2024 Women's Nationals Watch Guide & Preview
2024 Women's Nationals Watch Guide & Preview
Watch the 2024 Women's National LIVE on FloWrestling from The Podium in Spokane, Washington.
What: Women’s Nationals (8U, 10U, 12U, 14U, U15, U17, U20, U23)
When: April 12-14
Where: The Podium in Spokane, Washington
How to Watch: Click the link below
Schedule (Pacific Time)
Friday, April 14
10:00 AM: U23 and U17 Preliminaries, Quarterfinals, and Consolation
3:30 PM: U23 and U17 Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Consolation
Saturday, April 15
10:00 AM: U23 and U17 Best 2 out of 3 Championship Finals and 3rd, 5th, 7th place matches
10:00 AM: 14U Preliminaries, Quarterfinals, and Consolation
2:00 PM: U20 Preliminaries, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and Consolations
2:00 PM: 14U Semifinals, Consolations & All Medals
Sunday, April 16
10:00 AM: U15 Preliminaries, Consolations, All Medals, & Best 2 out of 3 Finals
10:00 AM: U20 Consolation, Consolation-Semi, Best 2 out of 3 Finals and Placements
10:00 AM: 8U, 10U, 12U Preliminaries, Consolations & All Medals
Taking On The World
World team spots are on the line for the U17 and U20 divisions. Each tournament concludes with a best-of-three series to determine who will represent the United States at each of these World Championships. The U15 division is competing for a Pan-Am Championship spot.
The 8U, 10U, 12U, and 14U divisions determine this country’s national champion in each age group.
U15 Pan-Am Championships: June 13-15, San Salvador, El Salvador
U17 World Championships: August 19-25, Amman, Jordan
U20 World Championships: September 2-8, Pontevedra, Spain
Another College National Championship (Sort Of)
The U23 division also concludes with a best-of-three series but winning doesn’t necessarily mean qualification for the World Championships. The top U23 eligible wrestler who places in the top three at the Olympic Trials can claim the spot. National champions in the U23 category are offered the spot if there isn’t a U23-eligible wrestler on the national team (top three).
U23 national champions will be offered the opportunity to compete at the U23 Pan-American Championships June 21-22 in Rio Negro, Colombia. If a champion cannot participate, the opportunity will be offered in rank order from runner-up down to eighth place in the weight class.
The U23 championships will feel like a college national tournament since many of the participants recently completed their college seasons. This allows for cross-divisional match-ups between NAIA, NCAA, and NJCAA divisions with a few high school stars sprinkled in.
NCWWC and NAIA champions registered in the U23 division include Amani Jones (North Central), Alara Boyd (North Central), Jaslynn Gallegos (North Central), Carolina Moreno (Southern Oregon), and Adaugo Nwachukwu (William Penn).
College national champions in the U20 division include Cristelle Rodriguez (Doane), Caitlyn Davis (Southern Oregon), Brianna Gonzalez (Iowa), Emilie Gonzalez (Iowa), and Reese Larramendy (Iowa).
That's on top of boatloads of All-Americans.
U23 World Championships: October 21-27, Tirana, Albania
Adaugo Is Back!
William Penn’s Adaugo Nwachukwu was recently named USA Wrestling Women’s College Wrestler of the Year. She is no longer U20 eligible but will compete in the U23 division before competing at the Olympic Trials in State College, Pennsylvania, on April 19-20.
Nwachukwu is a three-time NAIA champion, 2022 U20 World bronze medalist, and 2023 Final X participant.
Nwachukwu won the 2023 US Open with an action-packed win over Jennifer Page in the finals
The Ultimate Showdown: Morgan Turner vs Jaclyn Bouzakis
Good news for wrestling fans. Morgan Turner (P4P #3) and Jaclyn Bouzakis (P4P #4) are registered for the 46 kg weight category at the U17 World Team Trials. Both made the World team last year with Bouzakis taking bronze at 40 kg and Turner taking gold at 43 kg.
Turner won last year’s 16U Nationals (aka - Fargo) with a 2-2 win over Bouzakis in the 94-pound finals.
Bouzakis turned heads by winning the Warrior Women’s Open, knocking off the NAIA number one and NCAA number one.
Turner won an Illinois girls’ state title at 110 pounds after taking six weeks off due to an injury she suffered during her boys’ season.
If all goes according to plan, these two prep stars will meet in the best-of-three finals.
Watch Turner and Bouzakis face off in the 2023 16U finals
More Gold For Piper Fowler?
Piper Fowler (P4P #2) won the 2023 U17 World Championships at 73 kg. The Cleveland High School (Tennessee) junior is entered and will attempt to make her second team following last year’s memorable run.
Watch Piper Fowler win the 2023 U17 World Championships
Salute The Soldier
Jasmine Robinson (P4P #5) won her fourth Texas state wrestling title this year. She competed in the recent Last Chance Olympic Trials Qualifier but lost in the quarterfinals and didn't wrestle back. Robinson won a bronze medal at the 2023 U17 World Championships following a ninth-place finish in 2022.
The Allen, Texas, native will continue competing for the Army’s World Class Athlete Program in Colorado and is registered in the 72 kg division at the U20 World Team Trials. Amit Elor won the past two U20 World Championships at this weight.
Watch Jasmine Robinson win her fourth Texas state title
She’s Only 14!!!
What can Taina Fernandez (P4P #6) do for an encore? After finishing second at the Princeton Open, the 14-year-old freshman won three college opens this season at 130 pounds. The Bowie, Maryland, native is entered in the U15 division at 62 kg and the U17 division at 61 kg.
Taina Fernandez blitzed through last year's Super 32
Jordyn Fouse vs Isis France, Part 9?
The country's best current high school rivalry could happen again at the U17 World Team Trials. Isis France and Jordyn Fouse have faced each other eight times in two years and are in the 61 kg U17 bracket. The series is currently, 4-4. Will we witness a ninth meeting in Spokane to break the tie?
Pound-For-Pound Top 25
Other registered high school wrestlers in the national pound-for-pound top 25 include:
#8 Everest Leydecker (U17 at 57 kg and U20 at 55 kg)
#9 Isabella Marie Gonzales (U17 at 53 kg and U20 at 53 kg)
#10 Clare Booe (U20 at 53 kg)
#11 Karlee Brooks (U20 at 55 kg)
#12 Madison Nieuwenhuis (U17 at 46 kg)
#15 Anaya Falcon (U20 at 50 kg)
#16 Heather Crull (U20 at 50 kg)
#18 Kadance Gerg (U20 at 57 kg)
#19 Bella Williams (U17 at 65 kg and U20 at 62 kg)
#20 Naomi Simon (U20 at 76 kg)
#21 Aubre Krazer (U20 at 59 kg and U23 at 59 kg)
#22 Violette Lasure (U17 at 65 kg)
#24 Jordyn Fouse (U17 at 61 kg)
Click here for a complete list of ranked wrestlers competing this weekend.