Batres, Irizzary win first Prep School national titles

With two individual champions and four finalists, Choate Rosemary Hall finished second at the Prep School nationals on Saturday. (Photo courtesy Ryan Roddy)

Stratford’s Kayla Batres and Ledyard’s Tatianna Irizarry each won national championships at the Prep School national championships on Saturday on the campus of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa.

Batres, the No. 1 ranked wrestler in the country, of Greens Farms Academy won at 114 pounds while Irizarry, who competes at Choate Rosemary Hall, won at 120 pounds.

Irizarry’s teammate Sara McLaughlin also won her first national title with a victory at 126 pounds as Choate Rosemary Hall finished second in the tournament behind Pennsylvania’s Wyoming Seminary.

Wyoming Seminary had six individual champions and scored a tournament-record 191½ points to win their first national championship while Choate Rosemary Hall finished with a team record 157½ points and nine wrestlers finishing in the top four of their respective weight class.

Southbury’s Sarah Henckel, wrestling for New Jersey’s Blair Academy, was looking for her fourth national championship but she was upset in the finals by Alexis Penley of Wyoming Seminary, 9-4.

Batres went 4-0 with two pins (16 seconds, 32 seconds) to win her national championship. She beat Kirra Mitchell of Mount de Sales Academy in the semifinals, 9-1 before beating Choate Rosemary Hall’s Lily Nunez in the finals, 10-0.

Batres is now a three-time All-American after finishing second at 107 in 2024 and 2025.

Irizzary went 4-0 with three pins in the tournament including a 55 second pin over Caitlin O’Reilly of New Hampshire’s St. Paul School in the championship final. Irizzary is a two-time All-American after finishing third at 114 a year ago.

McLaughlin, who is from Scuitate, Mass., became a three-time All-American with her championship win at 126. McLaughlin was 4-0 with four pins including an six-second pin in her first match of the tournament.

Choate Rosemary Hall’s Rhema Woolcock finished second in the round-robin competition at 235 pounds, going 3-1 in four bouts.

Choate Rosemary Hall’s Olivia Mancha (100) and Chloe Ross (145) finished third while Olivia Polanski (107), Leanna La (138) and Mya Straks (185) finished fourth.

Henckel was leading 4-2 in the second period before Penley got a takedown and a four-point near fall with 27 seconds left in the period. Henckel couldn’t get any points in the third period and it denied Henckel a fourth national championship.

Henckel won titles at 152 pounds in 2023 and 2024 and at 165 pounds a year ago.

Hopkins’ Anna Ivanova finished fourth at 145 pounds to earn All-American honors for the first time.

Prep School nationals
At Bethlehem, Pa. (Lehigh)
Team results (top 10) – 1. Wyoming Seminary 191½, 2. Choate Rosemary Hall 157½, 3. Phillips Academy (MA) 111, 4. Blair Academy (NJ) 62, 5. Archbishop Spalding 46, St. Paul’s School (NH) 44, 7. Mount de Sales Academy 41, 8. Bullis 37, 9. Northfield Mt. Hermon 33, 10. All Saints Espiscopal School 30
Other Connecticut schools:  11. Greens Farms Academy 29, 22. Hopkins 10, 29. Marvelwood 6, 33. Forman 3, 33. Marianpolis Prep 3, 38. Canterbury 0
Finals
100 Madison Healey (Wyoming Seminary) dec. Serra Akyali (Phillips Academy), 15-5
107 Jaclyn Bouzakis (Wyoming Seminary) pin Summer Mutschler (Archbishop Spalding), 1:37
114 Kayla Batres (Greens Farms Academy) dec. Lily Runez (Choate Rosemary Hall), 10-0
120 Tatianna Irizarry (Choate Rosemary Hall) pin Caitlin O’reilly (St. Paul’s School), 0:55
126 Sara Mclaughlin (Choate Rosemary Hall) pin Sela Rozov (Blair Academy), 1:33
132 Anastasia Rodnikova (Wyoming Seminary) pin Corynne Mcnulty (Blair Academy), 4:47
138 Anberlin Hardy (Mount de Sales Academy) dec. Cindy Zhou (Phillips Academy), 9-6
145 Taina Fernandez (Archbishop Spalding) pin Kesi Tsarni (Bullis), 2:28
152 Ciyanna Okocha (Wyoming Seminary) dec. Amillyiona Green (Abington Friends School), 15-2
165 Alexis Penley (Wyoming Seminary) dec. Sarah Henckel (Blair Academy), 9-4
185 Remington Laflamme (Wyoming Seminary) pin Toni Elliott (Phillips Academy), 2:59
235 (round robin): Kate Osakwe (Noble) 4-0, Rhema Woolcock (Choate RH) 3-1, Gabriah Dowdell (Germantown Friend) 2-2. Key result: Osakwe pin Woolcock, 1:31. Note: Osakwe had 4 pins in 0:38, 2:21, 0:19 and 1:31
3rd Place
100 Olivia Mancha (Choate Rosemary Hall) pin Sophia Chen (Phillips Exeter Academy), 0:15
107 Janie Gerarde (All saints episcopal school) pin Olivia Polansky (Choate Rosemary Hall), 2:06
114 Riley Karwowski (Wyoming Seminary) pin Kirra Mitchell (Mount de Sales Academy), 0:47
120 Alexis Foscone (Wyoming Seminary) pin Esperanza Greer (Bishop Lynch HS), 2:17
126 Autumn Smith (Norfolk Christian) dec. Kate Hayes (Providence Day School), 4-1
132 Tasha Bohorad (Phillips Academy) pin Izzy Steinbcock (William Penn Charter), 2:52
138 Sarah Spencer (St. Paul’s School) pin Leanne La (Choate Rosemary Hall), 2:40
145 Chloe Ross (Choate Rosemary Hall) tech fall Anna Ivanova (Hopkins School), 16-0 2:04
152 Grace Rogers (St. Anne-Pacelli) pin Melissa Soep (The Governor’s Academy), 2:03
165 Bella Shmuylovich (Phillips Academy) pin Niayla Curley (Nmh), 3:18
185 Blake Baker (All saints episcopal school) pin Mya Starks (Choate Rosemary Hall), 0:35
Outstanding wrestler: xx
2026 National Prep School championships brackets and results (FloArena)