2025 U20 World Championships Team USA Men’s Freestyle Athlete Bios
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by Richard Immel, USA Wrestling
Ladarion Lockett works a leg lace at the 2025 U20 World Team Trials in Geneva, Ohio.
57 kg – Anthony Knox (Freehold, N.J./Spartan Combat RTC/Titan Mercury WC) #
2025: U20 World Team Trials champion… U20 Nationals champion…
2024: U20 World Team Trials runner-up… Third in U20 Nationals…
2023: U17 World Team Trials runner-up…
2022: USA Wrestling 16U Nationals runner-up… Phil Portuese Northeast Regional champion…
2021: USA Wrestling 16U Nationals champion…
College: Entering freshman year at Cornell University under head coach Mike Grey…
High School: Four-time New Jersey state champion at St. John Vianney…
Personal: Son of Anthony and Debra Knox… Born May 28, 2006… Age 19…
61kg – Marcus Blaze (Perrysburg, Ohio/Perrysburg WC/Titan Mercury WC) #
2025: U.S. Senior National Team member… Final X True-Third match winner… Third in Senior World Team Trials Challenge Tournament… Third in U.S. Open… U20 World Team Trials champion…
2024: U20 World Championships bronze medalist in Pontevedra, Spain… U.S. Senior National Team member… Third in U.S. Olympic Team Trials… Senior World Team Trials Challenge Tournament runner-up… U20 World Team Trials champion…
2023: U17 World Championships gold medalist in Istanbul, Turkey… U17 World Team Trials champion…
2022: USA Wrestling 16U Nationals champion… Central Regional champion…
2021: Fourth in USA Wrestling 16U Nationals… Third in Central Regional…
College: Entering freshman year at Penn State University under head coach Cael Sanderson…
High School: Four-time Ohio state champion at Perrysburg High School…
Personal: Son of Joe and Addie Blaze… Born Nov. 23, 2006… Age 18… 2025 National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award recipient…
65 kg – Luke Stanich (Succasunna, N.J./Lehigh Valley Wrestling RTC) #
2025: U20 Pan American Championships gold medalist in Lima, Peru… U20 World Team Trials champion… U20 Nationals champion…
2022: USA Wrestling Junior Nationals runner-up…
College: Fifth in 2024 NCAA Championships at 125 pounds for Lehigh University under head coach Pat Santoro… 2024 EIWA champion… 2024 Midlands champion… Entering sophomore year…
High School: 2023 New Jersey state champion at Roxbury High School… Four-time state place winner…
Personal: Son of Christopher and Jenifer Stanich… Born March 9, 2005… Age 20…
70 kg – PJ Duke (Slate Hill, N.Y./KD Training Center) #
2025: U.S. Senior World Team member… Final X champion… Senior World Team Trials Challenge Tournament champion… U20 World Team Trials champion… U20 Nationals champion…
2024: U20 World Championships bronze medalist in Pontevedra, Spain… U20 Pan American Championships gold medalist in Lima, Peru… Bill Farrell Memorial International gold medalist… Third in Senior World Team Trials Challenge Tournament… U20 World Team Trials champion… U20 Nationals champion…
2022: USA Wrestling 16U Nationals champion… Phil Portuese Northeast Regional champion…
College: Entering freshman year at Penn State University under head coach Cael Sanderson…
High School: Four-time New York state champion for Minisink Valley High School…
Personal: Son of Peter and Annie Duke… Born July 7, 2006… Age 19…
74 kg – Ladarion Lockett (Stillwater, Okla./Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC) #
2025: Senior Pan American Championships gold medalist in Monterrey, Mexico… U20 World Team Trials champion… U20 Nationals champion…
2024: U20 World Championships silver medalist in Pontevedra, Spain… U20 Pan American Championships gold medalist in Lima, Peru… U20 World Team Trials champion… U20 Nationals champion… U.S. Olympic Team Trials qualifier…
2023: U17 World Championships gold medalist in Istanbul, Turkey… U17 World Team Trials champion…
2022: USA Wrestling 16U Nationals champion… Third in U17 World Team Trials…
College: Entering freshman year at Oklahoma State University under head coach David Taylor…
High School: Four-time Oklahoma state champion for Stillwater High School…
Personal: Son of Jasper and NaShana Lockett… Born Jan. 9, 2006… Age 19…
79 kg – William Henckel (Southbury, Conn./Blairstown WC) #
2025: U20 Pan American Championships gold medalist in Lima, Peru… U20 World Team Trials champion… U20 Nationals champion…
2024: USA Wrestling Junior Nationals runner-up… U20 World Team Trials runner-up… Third in U20 Nationals…
