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Mensah Twins

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    3/31/2015
  • Sport
    Women's Wrestling
  • Bio
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Twin sisters Tamyra (left) and Tarkyia Mensah won national championships on Saturday at the USAW University Nationals in Oklahoma City, giving Wayland its first-ever champions at that event. Tarkyia took first place in the 121-pound class and Tamyra in 152s, each winning all four of their matches. Tamyra recorded three pins and a tech fall, while Tarkyia tallied one win by decision and three tech falls. In the finals, Tarkyia won by a 10-0 tech fall while Tamyra registered a first-period pin. Coach Aaron Meister: "We're very happy to have two national champions. They were both second last year and continued to work hard and improve their wrestling skills, and the end product was two national championships. They're both leaders in our program. We're really hoping Tarkyia will pick up a sponsorship with Titan Mercury like Tamyra has. Both have worked hard. It's exciting and very rewarding as a coach to see all their hard work pay off."


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
11/15/2016 James Quinn Men's Soccer
11/15/2016 Maria Barrera Women's Swimming & Diving
11/9/2016 Guillermo Deal Men's Soccer
11/2/2016 Darryn Hlabangana Men's Soccer
11/2/2016 Brandon Grant Football
10/27/2016 Tamyra Mensah Women's Wrestling
10/27/2016 Yago Xavier Men's Soccer
10/17/2016 Taval Whittaker Men's Soccer
10/17/2016 Alden Mann Football
10/12/2016 Travis White Football
10/12/2016 Raul Almaraz Men's Cross Country
10/4/2016 João Souza Men's Soccer
10/4/2016 Katie Inman Volleyball
9/19/2016 Mitchell Parsley Football
9/19/2016 Natalia Ugalde Women's Golf
9/13/2016 Emmanuel Emmas Men's Soccer
8/22/2016 Mallorie Ellis Volleyball
8/22/2016 Rossanna Ramos Volleyball
6/2/2016 Rochene Smith Women's Track & Field
6/2/2016 Ian Ansett Men's Golf
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