Junior Kali Gracy is a unique athlete. Out of approximately 50 members on the wrestling team, Gracy is the only female wrestler.
Gracy began wrestling at the age of five with the goal of following in her brother’s footsteps and eventually surpassing him.
“I’ve just kept it up because I like beating up guys,” said Gracy.
Being a female in a male-dominant sport like wrestling can potentially create compromising situations. Although the boys she wrestles against “sometimes grab in awkward places,” Gracy said she wasn’t uncomfortable wrestling anyone.
“I’ve had a guy cry because they didn’t want to wrestle me,” Gracy said. “But it doesn’t bother me [to wrestle guys] because we’re both the same weight and the same ability.”
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