Age-group wrestlers make their mark at 2025 USA Wrestling Beach Nationals in Carolina Beach

CAROLINA BEACH, N.C.—The 20th Beach National Championships were held in Carolina Beach, North Carolina, on May 10, with over 300 athletes competing in the sand.

The Beach Wrestling community from North Carolina USA Wrestling and the local sports commission created a successful event, which included numerous age levels for boys and girls, as well as a Masters division for men.

Boys champions were crowned in the 8U, 10U, 12U, 14U, 16U, and Junior levels. Girls champions were crowned at the 10U, 12U, 14U, 16U and Junior levels. There were 11 groups in the Masters division that wrestled on the beach on Saturday.

Full brackets and results can be found on USA Bracketing. The recap of the Senior division and U17/U20 divisions of the 2025 Beach Wrestling National tournament is on TheMat.com.

At Carolina Beach, North Carolina, May 10, 2025

Final Results

8U Boys - 80

1st - Declan Edge (Lost Boyz Wrestling Club)

2nd - Elva Placencia-foy (North Carolina)

8U Boys - 45

1st - Elijah Johnson (Carolina Elite Wrestling Club)

2nd - Avalyn Lusk (Wisconsin)

10U Boys - 10U Boys 1

1st - Dylan Conger (North Carolina)

2nd - Javon Dean (Texasports Wrestling)

3rd - Kyle Savage (Scanlan Wrestling Academy)

4th - Parker Geouge (Western Carolina Wrestling Club)

10U Boys - 10U Boys 2

1st - Lachlan Smith (North Carolina)

2nd - Treyson Denning (North Carolina)

3rd - Lawson Edge (Lost Boyz Wrestling Club)

10U Girls - 10U Girls

1st - Jaylen "Rain" Erwin (Western Carolina Wrestling Club)

2nd - Cerelia Lusk (Wisconsin)

3rd - Chloe Cullen (North Carolina)

12U Girls - 12U Girls 1

1st - Natalie Shaver 

2nd - Zoe Augenstein 

3rd - Payton Cullen (North Carolina)

12U Girls - 12U Girls 2

1st - Bella Hayes (Carolina Elite Wrestling Club)

2nd - MacKenzie Withrow (Croatan High School Wrestling)

12U Boys - 12U Boys 1

1st - Ronan Smith (North Carolina)

2nd - Cael Quinlin (Bear Cave Wrestling Club)

3rd - Elohim Johnson (Carolina Elite Wrestling Club)

4th - Ryder Yezarski (North Carolina)

12U Boys - 12U Boys 2

1st - TJ Markijohn (Sly Fox Wrestling Club)

2nd - Gage Benfield 

3rd - David Hayes (Carolina Elite Wrestling Club)

4th - Jayko Erwin (Western Carolina Wrestling Club)

5th - Asher Robinette (North Carolina)

12U Boys - 12U Boys 3

1st - Daniel Aparicio (North Carolina)

2nd - Landon Bradford (North Carolina)

3rd - Timothy Little (Lumberton High School Wrestling)

4th - Madon Davis (Mitchell Youth Wrestling)

5th - Leo Guerra 

14U Boys - 14U Boys 1

1st - Jake Geist (Carolina Elite Wrestling Club)

2nd - Cainan Rolls (North Carolina)

3rd - Elijah Alicea 

4th - Derek Cullen (North Carolina)

14U Boys - 14U Boys 2

1st - Bentley Weaver (Sly Fox Wrestling Club)

2nd - Brennan Allen (North Carolina)

3rd - Thor Oftedal (Carolina Elite Wrestling Club)

4th - Benjami Ellison (North Carolina)

14U Boys - 14U Boys 3

1st - Ian Winchell (North Carolina)

2nd - Jay Anderson (Carolina Elite Wrestling Club)

3rd - Eduardo Velasquez (Carolina Elite Wrestling Club)

14U Girls - Madison

1st - JayceeMae Erwin (Western Carolina Wrestling Club)

2nd - Kylie Geouge (Western Carolina Wrestling Club)

16U Boys - 16U Boys 1

1st - Tyler Gardner (Carolina Elite Wrestling Club)

2nd - Gavin Strawn (Carolina Elite Wrestling Club)

3rd - Esteban Placencia (North Carolina)

4th - Brett Mclean (Western Carolina Wrestling Club)

5th - Bronson Kasper (Athens Drive High School Wrestling (Mad Cow WC))

16U Boys - 16U Boys 2

1st - Matthew Fleming (Athens Drive High School Wrestling (Mad Cow WC))

2nd - Mason Schoen (North Carolina)

3rd - Julian Hoover (Carolina Elite Wrestling Club)

4th - Randall Shaver 

5th - Liam Parisi (North Carolina)

16U Boys - 16U Boys 3

1st - Jamie Baldwin (Virginia)

2nd - Asher Zachary (North Carolina)

3rd - John Brady (North Carolina)

4th - Ayden Little (Lumberton High School Wrestling)

5th - David Williamson (Lumberton High School Wrestling)

16U Boys - 16U Boys 4

1st - Elijah Allinen (North Carolina)

2nd - Jaycob Perez (North Carolina)

3rd - Asher Goodlow (North Carolina)

4th - Jaylen Hughes 

5th - Jonathon Smith (North Carolina)

16U Boys - 16U Boys 5

1st - Jake Klotz (Athens Drive High School Wrestling (Mad Cow WC))

2nd - Vincent Valentino (Laney High School Wrestling)

3rd - Carson Lane 

4th - Ethan Harringer (Western Carolina Wrestling Club)

5th - Eason Stouff (Top Dawg)

16U Boys - 16U Boys 6

1st - Magnus Michaelson (NWWC)

