Olympians Parrish wins gold, Hildebrandt a silver at 53 kg at Poland Open

WARSAW, Poland – 2024 U.S. Olympians Dom Parrish (Corvallis, Ore./Sunkist Kids/Beaver Dam RTC) and Sarah Hildebrandt (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC/USOPTC) placed first and second respectively at 53 kg in women’s wrestling at the Poland Open on Thursday.

Parrish will compete at 53 kg at the Olympic Games Paris 2024, while Hildebrandt will compete at 50 kg in Paris. Hildebrandt competed up one weight class at the Poland Open.

Parrish and Hildebrandt were in a five-athlete round-robin at 53 kg, and both finished with 3-1 records. Parish scored a technical fall, a decision and a forfeit, while Hildebrandt won three bouts by technical fall.

When Parrish and Hildebrandt were scheduled to compete against each other, they chose not to, and Parrish won the bout by forfeit.

Parrish was a 2022 World champion and was also a member of the 2023 Senior World Team. Hildebrandt, a 2020 Olympic bronze medalist, has won two Senior World silver medals and two Senior World bronze medals.

Senior National Team member Katie Gomez (Van Nuys, Calif./Sunkist Kids) placed fifth at 53 kg with a 1-3 record. Gomez lost to both Parrish and Hildebrandt in their round robin.

Also placing fifth at 50 kg was Alexis Miller (Wagoner, Okla./Viking WC), who finished with an 0-3 record. She was defeated in a bronze-medal match by Natalia Walczak of Poland, 11-0.

The competition continues on Friday, with three U.S. athletes competing. At 57 kg, 2016 Olympic champion, 2020 Olympic bronze medalist and three-time World champion Helen Maroulis (Rockville, Md./Sunkist Kids WC) will compete, along with Senior National Team member Alex Hedrick (Fair Oaks, Calif./Titan Mercury WC). At 59 kg, Michaela Beck (New York, N.Y./Sunkist Kids WC) will also compete.

The tournament concludes on Saturday, with two U.S. athletes on the mat at 72 kg, Senior National Team member Yelena Makoyed (Orangevale, Calif./Cardinal WC/Titan Mercury WC) plus Shenita Lawson (Euless, Texas/New York AC).

Warsaw is six hours ahead of U.S. Eastern time zone. Session times are 11:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. local time

The Polish Federation is streaming the matches live at:

https://polandopen.zapasy.org.pl/

For complete results of the Poland Open, visit:

https://sportzona.pl/app/events/view/wrestling/5565

POLAND OPEN

At Warsaw, Poland, June 20, 2024

Women’s Freestyle Results

50 kg

Gold - Agata Walerzak (Poland)

Silver - Ibtissem Doudou (Algeria)

Bronze - Alisson Camila Cardozo (Colombia)            

Bronze - Natalia Walczak (Colombia)

5^th - Jinhee Kim (Korea)

5^th - Alexis Miller (USA)

53 kg

Gold - Dominique Parrish (USA)   

Silver - Sarah Hildebrandt (USA)

Bronze - Anna Łukasiak (Poland)   

Bronze - Amanda Tomczyk (Poland)            

5^th - Katie Gomez (USA)

U.S. Women’s Freestyle results

50 kg – Alexis Miller (Wagoner, Okla./Viking WC), 5^th place

LOSS Kim Jinhee (South Korea), tech fall 11-0

LOSS Doudou Ibtissem (Algeria), pin

LOSS Natalia Walczak (Poland), tech fall 11-0

53 kg – Sarah Hildebrandt (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC/USOPTC), silver medal

LOSS Dom Parrish (USA), forfeit

WIN Amanda Tomcyzk (Poland), tech fall 10-0

WIN Katie Gomez (USA), tech fall 10-0

WIN Anna Lukasiak (Poland), tech fall 10-0

53 kg – Dom Parrish (Corvallis, Ore./ Sunkist Kids WC/ Beaver Dam RTC), gold medal

WIN Amanda Tomcyzk (Poland) tech fall, 10-0

WIN Sarah Hildebrandt (USA) forfeit

WIN Katie Gomez (USA), 12-4

LOSS Anna Lukasiak (Poland), inj. dft.

53 kg – Katie Gomez (Van Nuys, Calif./Sunkist Kids WC), 5^th place

WIN Anna Lukasiak (Poland), tech fall 10-0

LOSS Dom Parrish (USA), 12-4

LOSS Sarah Hildebrandt (USA), tech fall 10-0

LOSS Amanda Tomcyzk (Poland), inj. dft.