The Junior women have weighed in for Fargo, and get started today at 3pm central time. Their brackets can be found on FloArena, but before we do that, we wanted to make you familiar with the three toughest weight classes. Their seed is listed next to their name.

127 Pounds

1. Ronna Heaton, SD
2. Macey Kilty, WI
3. Brenda Reyna, WA
4. Xochitl Mota-Pettis, TX
5. Hailey Cox, UT

Commentary: Ronna Heaton has won a Cadet world title and silver medal, and has been competing up at the senior level this year, placing fourth at the World Team Trials in April.

Macey Kilty teched her way through Pan Ams and then came to Fargo, where she pinned or teched her way though the Cadet field to win the OW. She is up from her 108 title and last year and, along with Heaton, represents two strong possibilities to be on the world team within a few years.



Brenda Reyna pinned Heaton in last year's Fargo finals and also made the junior world team. She is on the opposite side of Heaton, setting up a juicy semi between her and Kilty.

Junior trials finalist Xochitl Mota-Pettis, who pinned Reyna there in Dallas, will have a good quarter with returning All American Hailey Cox for the semi spot against Heaton.

This is Heaton's final Fargo tournament, so she is a strong bet for OW as a career achievement award. Or, if she get upset by one of the girls above, they could also be considered for OW.

117 Pounds

1. Alleida Martinez, CA
2. Cameron Guerin, WA
3. Rory Coscia, CA
4. Amanda Walker, PA
5. Sierra Powell, VA
6. Jasmine Weaver, VA

Commentary: Alleida Martinez is a past Cadet world silver and bronze medalist who has doubled up in Fargo before. Normally the favorite in every tournament she enters, the top seed's stiffest competition will come from the other side of the bracket.

Cameron Guerin, who just won a Cadet Pan Am title, beat Martinez 8-4 in the semis of UWW Cadet trials. Guerin would go on to win the Junior world team spot at 51kg and won the 112lb junior crown last year.



Rory Coscia has placed at Body Bar each of the past three years. Amanda Walker was second at 112lbs last year, and placed in both Cadet and Junior trials. She and her sister Caitlyn are two of the best girls from Pennsylvania, with Amanda placing in both Fargo age levels in 2015. Weaver was second to Martinez last year in the Junior 105 bracket.

112 Pounds

1. ​Autumn Gordon, OH
   
2. Alisha Howk, MO
   
3. Stefana Jelacic, AZ
   
4. Viktorya Torres, WA
   

Commentary: Autumn Gordon was sixth at the senior U.S. Open and also has a folkstyle nationals title to her name. She is in search of her first stop sign and will have a number of potential obstacles in her way. One of those is two seed Alisha Howk, our Cadet world team member this year at 52kg, unquestionably the toughest weight there. She also won a Fargo Cadet title in 2015 before getting second last year. 



Behind Howk is third seed Stefana Jelacic, who just won a Cadet title yesterday and was second at Cadet trials last year. In the four spot is Viktorya Torres, who fell to Jelacic in the Cadet finals. Also here is 2016 Cadet trials champ Merijah Morales.

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