Grace Roman (115 pounds) pins her opponent,
Emily Bustos of Crawford, in 1:48 at the
at the City Conference Championships Jan. 24.
Roman won her weight division title at the
CIF Division 4 Finals Sat., Feb. 14, at Valley
Center. (Photos by Ed Piper)
By Ed Piper
La Jolla senior Grace Roman, who only picked up wrestling a couple of years ago in solidarity with other girls going out for the sport, won the 115-pound division title at the Division 4 Finals of the San Diego Section Sat., Feb. 7, at Valley Center High.
Her family in attendance and supportive, populated by relatives who preceded her in wrestling, the 12th-grader recorded three quick falls in three matches to take the championship: 24 seconds in the title match over Hailey Vanderslice of Coastal Academy, after 22 seconds in the semifinal over Itzel Garcia of Castle Park. Grace's first-round match saw her pin Emily Bustos of Crawford in 1:40.
Teammates Becka Durst (135) placed second and Maddie Quach (105) third in their respective weight classes to stand on the podium and take home honors at the same meet.
Durst, who moved to La Jolla's attendance area before her sophomore year two years ago, placed second at 135 after battling to the finals on a fall and technical fall. In her first match after a bye, Becka pinned Zoey Gimmeson of the host school in 1:25 before recording a tech fall, 21-4, over Tatiana Lopez of Mission Bay. That put her in the championship bout.
Quach, who recovered from an injured shoulder weeks before, went to the consolation bracket after pinning Zoe Harper of Mission Bay in 1:28, then falling to Angie Beltran of Holtville. Maddie registered a fall over Hendrix Parker of Kearny in 1:48 to go to the third-place bout.
In that match, she pinned Avianna Woodley of Mountain Empire in 1:57 for her third-place medal.
Roman has her hand raised by referee
Terrence Dugay after her fall over
Emily Bustos (right) of Crawford
at the City Conference Championships.
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