Sofia Macaluso in action at the 2024 Last Chance Olympic Team Trials Qualifier.
2024 U23 Women’s Freestyle World Team Bios
by Savannah Asmann, USA Wrestling
50 kg – Sage Mortimer (Springville, Utah/Titan Mercury WC)
2024: Third at U.S. Olympic Team Trials Challenge tournament…U.S. Olympic Team Trials Challenge True 3rd champion…
2023: Senior Nationals champion… Bill Farrell Memorial International champion…Fourth at US Open…Third at U20 USMC Women’s National Championships…U23 USMC Women’s National Championships runner-up… NCWWC National Championships runner-up…
2022: U20 Pan American Championships gold medalist…Fourth at World Team Trials Challenge tournament…U20 Women’s Nationals runner-up…Third at National Collegiate Women`s Wrestling Championships…
2021: US Marine Corps Junior Nationals champion…Fifth at U23 Women’s Nationals…Third at Junior Women’s Nationals…Last Chance Qualifier champion…
2019: Twelfth at U17 World Championships…USMC/USAW 16U Nationals champion…USMC/USAW Junior Nationals champion…U17 Women’s Nationals champion…Marines Western Regional champion … Marines Western Regional Greco-Roman runner-up…
2018: Seventh at USMC/USAW Junior Greco-Roman Nationals…USMC/USAW Cadet Freestyle Nationals champion…USMC/USAW Junior Freestyle Nationals runner-up…Third at U17 Women’s Nationals… Marines Western Regional Greco-Roman champion…Seventh at USAW Junior Folkstyle Nationals…
2016: U15 Pan American Championships gold medalist…
Personal: Born on January 7, 2003…21 years old…
53 kg – Elena Ivaldi (Rocklin, Calif.)
2024: U23 Pan American Championships bronze medalist...Third at Senior World Team Trials...U23 Women's National Championships champion…Last Chance OTT Qualifier runner-up...
2023: Fifth at Klippan Lady Open...Sixth at USMC U20 Women's National Championships...USMC U23 Women's National Championships runner-up...
2022: Ninth at U17 World Championships...U17 Women’s Nationals champion…CIF State Wrestling Championships Girls champion…
2021: Third at US Marine Corps 16U Nationals…Fifth at Women’s Nationals UWW Cadet Women...
2020: Third at CIF Girls State Championships...
2019: CA-USAW KIDS Freestyle State Schoolgirl champion…USAW/USMC Girls Folkstyle Nationals 14U champion…
Personal: Born on January 25, 2005…19 years old…
55 kg – Amani Jones (Jonesboro, Georgia/Cardinal WC)
2024: U23 Women’s National Championships champion…NCWWC National Championships champion…NCWWC Region IV champion…
2023: U20 World bronze medalist… Fifth at U.S. Open… U20 Nationals champion…
2022: Fourth at U20 Pan-American Championships… U20 Nationals runner-up…
2021: Junior Pan-American Championships gold medalist… Fifth at USMC Junior Nationals… USA Wrestling Beach Nationals runner-up… UWW Junior Nationals runner-up…
2019: USA Wrestling Preseason Nationals champion… USMC 16U Nationals champion… Eighth in UWW Cadet Nationals… USA Wrestling Folkstyle Nationals runner-up…
2018: Third in USMC Cadet Nationals… Fourth in USMC Junior Nationals… Southeast Regional runner-up… Fifth in USA Wrestling Cadet Folkstyle Nationals… Sixth in USA Wrestling Junior Folkstyle Nationals…
Personal: Born on June 10, 2003… 21 years old…
57 kg – Sofia Macaluso (Otisville, N.Y./West Point WC)
2024: Fifth in U23 Pan American Championships… U23 Women’s National Championships champion…Third in Last Chance OTT Qualifier…
2023: Grand Prix of Spain bronze medalist…USMC USAW Senior Beach National Championships champion…USMC USAW U20 Beach National Championships champion…Third in U20 Women’s National Championships…Sixth in NCWWC National Championships…
2022: U20 World Championships silver medalist…Eleventh in Grand Prix of Spain…U20 Women’s Nationals champion… USA Wrestling Girls Folkstyle Nationals champion…
2021: US Marine Corps 16U & Junior Nationals runner-up… Phil Portuese Northeast Regional champion…NY State Women’s USA Junior Freestyle champion…Sixth at U23 Women’s Nationals…Fifth at Junior Women’s Nationals…
2019: USMC/USAW 16U Nationals champion…Fifth at U17 Women’s Nationals…USAW/USMC Girls Folkstyle Nationals champion…USAW/USMC Girls Folkstyle Nationals champion….
