FOUR CADET NATIONAL CHAMPIONS CLAIM TITLES AT WOMEN¹S CADET WORLD TEAM TRIALS IN LACROSSE, WIS., APRIL 11
Four 1997 Cadet National champions won individual titles at the 1998 Women¹s Cadet World Team Trials, held in LaCrosse, Wis., April 11.
Winners are eligible to represent the United States in the 1998 Cadet World Championships for women, which is scheduled for July 2-5 in Manchester, England. The athletes will be responsible for their costs to attend the Women¹s Cadet World Championships.
Cadet National champions who won titles at the World Team Trials include Micah Kelly of Mercer, Pa. at 94 pounds, Erin Tomeo of Volant, Pa. at 101 pounds, Katrina Betts of Milan, Mich. at 114 pounds and Marcie Van Dusen of Twin Peaks, Calif. at 123 pounds.
Kelly won her weight division uncontested.
Tomeo defeated Brook Bogren of Carbondale, Kan., 4-2, to claim the title.
Betts pinned Lisa Bisers of Allison Park, Pa. in 1:45 in the finals.
Van Dusen, a two-time Cadet Nationals champion, pinned Rebekka DeCola of Ann Arbor, Mich. in 2:24 to claim her title.
Mary Kelly of Mahomet, Ill. won the 83 pound title, pinning 1997 Cadet National champion Jennifer Cycon of Stamford, Conn. in 1:15.
Melina Hutchinson of Soldotna, Alaska, a Cadet Nationals runner-up last year, claimed the 108 pound title with a technical fall over Devin Kelly of Mercer, Pa., 13-3.
Other individual champions included Melissa Moore of San Jose, Calif. at 88 pounds, Rosario DeCola of Ann Arbor, Mich. at 132 pounds and Jessica Bartley of Hazel Park, Mich. at 154 pounds.
WOMEN¹S CADET WORLD TEAM TRIALS at LaCrosse, Wis., April 11
38 kg/83 lbs. - 1st - Mary Kelly, Mahomet, Ill. pin Jennifer Cycon, Stamford, Conn. (Wilton WC), 1:15
40 kg/88 lbs. - 1st - Melissa Moore, San Jose, Calif. (Bulldogs)
43 kg/94 lbs. - 1st - Micah Kelly, Mercer, Pa.
46 kg/101 lbs. - 1st - Erin Tomeo, Volant, Pa. (TAPS) dec. Brook Bogren, Carbondale, Kan., 4-2
49 kg/108 lbs. - 1st - Melina Hutchinson, Soldotna, Alaska, won by tech. fall over Devin Kelly, Mercer, Pa., 13-3
52 kg/114 lbs. - 1st - Katrina Betts, Milan, Mich. (Tappan) pin Lisa Bisers, Allison Park, Pa. (TAPS), 1:45
56 kg/123 lbs. - 1st - Marcie Van Dusen, Twin Peaks, Calif. (Outlaw) pin Rebekka DeCola, Ann Arbor, Mich. (Tappan), 2:24; 3rd - Nicole Barnes, Stockbridge, Mich. (Tappan) pin Peggy VanDeMark, Kimble, Minn. (St. Cloud Club), 3:27
60 kg/132 lbs. - 1st - Rosario DeCola, Ann Arbor, Mich. (Tappan) pin Jessica Martin, Flint, Mich. (Tappan), 3:31
65 kg/143 lbs. - no entries
70 kg/154 lbs. - 1st - Jessica Bartley, Hazel Park, Mich. (Tappan)