HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. - McKendree University women's wrestling ended the 2022 calendar year on for McKendree Athletics as they battled in the first-ever Ken Kraft Midlands Women's Championships, hosted by Northwestern. The Bearcats had three placers with senior
Sydnee Kimber taking first in the 191, senior
Alara Boyd placing second in the 143, and graduate 136
JoLynn Harris placing fourth. McKendree returns to the mats on January 6-7 in Louisville, Kentucky for the NWCA National Duals competition.
191 CLASS
The senior Kimber fired-off with another clean weekend and first-place finish, grabbing a pair of pinfall victories enroute. With the pair of wins, Kimber moved up to 11-0 on the year, holding five of the wins by pin and four by technical fall. In her class semifinal, Kimber went for a 30-second fall victory over Augsburg's Melissa Jacobs. In the first-place bout, Kimber faced a familiar foe in North Central's Traeh Haynes, winning again by pin at the 3:22 mark. The first-place finish marked a third-straight top finish for the senior as she has claimed first at the MoVal Open and the North Central Open prior.
COMPLETE RESULTS
109 |
Pauline Granados | 0-2
116 |
Elvie Villa | 0-2
123 |
Megan Stutsman | 0-2
130 |
Shaina Murray | 1-2
136 |
JoLynn Harris | 1-2, 4th
143 |
Alara Boyd | 2-1, 2nd
191 |
Sydnee Kimber | 2-0, 1st
UP NEXT
McKendree University women's wrestling gets set for the NWCA National Duals competition on January 6-7 in Louisville, Kentucky at the Kentucky Expo Center.
