Hawaii eighth-grader Chloe Obuhanych went to Colorado Springs, Colo., last weekend and returned home with a second-place finish in the USA Wrestling Girls Folkstyle Nationals.
Obuhanych won two matches to make it all the way to the finals of the 14-and-under division 101-pound class, where she lost to Missouri’s Paloma Juarez by fall in 1 minute, 30 seconds.
Hawaii’s Chloe Obuhanych. (Image credit: TrackWrestling.com profile).
Obuhanych’s victories came in the quarterfinals against Nebraska’s Kristi Raue (fall, 0:55) and in the semifinals against Colorado’s Bella Arellano-Gandy, 4-2.
At least four other Hawaii girls — including three newly minted state high school champions — competed at the event.
>> Pearl City sophomore Aubrie Molina, the reigning 138-pound state champ, placed third in 16-and-under 138. The girl Molina lost to in the quarterfinals, Missouri’s Amitria McNack, wound up as the division’s runner-up.
>> Kamehameha senior Haley Narahara, who ruled at 122 pounds for her second state championship earlier the month, placed seventh in Junior 122.
>> Kamehameha-Hawaii’s Lainey Eckart, who captured her first state title at 127 pounds, reached the semifinals and earned a sixth-place finish in Junior 127. Her semifinal loss came to eventual division champ Shelby Moore of Washington.
>> Kamehameha-Hawaii’s Kealohilani Grace, a state runner-up at 168, finished 1-2 in Junior 164.
USA Wrestling Girls Folkstyle Nationals
(Colorado Springs, Colo., March 18-20, 2022; Final W-L records in parentheses)
CHLOE OBUHANYCH (2-1), 14-and-under 101
>> Quarterfinals: Def. Kristi Race (Nebraska), fall, 0:55
>> Semifinals: Def. Bella Arellano-Gandy (Colorado), 4-2
>> Final: Lost to Paloma Juarez (Missouri), fall, 1:30
AUBRIE MOLINA (5-1), 16-and-under 138
>> Preliminary round: Def. Isabella Jaime (Oregon), 7-1
>> Quarterfinals: Lost to Amitria McNack (Missouri), fall, 0:40
>> Consolation round: Def. Jocelyn Trozelle (Oregon), fall, 2:26
>> Consolation quarterfinals: Def. Camryn Scott (Colorad0), 6-2
>> Consolation semifinals: Def. Myleigh Hammarbeck (Texas), forfeit
>> Third-place match: Def. Josie Newby (Idaho), 14-8
LAINEY ECKART (3-3), Junior 127
>> Preliminary round: Def. Yessenia Teague (Wyoming), fall, 1:36
>> First round: Def. Adrianna Lopez (Colorado), technical fall, 15-0
>> Quarterfinals: Def. Makynna Loepp (California), 13-10
>> Semifinals: Lost to Shelby Moore (Washington), fall, 3:07
>> Consolation semifinals: Lost to Celeste Detoles (Utah), 4-2
>> Fifth-place match: Lost to Luiza Nogueira (California), fall, 0:32
HALEY NARAHARA (5-2), Junior 122
>> Preliminary round: Def. Monica Vasquez (California), fall, 0;43
>> First round: Lost to Brielle Bibla (Florida), fall, 0:46
>> Consolation round: Def. Trinity Howard (Arizona), 8-6
>> Consolation round: Def. Neelie Parker (Texas), fall, 0:46
>> Consolation round: Def. Mariah Webster (Iowa), fall, 2:05
>> Consolation round: Lost to Paige Chafin (Oregon), fall, 4:15
>> Seventh-place match: Def. Bianca Johnson (Washington), 5-0
KEALOHILANI GRACE (1-2), Junior 164
>> Quarterfinals: Lost to Kimberly Carlin (Colorado), fall, 0:41
>> Consolation round: Def. Morgan Green (Texas), fall, 2:51
>> Consolation round: Lost to Lindsay Laws (Massachusetts), fall, 4:43
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