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!

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!

Skye Realin announced that she is transferring to the University of Iowa. Realin will transfer in from Central Methodist University in Missouri where she placed fifth in NAIA at 130 lbs. in 2023. Realin is projected to compete at 131 lbs. for the Hawks.

Realin won the U23 World Team Trials at 59kg in April. She recently won Gold at 59 kg at the U23 Pan American Championships in Rionegro, Colombia with two pins and a tech fall.

Originally from Mililani, Hawaii, Realin attended McKendree University before transferring to Central Methodist.

Realin(59kg) will join Hawkeye teammate Kylie Welker(72kg) to represent Team USA at the 2024 U23 World Championships in Tirana, Albania, on October 23-25.

Realin joins Katja Osteen as a transfer 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.

Transfers

Skye Realin (Central Methodist University/McKendree University) – 131 lbs.

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!

Incoming recruit Karlee Brooks won a Junior National title at 125 lbs. in Fargo. Brooks defeated Rose Kaplan of Indiana by a 10-0 tech fall in the finals.

Brooks was 6-0 with five tech falls and a decision. Her only full match was a 5-3 semifinal round win over defending national champion Kaidance Gerg of Idaho, 5-3.

Mia Goodwin was 2-2 at 110 lbs. and did not place. Kiara Djoumessi was 4-2 and did not place at 140 lbs.

Brooks, originally from Phoenix, Arizona, is in Colorado Springs, Colorado at the U.S. Olympic Training Center as a member of the EAP (Elite Accelerator Program). 

She was named OW at the Girls National High School Recruiting Showcase in April after winning the title at 120 lbs. Brooks was a 53 KG/117 lbs. U17 National champion and placed fifth at the 2023 U17 World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey.

In the National Girls High School Rankings Brooks is ranked #1 at 120 lbs. and #16 in the P4P rankings. Djoumessi is ranked #15 at 140 and Goodwin is not ranked at 110.

Brooks, Goodwin and Djoumessi are members of the Iowa Women’s Wrestling Recruiting Class of 2024.

Junior Nationals in Fargo, North Dakota

Mia Goodwin (VA) – 110

Rd of 64: Mia Goodwin (VA) fall Courtnl Chuway (IL)

Rd of 32: Jayden Keller (MO) tech fall  Mia Goodwin (VA) 10-0

Consi 32 #2   : Mia Goodwin (VA) VPO1 Carly Boenau

Consi 16#1 : Joy Cantu (IN) tech fall Mia Goodwin (VA) 10-0

Karlee Brooks – 125

Rd of 64: Karlee Brooks (AZ) tech fall Hannah Blyvels (MI) 11-0

Rd of 32: Karlee Brooks (AZ) tech fall Neveah Wilson (IN) 10-0

Round of 16: Karlee Brooks (AZ) tech fall Isabella DeSilva (TX) 11-0

Quarterfinals: Karlee Brooks (AZ) tech fall Ragan Retell (NY) 10-0

Semifinals: Karlee Brooks (AZ) decision Kaidance Gerg (ID) 5-3

Finals: Karlee Brooks (AZ) tech fall Rose Kaplan (IN) 10-0

Kiara Djoumessi (IA) – 140

Rd 64: Kiara Djoumessi (IA) fall Isabella Welner (AR)

Rd 32: Kiara Djoumessi (IA) fall Bryann Bower (MI)

Rd 16: Lexi Ritchie (IL) fall Kiara Djoumessi (IA)

Consi 16 #2: Kiara Djoumessi (IA) fall Madeline Zerafa (IL)

Consi 8 #1: Kiara Djoumessi (IA) VPO1 Vivienne Gitke (CO) 10-3

 Consi 8 #2: Amella Fawcett (AK) fall Kiara Djoumessi (IA)

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

The largest wrestling tournament in the world begins today. Incoming Iowa recruits will be competing for the next week in Fargo, North Dakota in the Dakota Dome in Junior National Freestyle and Greco-Roman competition.

Junior Girls competition will be on Saturday and Sunday with Mia Goodwin(110), Karlee Brooks(125), and Kiara Djoumessi(145) taking the mats.

Junior Boys will be Monday through Wednesday for Dru Ayala(120), Keyan Hernandez(125), Kale Voinovich(157), and Brady Benham(175).

Leister Bowling(175) will compete in Junior Greco-Roman on Friday and Saturday, July 19-20.

All of the recruits listed are in the Recruiting Class of 2024 except Bowling who is in the Class of 2025.

Iowa Assistant Wrestling Coach Ryan Morningstar will be coaching for Team Iowa. Morningstar has coached for Iowa at Fargo since 2010.

Full coverage will be available on the premium service of FloWrestling.

I will have follow-up blogs with results.

