Once the referee hit the mat, Jewel knew she just made the impossible. Tears were flowing from her eyes due to the happiness she felt from keeping her promise. “I got this, mom." That was the last text Jewel sent to her mom before she wrestled for her championship match. Little did young, 7th-grade Jewel know, she'd be the one to break the record for Madison that day. The first 7th-grader in the district of Madison to win and be the champion at state wrestling. A great achievement for Madison, indeed.
Jewel’s family consists of her younger brother, Brock Jr., her older sister, Christzel, and her two parents, Brock and Rose. Jewel started wrestling her 4th grade year, about 4 years ago now. What was supposed to be for her brother, Brock, Jewel persuaded her dad if she could come with to his practice. Jewel then started to like wrestling and decided to do it with her brother. She knew nothing about wrestling, but still, she strived to be better everyday. After her first season, she started her training. She was a part of the East River Raptors wrestling team, Madison Elite Wrestling team, American Outlaws Wrestling team, and just this past year, she joined the Berge Elite Wrestling Academy. In the summer of 2025, she had the opportunity to go to the Purler Wrestling summer camp.
The secret to Jewel’s success is her motivation to continue her dad’s legacy, who also became a state champion in his younger years, her desire to make her coaches proud, her aspiration of promoting girls’ wrestling, and being a role model for other little girls. Jewel is now, as of this day, the first Filipino-American to win in the SDSHAA state wrestling championship in the 105 lb. division.