Macey Kilty announced on Instagram that she will be attending the University of Iowa. Kilty won Silver at 65kg at the 2023 Senior World Championships and was a 2018 Cadet World champion. She has won five age-level World medals for Team USA.
Kilty placed second at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Team Trials and recently won Gold at the Pan-Am Championships in Rionegro, Colombia.
Kilty is projected to compete at 138 or 145 at Iowa for her final year of college eligibility.
Originally from Stratford, Wisconsin, Kilty did not attend college and has been competing in International wrestling based out of the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Kilty(62kg) will join Hawkeye teammate Skye Realin(59kg) and Kylie Welker(72kg) representing Team USA at the 2024 U23 World Championships in Tirana, Albania, on October 23-25.
Kilty joins Skye Realin and Katja Osteen as transfers into the program for the 2024-25 season where Iowa will be the defending NCWWC national champions.
The Iowa Women’s Wrestling Recruiting Class of 2024 has seven wrestlers that will be joining the program when classes begin next month.
Career highlights from USA Wrestling:
Senior World Championships silver medalist
U.S. World Team member
U23 World Championships silver medalist
Two-time Junior World Championships medalist
Two-time Cadet World Championships medalist
Pan American Championships gold medalist
Two-time U.S. Olympic Team Trials runner-up
U.S. Open champion
Final X champion
Wisconsin high school state runner-up in the boys division
Transfers
Skye Realin (Central Methodist University) – 131 lbs.
Macey Kilty (U.S. Olympic Training Center/Stratford, Wisconsin) – 138/145
Katja Osteen (U.S.Olympic Training Center/Simon Frasier) – 207 lbs.
Iowa Women’s Wrestling Recruiting Class of 2024
Val Solorio (Canon-McMillan HS, Pennsylvania) – 100 lbs.
Rianne Murphy (Crown Point, IN – Wyoming Seminary) – 105 lbs.
Mia Goodwin (Virginia Beach, VA – Kellam HS) – 110 lbs.
Karlee Brooks (Valiant College Prep, Phoenix, AZ) – 120 lbs.
Cadence Diduch (Freeport, Illinois) – 135 lbs.
Kiara Djoumessi (Waverly-Shell Rock HS, Iowa) – 140 lbs.
Naomi Simon (Decorah, Iowa) – 170 lbs.
It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.
Go Hawks!
