Hello Lady Wrestlers,
Well we went to Minnesota and made a name for ourselves and promoted Kansas proud. The Kansas Krusaders took 15 Girls to FILA Women's Cadet and Junior Nationals & University, High School and Girls National Championships. Out of the 15 girls, everyone placed and we had 4 All American Champions. There were girls from as far away as Alaska and Hawaii. We also had the pleasure of watching 2 of our own home grown girls wrestle in the competition,Brooke Bogren and Keli Hinton.
They also placed, I only know that Brooke took second. The West division had placers with Tayler Frederiksen-2nd,Regina Ward-3rd,Samantha Gonzales-4th. Central division had placers with Lauren Rivard-4th, Tina Karol-2nd, Maria Ponce-3rd, Tiffany Hansen-1st, Cherissa Elston-6th, Monica Klingsporn-1st, Hali Cornejo-3rd. The Northeast division had Mandy Bohnkenper-3rd, Kristie Self-1st, Dominique Grizzle-1st,Jenna Dickman 2 divisions-2nd & 3rd. The Southeast division had Danette O'hara-2nd. There is one thing I have to say about all these girls is that all these girls had only learned Freestyle over the last 3 weeks. Kristie Self learned freestyle that night during our team meeting, also by picking one of the coaches brains most of the night. As a coach I was very proud of them and hope to have an even bigger showing next year. We do have to admit that we were the largest team at the event. As soon as we can get the pictures transfered,we will post to the Kansas Krusaders Web sight. All hats off to you girls from Coach Ed and Jennifer Edison.
Coaches
Ed and Jennifer
Mike Frederiksen
Jason Ogden
Jared Ogden
Justin Ogden
Jarrett Edison
Angelo Cornejo
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Kansas Krusaders