No. 1 Indian Hills CC seeks to repeat as NJCAA Women’s Invitational champions in Council Bluffs, Iowa
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Indian Hills CC in Iowa, which won the inaugural NJCAA Women’s Invitational in 2023, comes in as favorite this year, when the event is held alongside the men’s championships at Mid America Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa, March 1-2.
Indian Hills is the only program to ever win a junior college national title in women’s wrestling. In addition to winning the first NJCAA Invitational last year, Indian Hills was also the champions at the 2021 and 2022 Junior College National Championships (JCNC), which included programs from a number of college organizations.
The Warriors return three NJCAA individual national champions from last year, Dutchess King (101), Shammilka Miranda Diaz (116), and Eliana Bommarito (235). Bommarito was named Outstanding Wrestler at last year’s nationals.
Wrestling fans will remember over the summer when Bommarito became the first U.S. wrestler to ever win a Senior Beach World Championships. In addition to being an outstanding wrestler on the college level, she is one of the best Beach wrestlers in the world.
Indian Hills returns nine All-Americans from last year. The Warriors have two No. 1 seeds, Bommarito and Tiffany White (191). The team also boasts No. 2 seeds King and Diaz, plus Javanica Mickens (109), Angelica Vicente Gomzalez (123) and Averie Burns (235).
In the most recent NJCAA Women’s Rankings, released on Feb. 10, Umpqua CC was ranked No. 2, led by three No. 1 seeds at the nationals, … story at … Themat.com/Indian-hills-cc-seeks-to-repeat-as-njcaa-women-s-invitational-champions-in-council-bluffs
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