2018: Seventh in USMC/USAW U17 Women’s Freestyle Nationals…
Personal: Born on December 3, 2003…20 years old…
59 kg – Skye Realin (Mililani, Hawaii/Iowa Women’s WC)
2024: U23 Pan-American Championships gold medalist…U23 Women`s National Championships champion…
2023: Third in USMC Women`s National Championships…Fifth in NAIA Women’s Wrestling Championships…
2022: Fourth in U20 Women’s Nationals…Fourth in National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Championships…
2021: Third in U20 Women’s Nationals…
2019: U20 Women’s Nationals runner-up…
2018: Seventh in UWW Cadet Women’s Nationals…
Personal: Born on May 2, 2003…21 years old…
62 kg – Macey Kilty (Colorado Springs, Colo./Iowa Women’s WC)
2024: Senior World Team Trials champion… U.S. Olympic Team Trials runner-up…Pan Am Qualifier Wrestle Off runner-up…
2023: Senior World Championships silver medalist…Final X champion… U.S. Open champion… U23 Women’s Nationals champion…
2022: Yasar Dogu (Turkey) silver medalist… Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix (Russia) silver medalist… Fourth in Final X (True Third)… World Team Trials Challenge Tournament runner-up…
2021: Henri Deglane Grand Prix silver medalist… U.S. Olympic Team Trials runner-up…
2020: Eighth in Matteo Pellicone Tournament… U23 Women’s Nationals champion… UWW Junior Nationals champion… U.S. Open (Oct. 2020) runner-up…
2019: U23 World Championships silver medalist… Junior World Championships silver medalist… Grand Prix of Germany bronze medalist… Dave Schultz Memorial International silver medalist… Third in U.S. Open (Dec. 2019)… World Team Trials Challenge Tournament runner-up… UWW Junior Nationals champion… U23 Women’s Nationals champion… Third in U.S. Open (April 2019)…
2018: Junior World Championships silver medalist… Cadet World Championships gold medalist… Cadet Klippan Lady Open (Sweden) silver medalist… UWW Junior Nationals champion… UWW Cadet Nationals champion…
2017: Cadet Pan-American Championships gold medalist… Cadet Klippan Lady Open champion… UWW Cadet World Team Trials runner-up…
2016: Cadet World Championships bronze medalist… UWW Cadet Nationals champion…
Personal: Born March 13, 2001…23 years old…
65 kg – Adaugo Nwachukwu (San Jose, California/Titan Mercury WC)
2024: U23 Pan American Championships silver medalist…Fifteenth at Zagreb Open Ranking Series…
2023: Tenth at U23 World Championships…Seventh at U20 World Championships…Final X runner-up…U.S. Open champion…U20 Nationals champion…U23 Nationals champion…
2022: U20 World Championships bronze medalist in Sofia, Bulgaria…U20 Nationals champion…Third in U.S. Open…
Personal: Born on May 25, 2003… 21 years old…
68 kg – Brooklyn Hays (Lindon, Utah)
2024: U23 Pan American Championships silver medalist…Senior Pan American gold medalist…Fifth in Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane…Third in U.S. Olympic Team Trials Challenge tournament…U23 Women’s National Championships champion…
2023: Fourth at Senior Nationals…Final X True 3rd champion…Third in US Open…Third in U23 USMC Women’s National Championships…Third in U20 USMC Women’s National Championships…Sixth in NCWWC National Championships…
2022: US Marine Corps 16U & Junior Nationals champion…Fifth in U23 Women’s Nationals…Third in U20 Women’s Nationals…USA Wrestling Girls Folkstyle Nationals runner-up…
2021: Third in USAW Girls Folkstyle Nationals…Sixth in USAW HS National Recruiting Showcase…
Personal: Born on November 12, 2003…20 years old…
72 kg – Kylie Welker (Franksville, Wis./Iowa Women’s WC/Titan Mercury WC)
2024: Grand Prix of Spain gold medalist…Fifth in Zagreb Open Ranking Series…Seventh in Pan American Games…U20 Pan American Championships gold medalist…Senior World Team Trials champion…Third in U.S. Olympic Team Trials Challenge tournament…NCWWC National Championships champion…NCWWC Region V champion…
2023: Final X True 3rd champion…Third in Senior WTT Challenge…Fifth in US Open…U20 USMC Women’s National Championships runner-up…
2022: Junior Pan American Games bronze medalist…
2021: Pan American Junior Games bronze medalist… U23 World bronze medalist… Tenth in World Championships… Junior World champion… U23 Nationals champion… UWW Junior Nationals champion… Second in U.S. Olympic Team Trials… Second in Last Chance Olympic Qualifier
2020: Second in UWW Junior Nationals… Third in Klippan Lady Cadet Open (Sweden)
2019: Vorobieyva International Cadet champion (Russia)… UWW Cadet World bronze medalist… 2019 UWW Junior Nationals champion… Third in Klippan Lady Cadet Open (Sweden)…
Personal: Born on December 17, 2003…20 years old…
76 kg – Yelena Makoyed (Orangevale, Calif./Titan Mercury WC)
2024: Poland Open silver medalist… Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane gold medalist… Senior World Team Trials runner-up…U.S. Olympic Team Trials Challenge tournament runner-up…NCWWC National Championships runner-up…NCWWC Region IV champion…
2023: Poland Open silver medalist…Polyak Imre & Varga Janos Memorial bronze medalist…Zagreb Open Ranking Series gold medalist…Fourth in World Cup (Team)…Fourth in Senior WTT Challenge…Third in US Open…NCWWC National Championships champion…
2022: Zouhaier Sghaier Ranking Series gold medalist…Grand Prix of Spain gold medalist…Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series gold medalist…Final X Stillwater runner-up…U23 Women’s Nationals champion…Third in USMC US Open…National Collegiate Women`s Wrestling Championships champion…
2021: U20 Pan American Championships gold medalist…Third in Senior World Team Trials…U20 Pan American Championships gold medalist…U23 Women’s Nationals runner-up…U20 Women’s Nationals runner-up…Fourth in U.S. Olympic Team Trials Challenge tournament…National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Championships champion…
2020: U20 Nationals runner-up…Sixth in U23 Nationals…Cliff Keen WC Women’s National Championships runner-up…
2019: Fifth in Senior Nationals…Sixth in U23 Women’s Nationals…
Personal: Born on May 3, 2001…23 years old…