RedTail Women Wrestling Wraps Up 2024-25 Season with NJCAA Championships
The RedTail women's wrestling traveled to Council Bluffs on March 7-8, where they competed in the NJCAA Championships. The two best finishers for the RedTails were Makenna Fetters in fourth place and Alyson Krum in fifth place in their respective weight classes. As a result of their successes, Fetters and Krum each earned All-American honors, the first to do so in the program.
The results from each match are listed below:
110 lbs:
Round of 32: Ella Hron (Hawkeye) won by VFA over Audrie Felkins (Ellsworth) (VFA 4:40)
Round of 16: Brooklyn Noel (Southeast) won by VFA over Ella Hron (Hawkeye) (VFA 1:40)
Cons. Round of 16 #2: Ella Hron (Hawkeye) received a bye
Cons. Round of 8 #1: Jara Rodriguez (Big Bend) won by VFA over Ella Hron (Hawkeye) (VFA 4:36)
117 lbs:
Round of 32: Mia Kurth (Hawkeye) won by VSU over Victoria Haggard (Carl Albert State) (VSU 10-0)
Round of 16: Mia Kurth (Hawkeye) won by VFA over Jenesis Sanders (NIACC) (VFA 1:38)
Round of 8: Madison Leverknight (Indian Hills) won by VFA over Mia Kurth (Hawkeye) (VFA 1:08)
Cons. Round of 8 #2: Mia Kurth (Hawkeye) won by VFA over Madison Roe (Carl Albert State) (VFA 4:29)
Cons. Round of 4: Taryn Evans (Umpqua) won by VFA over Mia Kurth (Hawkeye (VFA 5:46)
138 lbs:
Round of 32: Daeja Sundquist (Iowa Western) won by VFA over Cieanna Ficken (Hawkeye) (VFA 3:59)
Cons. Round of 16 #1: Cieanna Ficken (Hawkeye) won by VFA over Emery Anderson (Carl Albert State) (VFA 4:21)
Cons. Round of 16 #2: Cieanna Ficken (Hawkeye won by VFA over Krystol Luna (Iowa Central) (VFA 4:05)
Cons. Round of 8 #1: Cieanna Ficken (Hawkeye) won by VFA over Alima Toheeb-Lawal (Morton) (VFA 1:20)
Cons. Round of 8 #2: Eliana Balderrama (Joliet) won by VFA over Cienna Ficken (Hawkeye) (VFA 3:50)
145 lbs:
Round of 32: Lexi Beckler (Hawkeye) received a bye
Round of 16: Delsie Villa (Iowa Central) won by VFA over Lexi Beckler (2:26)
Cons. Round of 16 #2: Ellie Brenneman (Iowa Central) won by VSU over Lexi Beckler (Hawkeye) (VSU 10-0)
Round of 32: Miah Kenny (Northern Oklahoma-Tonkawa) won by VFA over Melody Kremer (Hawkeye) (VFA 2:21)
Cons. Round of 16 #1: Melody Kremer (Hawkeye) won by forfeit over Brianna Berg (Northland)
Cons. Round of 16 #2: Brynlee Good Voice (Carl Albert State) won by VFA over Melody Kremer (Hawkeye) (VFA 1:45)
160 lbs:
Round of 32: Arianna Mauch (Umpqua) won by VFA over Meya Roberts (Hawkeye) (VFA 1:55)
Cons. Round of 16 #1: Katherine Strickland (Southwestern Oregon) won by VFA over Meya Roberts (Hawkeye) (VFA 0:36)
Round of 32: Rory Siems (Hawkeye) won by VFA over Ryann Reeves (Joliet) (VFA 2:16)
Cons. Round of 16 #2: Katherine Strickland (Southwestern Oregon) won by VFA over Rory Siems (Hawkeye) (VFA 0:41)
207 lbs:
Round of 32: Alyson Krum (Hawkeye) received a bye
Round of 16: Alyson Krum (Hawkeye) won by VFA over Angeline Wetselline (Carl Albert State) (VFA 1:03)
Quarter-finals: Alyson Krum (Hawkeye) won by VPO1 over Maia Esera (Iowa Central) (VPO1 8-7)
Semi-finals: Martha Hinneh (Southeast) won by VPO1 over Alyson Krum (Hawkeye) (VPO1 9-5)
235 lbs:
Round of 32: Makenna Fetters (Hawkeye) received a bye
Round of 16: Shaniayha Wysinger (Indian Hills) won by VFA over Makenna Fetters (Hawkeye) (VFA 2:48)
Cons. Round of 16 #2: Makenna Fetters (Hawkeye) received a bye
Cons. Round of 8 #1: Makenna Fetters (Hawkeye) received a bye
Cons. Round of 8 #2: Makenna Fetters (Hawkeye) won by VPO1 over Yoseline Perez (Iowa Western) (VPO1 5-1)
Cons. Round of 4: Makenna Fetters (Hawkeye) won by VFA over Breanna Salgdo (Iowa Central) (VFA 2:05)
Cons.-Semis: Makenna Fetters (Hawkeye) won by VFA over Gabby Watson (Carl Albert State) (VFA 2:27)
3rd/4th place: Arianah Cowgur (Snow) won by VSU over Makenna Fetters (Hawkeye) (VSU 11-0)
After the competition, this is what Coach Dan Lovell had to say: "We are very excited to have our first ever All-Americans in Alyson and Makenna. The future is looking bright for the team and now they all know what it's going to take to get on that podium."