Marissa Gallegos to compete at U.S. Olympic Trials

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - Colorado Mesa’s Redshirt Sophomore Marissa Gallegos will compete at the United States Olympic Team Trials at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas on April 3rd and 4th.

She will have a chance at making the U.S. Women’s Olympic Freestyle Wrestling Team. This is the first time a CMU Maverick has gone to the Olympic Trials for women’s wrestling.

Gallegos is seeded number 11 at 53 kg and will likely match-up with number 6 seed Alisha Howk for her first match-up of the weekend.

To qualify for the Olympic Team, the Denver native will have to win the tournament, then have a best two-of-three showdown with Jacarra Winchester, who qualified for the Olympics at the 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualifier.

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The Olympic Trials will be streamed on Peacock and broadcast on NBCSN at the times below:

Friday April 2 - 10am on Peacock https://www.peacocktv.com/ 6:30pm on NBCSN https://www.nbcsports.com/

Saturday April 3 - 12pm on Peacock, 6:30pm on NBCSN