RECIFE, Brazil – Led by four individual champions, the United States placed third as a team in women’s freestyle at the Pan American Cadet Championships on Saturday.

The four individual champions for Team USA were Hailey Cox of Mapleton, Utah at 43 kg, Jennifer Juarez of Queens, N.Y. at 49 kg, Maya Nelson of Denver, Colo. at 56 kg and Jessika Rottier of Little Suamico, Wis. at 65 kg

All four of the American champions won four-athlete roundrobins with perfect 3-0 records.

Only the United States and champion Venezuela had four individual women’s freestyle champions in the tournament.

Team USA also had a pair of bronze medalists, Gabrielle Garcia of Merced, Calif. at 52 kg and Arian Carpio of Federal Way, Wash. at 60 kg. Garcia finished with an impressive 3-1 record, while Carpio went 1-1 on the day.

Four weight classes in this competition were qualifiers for the Youth Olympic Games (YOG), which will be held in Nanjing, China August 25-27. The weight classes which are YOG qualifiers are 46 kg, 52 kg, 60 kg, 70 kg. Only champions initially qualify their nation for the Youth Olympic Games. No nation may bring more than one athlete in each style to Nanjing.

The United States did not have a champion or a runner-up in the four Youth Olympic Games weight classes and did not qualify a weight class for the competition. It is not likely that the USA will end up with an athlete at the Youth Olympic Games in women’s freestyle.

In the team standings, Venezuela won the championship trophy with 84 points, Canada took the second place trophy with 74 points and the USA won the third place trophy with 64 points.

The men’s freestyle competition will be held on Sunday. The same athletes who competed in Greco-Roman for the USA at this event on Friday will also wrestle in freestyle. The wrestlers have weighed in and received their draws.

PAN AMERICAN CADET CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Recife, Brazil, May 3

Women’s freestyle medalists

38 kg
Gold – Egilana Pena (Venezuela)

40 kg
Gold – Gilmary Marquez (Venezuela)
Silver – Karah Bulaqui (Canada)
Bronze – Luana Santos (Brazil)

43 kg 
Gold – Hailey Cox (USA)
Silver – Diane Farias (Brazil)
Bronze – Dailyn Velasquez (Venezeula)

46 kg **
Gold – Adrianny Castillo Castillo (Venezuela)
Silver – Obed Perez Solis (Mexico)
Bronze – Katherine Gonzalez (Puerto Rico)
Bronze – Jade Marie Dufour (Canada)

49 kg
Gold – Jennifer Juarez (USA)
Silver – Hannah Little (Canada)
Bronze – Eliana Toledo (Venezuela)

52 kg **
Gold – Elianny Primera Estilda (Venezuela)
Silver – Tianna Kennett (Canada)
Bronze – Thalia Lopes da Silva (Brazil)
Bronze – Gabrielle Garcia (USA)

56 kg
Gold – Maya Nelson (USA)
Silver – Taylor Cartwright (Canada)
Bronze – Florangel Bravo (Venezuela)

60 kg **
Gold – Sandy Parra Parra (Colombia)
Silver – Fatima Crisanto Ayil (Mexico)
Bronze – Arian Carpio (USA)
Bronze – Michiela McNeil (Canada)

65 kg
Gold – Jessika Rottier (USA)
Silver – Keagin Collie (Canada)
Bronze – Vanessa Herrera (Venezuela)

70 kg **
Gold – Leonela Ayovi Parraga (Ecuador)
Silver – Angie Orta (Venezuela)
Bronze – Cyntia Duenas Nava (Mexico)
Bronze – Katherin Gongora Zambrano (Colombia)

U.S. Women’s Freestyle results

43 kg: Hailey Cox (Mapleton, Utah.), 1st 
WIN Diane Farias (Brazil), 12-2
WIN Dailyn Velasquez (Venezeula), 8-6
WIN Tiana Dykstra (Canada), 6-0

46 kg: Sariyah Jones (Modesto, Calif), 9th
LOSS Jade Marie Dufour (Canada), pin

49 kg: Jennifer Juarez (Queens, N.Y.), 1st
WIN Thuilla Peixota (Brazil), 9-2
WIN Eliana Toledo (Venezuela), 10-0
WIN Hannah Little (Canada), 10-0

52 kg: Gabrielle Garcia (Merced, Calif.), 3rd 
WIN Alexandra Toledo Montano (Ecuador), 10-0
LOSS Tianna Kennett (Canada), pin
WIN Luisa Gamarro (Guatemala) 10-0
WIN Evelin Sosa (Argentina), 10-0

56 kg: Maya Nelson (Denver, Colo.), 1st
WIN Beatriz Andrade (Brazil), 12-0
WIN Florangel Bravo (Venezuela), 10-0
WIN Taylor Cartwright (Canada), 5-0

60 kg: Arian Carpio (Federal Way, Wash.), 3rd 
LOSS Fatima Crisanto Ayil (Mexico), pin
WIN Beatriz Maldonado (Bolivia), 10-0

65 kg: Jessika Rottier (Little Suamico, Wis.), 1st
WIN Vanessa Herrera (Venezeula), 20-6
WIN Keagin Collie (Canada), 8-8
WIN Thais Oliveira (Brazil), 7-4

70 kg: Alana Quackenbush (Lake Mills, Wis.), 5th
LOSS Angie Orta (Venezuela), 0-6
LOSS Cyntia Nava Duenas (Mexico), pin

Team Standings
1. Venezuela, 84 pts
2. Canada, 74
3. USA, 64
4. Brazil, 57
5. Mexico, 30
6. Ecuador, 26
7. Colombia, 24
8. Puerto Rico, 8
9. Bolivia, 8
10. Panama, 8
11. Peru, 7
12. Argentina, 6
13. Dominican Republic, 5
14. El Salvador, 1
15. Guatemala, 0