BRISTOL, Tenn. – Top-ranked
Chey Bowman earned her 100th career win Sunday afternoon, leading the King University women's wrestling team at their annual Tornado Open tournament. The Tornado had a total of three individual champions on the day.
THE BASICS
LOCATION: Student Center Complex; Bristol, Tenn.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- #3 Clare Booe won the championship at 117 pounds, winning all three of her matches via fall. After a pin in the quarterfinals, she pinned her semifinal opponent in 46 seconds before winning the championship match in 18 seconds.
- Bowman was 4-0 on the day, with all four of her wins coming via fall. She started with a 38-second pin of Huntingdon's Arieana Bacon before beating Jocelyn Mattingly of Mount Olive in 20 seconds in the quarterfinals.
- After winning her semifinal match in 1:04, she capped off the day with a 22-second pin in the finals, winning her 100th collegiate match.
- At 110 pounds, #6 Dianna Holmes won the title, going 4-0 on the day, with a pin and two wins by tech fall. She won her first match over Emmanuel's Haley Zinninger in 2:14 before taking her quarterfinal match 12-1.
- She won her semifinal match via injury default before beating O'marzria Wright of Mount Olive 15-4 in the championship.
- #5 Avery Kibelbek took second at 103 pounds, winning her first two matches by tech fall before dropping a 7-0 decision in the finals.
- #9 Mia Zuniga took third at 103 pounds, winning her first match 12-1 before falling 7-2 in the semifinals. She then won her final two matches, including a 4:22 pin in the third-place match.
RESULTS BY WEIGHT CLASS
103 – #5
Avery Kibelbek 2nd, 2-1; #9
Mia Zuniga 3rd, 3-1
110 – #6
Dianna Holmes 1st, 4-0
117 – #3
Clare Booe 1st, 3-0
131 –
Jessica Corredor 4-2
160 – #1
Chey Bowman 1st, 4-0
UP NEXT
- King will wrestle Jan. 29 at Lincoln Memorial.
