Hawkeyes Crown 8 Champions at CK Mike Duroe Invite

Mount Vernon, Iowa – The University of Iowa women’s wrestling team crowned eight champions at the Cliff Keen Mike Duroe Invitational on Saturday. Twenty Hawkeyes collected top-five finishes. 

At 103 pounds, No. 1 Valarie Solorio claimed the title after collecting two falls, one of which was in just 11 seconds. Once in the final she defeated fellow Hawkeye Sterling Dias via decision (4-4) to secure the title. 

No. 2 Nyla Valencia notched wins over a pair of Hawkeye teammates on her way to the title. In the semifinals she defeated Ava Bayless in an 8-4 decision. Then, in the finals, she notched the win with an 11-0 technical fall over Emilie Gonzalez. 

Freshman Harlee Hiller claimed the title at 117 pounds. After two pins and a technical fall, she secured the win with a 10-0 technical fall over Jasmine Luedtke (Wartburg) in the final. 

At 124 pounds, Cali Leng collected back-to-back to back pins to secure a spot in the finals. Once there she notched the win by forfeit over her younger sister Cameron Leng (Unattached). 

No. 1 Karlee Brooks collected four technical falls with a combined score of 42-0 on her way to the 131-pound title. In the final she took down fellow Hawkeye Bella Williams in a 4-1 decision. 

At 138 pounds, Lilly Luft defeated Aine Moffit of Augustana in the finals via a 4-0 decision. She also notched a pin, two technical falls, and a decision on her way through the bracket. 

In the semifinals at 145 pounds, No. 2 Reese Larramendy collected a ranked win over No. 7 Alissa Caltagirone (Northern Michigan). She followed with a win by fall over fellow Hawkeye Cadence Diduch to secure the title.  

At 207 pounds, Katja Osteen claimed the title over teammate and second-ranked Jaycee Foeller with a 7-0 decision to take home the win. 

NOTABLES

- Reese Larramendy and Katja Osteen collected wins against nationally ranked opponents.
- Eight Hawkeyes claimed individual titles. 
- Twenty Hawkeyes placed in the top-5.
- Emilie Gonzalez made her season debut at 110 pounds, finishing second.  
- Eleven of Iowa’s losses came from other Hawkeyes. 
 
RESULTS

103 – Sterling Dias, 2nd Place 
WIN Chelsea Beaver (Augsburg), TF 11-0
WIN Rianne Murphy (Iowa), Dec. 5-4
LOSS #1 Valarie Solorio (Iowa), Dec. 4-4

103 – Rianne Murphy, 3rd Place
WIN Jacey Mason (Wartburg), Fall 0:30
LOSS Sterling Dias (Iowa), Dec. 5-4
WIN Lainey Shelangoski (Wartburg), Fall 1:34
WIN Jacey Mason (Wartburg), Fall 1:35 

103 – Valarie Solorio, 1st Place 
WIN Lainey Shelangoski (Wartburg), Fall 1:25 
WIN Kylie Loffer (Loras), Fall 0:11
WIN Sterling Dias (Iowa), Dec. 4-4

110 – Ava Bayless, 3rd Place
WIN Emely Mejia Garcia (Loras), TF 10-0
LOSS #2 Nyla Valencia (Iowa), Dec. 8-4
WIN Carissa Hersom (Wartburg), Fall 1:26
WIN Ava Gardner (Wartburg), TF 10-0

110 – Emilie Gonzalez, 2nd Place
WIN Bentley Hills (Upper Iowa), TF 10-0
WIN Carissa Hersom (Wartburg), TF 10-0
WIN Ivy Brandenburg (Unattached), TF 10-0
LOSS #2 Nyla Valencia (Iowa), TF 11-0

110 – Nyla Valencia, 1st Place 
WIN Ava Gardner (Wartburg), TF 10-0
WIN Ava Bayless (Iowa), Dec. 8-4
WIN Emilie Gonzalez (Iowa), TF 11-0

117 – Harlee Hiller, 1st Place
WIN Hope Chiattello (Wartburg), Fall 2:31
WIN Simone Dyer (Illinois Wesleyan), TF 10-0
WIN Cheyenne Mulford (Cornell), Fall 2:43
WIN Jasmine Luedtke (Wartburg), TF 10-0

124 – Isabella Marie Gonzales, 3rd Place
LOSS Lainie Burkhart (Simpson), Fall 1:37
WIN Jamie Cook (Northern Michigan), TF 10-0
WIN Leah Chandler (Wartburg), TF 10-0
WIN Ava Rose (Iowa), Dec. 8-0
WIN Sierra Alamilla (Central Methodist), Fall 2:35

124 – Cali Leng, 1st Place 
WIN Sierra Alamilla (Central Methodist), Fall 0:31 
WIN Leah Chandler (Wartburg), Fall 4:16
WIN Lainie Burkhart (Simpson), Fall 2:58
WIN Cameron Leng (Unattached), Forfeit 

