Freshman has already won a Masters title and medaled at the state tournament
When Olivia Davis was in the seventh grade, she went to a wrestling tournament to watch her brother Zahi.“That’s what I want to do,” she recalls thinking. So, she started wrestling, and last weekend in Bakersfield, the Monte Vista High freshman placed third in the state at 137-pounds.“ happened faster than I thought it would. I’ve done jiu jitsu all my life, and I know that helped me mentally. I was used to competition, so something like the state championships didn’t intimidate me.
Monte Vista head coach Jackson Kurz, now in his second year, knew that Olivia was coming because he helped coach Zahi, who won two section titles at 149-pounds but had terrible luck, first having his season ended by COVID and then suffering a foot injury before Masters. “She was 30-4 this year and the only losses were to state champions — Brawley’s Savannah Gomez in the section finals, the Colorado state champ, the 131 finalist and to eventual state champion Gianna Debenedetto of Fair Oaks Bella Vista in the semifinals at state.”Davis lost to Gomez in the section Division II championships, but Gomez was unable to defend her state title because of an injury, so Davis won the Masters meet and advanced. She fell to Debenedetto at state.
She said her brother helped her when she started, and while sometimes it was frustrating because there was no way she could beat an older, stronger, more experienced athlete who showed her no mercy, she said she learned a lot.
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