Hawks in the 2024 Olympics and World Championships

The elite level for our great sport of wrestling is representing the United States in International competition on a World or Olympic team.

Iowa Wrestling fans have a lot to follow in the coming months. We will have one wrestler in the Summer Olympics, five competing in the U20 World Championships and two in the U23 World Championships.

The pinnacle of our sport is the Olympics. Spencer Lee will represent the United States at 57kg in Paris at the Summer Olympics on August 8-9.

Lee was dominating in qualifying the United States at 57kg at the World Olympic Games Qualifier in Istanbul, Turkey on May 11.

Lee is currently with Team USA at their last Olympic Training Camp at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

August 8 and 9 cannot get here fast enough.

Brianna Gonzalez(50kg), Cadence Diduch(62kg), Reese Larramendy(65kg) and Naomi Simon(76kg) won U20 Nationals in April. They will represent Team USA at the 2024 U20 World Freestyle Championships in Pontevedra, Spain on September 4-6.

Diduch and Simon are members of the incoming Recruiting Class of 2024.

Ben Kueter will be at 125kg for Team USA at the U20 World Freestyle Championships in Pontevedra, Spain on September 7-8. Kueter won the U20 World Team Trials in Geneva, Ohio in June. Keuter was a 2022 U20 World Champion at 97kg/213 lbs.

Patrick Kennedy won the 79kg title at U23 Nationals in Geneva, Ohio last month. Kennedy will now represent Team USA at the U23 World Freestyle Championships in Tirana, Albania on October 26-27.

Kylie Welker placed fourth at the Olympic Team Trials at 76 kg and made the Senior National Team. As a result she was able to challenge for the 72kg spot on the U23 World Team. 72kg is a non-Olympic weight.

Welker won a best of three wrestle-off last week and will now compete at the U23 World Championships in Tirana, Albania on October 24-25.

I will keep you up to date with a preview for all of our wrestlers competing in the Olympic and World Championships.