U.S. to send powerful team to Senior Pan American Championships in Monterrey, Mexico, May 8-11

USA Wrestling has announced its roster for the 2025 Senior Pan American Championships, set for Gimnasio Nuevo Leon Unido in Monterrey, Mexico, May 8-11. Team USA will send a powerful team loaded with Senior and age-group World medalists.

The competition begins with Greco-Roman, which will be held May 8-9. The USA will send its entire 2025 Senior World Greco-Roman Team, which consists of all of the champion from the recently completed Greco-Roman World Team Trials, as part of the CLAW U.S. Open in Las Vegas.

Leading the U.S. team are 2012 U.S. Olympian Ellis Coleman (63 kg), 2020 U.S. Olympian Alejandro Sancho, 2024 U.S. Olympian Kamal Bey (77 kg) and 2024 U.S. Olympian Payton Jacobson (87 kg). Coleman has competed at previous Senior World Championships, Bey at three Senior World Championships and Sancho at two Senior World Championships. Jacobson has made his first U.S. Senior World Team. Sancho was a 2024 Pan American champion, while Bey was a 2023 Pan American champion.

Cohlton Schultz (130 kg), who has competed at three previous Senior World Championships, is also on the team. The rest of the team will be competing on their first U.S. Senior World Team in September, Jayden Raney (55 kg), Max Black (60 kg), Alston Nutter (67 kg), Beka Melelashvili (82 kg) and Michial Foy (97 kg).

Three of the U.S. Greco stars are past age-group World champions, Schultz (2017 U17 gold), Bey (2017 U20 gold) and Raney (2024 U17 gold). Schultz has two other age-group World medals. Other age-group World medalists on the team are Coleman (2010 U20 bronze, 2011 U20 bronze), Nutter (2019 U20 bronze) and Melalashvili (2024 U23 silver).

Next up is women’s freestyle, which is set for May 9-10. 2024 Olympic silver medalist Kennedy Blades (68 kg) headlines the U.S. team. Also competing for Team USA is two-time Senior World medalist Macey Kilty (65 kg), who won a Senior World silver medal in 2023 and a Senior World bronze medal in 2024. 2024 Senior World bronze medalist Kylie Welker (76 kg) will also compete. Welker was also a 2021 Senior World Team member. Kilty and Welker are past Senior Pan American champions, Welker in 2023 and Kilty in 2024.

Blades and Welker are among the five members of the 2025 Pan American team who were 2025 U.S. Open champions last week in Las Vegas, along with Audrey Jimenez (50 kg), Amanda Martinez (57 kg) and Abigail Nette (59 kg). Nette was a 2022 Senior World Team member and won a CISM Military World silver medal in 2024.

Others on the U.S. women’s team are Jaslynn Gallegos (53 kg), Louisa Schwab (55 kg), SaVannah Cosme (62 kg) and Tiffany Baublitz (72 kg).

Past age-group World champions among the U.S. women are Kilty (2018 U17 gold), Blades (2021 U20 gold) and Welker (2021 U20 gold). Kilty has won six age-group World medals, Welker has won four and Blades has claimed three. Jimenez has won four age-group World medals during her career.

The Pan American Championships conclude with the men’s freestyle competition on May 10-11. The U.S. team is led by 2023 World bronze medalist Zahid Valencia (86 kg). Valencia was a 2022 Senior Pan American champion.

Valencia is one of six 2025 U.S. Open champions who will be competing in Monterrey, along with Jax Forrest (61 kg), Joey McKenna (65 kg), Evan Wick (79 kg), Trent Hidlay (92 kg) and Wyatt Hendrickson (125 kg). Two of the Senior Pan American Championships team members were 2025 U20 Nationals champions in Las Vegas, LaDarion Lockett (74 kg) and Justin Rademacher (97 kg).

Rounding out the U.S. men’s freestyle team are Liam Cronin (57 kg) and Ian Parker (70 kg).

Lockett and Hendrickson are past age-group World champions, with Lockett winning a 2023 U17 gold medal and Hendrickson claiming a 2023 U23 World title. Lockett also won a 2024 U20 World silver medal. McKenna and Hidlay are two-time age-group World medalists, while Forrest and Rademacher have won one age-group World medal.

The 2025 Senior Pan American Championships is part of the UWW Ranking Series, which is used to determine seeds for the Olympic Games, the Senior World Championships and the Senior Continental Championships, and also determines the UWW Best Athlete of the Year awards.

Also held in Monterrey on May 12-13 is the first stop of the 2025 UWW Beach World Series which will be hosted at Canchas Voleibol Playa. The USA will have a team competing in the Beach World Series Monterrey, with the team announced separately later this week.

All of the action will be broadcast live on FloWrestling.

SENIOR PAN AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

At Monterrey, Mexico, May 8-11

U.S. Greco-Roman roster

55 kg: Jayden Raney, Sturgis, Kentucky (New York AC)

60 kg: Max Black, Castle Rock, Colo. (New York AC/NMU-NTS)

63 kg: Ellis Coleman, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Army WCAP)

67 kg: Alston Nutter, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Army WCAP)

72 kg: Alejandro Sancho, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Army WCAP)

77 kg: Kamal Bey, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Army WCAP)

82 kg: Beka Melelashvili, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)

87 kg: Payton Jacobson, Elkhorn, Wis. (New York AC/NMU-NTS)

97 kg: Michial Foy, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Army WCAP) 

130 kg: Cohlton Schultz, Tempe, Ariz. (Atreus WC)

National Greco-Roman Coach: Herb House, Colorado Springs, Colo.