124 – Ava Rose, 5th Place
WIN Ayane Jasinski (Wartburg), Dec. 6-0
LOSS Cameron Leng (Unattached), Dec. 8-0
LOSS Isabella Marie Gonzales (Iowa), Dec. 8-0
WIN Lainie Burkhart (Simpson), TF 10-0

131 – Karlee Brooks, 1st Place
WIN Moni Griffin (Augustana – Ill.), TF 12-0
WIN Ashlan Thompson (Central Methodist), TF 10-0
WIN Cailyn Whittier (Wartburg), TF 10-0
WIN Vanessa Aguirre (Simpson), TF 10-0
WIN Bella Williams (Iowa), Dec. 4-1

131 – Emily Frost, 3rd Place
WIN Kylee Shoop (Upper Iowa), Fall 0:35
WIN Kendra Bliss (Simpson), Dec. 8-0
LOSS Bella Williams (Iowa), Dec. 2-0
WIN Vanessa Aguirre (Simpson), Fall 0:34 

131 – Mia Goodwin, 6th Place
LOSS Vanessa Aguirre (Simpson), Dec. 13-13
WIN Julia Kanne (Central College), Dec. 13-5
WIN Paige Haaf (Augsburg), TF 10-0
WIN Cailyn Whittier (Wartburg), TF 10-0
WIN Ashlan Thompson (Central Methodist), Dec. 14-6
LOSS Moni Griffin (Augustana-Ill.), Fall 5:29 

131 – Bella Williams, 2nd Place
WIN Kelsey Cruz (Augsburg), TF 10-0
WIN Lily McMahon (Simpson), TF 10-0
WIN Emily Frost (Iowa), Dec. 2-0
LOSS #1 Karlee Brooks (Iowa), Dec. 4-1

138 – Lilly Luft, 1st Place
WIN Averi Burke (Cornell College), TF 10-0
WIN Keaton Hood (Northern Michigan), Fall 2:49
WIN Grace Patterson (Loras), TF 12-0
WIN Ella Schmit (Iowa), Dec. 5-2
WIN Aine Moffit (Augustana – Ill.), Dec. 4-0

138 – Ella Schmit, 3rd Place
WIN Clover Williams (Unattached), TF 10-0
WIN Samantha Chaon (Northern Michigan), TF 10-0
WIN Rachel Fode (Wartburg), Fall 1:05
LOSS Lilly Luft (Iowa), Dec. 5-2
WIN Bri Bynum (Augustana – Ill.), Fall 1:20

138 – Danni Swihart, 6th Place
LOSS Aine Moffit (Augustana – Ill.), TF 10-0
WIN Randi Campe (Eureka), TF 11-0
WIN Samantha Chaon (Northern Michigan), Fall 2:27 
WIN Grace Patterson (Loras), Fall 2:10
WIN Kaydence Boorn (Wartburg), Dec. 12-8
LOSS Savannah Freifeld (Buena Vista), Forfeit 

145 – Cadence Diduch, 2nd Place
WIN Noa Arnold (Simpson, TF 10-0
WIN Haidyn Snyder (Wartburg), TF 10-0
WIN Izzy Giza (Wartburg), Fall 2:23
LOSS #2 Reese Larramendy (Iowa), Fall 5:51

145 – Reese Larramendy, 1st Place
WIN Alex Harswick (Wartburg), TF 10-0
WIN Jillian Giller (Illinois Wesleyan), TF 10-0
WIN #7 Alissa Caltagirone (Northern Michigan), Dec. 7-4
WIN Cadence Diduch (Iowa), Fall 5:51

207 – Libby Dix, 5th Place
WIN Mickaela Keane (Northern Michigan), Dec. 2-2
WIN Alivia Davey (Illinois Wesleyan), Dec. 2-1
LOSS #2 Jaycee Foeller (Iowa), TF 10-0
LOSS Angel Hill (Illinois Wesleyan), Fall 2:30
WIN Elizabeth Kalinay (Wartburg), Fall 1:10

207 – Jaycee Foeller, 2nd Place
WIN Alannah Peterson, TF 11-0
WIN Libby Dix (Iowa), TF 10-0
LOSS Katja Osteen (Iowa), Dec. 7-0

207 – Katja Osteen, 1st Place
WIN Sonia Ramos (Augsburg), TF 11-0
WIN Elizabeth Kalinay (Wartburg), TF 10-0
WIN #2 Jaycee Foeller (Iowa), Dec. 7-0

UP NEXT
The University of Iowa women's wrestling team returns home on Sunday, Jan. 18, hosting Otterbein University and No. 10 Lehigh. Bouts begin at 12 p.m. (CT) in Carver-Hawkeye Arena.