USA Wrestling announced that it will hold the Last Change Olympic Trials Qualifier on the campus of Texas Wesleyan University, Mar. 26-27. Five women from the No.1 McKendree University women's wrestling team will head down to Fort Worth, Tex., for a chance to compete in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials next month.
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This is the final event that will qualify athletes for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials. The top two place finishers in the event per weight category will qualify at the weight category he or she chooses. A true second will be contested if the second and third place finishers do not wrestle each other in the tournament. Five current No.1 McKendree University women's wrestling team members will compete in this weekend's event.
No.3
Pauline Granados (Rialto, CA/Carter) helped her team to a consecutive NCWWC National Championship title, and individually finished as the 101-lb runner-up. The All-American heads into the event with a 7-3 overall record.
No.3
Natalie Reyna (Hesperia, CA/Whittier) helped her team to a consecutive NCWWC National Championship title, and individually finished third in the 109-lb bracket. The All-American heads into the event with a 7-3 overall record.
No.5
Michelle Camacho (Rialto, CA/Carter) helped her team to a consecutive NCWWC National Championship title, and individually finished fourth in the 143-lb bracket. The All-American heads into the event with a 6-3 overall record.
Emmily Patneaud (Newark, CA/Gilroy) and
Caitlyn Thorne (St. Charles, MO/St. Charles) will also be making the trip. Patneaud heads to the event with a 5-1 record.
The Last Chance U.S. Olympic Trials Qualifier can be streamed live via FloWrestling,
here.