Women's Freestyle Seeds - 2002 World Team Trials

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Gary Abbott (USA Wrestling)
06/20/2002


48 kg (105.5 lbs.)   National champion - Patricia Miranda, Stanford, Calif. (Dave Schultz WC)  Challenge Tournament seeds  1. Julie Gonzalez, Vallejo, Calif. (Dave Schultz WC)  2. Miriam Jenkins, Quantico, Va. (U.S. Marines)  3. Sara Fulp-Allen, El Granada, Calif. (SF Peninsula Grapplers)  4.  Clarissa Chun, Kapolei, Hawaii (Missouri Valley)  5. Katrina Betts, Milan, Mich. (UM-Morris)  6. Mary Kelly, Mahomet, Ill. (unattached)  7. Malinda Ripley, Antioch, Calif. (Sunkist Kids)  8. Kristen Fujioka, Kaneohe, Hawaii (Pacific)  9. Sandra Padron, Scottsville, Mich. (unattached)  10. Leah Popolizio, Niskayuna, N.Y. (Cumberland College)    Challenge Tournament pigtails  Fujioka vs. Padron  Ripley vs. Popolizio    Challenge Tournament first round bouts  Gonzales vs. Fujioka/Padron winner  Chun vs. Betts  Allen vs. Kelly  Jenkins vs. Ripley/Popolizio winner    51 kg (112 lbs.)  National champion - Jenny Wong, Stillwater, Minn. (Sunkist Kids)  Challenge Tournament seeds  1. Danielle Hobeika, Cambridge, Mass. (Dave Schultz WC)  2.  Jillian Yost, Manchester, Conn. (New York AC);   3. Katie Kunimoto, Kaneohe, Hawaii (Pacific)  4. Sarah Hayes, Aurora, Colo. (Cumberland College)  5. Laura Obuhanych, Ewa Beach, Hawaii (Rainbow Wahines)    Challenge Tournament first round bouts  Hobeika, bye  Hayes vs. Obuhanych  Kunimoto, bye  Yost, bye    55 kg (121 lbs.)   National champion - Stephanie Murata, Minden, Nev. (Sunkist Kids)  Challenge Tournament seeds  1. Tina Wilson, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)  2. Malissa Sherwood, Bates City, Mo. (Stars and Stripes)  3. Marcie Van Dusen, Twin Peaks, Calif. (MFWC)  4. Tela O'Donnell, Homer, Alaska (Pacific)  5. Jill Remiticado, Forest Grove, Ore. (Pacific)    Challenge Tournament first round bouts  Wilson, bye  O'Donnell vs. Remiticado  Van Dusen, bye  Sherwood, bye    59 kg (130 lbs.)  National champion - Lauren Lamb, Farmington, N.Y. (Michigan WC)  Challenge Tournament seeds  1. Erin Tomeo, Volant, Pa. (Sunkist Kids)  2. Tonya Evinger, Bates City, Mo. (Stars and Stripes)  3. Brandy Rosenbrock, Warren, Mich. (Shamrock)  4. Kiersten Hyatt, Carmichael, Calif. (Missouri Valley)  5. Leigh Jaynes, Burlington, N.J. (Missouri Valley)  6. Cathilee Albert, Boulder, Colo. (Black Knight)    Challenge Tournament first round bouts  Tomeo, bye  Hyatt vs. Jaynes  Rosenbrock vs. Albert  Evinger, bye    63 kg (138.5 lbs.)   National champion - Sara McMann, Lock Haven, Pa. (Sunkist Kids)  Challenge Tournament seeds  1. Kristie Marano, Albany, N.Y. (ATWA)  2. Sally Roberts, Federal Way, Wash. (Pacific)  3. Tori Adams, Amarillo, Texas (Missouri Valley)  4. Grace Magnussen, Walnut Creek, Calif. (Dave Schultz WC)  5. Tina Arnds, Scottsdale, Ariz. (Missouri Valley)    Challenge Tournament first round bouts  Marano, bye  Magnussen vs. Arnds  Adams, bye  Roberts, bye    67 kg (147.5 lbs.)  National runner-up and top seed - Katie Downing, Pendleton, Ind. (UM-Morris)  Challenge Tournament seeds  1. Cindy Herceg, Los Angeles, Calif. (Spartak)  2. Mollie Keith, Aurelia, Iowa (Missouri Valley)    Challenge Tournament finals  Herceg vs. Keith    72 kg (158.5 lbs.)   National champion - Iris Smith, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)  Challenge Tournament seeds  1. Toccara Montgomery, Cleveland, Ohio (Sunkist Kids)  2. Kaci Lyle, Eureka, Calif. (Pacific)  3. Satrinina Vernon, Rodeo, Calif. (Missouri Valley)  4. Donnell Bradley, Aiea, Hawaii (Missouri Valley)  5. Randi Miller, Arlington, Texas (Dave Schultz WC)  6. Rachel Glogowski, Mechanicsburg, Pa. (Messiah WC)    Challenge Tournament first round bouts  Montgomery, bye  Bradley vs. Miller  Vernon vs. Glogowski  Lyle, bye