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Olympic medalists Elor, Dake among 16 World Team Trials champions qualified for 2025 Final X in Newark, N.J.

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by Richard Immel, USA Wrestling

16 World Team Trials Challenge Tournament champions have been added to the 2025 Final X card, including 2024 Olympic champion Amit Elor and two-time Olympic bronze medalist Kyle Dake, and will compete for coveted spots on Team USA. Final X is set for Saturday, June 14 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.


In addition to her Olympic gold, Elor is a two-time Senior World champion and six-time age-group World champion in women’s freestyle. She became the youngest Olympic wrestling champion in U.S. history last summer at age 20 in Paris, France. Elor returns to Final X at 72 kg, the weight where she secured her two Senior World titles and feels most comfortable. She dropped to 68 kg during the Paris Olympic year.


Dake made the move from 74 kg to 86 kg following his Paris run. He earned bronze medals at the Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Olympic Games at 74 kg in men’s freestyle. Dake has collected five World medals, four of which are gold and one silver. His first two World titles (2018, 2019) came at 79 kg before he dropped to 74 kg in advance of Tokyo and grabbed two more World golds (2021, 2022). Prior to this year, fans last saw Dake at 86 kg in 2016 where he finished as runner-up at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials.


A third Olympian, Jacarra Winchester, qualified for Final X by way of the World Team Trials Challenge Tournament, which was held May 16-17 in Louisville, Ky. Winchester locked in her spot at 59 kg in women’s freestyle, where she is the reigning U.S. World Team member. Winchester is a five-time U.S. World Team member and two-time medalist at the World Championships. She was World champion in 2019 and World runner-up in 2023.


2022 U.S. World Team members Hayden Zillmer and Dymond Guilford are closing in on a second Team USA berth following impressive efforts in Louisville. Zillmer made the drop from 125 kg to 97 kg, where he won the World Team Trials title in men’s freestyle. Guilford emerged on top of a talented 76 kg women’s freestyle bracket to earn her Final X spot.


2019 U20 World champion David Carr, the 74 kg World Team Trials champion in men’s freestyle, headlines a batch of five age-group World medalists seeking his or her first Senior U.S. World Team. Winning the World Team Trials and securing a Final X berth were 2024 U20 World bronze medalist PJ Duke (70 kg) and 2024 U20 World silver medalist Josh Barr (92 kg) on the men’s freestyle side, plus three-time U20 World medalist Erin Golston (50 kg) and 2022 U20 World bronze medalist Adaugo Nwachukwu (62 kg) on the women’s freestyle side.


An additional five World Team Trials champions have wrestled for Team USA at an age-group World Championships—Real Woods (65 kg) and Levi Haines (79 kg) in men’s freestyle, and Felicity Taylor (53 kg), Everest Leydecker (55 kg) and Brooklyn Hays (68 kg) in women’s freestyle.


Rounding out the list of fresh Final X qualifiers is World Team Trials champion Trent Hillger at 125 kg in men’s freestyle.


What’s at stake? #

Final X will determine the 2025 U.S. World Team in two international disciplines—men’s freestyle and women’s freestyle. In total, 20 weight classes will be contested, 10 in each discipline. The top two U.S. athletes in each weight classes will wrestle a best-of-three series at Final X to determine the U.S. representative at the 2025 Senior World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia.


All 20 Final X matchups have been set. A complete list of the best-of-three series pairings can be found below.


Beat the Streets New York Annual Benefit #

Final X will serve as the Beat the Streets New York Annual Benefit, the 15th BTSNY Annual Benefit to date. These unique electrifying events help BTSNY raise more than $1 million each year to support local youth wrestling programs which empower young people in New York City. The BTSNY Annual Benefit after-party will follow the conclusion of Final X.


Get Tickets #

Benefit tickets and sponsorship packages (Final X plus exclusive after party celebration access), that also provide the best wrestling-event seats, are available at give.btsny.org/2025FinalX. Proceeds from Benefit tickets and sponsorship packages will directly help BTSNY serve NYC youth. For more information on ticket packages, email BTSNY Executive Director Brendan Buckley at bbuckley@btsny.org. 


