Posted on 02/24/2024 10:14:36 PM PST by where's_the_Outrage?
In a triumphant display of grit and determination, 18-year-old Audrey Jimenez hit the mat over the weekend and made history by becoming the first girl to win the Arizona state wrestling title while competing against boys.
The Tucson teen earned a Division 1 title, but it took more than just hard work and athleticism to get there. She first had to win matches over boys this season before being crowned champion.
"The crowd was just super crazy," Jimenez told Scripps News Phoenix. "So that's what made it seem more of like 'Oh wow, like I just won state."
While the high school senior said she regularly faced boys during the regular season, when the state tournament rolled around, she had been required to compete against girls for the past three years — taking home the title each time. But this year, coaches asked the Arizona Interscholastic Association to reconsider its stance and allow Jimenez to compete in the boys division.
Her dad Billy and mom Denise said their daughter has always been the hardest-working person in the room. So when the AIA gave Jimenez the green light to change divisions, her victory seemed like destiny.
It's an athletic achievement helping to pave the way for girls behind her to dream fearlessly. And Jimenez is hoping her story can inspire others to always chase their dreams.
"Once you see it done you know it's possible," she added.
This story was originally published by Scripps News Phoenix.
Suit yourself…
I disagree. Anyone who follows sports knows that matches are weight based. Or with children also age based.
And I know very little.
I disagree. Anyone who follows sports knows that matches are weight based. Or with children also age based.
And I know very little.
She won the state championship for a particular weight class, and for a particular age category.
That’s how they all win.
Not a lot of guys CAN compete at 106 pounds. I weighed 120 in the 9th grade and was one of the smallest guys in a school with 3,000 students.
Not even one time."
Wrong on both accounts. It's all over youtube. The girls are coached to "grab" the boys "genitalia". The boys don't grab the girls crotches or breasts.
Analysis of 10 boy-girl fights.(youtube link)
Their parents shouldn't allow their children to do this.
So what are men going to do about it? Everyone knows this would be treated as sexual assault if boys did it to girls and rightfully so. Why can't fathers demand the same when the shoe is on the other foot?
I know I'm repeating myself, but for how much longer are fathers going to just stand by and allow the school system to abuse their own sons?
Or female on male violence?
Did not know that! Thanks!
I wrestled at 98 and 105 class, before moving up to 127. I would break her, like Russian boxer did to Rocky. There is no way she has the strength a young boy at that age does, nor the quickness. This is a fake title, fake matches.
“Now Andy did you hear about this one?”
I wrestled, skill only gets you so far. Yes even at states a boy holds back. He muscle density is no where near his, just a few holds would keep her immobilized.
I wrestled kids who were insanely powerful, technique can not overcome everything.
Yes!
See A PAPAL DECREE CONCERNING MODESTY,
HIS HOLINESS POPE PIUS XI, 12 January 1930
(See point 3 in decree.)
https://motherofgodlibrary.org/2021/08/02/a-papal-decree-concerning-modesty-pope-pius-xi-1930/
Barney Fife vs. Charlene Darling.
Who would win?
Accomplishment?
A boy should NEVER touch a girl.
But it's OK for girls to touch boys, right?
Did you WATCH the film?
One outlier should not be considered a new norm. It will pave the way for a lot of other girls to get badly injured.
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