Arizona wrestler becomes first girl to win high school state title

An Arizona teenager became the first female to win a high school wrestling state title while competing against boys last weekend.

Audrey Jimenez, 18, from Sunnyside High School in Tucson, won the Division 1 title in the 106-pound weight class. She can forever call herself a state champion.

“The crowd was just super crazy,” Jimenez told Scripps News Phoenix. “So I was like, ‘Oh, it’s like we won state.’

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In a video of her fight posted to Can be seen.

Now, Jimenez is used to winning state titles in high school, but it was always against girls. For the past three years, she has been asked to play against girls even though she plays against boys during the regular season.

But this year, her coaches asked the Arizona Interscholastic Association to allow Jimenez to compete against boys in the state tournament, which was granted.

Scripps News Phoenix He added that Jimenez’s parents, father Billy and mother Denise, always admired their daughter’s work ethic.

A wrestler’s shoe is seen on the mat during the Olympic Team Wrestling Trials at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on April 9, 2016 in Iowa City, Iowa. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

When the AIA gave her the ability to compete against boys in the state tournament, they both knew she would make the most of the opportunity.

“Once you see it happen, you know it’s possible,” Jimenez said.

Jimenez fell behind 4-2 early, but won 7-5. She won the title by defeating four male wrestlers, including her opponent in the championship match.

A wrestler’s shoe is left on the mat after a victory during the Division I Men’s Wrestling Championship at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit on March 19, 2022. (Jay LaPreet/NCAA Photo/NCAA Photo via Getty Images)

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Jimenez also wrestles for USA Wrestling and recently won a bronze medal against a Canadian woman at the Pan American Championships.