September 11th - Reflection by Terry Steiner

Action Recap
53kg Whitney Conder defeats FRA 6-0
75kg Adeline Gray defeats CHN 11-10
53kg Whitney Conder defeats MGL 4-4
58kg Alli Ragan defeats KZG 7-6
75kg Adeline Gray defeats TUR by fall
53kg Whitney Conder falls to Mattsson of SWE technical fall
58kg Alli Ragan falls to Icho of JPN in the quarterfinals technical fall
75kg Adeline Gray defeats JPN 2-1
75kg Adeline Gray defeats EST 5-1 in the semifinals
58kg Alli Ragan defeats UZB 10-0 in repechage
53kg Whitney Conder falls PRK 8-2 in repechage
58kg Alli Ragan defeated by BLR 4-4 Bronze Medal Match
75kg Adeline Gray defeats BRA 2-1 Gold Medal Match
Team record 9-4

Day 2 Reflection by Terry Steiner

Let's start with our world champion. Adeline had a tough road to the finals.  Every tough opponent drew into her side of the bracket so our mindset was one match at a time.  Looking at the whole bracket was overwhelming.  Adeline did a good job of staying focused on the moment; one match at a time one opponent at a time.  We knew it was going jt be tough.  Starting out against china, we dug ourselves a hole that really showed how special of an athlete and human being Adeline is.  As a coach, you want to know that athletes in your program can deal with adversity. Situations like her first round match with china that turn people into legends.  So kudos to Adeline on the heart she showed and kudos to her gold medal:
Alli had a great performance.  She came in and fought, opened up, and put herself in scoring situations that you need to in order to medal at this event.  It was a very controversial call that we as coaches in hindsight should have challenged.  Alli did everything she needed to do but get her hand raised.  Alli has shown a lot of progress in a short amount of time.  I see alli continuing in that fashion as we move forward.  Alli Ragan is going to be a force to be reckoned with at this weight class.
Whitney Conder competed as hard and smart as I've seen her compete. She made some tactical changes during the course of the match and even though she didn't get into the medal match she put us in a position as a team to be where we are at with her win over Mongolia.
Overall we showed as a program that the US women's team is not going away.  We've put ourselves in the top tier of women's wrestling.  We appreciate all of you following and supporting our posts along this journey!