May 24, 2018
The rise of women and girls in wrestling has been
well-documented. From the first U.S. team sent to compete at the
World Championships to Helen Maroulis' historic Olympic gold, the
participation and acceptance continues to grow. On Episode 436 of
the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, we'll talk with Joan Fulp and
Andrea Yamamoto, two members of USA Wrestling's Girls High School
Development Committee. The goal of the committee is to work on
sanctioning high school girls wrestling in every state.
There have been early adopters, like Hawaii and Texas, and there
are states that had great participation, but it just took a while
for the approval, like California. Fulp, the widow of Hall of Fame
wrestler and coach Lee Allen and mother of women's wrestlers
Katherine (Fulp-Allen) Shai and Sara (Fulp-Allen) Bahoura has been
around the sport since a chance meeting at Central Michigan
University with a one of the national team coaching staff.
Yamamoto (nee Carstens) was one of the early trailblazers in
women's wrestling and coaches girls wrestling in Washington.
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