2023: USA Wrestling Junior Nationals runner-up… U20 World Team Trials runner-up…
2022: Fourth in USA Wrestling Junior Nationals… Phil Portuese Northeast Regional runner-up…
2021: USA Wrestling 16U Nationals champion… Frank E. Rader Southeast Regionals runner-up…
College: Entering freshman year at Penn State University under head coach Cael Sanderson…
High School: Two-time National Prep champion and four-time All-American at Blair Academy…
Personal: Son of Bill and Tina Henckel… Born Oct. 25, 2005… Age 19…
86 kg – Max McEnelly (Waconia, Minn./Minnesota RTC) #
2025: U20 World Team Trials champion… U20 Nationals champion…
2024: U20 World Team Trials runner-up… Third in U20 Nationals…
2023: Third in U20 World Team Trials… U20 Nationals runner-up…
2022: U17 World Championships bronze medalist in Rome, Italy… U17 World Team Trials champion…
2021: USA Wrestling 16U Nationals champion…
College: Third in 2025 NCAA Championships at 184 pounds for the University of Minnesota under head coach Brandon Eggum… 2025 Big Ten runner-up… 2025 Big Ten Freshman of the Year… Entering redshirt sophomore year…
High School: Four-time Minnesota state champion at Waconia High School…
Personal: Son of Bret and Kari McEnelly… Born March 29, 2005… Age 20…
92 kg – Connor Mirasola (Jackson, Wis./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) #
2025: U20 Pan American Championships gold medalist in Lima, Peru… U23 Pan American Championships gold medalist in Queretaro, Mexico… U20 World Team Trials champion… U20 Nationals champion…
2024: Fifth in U20 World Championships in Pontevedra, Spain… U20 Pan American Championships gold medalist in Lima, Peru… U20 World Team Trials champion… U20 Nationals champion… U.S. Olympic Team Trials qualifier…
2023: Fourth in U.S. Senior Nationals… USA Wrestling Junior Nationals champion… U20 World Team Trials runner-up… Fifth in U20 Nationals…
2022: USA Wrestling Junior Nationals champion… Northern Plains Regional champion… U17 World Team Trials runner-up…
2021: Third in USA Wrestling 16U Nationals… Northern Plains Regional runner-up… U17 World Team Trials runner-up…
College: Entering redshirt freshman year at Penn State University under head coach Cael Sanderson…
High School: Four-time Wisconsin state champion at West Bend West High School…
Personal: Son of John and Roberta Mirasola… Twin brother of Cole… Born Dec. 29, 2005… Age 19…
97 kg – Justin Rademacher (West Linn, Ore./ Beaver Dam Wrestling RTC) #
2025: Senior Pan American Championships gold medalist in Monterrey, Mexico… U20 Pan American Championships gold medalist in Lima, Peru… U20 World Team Trials champion… U20 Nationals champion…
2024: U20 World Championships bronze medalist in Pontevedra, Spain… U20 World Team Trials champion… U20 Nationals runner-up…
2023: Third in USA Wrestling Junior Nationals in freestyle, fifth in Greco-Roman… Eighth in U20 Nationals… Northwest Regional champion…
2022: Seventh in USA Wrestling Junior Nationals… Seventh in U17 World Team Trials in Greco-Roman… Northwest Regional champion in freestyle and Greco-Roman…
2021: Fourth in USA Wrestling 16U Nationals… Fifth in USA Wrestling National High School Recruiting Showcase…
2020: USA Wrestling Brian Keck Memorial Preseason Nationals champion…
College: 2024 NCAA Championships qualifier at Oregon State University under head coach Chris Pendleton… 2024 Pac-12 runner-up… Entering redshirt sophomore year…
High School: Oregon state champion at West Linn High School…
Personal: Son of Jack and Denise Rademacher… Born May 20, 2005… Age 20…
125 kg – Cole Mirasola (Jackson, Wis./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) #
2025: U20 Pan American Championships gold medalist in Lima, Peru… U20 World Team Trials champion… U20 Nationals champion…
2024: Third in U20 World Team Trials… U20 Nationals runner-up… Fourth in Last Chance Olympic Team Trials Qualifier…
2023: USA Wrestling Junior Nationals runner-up… Third in U20 World Team Trials… Fifth in U20 Nationals…
2022: Fifth in USA Wrestling Junior Nationals… Northern Plains Regional runner-up… Seventh in U17 World Team Trials…
2021: Fourth in USA Wrestling 16U Nationals… Northern Plains Regional champion…
College: Entering redshirt freshman year at Penn State University under head coach Cael Sanderson…
High School: Three-time Wisconsin state champion at West Bend West High School… Four-time state place winner…
Personal: Son of Roberta and John Mirasola… Twin brother of Connor… Born Dec. 30, 2005… Age 19…
