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Felicity Taylor goes from ‘the only girl in the room’ to leading a wrestling room full of girls

NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa (KCRG) – Felicity Taylor starred at Iowa, winning a national championship in 2024, and gaining plenty of fans in her home state. One of them is 11-year-old Kona Hughes. “She was my favorite wrestler (at Iowa) so I was like ‘oh I wanna be like her when I grow up,’” said Kona. “My dad told me ‘Felicity’s gonna come to Big Game,’ and I was like – what? I was really excited!”
Taylor competes on the senior level and teaches at Big Game Wrestling Club in North Liberty, leading a camp on Friday and Saturday. “It’s amazing to give them the opportunities to wrestle with other girls, and then also high level girls,” Taylor said. “It’s amazing the see the girls at this level already catching on to things that took me so long to learn.”
Taylor won Final X and qualified for a spot on Team USA for the Senior World Championships. Taylor didn’t wrestle against any girls when she picked up the sport as a freshman at South Winneshiek high school. Now, she’s leading a group of about 20 girls and a couple boys. For Taylor, teaching is about more than the fundamentals. “Have fun,” she said. “That’s the biggest thing about these camps is making sure they have fun and love the sport.
“They are still young, so if they want to wrestle in college and even the level after that, they need to be loving the sport and having fun.” It’s clear Kona has learned that lesson. “(Felicity) is really fun, she’s a coach and she’s also like our friend. … more at … https://www.kcrg.com/2025/06/29/felicity-taylor-goes-only-girl-room-leading-wrestling-room-full-girls/

July 12, 2025 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized