Broadus wins U.S. national title in cadet freestyle

FARGO, N.D., July 16 – Plymouth’s Cara Broadus was dominant at the USA Wrestling Cadet and Junior national championship tournament at the Fargodome on Saturday.
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Broadus won all five of her matches by technical fall (10 points or more) to capture the Cadet freestyle (ages 15-16) national championship at 115 pounds with a 10-0 win over Cameron Guerin of Washington state in just 54 seconds. Broadus didn’t give up a point in her five bouts. She won four matches by a 10-0 score and beat Viktoya Torres of Washington state in the semifinals, 11-0.
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According to USA Wrestling, she is the first Connecticut woman to win a Cadet freestyle national championship. She is the first Connecticut wrestler to win a national championship in Fargo since East Lyme’s Ross Spencer in 2010 when he won a junior freestyle title at 105.
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Broadus, who attends CREC’s Medical Profession and Teacher Profession Academy in New Britain, was a two-time All-American here a year ago. She was seventh in the Cadet women’s freestyle tournament in 2015 at 120 pounds and fifth in the Junior women’s freestyle tournament at 118.
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Cara was interviewed by USA Wrestling after her championship win.