Junior National Freestyle

Mia Goodwin (VA) – 110

Karlee Brooks (AZ) – 125

Kiara Djoumessi (IA) – 145

Dru Ayala (IA) – 120

Keyan Hernandez (MT) – 126

Kale Voinovich (IA)- 157

Brady Benham (OK) – 175

Greco-Roman

Leister Bowling (CO) – 165 

Saturday, July 13

Session I –

9:00 AM to 2:00 PM 

Junior Girls: Championship (3 Rds) and Consolation (2 or 3 Rds)  

Session II –
4:00 PM to 8:00 PM 

16U Girls/Junior Girls: Championship & Quarterfinals and Consolation (4 Rds)  

Sunday, July 14

Session III –
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM 

Junior Girls: Semifinals (2 Mats); Consolation and Consolation Semifinals (3 Rds) 

Session IV –
12:00 PM to 2:00 PM Junior Girls: 3rd-8th Medal Matches  

Session V –
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM 

Junior Girls: Parade of Champions and Championship Finals 

Monday, July 15

Session VI –
9:00 AM to 2:30 PM 

Boys Freestyle:  Championship (4 Rds) and Consolation (5 Rds) 

Session VII –
3:30 PM to 8:30 PM 

16U BoysFreestyle:  Championship (4 Rds) and Consolation 5 Rds) 

Tuesday, July 16

Session VIII –

9:00 AM to 1:30 PM 

JR Boys Freestyle:  Championship (1 Rd) and Consolations (2 Rds) 

Session IX –
3:00 PM to 7:00 PM  

JR Boys Freestyle:  Championship & Quarterfinals (2 Rds) and Consolation (3 Rds)  

Wednesday, July 17

Session X –
10:00 AM to 12:30 PM 

16U Boys/JR Boys Freestyle:  Semifinals, Consolation (3 Rds), and Consolation Semifinals

Session XI –
3:00 PM to 4:30 PM  

16U Boys/JR Boys Freestyle:  3rd-8th Medal Matches  

Session XII –
5:30 PM to 8:00 PM  

16U Boys/JR Boys Freestyle:  Parade of Champions and Championship Finals  

Friday, July 19

Session XIII –
9:00 AM to 2:30 PM 

JR Boys Greco-Roman:  Championship (4 Rds) and Consolation (5 Rds) 

Session XIV –
3:30 PM to 8:30 PM 

Boys Greco-Roman:  Championship (4 Rds) and Consolation 5 Rds) 

Saturday, July 20

Session XV –
9:00 AM to 1:00 PM 

16U Boys/JR Boys Greco-Roman:  Quarterfinals, Semifinals (2 Rds) and Consolation (3 or 4 Rds) 

Session XVI –
3:00 PM to 5:00 PM 

16U Boys/JR Boys Greco-Roman:  Consolations, Consolation Semifinals, and 3rd-8th Medal Matches (4 Rds) 

Session XVII –
6:00 PM to 8:30 PM 

16U Boys/JR Boys Greco-Roman:  Parade of Champions and Finals    

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

Iowa Hawkeye Ella Schmit dominated in winning the Gold at 65kg/143 lbs. at the U20 Pan American Championships in Lima, Peru. This marked the second straight year that Schmit won Gold at 65kg at the U20 Pan Ams.

Schmit was 4-0 with two falls and two tech falls. After a first round fall over Michelle Olea Ruiz of Mexico in 1:24 Schmit won by a 10-0 and 11-0 tech fall over wrestlers from Puerto Rico and Peru. In the final round she pinned Olea Ruiz of Mexico in 1:06 for the Gold medal.

Schmit placed 7th at 143 lbs. at NCWWC Nationals as a member of the 2024 national championship Hawkeye team. Schmit led the Hawks with 15 pins this season. She placed second at U20 Nationals to earn a spot on Team USA to compete at the Pan Ams.

Originally from Bettendorf, Iowa, Schmit was the 2022 Dan Gable Ms. Wrestler of the Year.

2024 U20 Pan American Championships in Lima, Peru.

65 kg – Ella Schmit (Bettendorf, Iowa/Iowa Women’s WC), Gold

WIN Michelle Olea Ruiz (Mexico), fall, 1:24

WIN Ana Torres Cardona (Puerto Rico), tech. fall, 10-0

WIN Sheyla Pedragas Moreno (Peru), tech. fall, 11-0

WIN Michelle Olea Ruiz (Mexico), fall, 1:06

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

Incoming recruit Otto Black won the Gold at 63kg/138 lbs. at the U20 Pan American Championships in Lima, Peru.

Black was 3-0 with two tech falls to win the title. In the first round Black won by a 9-0 tech fall over Vitor De Medeiros Alves of Brazil. The second match was a 2-0 decision over Zachary Marrero of Puerto Rico. In the third round Black won by a 14-3 tech fall over Patrick Rodriguez Quinto of Ecuador.

Black won U20 Greco-Roman Nationals in April and the U20 World Team Trials in May. He will represent Team USA at the 2024 U20 Greco-Roman World Championships in Pontevedra, Spain on September 3.

