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Field for Final X in women’s freestyle is completed after World Team Trials Challenge Tournament

By Taylor Miller, USA Wrestling | May 19, 2019,
RALEIGH, N.C. – The field is completed for Final X in women’s freestyle as the 2019 World Team Trials Challenge Tournament wrapped up on Sunday afternoon with the best-of-three finals series inside Reynolds Coliseum on North Carolina State’s campus. In one of the most anticipated matchups, 2017 Junior World champion Maya Nelson face 2018 Cadet World champion and Junior World runner-up Macey Kilty. Nelson took the series at 65 kg in two-straight matches, recording 5-0 and 11-3 decisions. Nelson and Kilty will be teammates at the U23 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, this fall at 65 kg and 68 kg, respectively. Waiting for Nelson in Final X at Rutgers on June 8 is 2018 Senior World Team member and 2019 U.S. Open champion Forrest Molinari. It’ll be a rematch of the 2019 U.S. Open finals, where Molinari took a 5-1. Emerging from the 62 kg bracket to take the Final X bid was eight-time age-group World Team member Kayla Miracle, who dominated in Sunday’s best-of-three finals, defeating Desiree Zavala with a pin and a 10-0 tech fall. At Final X Lincoln on June 15, Miracle will take on Mallory Velte in a rematch of last year’s Final X, where the series went to three matches. Ultimately, Velte won the spot and went on to win a World bronze medal. Rest of the story at https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2019/May/19/Field-for-Final-X-in-womens-freestyle-is-completed-at-World-Team-Trials-Challenge-Tournament?mc_cid=8d4596163c&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

May 20, 2019 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized