Gray, Campbell, Conder earn spots on World Team
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Kelsey Campbell and Adeline
Gray have been close before. The two U.S. Olympic Training Center roommates have
placed in the top five in the World and they are eager for a chance to improve on that. Both wrestlers earned another shot after winning titles at the
Women’s Non-Olympic Weights World Team Trials on July 2 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center. Campbell and Gray were joined as champions by first-time
World Team member Whitney Conder. Those wrestlers advance to the World Championships in September in Istanbul, Turkey. Campbell, fifth in the World in 2010, took two straight matches
from past World Team member Leigh Jaynes to win the title at 59 kg/130 lbs. "I expect nothing less than a gold medal," Campbell said. "It's
going to take a lot of work and commitment. I had a lot of oppor- tunities last year at Worlds to do some great things, and I fell short. I don't want to leave this year falling short." Campbell won a tough weight class that also included 2011
U.S. Open champion Deanna Rix, who placed fifth in the World in 2008 and 2009. Rix lost to Jaynes in the quarterfinal round.
Answers from Fun & Games page
World Team Trials Champions Jumble Men's Freestyle: Nick Simmons, Reece Humphrey, Teyon Ware, Jordan Burroughs, Cael Sanderson, Jake Varner, Tervel Dlagnev. Jumble Answer- Istanbul Greco-Roman: Spenser Mango, Joe Betterman, Justin Lester, Jake Fisher, Cheney Haight, Justin Ruiz, Dremiel Byers. Jumble Answer - Turkey. Women's Freestyle: Clarissa Chun, Helen Maroulis, Elena Pirozhkova, Ali Bernard. Jumble Answer: London
Geography Quiz 1. D 8 2. C. Oklahoma City 3. A 1 4. C 4 5. C 4
Match Game Sanderson (Utah), Maroulis (Maryland), Simmons (Michigan), Ware (Oklahoma), Mango (Missouri), Dlagnev (Texas), Burroughs (New Jersey), Byers (North Carolina), Chun (Hawaii), Bernard (Minnesota), Humphrey (Indiana), Betterman (Illinois), Pirozhkova (Massachusetts), Lester (Ohio), Varner (California)
Gray, fifth in the World in 2009, swept past World Team mem-
ber Stephany Lee to win title at 67 kg/147.5 lbs. Gray won by injury default in the second match. “When I first made the World Team, I don’t think I really understood what it was about and how important and how big it is,” said Gray, a past Junior World champion. “Now that I’ve had that experience, I understand now. I understand how much effort and how much work these girls put into this. I'm now one of those girls. I'm ready. I'm so excited to get back to training so I can win a World title." Conder swept past National Team member Sara Fulp-Allen to
win the title at 51 kg/112.25 lbs. “This is very exciting,” said Conder, a past Junior World champion. “It’s been a rough battle throughout the past couple of years. I just tried to keep my head in the matches and keep my focus.” The three champions from Saturday joined the four champi-
ons from last month’s U.S. World Team Trials in Oklahoma City on this year’s World Team. Clarissa Chun, Helen Maroulis, Elena Pirozhkova and Ali Bernard won titles in the four Olympic weight classes in June in Oklahoma to earn spots in the Worlds.
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