2nd - Ian Helms (Lost Boyz Wrestling Club)

3rd - Jonah Perdue (Florida)

4th - Bennett Darden (Athens Drive High School Wrestling (Mad Cow WC))

5th - Nicholas Castro (Top Dawg)

16U Boys - 16U Boys 7

1st - Adrian Guerra (Virginia)

2nd - Chris Rahn 

3rd - Brayden Furtado (Carolina Elite Wrestling Club)

4th - Andrew Robinson (Sly Fox Wrestling Club)

5th - Juniel Guillen (Athens Drive High School Wrestling (Mad Cow WC))

16U Boys - 16U Boys 8

1st - Ryann Hodgins (Top Dawg)

2nd - Jacob Bowen 

3rd - Adrian Mendez (Top Dawg)

4th - Mason Hocker (North Carolina)

16U Girls - 16U Girls 1

1st - Charlotte VanPelt (Carolina Elite Wrestling Club)

2nd - Adriana Gruner 

3rd - Katie Stowe (Western Carolina Wrestling Club)

16U Girls - 16U Girls 2

1st - Mackenzie Shaver 

2nd - Ava McCoy 

3rd - Maliyah Jackson 

4th - Melody Mauney (Mad Dogs WC)

5th - Keily Villatoro Hernandez (Chapel Hill High School Wrestling)

16U Girls - 16U Girls 3

1st - Nadia Johnson (West Virginia)

2nd - Abigail Hurlburt (North Carolina)

3rd - KYLA HURLBURT (North Carolina)

Junior Boys - JR Boys 1

1st - Lucas Angstadt (North Carolina)

2nd - Kylen Beheler (North Carolina)

3rd - Ayden Arrington (Laney High School Wrestling)

4th - Raymi Robles (Croatan High School Wrestling)

Junior Boys - JR Boys 2

1st - Bryson Perkins 

2nd - Rainer Schlosser 

3rd - Nathan Bastuscheck (Virginia)

4th - William Coykendall (North Carolina)

5th - nickolas tann (North Carolina)

Junior Boys - JR Boys 3

1st - Jaylen Bethea (Forge Wrestling)

2nd - Hunter Hinkle (Southeast Ohio Wrestling Club)

3rd - Samuel McQueen (Laney High School Wrestling)

4th - Faithful Fulcher (North Carolina)

5th - Nate Banks (North Carolina)

Junior Boys - JR Boys 4

1st - Kaiser Perkins 

2nd - Elijah Watts (North Carolina)

3rd - Gael Zagazeta (Laney High School Wrestling)

4th - Trevor Britton (Top Dawg)

Junior Boys - JR Boys 5

1st - Christopher Aparicio (North Carolina)

2nd - Eli Thomas (Laney High School Wrestling)

3rd - Elijah Collins (North Carolina Wrestling Factory)

4th - Joaquin Leunda Freeman 

5th - Armen Hrihorian (Athens Drive High School Wrestling (Mad Cow WC))

Junior Boys - JR Boys 6

1st - Alex Collins (North Carolina)

2nd - Jaysin Erwin (Western Carolina Wrestling Club)

3rd - Rylan Paul (North Carolina)

4th - Robby Tann (Laney High School Wrestling)

5th - Sam D'Amelio (Athens Drive High School Wrestling (Mad Cow WC))

Junior Boys - JR Boys 7

1st - Lucky Horrell (North Carolina)

2nd - Julian Burgett (Fishers Wrestling Club)

3rd - Jude Moulton (North Carolina)

4th - Kene Black (Lumberton High School Wrestling)

5th - Kaeden Smith (Laney High School Wrestling)

Junior Boys - JR Boys 8

1st - Tijuan Powell 

2nd - Yeshua Guardian (Western Carolina Wrestling Club)

3rd - Clayton Geouge (Western Carolina Wrestling Club)

4th - Rio Obispo 

Junior Girls - JR Girls 1

1st - Morgan Foy (North Carolina)

2nd - June Treser-Pyles (MVKWA Patriot Wrestling Club)

3rd - Peyton Smith (Carolina Elite Wrestling Club)

4th - Evelyn Huang (Laney High School Wrestling)

Junior Girls - JR Girls 2

1st - Alijah Christiansen 

2nd - Shylee Tuzon (GV Wrestling)

3rd - Emma Yopp (North Carolina)

4th - Nadia Johnson (West Virginia)

Masters A - 78

1st - Wayne Lamont (Natural Athlete Wrestling Club)

2nd - Darin Dean (Team Stomp Wrestling)

Masters A - 88

1st - Austin Ray (Valhalla Wrestling Club)

2nd - Noah Perdue (Florida)

3rd - Jayden Miller (Power Training Center)

4th - Oscar Gonzales (South Carolina)

Masters A - 100

1st - Benjamin Bullin (Virginia)

2nd - Erick Borders (Texas)

Masters A - 130

2nd - Seth Adams (North Carolina)

Masters B - 88

2nd - Aaron Quinlin (Quinlin Wrestling Academy)

Masters B - 100

1st - Chase Gamble 

2nd - Bryan Kenney 

3rd - Josiah Lusk (Wisconsin)

Masters B - 130

2nd - Henry Valdez (All Navy Wrestling)

Masters C - 100

2nd - Brant Meyer (Virginia)

Masters E - 100

2nd - Mark Dollins (South Side Wrestling Club)

Masters E - 130

1st - Henry Valdez (All Navy Wrestling)

2nd - Ray Phillips 

Masters F - Madison

1st - Charles McCook (Virginia)

2nd - Peter Wirs (The Pennsylvania Wrestling Club, Inc.)