Sunnyside High School wrestler Audrey Jimenez made history last week when she became the first woman to win any weight class in the 56-year-old Peoria Tournament of Champions.
Jimenez, a junior, wrestled in the 106-pound weight class, going 4-0 in the two-day tournament. Her opponents were all men.
Jimenez's Blue Devil teammates — Sean Archuleta, James Armstrong, Sergio Vega, Carlos Stanton, Adyn Bostick, Cristian Rivera, Job Lee, Mike Avelar and Nicholas Pina — also won their weight classes, and Sunnyside took first place overall in the tournament. The Blue Devils outscored the second-place team, Mesa's Mountain View High School, by more than twice as many points.
Jimenez is set to graduate a year early in the spring and is ranked first in the nation for high school girls in 2022-23 by FloWrestling. Last month, she went 5-0 in Prescott's Mile High Challenge Tournament.
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