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In 2002, USA Wrestling launched the first Junior Women\u2019s Freestyle National Championships and the tournament joined the four men\u2019s divisions in Fargo, North Dakota. The fifth tournament in Fargo would feature just over 100 young women. One of those first champions was California\u2019s Malinda Ripley. Twenty years later, you\u2019ll still find Ripley on the floor in Fargo, coaching the women of Team California. In July of 2022, I caught up with Ripley to talk about what she remembers about the opportunity presented at that first championship, her drive to go \u201cbig game hunting\u201d in chasing down Mary Kelly of Illinois and what it\u2019s meant to her to coach a generation of girls who didn\u2019t have to break down doors, rather just walk through them as they were opened by people like Ripley.

This is the full interview from the women\u2019s feature released by Mat Talk Online during Fargo back in July.

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\u2028Short Time Wrestling Podcast: Episode 710 \u2013 July 18, 2022