2021 Women's Captains' Cup

USA Wrestling Releases Draft Eligible 53 kg Women For Captains' Cup

USA Wrestling Releases Draft Eligible 53 kg Women For Captains' Cup

The Captains' Cup is right around the corner, and USA Wrestling has just released the stacked list of draft-eligible women at 53 kg.

Jan 17, 2021 by David Bray
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The Captains' Cup, an event featuring many of the best women in the United States, is right around the corner. Teams for the event will be decided by a draft, and USA Wrestling has just released the athletes who are eligible to be drafted at 53 kg.

Watch the Captains' Cup LIVE on FloWrestling

Friday-Saturday, February 13-14, 2021


Original Release by Taylor Miller of USA Wrestling

Next week, six team captains will draft their teams for the Captains’ Cup presented by Titan Mercury Wrestling Club, a dual event that will showcase the top women’s freestyle athletes in the United States competing for $50,000. The draft is set for January 23 live on FloWrestling.org.

The plan is to have the women who qualified the USA for the Olympic Games serve as the captains: Sarah Hildebrandt (50 kg), Jacarra Winchester (53 kg), Helen Maroulis (57 kg), Kayla Miracle (62 kg), Tamyra Mensah-Stock (68 kg) and Adeline Gray (75 kg), pending confirmation of their participation.

The competition will take place February 13-14, broadcasted by FloWrestling.

As the draft date approaches, USA Wrestling will periodically release draft eligible athletes by weight.

Today, we take a look at draft eligible athletes at 53 kg/117 lbs.

Marissa Gallegos

  • Student at Colorado Mesa University
  • Second at 2020 U23 Nationals
  • Fourth at 2020 Junior Nationals
  • Third at 2020 Women’s College National Championships
  • Sixth at 2019 Senior Nationals

Ronna Heaton

  • 2020 U23 Nationals champion
  • Second at 2020 Senior Nationals
  • Five-time age-group World Team member
  • Silver at 2016 Cadet World Championships
  • 2015 Cadet World champion

Alex Hedrick

  • 2020 Women’s College Nationals champion
  • 2019 Pan American champion
  • Fifth at 2019 Senior Nationals
  • Two-time Junior World Team member (2018, 2019)
  • 2018 U.S. Open champion

Tiare Ikei

  • EAP athlete at the USOPTC
  • 2020 Junior Nationals champion
  • Third at 2020 U23 Nationals
  • 2019 U.S. Open champion
  • Silver at 2019 Junior Pan Ams
  • Bronze at 2018 Cadet World Championships

Peyton Prussin

  • Student at Life University
  • Fifth at 2019 U.S. Open
  • 2019 Junior Fargo champion
  • 2018 Junior Fargo runner-up
  • Second at 2018 Cadet World Team Trials

Katherine Shai

  • Six-time National Team member
  • Bronze at 2020 Matteo Pellicone International
  • 2019 Final X runner-up
  • Four-time U.S. Open runner-up (2009, 2013, 2014, 2019)
  • 2008 University World champion

Felicity Taylor

  • Student at McKendree University
  • Second at 2020 Junior Nationals
  • Fourth at 2020 U23 Nationals
  • Second at 2020 Women’s College National Championship
  • 2019 U23 World Team member
  • Second at 2019 WCWA Nationals

Areana Villaescusa

  • 2019 National Team member
  • Second at 2019 Senior Nationals
  • Seventh at 2019 World Military Games
  • Second at 2018 U.S. Open

Also to be featured at 53 kg is 2019 World champion Jacarra Winchester, who will be a team captain.

Keep an eye for more Captains’ Cup news coming soon!