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College Women’s Wrestling News – March 1st

2024 NAIA Women’s Wrestling National Championships Allocations Announced
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced the allocations for the second annual NAIA Women’s Wrestling National Championships, held March 8th and 9th at Harold Newman Arena in Jamestown, North Dakota. 
Each conference tournament awards automatic bids per weight class based on the final regular-season rating, which can be seen HERE. Each conference is awarded a minimum of one automatic bid per weight class, additional allocations are determined based on the final regular season rankings for reach wrestler ranked in the top 16 in a specific weight class. If a conference does not have an individual ranked in the final top 16 an allocation will be granted to ensure each conference is represented at each weight class at the National Championships. … story details here …NWCAonline.com/NWCA-2024-naia-womens-wrestling-national-championships-allocations
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New College Weights Approved For Next Season
Weight classes for women’s college wrestling will change for the 2024-25 season
College wrestling will look different next season. Women’s freestyle wrestling has 10 weight classifications ranging from 101 pounds to 191 pounds.
The NCAA Women’s Executive Committee approved the weight classes below for use in women’s NCAA collegiate wrestling, beginning in the 2024-25 season.  The NAIA will now put this slate of weight classes forth to its National Administrative Council in the first week of March for its approval. Most classifications will stay close to the same, but the heaviest three will face significant changes. The biggest adjustment is at 170 pounds. Any current wrestler in that category would move up or down 10 pounds.  The heaviest category is 207 pounds. … story at … Flowrestling.org/New-college-weights-approved-for-next-season
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Women’s NCAA Regional Results/NCWWC Preview
Regionals for NCAA Women’s Wrestling capped off this weekend where athletes competed across six regional tournaments to secure their spots in the national tournament happening March 8-9. 
The top four wrestlers at each weight at regionals earned a bid to compete, and teams are able to send up to 15 athletes per team.  Regional champ teams King (Region II), North Central (Region IV), and Iowa (Region V) were the three teams to qualify the maximum 15 athletes. Sacred Heart won Region I with 13 qualifiers, Tiffin took first place at Region III and is sending 5 wrestlers to nationals, and Colorado Mesa was the top team at Region VI and will be sending 11.
Takeaways from Regional competition:
1. King wins big at Region II
#3 King was a favorite to take the top team spot at Region II hosted by Emmanuel College, but the Tornado did so in dominant fashion, with eight individual champions and qualifying all 15 possible wrestlers for nationals. In fact, four of the finals matches were between King teammates. Jessica Corredor reclaimed her regional title, as did Montana Delawder and Cheyenne Bowman. Other champs for King were Samara Chavez, Maria Victoria Baez Dilone, Claire DiCugno, Aine Drury, and Alexa Garcia.  King finished second at NCWWC last year with one individual champion. While there is a lot of tough competition outside of Region II, they are in good position to get a team trophy as one of the 3 teams with 15 wrestlers headed to nationals.
2. Iowa vs McKendree: The Battle at Region V
Iowa defeated McKendree by a margin of 27 points, with 6 individual champs to McKendree’s 3. Iowa continued to show their dominance at 101 lbs with teammates Emilie Gonzalez and Sterling Dias competing for the top spot, with Gonzalez getting the 7-0 decision win. … story at … Intermatwrestle.com/NCAA-regional-resultsncwwc-preview
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Iowa women’s coach Clarissa Chun named USA Today’s Woman of the Year for state of Iowa
IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa Women’s Wrestling head coach Clarissa Chun has been named USA Today’s Women of the Year Honoree for the state of Iowa on Thursday. This award is presented annually to 12 national honorees and one honoree per state. This year’s honorees are described as “our neighbors and role models. They use their voices for others, many overcoming immense challenges, to make change happen. Simply put, they make us want to do better.”
Chun was named the first head coach of the women’s wrestling program in 2021. The two-time Olympian has led the team to a National Duals title in their inaugural season and has 15 student-athletes qualified for the NCWWC National Championships next weekend in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
The Hawaii native is a National Wrestling Hall of Fame Distinguished member and a 2018 Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame inductee. She served many years as an Assistant National Women’s Coach for USA Wrestling. Chun was a 2012 Olympic bronze medalist and won a 2008 World gold medal in freestyle wrestling. … story at … Themat.com/Iowa-women-s-coach-clarissa-chun-named-usa-today-s-woman-of-the-year-for-state-of-iowa
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North Central Remains #1 Headed into NCWWC Tournament
MANHEIM, Pa. – The top six teams in the latest National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) NCAA Women’s Wrestling Coaches’ Poll remained the same. North Central College stays in the top spot while the University of Iowa is second. King University is third while McKendree University and Colorado Mesa University round out the top five.
Both North Central and Iowa have 14 individuals ranked with North Central accumulating 123 points while Iowa has 93 points. King stays at third as they are the third and final team with at least 10 individuals ranked with 12 to accumulate 88 points. McKendree amassed 65 points with nine ranked individuals ranked. Colorado Mesa and Simon Fraser University both have six individuals ranked and accounted for 38 and 26 points, respectively.
Lock Haven University has three ranked individuals and is ranked seventh with 23 points while Sacred Heart University is eighth with 20 points and five ranked individuals. New Jersey City University moved up to ninth with 16 points and two ranked individuals while Aurora rounds out the top 10 with three ranked individuals and 12 points. New to the poll leading into the NCWWC National Championships are the University of Mount Olive, the University of Dubuque, Chadron State College and … story at … NWCAonline.com/NWCA-north-central-remains-1-headed-into-ncwwc-tournament

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