World team trials brackets
Event Venue
Norton Healthcare Sports & Learning Center3029 W Muhammad Ali Blvd
Louisville, KY 40212
Event Director
Pete Isaispisais@usawrestling.org
All athletes who are U.S. citizens, meet the Senior age group requirements and have fulfilled the existing qualifying procedures are eligible to participate at the 2025 USA Wrestling Senior World Team Trials Challenge Tournament Click here for the 2025 qualification procedures.
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Scratch weight -
Senior Athletes:
Men's Freestyle
Athletes born in 2007 or before are eligible
*** limited weights depending on World Medalist declarations. The event only applies in weight categories where a 2024 Senior Men’s Freestyle Olympic Medalist or 2024 Senior Men’s Freestyle World Medalist did not accept their automatic berth to Final X or where there is no 2024 Senior Men’s Freestyle Olympic Medalist or 2024 Senior Men’s Freestyle World Medalist.
Women's Freestyle
Athletes born in 2007 or before are eligible.
*** limited weights
World Team Trials' Brackets Released
Pennsylvania Regional Training Center members, B.J. Futrell, Chase Pami, and Richard Perry will be competing to make their first World Team tomorrow in Lincoln, Nebraska. In order to do so, each wrestler will have to battle their way through a mini tournament and then face a well rested opponent in the finals in a best two out of three series. The wrestlers waiting in the finals earned their spots by winning Olympic medals in 2016 or winning the 2017 U.S. Open.
At 65 kg, B.J. Futrell is the second seed. In his opening match he will face 2x NCAA champion, Dean Heil, from Oklahoma State. If he makes it to the trial tournament finals he will most likely face 2x NCAA champion and last year’s Dan Hodge award winner, Zain Retherford from Penn State. Waiting in the finals is 2016 Olympian, Frank Molinaro, formerly of the Nittany Lion Wrestling Club and now training out of Virginia Tech. B.J. is currently ranked 10th in the world, and has not yet wrestled the unranked Retherford or the 11th ranked Molinaro.
At 70 kg, Chase Pami earned the 3rd seed and will face freestyle veteran, Jason Chamberlain in his opening bout. The top seed in the bracket,
2025 Freestyle Wrestling U20 World Team Trials Results
Wrestling is underway in Geneva, Ohio. First up - Greco-Roman. Below are all the U20 men's freestyle results from the tournament. The best-of-three winners will represent Team USA at the U20 World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. Brackets can be found on USA Wrestling bracketing HERE.
2025 U20 Freestyle World Team
57 - Anthony Knox
61- Marcus Blaze
65 - Luke Stanich
70 - PJ Duke
74 - Ladarion Lockett
79 - William Henckel
86 - Max McEnelly
92 - Connor Mirasola
97 - Justin Rademacher
125 - Cole Mirasola
Finals Results
57 - Ignacio Villasenor, CWC over Anthony Knox, SCRT (Dec 3-2 )
57 - Anthony Knox, SCRT over Ignacio Villasenor, CWC (Dec 13-5 )
57 - Anthony Knox, SCRT over Ignacio Villasenor, CWC (TF 10-0 (0:36) )
61 - Marcus Blaze, TMWC over Kyler Larkin, VWC (TF 10-0 (5:42) )
61 - Marcus Blaze, TMWC over Kyler Larkin, VWC (Dec 4-1 )
65 - Luke Stanich, LVWR over Bo Bassett, TMWC (Dec 3-2 )
65 - Bo Bassett, TMWC over Luke Stanich, LVWR (Dec 3-2 )
65 - Luke Stanich, LVWR over Bo Bassett, TMWC (TF 10-0 (5:15) )
70 - PJ Duke, KTCT over Landon Robideau, CRTM (Dec 7-0 )
70 - PJ Duke, KTCT over Landon Robidea
Scoreboard
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2025 World Team Trials Challenge Tournament Results
The 2025 World Team Trials Challenge Tournament is currently underway in Louisville, Kentucky. The winner of every bracket at this event will advance to Final X on June 14th to compete for a spot on the 2025 world team. You can watch this event live only on FloWrestling and follow along with the results in the article below.
Men's Freestyle
Finials
65 - Real Woods, CKWT over Brock Hardy, NRTM (Dec 10-6)
70 - PJ Duke, TMWC over Bryce Andonian, STMW (Dec 4-1 )
74 - David Carr, CRTM over Jarrett Jacques, TSWC (Dec 2-0 )
79 - Levi Haines, TMNL over Dean Hamiti Jr, CRTM (Dec 10-2 )
86 - Kyle Dake, NLWT over Carter Starocci, NLTM (Dec 3-3 )
92 - Joshua Barr, NLTM over Aeoden Sinclair, TSWC (Dec 7-3 )
97 - Hayden Zillmer, GWC over Jonathan Aiello, PRTM (Dec 5-3 )
125 - Trent Hillger, GWC over Demetrius Thomas, NYAC (Dec 10-4 )
3rd Place
65 - Marcus Blaze, TMWC over Carter Young, CRTM (Dec 4-0 )
70 - Ian Parker, CWC over Ridge Lovett, NRTM (Dec 5-4 )
74 - Joseph Blaze, BORT over Quincy Monday, NTMW (Dec 7-2 )
79 - Simon Ruiz, SCRT over Ethan Riddle, MIRT (TF 11-1 (2:38) )
86 - Parker Keckeisen, PWCR over Marcus Col