2026 U20 Men’s Freestyle World Team Bios
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Dreshaun Ross celebrates after securing his U20 World Team spot at the 2026 U20 World Team Trials in Geneva, Ohio
2026: U20 World Team Trials champion... U20 Nationals men’s freestyle champion
2025: U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals men’s freestyle runner-up... U20 World Team Trials Greco-Roman champion... U20 Nationals men’s freestyle third-place finisher... Senior World Team Trials Greco-Roman fourth-place finisher
2024: U20 World Championships Greco-Roman silver medalist... U20 Pan American Championships Greco-Roman gold medalist... U20 World Team Trials Greco-Roman champion, men’s freestyle fourth-place finisher... U20 Nationals Greco-Roman champion, men’s freestyle seventh-place finisher
2023: U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals Greco-Roman champion, men’s freestyle fifth-place finisher... U17 Nationals Greco-Roman third-place finisher, men’s freestyle third-place finisher
2022: U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals 16U Greco-Roman third-place finisher, 16U men’s freestyle third-place finisher... U17 Nationals Greco-Roman third-place finisher, men’s freestyle fifth-place finisher
2021: Cadet Pan American Championships Greco-Roman gold medalist, men’s freestyle gold medalist... UWW U15 Nationals Greco-Roman runner-up, men’s freestyle third-place finisher
Personal: Born January 10, 2006… Age 20
2026: U20 World Team Trials champion... Senior World Team Trials Challenge fourth-place finisher... NCAA DI Championships third-place finisher
2025: U20 World Team Trials men’s freestyle fourth-place finisher... U20 Nationals men’s freestyle fourth-place finisher
2024: U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals men’s freestyle champion... U20 Nationals men’s freestyle sixth-place finisher
2023: U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals men’s freestyle runner-up... Phil Portuese Northeast Regional Junior runner-up
2022: U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals 16U men’s freestyle sixth-place finisher... Phil Portuese Northeast Regional 16U Greco-Roman third-place finisher, men’s freestyle champion... Warrior Run 16U Qualifier Greco-Roman champion, men’s freestyle champion... Spring Grove 16U Qualifier Greco-Roman champion, men’s freestyle champion
2021: U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals 16U Greco-Roman third-place finisher
Personal: Born July 25, 2006… Age 20
2026: U20 Pan American Championships gold medalist... U20 World Team Trials champion... U20 Nationals men’s freestyle champion... Senior Nationals men’s freestyle champion
2025: Bill Farrell Memorial International men’s freestyle champion... Junior Pan American Games men’s freestyle champion... U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals men’s freestyle champion... U20 World Team Trials men’s freestyle runner-up... U20 Nationals men’s freestyle third-place finisher
2024: U20 World Championships men’s freestyle bronze medalist... U20 Pan American Championships men’s freestyle gold medalist... U20 World Team Trials men’s freestyle champion... U20 Nationals men’s freestyle champion... Last Chance Olympic Team Trials Qualifier men’s freestyle runner-up
2023: U20 World Team Trials men’s freestyle fourth-place finisher... U17 Nationals men’s freestyle fourth-place finisher
2022: U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals 16U fourth-place finisher... U17 Nationals Greco-Roman seventh-place finisher, men’s freestyle runner-up
2021: Cadet World Championships men’s freestyle gold medalist, Greco-Roman 12th-place finisher... UWW Cadet Nationals Greco-Roman champion, men’s freestyle champion
Personal: Born August 25, 2006… Age 19
2026: Final X True Third winner... U20 World Team Trials Challenge champion... Senior World Team Trials Challenge third-place finisher... U20 Nationals men’s freestyle champion... NCAA Division I Championships champion
2025: U20 World Team Trials runner-up... U20 Nationals men’s freestyle third-place finisher
2024: U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals men’s freestyle champion... U20 World Team Trials fourth-place finisher... U20 Nationals men’s freestyle fourth-place finisher... MSHSL State champion
2023: U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals men’s freestyle third-place finisher... U17 Nationals men’s freestyle fifth-place finisher
2022: U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals 16U men’s freestyle runner-up... U17 Nationals men’s freestyle third-place finisher... MSHSL State champion
2021: U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals 16U men’s freestyle runner-up... UWW U15 Nationals Greco-Roman third-place finisher, men’s freestyle champion... MSHSL State runner-up
2020: MSHSL State runner-up
2019: Brian Keck Memorial Preseason Nationals 7th & 8th champion... Kids Nationals 14U freestyle fourth-place finisher, 14U Greco-Roman fourth-place finisher... Kids Folkstyle Nationals fourth-place finisher
Personal: Born January 4, 2006… Age 20
2026: U20 World Team Trials champion... Senior World Team Trials Challenge runner-up... U20 Nationals men’s freestyle champion
2025: U17 World Championships men’s freestyle gold medalist... U17 Pan American Championships Greco-Roman gold medalist, men’s freestyle gold medalist... U20 World Team Trials runner-up... U17 Nationals men’s freestyle champion
2024: U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals 16U men’s freestyle champion... U17 Nationals men’s freestyle third-place finisher... NJSIAA State runner-up
2023: U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals 16U men’s freestyle champion... Phil Portuese Northeast Regional 16U men’s freestyle champion
