SANTIAGO, Chile - Alexandra Szkotnicki, an incoming freshman for McKendree University women's wrestling and Riva, Maryland-native, brought home an individual title at the 2023 U20 Pan-American Championships in the 53kg weight class. She went 4-0 in the round-robin event. Fellow incoming freshman Shelby Moore also competed in the U20 Pan-Ams, taking fourth place in the 57kg with a tech fall victory in her opening match. At the championships,
Team USA captured first place with seven individual belts and 222 team points, handling the next team by 106 points.
Szkotnicki collected two pins and a tech on her way to the 53kg belt, starting off the ending the event with fall victories. The opening bout for the soon-to-be Bearcat was a 50-second pin over Brazil's Emilly Dos Santos while the gold medal battle was an expeditious match as Szkotnicki pinned Ivy Threatful (Canada) in just 23 seconds.
53KG RESULTS | Post-Championships Interview (via USA Wrestling)
Alexandra Szkotnicki (Riva, Md./ Belvidere Bandits WC), Gold medal
Szkotnicki over Emilly Dos Santos Ferreira (Brazil), fall, 0:50
Szkotnicki over Shammilka Miranda Diaz (Puerto Rico), tech. fall, 11-0
Szkotnicki over Andrea Avelino Barrientos (Mexico), forfeit
Szkotnicki over Ivy Threatful (Canada), fall 0:23
TEAM RESULTS
1 - United States, 222
2 - Canada, 116
3 - Mexico, 110
4 - Brazil, 78
5 - Peru, 74
6 - Colombia, 70
7 - Puerto Rico, 53
8 - Chile, 50
9 - Argentina, 45
10 - Venezuela, 37
11 - Ecuador, 30
12 - El Salvador, 12
