The state of Iowa’s ongoing girls and women’s wrestling movement reached new heights this weekend.
Iowa won the team title at the Under-16 women’s freestyle national championships on Sunday in Fargo, North Dakota. Powered by eight All-Americans, Iowa totaled 90 team points to win a heated team battle over Missouri (87) and California (86).
The 16U and Junior national championships, USA Wrestling’s biggest national-level high school competition, is really a collection of six different national tournaments. Action began Saturday and will run all week long at North Dakota State’s FargoDome.
A collection of the state’s top wrestlers, male and female, are repping Iowa while competing against wrestlers from other states — and Iowa’s 16U women’s freestyle team kickstarted the week with a record-shattering performance.