2021: Kids Nationals 14U freestyle champion... Phil Portuese Northeast Regional 14U freestyle champion
2019: Phil Portuese Northeast Regional 12U freestyle runner-up... Kids Folkstyle Nationals 12U champion
2018: Kids Nationals Intermediate freestyle runner-up, Intermediate Greco-Roman runner-up... Phil Portuese Northeast Regional Intermediate freestyle champion, Intermediate Greco-Roman champion... Kids Folkstyle Nationals Intermediate champion
Personal: Born June 20, 2008… Age 18
2026: U20 Pan American Championships men’s freestyle gold medalist... U20 World Team Trials champion... U20 Nationals men’s freestyle champion
2024: ISWA State Finals Greco-Roman champion, men’s freestyle runner-up... U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals champion
2023: U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals men’s freestyle sixth-place finisher
2022: U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals 16U men’s freestyle third-place finisher
2017: NY State Championship Novice champion... NY State Northern Super Regional Novice champion
Personal: Born July 21, 2006… Age 20
2026: Final X True Third runner-up... U20 World Team Trials champion... U20 Nationals men’s freestyle champion... Senior Nationals men’s freestyle third-place finisher... NCAA Division I third-place finisher
2025: U20 World Team Trials runner-up... Senior World Team Trials Challenge runner-up... U20 Nationals men’s freestyle runner-up... Senior Nationals men’s freestyle runner-up
2024: U20 Pan American Championships men’s freestyle gold medalist... U20 World Team Trials runner-up... U20 Nationals men’s freestyle champion... WIAA State champion
2023: U17 Nationals men’s freestyle champion... WIAA State champion
2022: U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals 16U men’s freestyle champion... U17 Nationals men’s freestyle third-place finisher... Folkstyle/Boys National Recruiting Showcase runner-up... WIAA State champion
2021: Brian Keck Memorial Preseason Nationals 9th & 10th champion... U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals 16U men’s freestyle third-place finisher... UWW U15 Nationals Greco-Roman champion, men’s freestyle champion... Folkstyle Nationals 16U champion... High School National Recruiting Showcase third-place finisher... WIAA State champion
Personal: Born January 6, 2006… Age 20
2026: U20 World Team Trials champion... Illinois Boys Freestyle State champion... U20 Nationals champion
2025: U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals Greco-Roman fourth-place finisher... Spartan Nationals runner-up... Central Regional Championship Greco-Roman champion, men’s freestyle champion... Illinois Freestyle State champion... Mark Reiland Tournament Junior Greco-Roman champion, Junior men’s freestyle champion
2023: U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals 16U Greco-Roman runner-up, 16U men’s freestyle fifth-place finisher... Northern Plains Regional Championships 16U Greco-Roman third-place finisher, 16U men’s freestyle runner-up... Illinois Boys Freestyle State fourth-place finisher... Illinois Greco-Roman State Championships 16U third-place finisher
2022: Brian Keck Memorial Preseason Nationals 7th & 8th champion... IKWF State Championships champion
2021: Brian Keck Memorial Preseason Nationals (Middle School) champion... Kids Nationals 14U freestyle runner-up, Greco-Roman 14U third-place finisher... Kids Folkstyle Nationals 14U champion
Personal: Born August 20, 2007… Age 18
2026: U20 Pan American Championships gold medalist... U20 World Team Trials champion... Central Regional Championships Junior champion... U20 Nationals champion... OHSAA State Tournament champion
2025: U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals Greco-Roman fifth-place finisher, men’s freestyle runner-up... Central Ohio Qualifier Junior men’s freestyle champion, Junior Greco-Roman champion
2024: U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals 16U Greco-Roman fifth-place finisher... U16 Freestyle State champion... Frank E. Rader Southeast Regional 16U Greco-Roman third-place finisher... Frank E. Rader Southeast Regional 16U men’s freestyle champion... Phil Portuese Northeast Regional 16U men’s freestyle third-place finisher... OHSAA State Tournament champion
2023: 16U Freestyle State fourth-place finisher... 16U Greco-Roman State runner-up... Central Regional Championships 16U Greco-Roman fourth-place finisher
2022: Central Regional Championships 14U men’s freestyle third-place finisher... 14U Freestyle State Championships fourth-place finisher
Personal: Born September 3, 2008… Age 17
2026: U20 World Team Trials champion... U20 Nationals runner-up
2025: U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals champion... U20 World Team Trials runner-up... U20 Nationals runner-up
2024: U17 Nationals champion
2023: Brian Keck Memorial Preseason Nationals Boys Showcase sixth-place finisher... U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals 16U Greco-Roman champion, 16U men’s freestyle champion... Northern Plains Regionals 16U men’s freestyle champion... U17 Nationals Greco-Roman champion... U17 Nationals men’s freestyle runner-up... Folkstyle Nationals 16U champion... IHSAA State champion
2022: Brian Keck Memorial Preseason Nationals 9th & 10th champion... U15 Pan American Trials Greco-Roman champion, men’s freestyle champion... U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals 16U champion... 15U Nationals Greco-Roman champion... 15U Nationals men’s freestyle champion
2021: 14U Kids Nationals men’s freestyle champion... 14U Kids Nationals Greco-Roman champion... Northern Plains Regional Championships 14U freestyle champion, 14U Greco-Roman champion... UWW U15 Nationals fifth-place finisher
Personal: Born December 26, 2007… Age 18
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