The 16U and 14U Girls National Duals will be held at Grand Park Event Center in Westfield, Ind., June 19-22. Representing their state teams, competition is in freestyle and Greco-Roman. Pennsylvania is defending champion in both styles at 14U. The 16U National Duals are a brand new event this year.

A new USA Wrestling national event, the 2024 16U and 14U Girls National Dual Meet Championships, will be held at the Grand Park Event Center in Westfield, Indiana, June 19-22.

The tournament features teams from USA Wrestling state associations from across the nation, competing in dual meets in the two Olympic styles, freestyle and Greco-Roman. It will include the 16U age group (athletes who are 15 and 16 years old) and the 14U age group (athletes who are 13 and 14 years old.)

This will be the first time that this combined competition has been held. The Girls 16U National Duals is a brand new event, making its debut in Westfield. The Girls 14U National Duals have been held since 2018 and was hosted alongside the Junior National Duals for boys and girls in Tulsa, Okla. from 2018-2023.

As a new event, the 16U National Duals is creating history this week. The first ever 16U Girls National Duals champions will be crowned in both freestyle and Greco-Roman.

USA Wrestling hosts a national championship in freestyle for 16U Girls each year, alongside the boys in Fargo, N.D. as well as folkstyle national championships earlier in the year. A number of the athletes who were successful in Fargo last year are entered in the tournament. Other athletes in the field have been successful at the U15 and 14U age levels.

There are 23 athletes who are on the preliminary rosters in the 16U National Duals in freestyle who hold a national ranking in the most recent National Girls High School rankings.

Below is a list of the wrestlers who hold a top 10 national high school ranking, with the team they will compete for in the 16U National Duals, and the weight class where they will wrestle in the duals.

No. 2 at 100 – Jaclyn Bouzakis, competing at 100 for Pennsylvania Blue

No. 2 at 125 – Emma Bacon, competing at 124 for Pennsylvania Blue

No. 3 at 140 – Violette Lasure, competing at 142 for Pennsylvania Blue

No. 4 at 130 – Sophia Slaughter, competing at 130 for Virginia National Team

No. 5 at 155 – Sarah Pulk, competing at 155 for the Minnesota Storm

No. 6 at 105 – Sarissa Tucker, competing at 106 for the Virginia National Team

No. 8 at 105 – Julia Horger, competing at 112 for Pennsylvania Blue

No. 8 at 95 – Brynn Engel competing at 88 for Wisconsin

No. 8 at 190 – Brooke Huffman, competing at 190 for Wisconsin

No. 10 at 235 – Anna Bozanic, competing at 235 for California

Greco-Roman is not contested for girls at the 16U or 14U National Championships, but is a style offered at USA Wrestling Regional Championships. This has also become a style which has been offered for girls at various National Duals events in recent years.

After being held five times in Tulsa, Okla., the growing 14U Girls National Duals moves to Indiana for the first time.

The returning champion in both freestyle and Greco-Roman at the 14U National Duals for girls is Pennsylvania.

Last year, in a 20-team tournament, Pennsylvania won the 14U Girls Freestyle National Duals, defeating Washington in the championship finals, 39-20. Pennsylvania opened the dual meet with five straight victories and never looked back. Placing third was Michigan, which defeated Wisconsin in a tight 32-31 battle. Rounding out the top eight were Minnesota in fifth, Ohio in sixth, Oklahoma in seventh and Arizona in eighth.

Pennsylvania also claimed the U14 Girls Greco-Roman National Duals title last year, going 8-0 in a complete nine-team round robin tournament. Coming in second place was Minnesota, which lost its only match to Pennsylvania, which occurred during round three of the round robin bracket.

Red River rivals Oklahoma Blue and Texas Blue wound up in the third and fourth place slots. Oklahoma Blue finished the tournament with a 6-2 record, including a 28-25 win over its Lone Star State adversary in round eight.

Rounding out placements five through nine in order are Ohio Red, Kansas, Indiana, South Carolina and North Carolina, all of which showed promise and excitement throughout the competition.

Among those entered are 2024 14U National freestyle champions are Kassidy Davis of Washington (71), Abigail Peterson of Iowa (81), Isla Silva of Pennsylvania Blue (97), Kara-Lynn Dover of Georgia Black (115) and Camilla Hathaway of Pennsylvania Blue (143)

Expected 16U Girls Freestyle Duals Teams: Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota Storm, Missouri, North Dakota Blue, Ohio Red, Ohio Blue, Oklahoma Outlaws Blue, Pennsylvania Blue, Pennsylvania Red, Tennessee, Texas Red, Texas Blue, Virginia, Wisconsin

Expected 16U Girls Greco-Roman Dual Teams: California, Florida, Georgia Blue, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota Storm, Ohio Blue, Oklahoma Outlaws Red, Pennsylvania Blue, Texas Red, Texas Blue, Virginia

Expected 14U Girls Freestyle Duals Teams: Arizona Black, Arkansas, California, Georgia Black, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota Storm, Missouri, New York, North Dakota Red, Ohio Red, Oklahoma Outlaws Red, Pennsylvania Blue, Pennsylvania Red, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas Gold, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin.

Expected 14U Girls Greco-Roman Duals Teams: California, Georgia Black, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota Storm, Missouri, Ohio Blue, Oklahoma Outlaws Blue, Pennsylvania Blue, South Carolina, Texas Gold, Virginia, Washington

The 14U and 16U Girls National Duals will be broadcast live on FloWrestling at https://flosports.link/49x7MIx

GIRLS NATIONAL DUALS

At Westfield, Ind., June 19-22

Thursday, June 20

9:00 AM to 1:30 PM – 14U & 16U Freestyle: 3 Rounds, dependent on final number of teams and bracket

2:30 PM to 8:00 PM – 14U & 16U Freestyle: 5 Rounds, dependent on final number of teams and bracket

Friday, June 21

9:00 AM to 1:00 PM –14U & 16U Freestyle: 2 Rounds, dependent on final number of teams and bracket

2:00 PM to 5:00 PM –14U & 16U Freestyle: 1 Round, dependent on final number of teams and bracket

Saturday, June 22

9:00 AM to 1:30 PM – 14U & 16U Greco-Roman, 3 Rounds, dependent on final number of teams and bracket

2:30 PM to 8:00 PM – 14U & 16U Greco-Roman, 5 Rounds, dependent on final number of teams and bracket

Girls National Duals, featuring 16U and 14U events in freestyle and Greco-Roman, set for Indiana, June 19-22

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