Contact: Alex Mielcarz, Athletics Communication Graduate Assistant, ajmielcarz@noctrl.edu
NEW YORK CITY (Nov. 10, 2026) – Current North Central College wrestling coaches and alumni competed this past weekend in New York City at the Bill Farrell Memorial International Tournament at the New York Athletic Club, with five bringing home medals for Team USA.
Amanda Martinez, Kendra Ryan, Chip Guzman, Amani Jones, Tiera Jimerson and Alara Boyd all competed representing Team USA, with all the women earning podium finishes.
Christian Guzman went 2-2 on the weekend in the 61-kilogram bracket. He dropped his opening match 10-0 to former Arizona State All-American Michael McGee before defeating NCAA national qualifier Kyle Burwick of the University of Wisconsin 13-8 in the first consolation round. Guzman turned that into another victory in the consolation quarterfinals: a 7-0 decision over Nodirjon Safarov of Uzbekistan. He then fell to two-time national champion Nick Suriano of the University of Michigan and Rutgers University in a tight 6-1 decision.
Martinez won the gold at 57 kilograms for the first time in her career at the event after finishing third in 2024 and second in 2025. Her journey began with an 8-0 quarterfinal victory over two-time All-American Virginia Ford, who previously wrestled for King University. In the semifinals, she defeated three-time NAIA National Champion Carolina Morena, formerly of Southern Oregon University, by an 11-4 margin to clinch a spot in the gold medal match.
Martinez clinched the gold with a win by decision (7-6) against Xochitl Mota-Pettis, who was the 124-pound national champion last year at the NCAA Championships.
Ryan earned a bronze medal for her efforts in the 50-kilogram bracket, matching her finish at last year's iteration of the tournament. She claimed a dominant 12-1 win over Alejandra Corral, a two-time All-American out of Menlo College, before defeating Canadian Victoria Sefanov 10-0 in the quarterfinal.
She ran into her only bit of trouble in the semifinals, losing 13-4 to Sage Mortimer, a former national champion at Grand Valley State. Ryan rebounded in the consolation semifinals, beating a second Canadian wrestler, this time by pin, then going on to defeat two-time national champion Gracie Figueroa by decision (9-7) in the bronze medal match.
Jones brought home a silver medal in the 59-kilogram bracket after winning by decision (7-0) in the quarterfinals and by fall (0:55) in the semis before suffering a 4-3 loss in the gold medal match.
Jimerson came out of the weekend with a silver medal in the 65-kilogram event, winning 3-2 in the semifinals, pin (2:30) in the semifinals and losing by technical fall in the gold medal match (14-2).
Boyd won the bronze in the 62-kilograms, bouncing back from a first-round loss (5-4) to sweep through the consolation bracket with technical fall wins in the first consolation round (11-0), the consolation quarterfinal (10-0), the consolation semifinal (10-0) and the bronze medal match (11-0).
