Ronna Heaton To Replace Becka Leathers At Jr Worlds

Ronna Heaton, 2015 Cadet World Champ, will be replacing Becka Leathers as the 55kg representative for Team USA at the Women's Freestyle junior World Champio

Aug 27, 2016 by Ryan Holmes

Ronna Heaton To Replace Becka Leathers At Jr Worlds

Ronna Heaton, 2015 Cadet World Champ, will be replacing Becka Leathers as the 55kg representative for Team USA at the Women's Freestyle junior World Championships in Macon, France.

Leathers served as a workout partner for the Women's Freestyle Olympic team in Rio and will now be replaced by Heaton due to illness.

Heaton was the runner-up to Leathers at the Body Bar Women's National Championships, who bested her two matches to none in the best of the three series. Heaton will also represent Team USA at the Cadet World Championships in Tbilisi, Geo at 52kg as well as she looks to claim another title.

Make sure to tune in LIVE to watch Team USA's quest for Junior World gold in France!

And check out the full list of entries for the Women's Junior World Championships, here.

Here is the full Junior Women's Freestyle Roster:
44kg - Marina Doi
48kg - McKayla Campbell
51kg - Brenda Reyna
55kg - Ronna Heaton
59kg - Kayla Miracle
63kg - Maya Nelson
67kg - Alexis Porter
72kg - Rachel Watters

Jr Women's Schedule:

Thursday, September 1: Women's Freestyle 44kg, 51kg, 59kg, 67kg
3am CT: Qualification Round and Repechage
11am CT: Medal Matches
U.S. Wrestlers: Marina Doi, Brenda Reyna, Kayla Miracle, Alexis Porter

Friday September, 2: Women's Freestyle: 48kg, 55kg, 63kg, 72kg
3am CT: Qualification Round and Repechage
11am CT: Medal Matches
U.S. Wrestlers: McKayla Campbell, Ronna Heaton, Maya Nelson, Rachel Watters