Event-only tickets for Final X without access to the BTSNY after-party celebration are available on Ticketmaster.


Follow Final X #

FloWrestling will serve as the host broadcast partner for Final X. Fans can watch the event live or on-demand at FloWrestling.com.


Online results for Final X will be available on USA Bracketing, USA Wrestling’s new best-in-class event management software.


Final X will be held in two sessions on Saturday, June 14. Session I, which starts at 2 p.m. (ET), will feature round one in each best-of-three series. Session II, which starts at 5 p.m. (ET), will continue with round two and if-necessary round three matches. Match order for each session will be provided at a later date.


For more information about Final X, please visit themat.com.

2025 Final X #

June 14, Prudential Center, Newark, N.J. #


Men’s Freestyle Matchups #

57 kg – Spencer Lee (Iowa City, Iowa/Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Luke Lilledahl (Saint Charles, Mo./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC)

61 kg – Vito Arujau (Ithaca, N.Y./Spartan Combat RTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Jax Forrest (Johnstown, Pa./Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC)

65 kg – Joseph McKenna (Stillwater, Okla./Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Real Woods (Ann Arbor, Mich./Cliff Keen WC/Titan Mercury WC)

70 kg – Yianni Diakomihalis (Rochester, N.Y./Spartan Combat RTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. PJ Duke (Slate Hill, N.Y./KD Training Center/Titan Mercury WC)

74 kg – Mitchell Mesenbrink (Bellefonte, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. David Carr (Ames, Iowa/Cyclone RTC/Titan Mercury WC)

79 kg – Evan Wick (San Gabriel, Calif./SoCal RTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Levi Haines (Arendtsville, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC)

86 kg – Zahid Valencia (Stillwater, Okla./Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Kyle Dake (Port Matilda, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC)

92 kg – Trent Hidlay (Raleigh, N.C./Wolfpack WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Joshua Barr (Davison, Mich./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC)

97 kg – Kyle Snyder (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Hayden Zillmer (Deerwood, Minn./Gopher WC)

125 kg – Wyatt Hendrickson (Stillwater, Okla./Cowboy RTC/U.S. Air Force WCAP) vs. Trent Hillger (Minneapolis, Minn./Gopher WC)


Women’s Freestyle Matchups #

50 kg – Audrey Jimenez (Bethlehem, Pa./Lehigh Valley Wrestling RTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Erin Golston (Denton, Texas/New York AC)

53 kg – Brianna Gonzalez (Baldwin, Calif./Iowa Women's WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Felicity Taylor (Coralville, Iowa/Titan Mercury WC)

55 kg – Cristelle Rodriguez (Fresno, Calif./Tiger WC) vs. Everest Leydecker (Phoenix, Ariz./Thorobred WC)

57 kg – Helen Maroulis (Rockville, Md./Titan Mercury WC) vs. Amanda Martinez (Riverside, Ill./Cardinal WC/Titan Mercury WC)

59 kg – Abigail Nette (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army WCAP) vs. Jacarra Winchester (Colorado Springs, Colo./USOPTC/Titan Mercury WC)

62 kg – Kayla Miracle (Phoenix, Ariz./Valiant WC) vs. Adaugo Nwachukwu (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army WCAP)

65 kg – Macey Kilty (Iowa City, Iowa/Iowa Women’s WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Aine Drury (Westminster, Calif./New York AC)

68 kg – Kennedy Blades (Tiffin, Iowa/Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Brooklyn Hays (Colorado Springs, Colo./USOPTC/Titan Mercury WC)

72 kg – Alexandria Glaude (Atherton, Calif./Beaver Dam RTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Amit Elor (Walnut Creek, Calif./Titan Mercury WC)

76 kg – Kylie Welker (Iowa City, Iowa/Iowa Women's WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Dymond Guilford (Lancaster, Calif./USOPTC/Titan Mercury WC)

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