Iowa women’s wrestling crowns three champions at North Central College Open

Iowa women’s wrestling took a good portion of its squad to the North Central Open on Sunday, securing three individual titles from Nanea Estrella, Macey Kilty and Kylie Welker.

Bringing 13 wrestlers to the top division of the tournament, with Danni Swihart competing in the B-Division, 11 Hawkeyes finished on the podium in the top division. Even without several starters, the Hawkeyes took second behind only North Central’s mostly full squad.

Iowa’s stars who made the trip to Naperville, Illinois shined, as Estrella, Kilty and Welker combined to go 14-0. They outscored their opponents 131-1 combined.

Alivia White was a surprise, racing to take second at 203 pounds. She defeated teammate Katja Osteen by fall on her way to the finals. Even without Jaycee Foeller, the Hawkeyes had White, Osteen and Samantha Calkins all place at the tournament at 203 pounds.

Accounting for only the results from the A-Division, which housed top wrestlers from each team, North Central had 166.5 team points to Iowa’s 136.5.

It’s hard to compare Iowa and North Central, given the Hawkeyes and CArdinals had limited lineups. The Hawkeyes were without Sterling Dias, Brianna and Emilie Gonzalez, Skye Realin, Reese Larramendy, Kennedy Blades and Foeller to name a few. North Central did not have former Hawkeye Bella Mir or 203-pound No. 2 Traeh Haynes for example as well.

Regardless, having two champions and five finalists suggests the Cardinals will be a challenger once again come the postseason to the Hawkeyes.

Here are the individual results for each wrestler for the Hawkeyes.

Iowa women’s wrestling results from North Central Open

• Rianne Murphy – 2nd at 103 pounds (3-1)
• Val Solorio – 3rd at 110 pounds (5-1)
• Cali Leng – 6th at 124 pounds (3-3)
• Ava Rose – DNP at 124 pounds (1-2)
• Allie Baudhuin – DNP at 131 pounds (1-2)
• Emmily Patneaud – 6th at 131 pounds (2-3)
• Nanea Estrella – 1st at 138 pounds (4-0)
• Cadence Diduch – 3rd at 138 pounds (5-1)
• Danni Swihart (B-Division) – 5th at 138 pounds (3-2)
• Macey Kilty – 1st at 145 pounds (4-0)
• Kylie Welker – 1st at 180 pounds (6-0)
• Samantha Calkins – 4th at 207 pounds (4-2)
• Alivia White – 2nd at 207 pounds (3-1)
• Katja Osteen – 5th at 207 pounds (3-2, 3-1 vs. non-Hawkeyes)

Match-by-match results can be found on trackwrestling.com

This story was updated to add new information.

Eli McKown covers high school sports and wrestling for the Des Moines Register. Contact him at Emckown@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @EMcKown23.