Iron River's Spitza strikes gold at Pan Ams
CADET PAN AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR
7/14 - Iron River's Jennifer Spitza got the opportunity
to represent her country at the Cadet Women's Pan
Am Championships last weekend in San Salvador,
El Salvador and she took advantage of her
opportunity by winning the 65kg championship with
back-to-back falls.
Spitza, who qualified for the Pan American Games
by winning the Body Bar Tournament back in May,
secured a 2nd period fall over Nicaragua's Aracelly
Martinez in the finals to claim the gold medal. Team
USA won the overall team championships as well as
four other American grapplers won gold in addition to
Spitza.
Spitza will have little time to soak up her victory as
she will now be traveling to Fargo, ND this weekend
for the Women's Junior National Championships,
that will run at the same time as the Cadet & Junior
National Championships.
Spitza and her Iron River teammate Brenda Brzoznowski will be joining the rest of Michigan's premiere female wrestlers in Fargo. Check back later this week for an in depth preview of the Women's Nationals as well as the Cadet and Junior divisions.
Full United States Results:
38 kg - Kaci Fulinwider – 2nd
LOSS Jenifer Juarez (El Salvador), by fall
40 kg - Emily Webster - 1st
WIN Darby Huckle (Canada), by fall
WIN Francelys Solano (Venezuela), by fall
43 kg - Erin Golston – 1st
WIN Ramona Balfourt (Canada), 8-4, 4-3
WIN Yoselyn Patino (Venezuela), by fall
46 kg - Brianna Sparks – dnp
LOSS Violeta Arevalo (El Salvador), by fall
49 kg - Sam Lopez - 1st
WIN Cristina Corea (El Salvador), 6-2, 4-1
WIN Kelsie Boszak (Canada), by fall
WIN Yahosca Rocha (Nicaragua), by fall
LOSS Yasmin Martinez, 1-1, 2-4, 0-2
52 kg - Jenna Burkert - 1st
WIN Karina Villeda (El Salvador), by fall
WIN Samira Guerrero (Venezuela), by fall
56 kg - Katarina Perez – dnp
LOSS Sonia Berrios (PUR), by fall
60 kg - Ashley Mathews - dnp
LOSS Jhonnelis Amaya (Venezuela), 0-1, 4-2, 0-1
65 kg - Jennifer Spitza - 1st
WIN Julia Sorto (El Salvador), by fall
WIN Aracelly Martinez (Nicaragua), by fall
70 kg - Anneliese DeAragon - 3rd
WIN Ana Judith Alarcon (El Salvador), by fall
LOSS Dayanara Rivera (PUR), by fall
LOSS Jermie Herrington (Canada), by fall
LOSS Grecia Salazar (Venezuela), by fall
