Iowa Wrestling fans will have a lot to follow in the upcoming months.
First up will be the Senior Pan American Championships in Monterrey, Mexico this weekend. Kennedy Blades will compete on Friday, May 9th and Kylie Welker and Macey Kilty on Saturday, May 10.
The 2025 Senior Pan American Championships is part of the UWW Ranking Series which is used to determine seeds for the Olympic Games and the Senior World Championships.
The Senior World Team Challenge Tournament will be in Louisville, Kentucky on May 16-17 to finalize the lineup for Final X.
Michael Caliendo(74 kg) and incoming recruit Bo Bassett(65 kg) are registered to compete.
I am looking forward to the U20 World Team Trials and U23 Nationals in Geneva, Ohio on May 30-June 1. U20 WTT is becoming one of my favorite tournaments of the entire year.
Incoming recruit Leister Bowling has already qualified for the Best 2 of 3 bouts at 77 kg/169 lbs. in Greco-Roman for U20.
Team USA for the 2025 World Championships will be determined at Final X in Newark, New Jersey on Saturday, June 14.
Spencer Lee has already qualified for the Best 2 of 3 bouts at 57 kg from being a 2024 Olympic silver medalist.
Brianna Gonzalez(53 kg), Kennedy Blades(68 kg) and Kylie Welker(76 kg) qualified for Final X by recently winning a U.S. Open title. Macey Kilty qualified for Final X at 65 kg by winning a bronze medal at the 2024 World Championships.
The winner at Final X will represent Team USA at the 2025 World Freestyle Championships in Zagreb, Croatia on September 14-18.
The largest wrestling in the world, by far, will once again be Junior and U16 Nationals in Fargo, North Dakota on July 10-17. That is more than a week of great wrestling competition.
There is no off season in our sport of wrestling. We will be kept busy right up until classes start at the University of Iowa on August 25. For me the new wrestling year begins at an open practice in the Iowa Wrestling room on the first home football game Saturday and that will be August 30.
Senior Pan American Championships in Monterrey, Mexico on May 9-10
2025 Senior World Team Challenge Tournament in Louisville, Kentucky on May 16-17
Men’s U20 World Team Trials and U23 Nationals in Geneva, Ohio on May 30-June 1
Final X in Newark, New Jersey on June 14
Junior Duals in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on June 20-21
Junior and 16U Nationals in Fargo, North Dakota on July 10-19
2025 U20 World Championships in Sophia, Bulgaria on August 18-24
2025 Senior World Freestyle Championships in Zagreb, Croatia on September 14-18
2025 U23 World Championships in Novi Sad, Serbia on October 20-26
Classes begin at the University of Iowa on August 25.
First home Iowa Football game for potential open wrestling practice on August 30.
It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.
Go Hawks!
