CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa | Alliant Energy PowerHouse - No.4 McKendree University women's wrestling finished out the collegiate season on Saturday evening, taking fourth place at the 2024 National Collegiate Women's Wrestling Championships with six All-American finishers, including a fourth-straight individual national title for senior
Cameron Guerin at 130lbs. The Bearcats finished the championship tournament with 106.0 team points, scoring in eight weight classes and placing in five. McKendree now has 19 individual national championships in program history with Guerin's 2024 crown, all of which have been won over the last six seasons. With the collegiate season completed, numerous Bearcats now turn their attention to the world wrestling stage for Oympic Team Trials and other UWW opportunities with Bearcat Wrestling Club.
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP | Cameron Guerin - 130lbs
Guerin, now a four-time reigning national champion at 130lbs, sprinted to her 2024 belt via three wins by technical superiority before avenging her sole loss of the campaign in the final match of the collegiate season. The senior trounced her first three matches without allowing a point, 32-0, before topping the number one seed in Maria Victoria Baez Dilone of King, 2-1. Guerin ends the year with a 19-1 record while totaling nine falls and six techs, five of which came during the NCWWC Regionals and Championships. Guerin (Bearcat WC / Titan Mercury WC) now turns her attention to Olympic Team Trials, which she will compete at 57kg on April 19-20 at Penn State. Her post-championship interview can be viewed
here.
NCWWC Championship Run
Champ. Round 1 -
Cameron Guerin (McKendree University) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 -
Cameron Guerin (McKendree University) won by tech fall over Linda Holeman (Western New England) (TF 10-0)
Quarterfinal -
Cameron Guerin (McKendree University) won by tech fall over Ngao Shoua Whitethorn (Wisconsin Stevens Point) (TF 10-0)
Semifinal -
Cameron Guerin (McKendree University) won by tech fall over Alexis Janiak (Aurora) (TF 12-0)
1st Place Match -
Cameron Guerin (McKendree University) won by decision over Maria Victoria Baez Dilone (King University) (Dec 2-1)
ALL-AMERICANS
101 |
Lizette Bernardo - 3rd Place
123 |
Shelby Moore - 4th Place
123 |
Nichole Moore - 8th Place
130 |
Cameron Guerin - 1st Place
136 |
Viktorya Torres - 3rd Place
170 |
Tristan Kelly - 3rd Place
TEAM RESULTS
1. Iowa
2. North Central
3. King
4. McKendree - 106.0 Team Points / 6 All-Americans, 1 Individual National Champion
5. Colorado Mesa
COMPLETE INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
101 |
Lizette Bernardo | 3rd Place / 5-1, 17.5 Team Points
109 |
Chelo Garcia | 2-2, 3.5 Team Points
109 |
Pauline Granados | 1-2
116 |
Julia Vidallon | 2-2, 3.5 Team Points
123 |
Shelby Moore | 4th Place / 4-2, 15.5 Team Points
123 |
Nichole Moore | 8th Place / 3-3
130 |
Cameron Guerin | National Champion - 1st Place / 4-0, 24.5 Team Points
130 |
Jennifer Soto | 1-2
136 |
Viktorya Torres | 3rd Place / 5-1, 20.5 Team Points
136 |
Estella Gutches | 2-2
143 |
Emma Bruntil | National Qualifier - medical withdrawl prior to tournament
155 |
Ruby Rios | 1-2, 2.5 Team Points
170 |
Tristan Kelly | 3rd Place / 4-1, 19.5 Team Points
NOTES
McKendree added its 19th individual national champion while finishing with six All-Americans and in fourth place as a team. With the fourth place finish, the Bearcats have notched three National Titles (2020, 2021, 2022), one third place (2023), and one fourth place (2024) finish of the NCWWC-era.
Cameron Guerin now owns four-straight individual national championships at 130lbs, notching the mark as the final champion of the weight class before the collegiate weights change in the 2024-25 season. Guerin also owns a 16-0 record in her four national championship titles with nine of the wins coming via technical superiority and four by fall.
Of the Bearcats five other All-Americans, four are repeat collegiate All-Americans as
Lizette Bernardo,
Nichole Moore,
Viktorya Torres, and
Tristan Kelly have all stood on the podium in past championships.
Shelby Moore, a true freshman, earned her first All-American honor in her first collegiate season.