Personal Coach: Spenser Mango, Colorado Springs, Colo.

Personal Coach: Andy Bisek, Marquette, Mich.  

Personal Coach: Bryan Medlin, Deer Creek, Ill.

U.S. Women’s Freestyle roster

50 kg: Audrey Jimenez, Tucson, Ariz. (Lehigh Valley Wrestling RTC/Titan Mercury WC)

53 kg: Jaslynn Gallegos, Naperville, Ill. (Cardinal WC)

55 kg: Louisa Schwab, Menlo Park, Calif. (Menlo WC)

57 kg: Amanda Martinez, Naperville, Ill. (Cardinal WC/Titan Mercury WC)

59 kg: Abigail Nette, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Army WCAP)

62 kg: SaVannah Cosme, Tempe, Ariz. (Atreus WC)

65 kg: Macey Kilty, Stratford, Wis. (Iowa Women’s WC/Titan Mercury WC)

68 kg: Kennedy Blades, Chicago, Ill. (Hawkeye WC/Tigan Mercury WC)

72 kg: Tiffani Baublitz, Warriors Mark, Pa. (Team Pennsylvania)

76 kg: Kylie Welker, Franksville, Wis. (Iowa Women’s WC/Titan Mercury WC) 

National Women's Coach: Terry Steiner, Colorado Springs, Colo.

Personal Coach: Kerry McCoy, Coopersburg, Pa.  

Personal Coach: Eric Larkin, Gilbert, Ariz.

Personal Coach: Mia Macaluso, East Stroudsburg, Pa.

Personal Coach: Izzy Martinez, Sugar Grove, Ill.

U.S. Men’s Freestyle roster

57 kg: Liam Cronin, Lincoln, Neb. (Nebraska RTC/Titan Mercury WC)

61 kg: Jax Forrest, Johnstown, Pa. (Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC)

65 kg: Joey McKenna, Stillwater, Okla. (Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC)

70 kg: Ian Parker, Charlottesville, Va. (Cavalier WC)

74 kg: Ladarion Lockett, Stillwater, Okla. (Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC)

79 kg: Evan Wick, San Gabriel, Calif. (SoCal RTC/Titan Mercury WC)

86 kg: Zahid Valencia, Stillwater, Okla. (Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC)

92 kg: Trent Hidlay, Raleigh, N.C. (Wolfpack RTC/Titan Mercury WC)

97 kg: Justin Rademacher, West Linn, Ore. (Beaver Dam RTC)

125 kg: Wyatt Hendrickson, Stillwater, Okla. (Cowboy RTC/Air Force WCAP)

National Freestyle Coach: Bill Zadick, Colorado Springs, Colo.

Manager of Freestyle Programs: Joe Russell, Colorado Springs, Colo.

Personal Coach: Jamill Kelly, Raleigh, N.C.   

Personal Coach: Zo El Ouarraqe, Stillwater, Okla. 

Personal Coach: Tyler Caldwell, Stillwater, Okla.

Personal Coach: Travis Paulson, Charlottesville, Va.

Personal Coach: John Azevedo, West Covina, Calif.

Personal Coach: Cory Crooks, Corvallis, Ore.

Medical ATC: Matthew Johnson, Colorado Springs, Colo.

Medical ATC: Tessa Valdez, St. Louis, Mo.  

Medical MT: Allison Anderson, Rocklin, Calif.

Medical DC: Jason Durnas, Naperville, Ill.

Medical MD: Sergio Alvarez, Sunnyvale, Calif.  

Nutrition: Nuwanee Tamaki, Colorado Springs, Colo.  

Official - Nick Kindred, Wildomar, Calif.  

Official - Sam Julian, Schuylkill, Pa.

Official - Susanna Sylstad, West Columbia, S.C.  

Official - Jason Babi, Centennial, Colo.

USA Wrestling President - Bruce Baumgartner, Edinboro, Pa.

USA Wrestling Executive Director - Rich Bender, Colorado Springs, Colo.

USA Wrestling Director of Communications and Special Projects - Gary Abbott, Colorado Springs, Colo.

Photographer - Tony Rotundo, Raleigh, N.C.

Chaplin - Jose Campo, Poway, Calif.

Event Schedule

(Monterrey is the same as U.S. Mountain Time Zone)

Thursday, May 8

(Greco-Roman 55 kg- 60 kg- 63 kg -67 kg -77 kg -82 kg -87 kg -130 kg)

10:00 a.m. – Preliminaries

1:00 p.m. – Semifinals

2:00 p.m. – Repechage

4:30 p.m. – Opening Ceremonies

5:00 p.m. – Medal Match finals

Friday, May 9

(Greco-Roman 72 kg -97 kg Women’s Freestyle 50 kg -55 kg -57 kg -62 kg -68 kg -72 kg)

10:00 a.m. – Preliminaries

1:00 p.m. – Semifinals

2:00 p.m. – Repechage

5:00 p.m. – Medal Match finals

Saturday, May 10

(Women’s Freestyle 53 kg -59 kg - 65 kg -76 kg, Men’s Freestyle 61 kg -74 kg -86 kg)

10:00 a.m. – Preliminaries

1:00 p.m. – Semifinals

2:00 p.m. – Repechage

5:00 p.m. – Medal Match finals

Sunday, May 11

(Men’s Freestyle 57 kg -65 kg -70 kg -79 kg -92 kg -97 kg -125 kg)

10:00 a.m. – Preliminaries

1:00 p.m. – Semifinals

2:00 p.m. – Repechage

5:00 p.m. – Medal Match finals