HOLT, Mich. (WILX) - Holt High School senior Molly Root placed fourth in the UWW World Beach Wrestling Championships held recently in Katerini, Greece.

Root, a member of Team USA, helped the team earn a third-place finish overall among 50 participating countries in the Beach Wrestling World Series.

According to Holt High School varsity wrestling coach Stan Granger, Molly is a hardworking and dedicated athlete who consistently trains in the sand at local parks and courts, often on evenings and Saturday mornings.

“Molly has been a student of the sport since she started three years ago,” he said. “She embraced Holt Wrestling’s development process, and then she had the opportunity to compete near Mount Olympus, where wrestling originated. That’s an incredible, first-person history lesson ab

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