Stokes sweeps major awards at Body Bar Women’s FILA Cadet Nationals

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Gary Abbott (USA Wrestling)
03/13/2004


Cheyenne Stokes of Oklahoma swept the major awards at the 2004 Body Bar Women's FILA Cadet Nationals in St. Joseph, Minn., March 13.    FILA Cadets are athletes who are 15-17 years old.    Stokes captured the gold medal at 56 kg/123.25 lbs. and was named Outstanding Wrestler of the competition. She also earned the Most Falls award, with three falls in 7:54.    Stokes defeated Sarah Peasley of Wisconsin, 9-2 in the gold-medal finals. Placing third in the weight class was N'Tasha Umemoto of Oregon, who was the Outstanding Wrestler at this event last year.    Four athletes won FILA Cadet National titles for the second year in a row: Joey Miller of Oklahoma at 94.75 pounds, Kelli Rasmussen of Minnesota at 101.25 pounds, Caitlyn Chase of Illinois at 108 pounds and Nicole Darrow of New York at 114.5 pounds.    Miller defeated Whitney Coner of Washington in the finals, 4-2. Last year, Miller was the champion at 88 pounds.    Rasmussen stopped Michaela Hutchison of Alaska, 17-8 in the gold-medal match. Last year, Rasmussen was the champion at this same weight class.    Chase won the 108-pound title for the second year in a row. She scored a 12-2 technical fall over Christina Varland of Wyoming in the finals this year.    Also defending her 114.5-pound title was Darrow, who scored a 12-7 victory over Beth Johnson of Kansas in the finals this year.    Other individual champions were Kayla Chambers of Minnesota at 132.25 pounds, Sheila McCabe of California at 143.25 pounds, Melissa Simmons of Washington at 154.25 pounds and Lizz Sanders of Iowa at 170 pounds.