Congratulations to Jayden Dela Rosa! BHS wrestling team member has been hustling this summer as his passion for wrestling and goal orientated mindset have already put him in a path for success. So far he has competed and won first place at the 2023 Junior Division CA State Freestyle Championship in his weight division as a freshman with only 3 years of wrestling experience. "The day prior to winning State, he had to forfeit the cadet tournament due to an injury that was deemed too dangerous to continue to wrestle that day. He refused to sit out in the junior division the following day which fueled his Mamba like motivation. He came back hungry for Gold. As his family celebrated his victory, Jayden was invited to represent California in the 2023 US Marine Corps Junior & 16U Nationals in Fargo, North Dakota which is the most prestigious high school wrestling tournaments aka the superbowl of high school wrestling. Jayden has qualified to wrestle both in the Freestyle and the Roman Greco tournaments at Fargo. Many champions and all Americans placers have gone on to win college national titles, world medals and Olympic medals after making it to Fargo. Jayden's tunnel vision has kicked in as he's started his summer training for Fargo. First stop Iowa Hawkeyes wrestling camp, followed by the Sundevil wrestling camp at Arizona State and then train with Team California before the National tournament." All this hard work does come at a cost and his family has set up a go fund me if you'd like to support this young man on his journey. https://www.gofundme.com/f/jaydens-2023-jr-national-wrestling-championship Burbank High School just started their wrestling program in the 2022-2023 school year to an enthusiastic reception. What a great accomplishment for them and especially for this star athlete. We're proud of you Jayden and wish you continued success at the Nationals 7/15/2023-7/23/2023 in North Dakota!
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