stenglein, Albany, N.Y. (ATWA) dec. Nina Vernon (UM-Morris), 7-4
3rd - Iris Smith, Colorado Springs, Colo. dec. Dominique Smalley, Ames, Iowa, 13-5
Outstanding Wrestler - Aimee McNab, 136.5 pounds, UM-Morris
Team Score - 1. UM-Morris