Black, from Park, Colorado, won a 138 lbs. 4A Colorado state title this season with a 52-0 record. He was a Junior Greco-Roman national champion at 126 in 2022 and 132 in 2023 and is a member of the Iowa Wrestling Recruiting Class of 2024.

2024 U20 Pan American Championships in Lima, Peru.

63 kg – Otto Black (Parker, Colo.), Gold

WIN Vitor De Medeiros Alves (Brazil), tech. fall, 9-0

WIN Zachary Marrero (Puerto Rico), 2-0

WIN Patrick Rodriguez Quinto (Ecuador), tech. fall, 14-3

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

The University of Iowa led the nation in attendance in 2023-24 for a record 17th straight year. The Hawks had 89,082 fans attend a dual meet in legendary Carver-Hawkeye Arena for an average of 14,847 fans per dual meet.

 Penn State(7,337 fans per dual) was second and Iowa State(6,691 fans per dual) was third.

This marked the 25th straight year that Iowa has averaged more than 8,000 fans per dual meet.

Iowa has led the nation in attendance in every season that Tom Brands has been the head coach starting with the 2006-07 season.

Iowa has led the nation in home attendance in 21 of the 22 seasons it has been tracked.

What has impressed me the most is that Iowa has sold out Carver-Hawkeye Arena in early November before the start of the season in each of the last three years. That is amazing.

Hawk fans will be looking forward to seeing the Hawks make their entrance from the new state of the art wrestling facility through a tunnel and onto the floor of Carver Hawkeye Arena. A sellout crowd will be more than ready to go. I cannot wait.

The full Iowa Wrestling schedule for the 2023-24 season was released on October 17 last year. I will keep you up to date when the 2024-25 schedule is released.

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

Todd Conner

All American Ella Schmit and incoming recruit Otto Black will be competing at the U20 Pan American Championships in Lima, Peru.

Greco-Roman is on Thursday and women’s freestyle on Friday.

Black will represent Team USA at 63kg and will face Vitor De Medeiros Alves of Brazil in the first round.

Schmit will face Ana Torres Cardona of Puerto Rico at 65kg.

Schmit is the defending 65kg Pan Am champion after winning the Gold in Chile last year.  

Schmit placed 7th at NCWWC Nationals as a member of the 2024 national championship Hawkeye team.

Originally from Bettendorf, Iowa, Schmit was the 2022 Dan Gable Ms. Wrestler of the Year.

Black won U20 Greco-Roman Nationals in April and the U20 World Team Trials in May. He will represent Team USA at the 2024 U20 Greco-Roman World Championships in Pontevedra, Spain on September 2-8 .

Black, from Park, Colorado, won a 138 lbs. 4A Colorado state title this season with a 52-0 record and is a member of the Iowa Wrestling Recruiting Class of 2024.

Live coverage of Pan Ams will be available on the FloWrestling premium service.

I will have a follow up blog with results.

U20 Pan American Championships in Lima, Peru

***Times listed are CST

Thursday, July 11 – Greco-Roman

10 AM – Qualification rounds, repechage

5PM – Medal matches

Friday, July 12 – Women’s Freestyle

10 AM – Qualification rounds, repechage

5PM – Medal matches

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

The final National Girls High School Rankings for the 2023-24 season have been released. The rankings are a product of USA Wrestling, FloWrestling, and the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.

Six of the seven incoming recruits for Iowa are ranked. Karlee Brooks remained #1 at 120 and is #16 in the P4P (Pound for Pound). Cadence Diduch is #2 at 135 and #12 P4P and Naomi Simon is #2 at 170 and #13 P4P.

Rianne Murphy went from #4 to #2 at 105 and Val Solorio remained at #4 at 100 lbs. Kiara Djoumessi is #15 at 140 and Mia Goodwin is not ranked after being #29 at 110 in the last rankings.

Cadence Diduch(62kg) won Bronze and Naomi Simon(76kg) placed fifth at the Grand Prix of Spain last weekend.

Diduch and Simon won U20 Nationals in April. They will represent Team USA at the 2024 U20 World Freestyle Championships in Pontevedra, Spain on September 2-8.

I will have a preview and follow up blogs with results as our recruits compete at Junior Nationals in Fargo on Saturday and Sunday, July 13-14.

Iowa Women’s Wrestling Recruiting Class of 2024 in the National Girls High School Rankings

Val Solorio (Canon-McMillan HS, Pennsylvania) – #4 at 100 lbs.

Rianne Murphy (Crown Point, IN – Wyoming Seminary) – #2 at 105 lbs.

Mia Goodwin (Virginia Beach, VA – Kellam HS) – Not ranked at 110 lbs.

Karlee Brooks  (Valiant College Prep, Phoenix, AZ) – #1 at 120 lbs., #16 P4P

Cadence Diduch (Freeport, Illinois) – #2 at 135 lbs. #12 P4P

Kiara Djoumessi (Waverly-Shell Rock HS, Iowa) –  #15 at 140 lbs.

Naomi Simon (Decorah, Iowa) – #2 at 170 lbs., #13 P4P

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!