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Final U.S. Future Olympian Ranking Top 12 Announced for 2025-26 Season

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by David Gerhart, USA Wrestling

Ashton Honnold (left) No. 1 in the Junior Boys division and Naima Ghaffar (right) No. 1 in the Junior Girls division

Ashton Honnold (left) No. 1 in the Junior Boys division and Naima Ghaffar (right) No. 1 in the Junior Girls division

USA Wrestling has announced the top 12 athletes in each age division for the U.S. Future Olympian Rankings for the 2025-26 membership year.

 

The U.S. Future Olympian Ranking program is designed to recognize the performance of America's most talented wrestlers, based upon actual results in major USA Wrestling events.

 

Included in the point system will be USA Wrestling events in the following age-group divisions: 10U Boys, 10U Girls, 12U Boys, 12U Girls, 14U Boys, 14U Girls, 16U Boys, 16U Girls, Junior Boys, Junior Girls. In each age division, specific national and regional events in freestyle, Greco-Roman and folkstyle wrestling will be used to score points.

 

How the Future Olympian Rankings are calculated

 

In each of the divisions, there is a No. 1 ranked athlete for the year, based upon the number of points scored in the Future Olympian Rankings.

 

This year’s No. 1 athletes are:

10U Boys – Theseus Yang-Elson, Minnesota

10U Girls – Trinh Tse, Missouri

12U Boys – John Cambra, Pennsylvania

12U Girls – Luci Tiankee, New Jersey

14U Boys – Korbin Kiessling, Maryland

14U Girls – Regan Kinneman, Arizona

16U Boys – Ty Martin, Iowa

16U Girls – Abigail Peterson, Iowa

Junior Boys – Ashton Honnold, Iowa

Junior Girls – Naima Ghaffar, Indiana

 

USA Wrestling will be updating the 2025-26 Future Olympian Rankings on its website shortly and will announce more information on the schedule of events that will determine the results for 2026-27.

2025-26 U.S. Future Olympian Rankings

Final top 12 in each division

 

10U Boys

1. Theseus Yang-Elson, Minnesota, 53 pounds, 461.88 points

2. William Hesz, California, 105 pounds, 461.14 points

3. Owen Truong, Virginia, 77 pounds, 459 points

4. Ivan Baulovic, Ohio, 59 pounds, 458.5 points

5. Alexander Cid, Illinois, 105 pounds, 458.38 points

6. Nelson Zwanziger, Iowa, 56 pounds, 452.67 points

7. Elias Andronic, Illinois, 67 pounds, 450.17 points

8. Christopher Allen, Wisconsin, 56 pounds, 445.22 points

9. Kian Franklin, Indiana, 120 pounds, 441.71 points

10. Jaxon Huffman, Oklahoma, 84 pounds, 437.96 points

11. Brooks Ewertz, Kansas, 71 pounds, 437.89 points

12. Jacques Finley, Washington, 59 pounds, 429.93 points

 

10U Girls

1. Trinh Tse, Missouri, 57 pounds, 315.72 points

2. Samantha Ham, Nebraska, 56.2-61.9 pounds, 279.5 points

3. Tyanna Evans, New Jersey, 73 pounds, 279.5 points

4. Jordan Dunigan, Washington, 100.8-111.8 pounds, 269.98 points

5. Hazel Allen, Minnesota, 105 pounds, 248.24 points

6. Evelyn Nguyen, Washington, 68.9-72.3 pounds, 225.93 points

7. Isolde Morgan, Indiana, 80-90 pounds, 173.93 points

8. Eva Encarnacion, Maryland, 62 pounds, 170.86 points

9. Isabel Sanchez, Washington, 80 pounds, 152 points

10. Davina Chavez, Nevada, 67-73 pounds, 149.43 points

11. Alessandra Hernandez, Idaho, 90-100 pounds,140.29 points

12. Violet Jones, Arkansas, 57 pounds, 77.5 points

 

12U Boys

1. John Cambra, Pennsylvania, 74 pounds, 512.5 points

2. Jaguar Madyun, California, 135 pounds, 508.5 points

3. Leyton Boyd, Indiana, 63 pounds, 504.24 points

4. Bode Hutchinson, Minnesota, 108 pounds, 494.72 points

5. Iaromir Zhukovskii, Illinois, 86 pounds, 488.2 points

6. Graham Dyson, Pennsylvania, 67 pounds, 486.5 points

7. Kaiden Galindez, Michigan, 78 pounds, 480.74 points

8. Graeme Lockhart, Iowa, 82 pounds, 467.65 points

9. Eli Armstrong, Idaho, 98 pounds, 459 points

10. Talmadge Dawkins, Georgia, 74 pounds, 457.61 points

11. Phillip Yang-Elson, Minnesota, 67 pounds, 452.17 points

12. Benito Delgado, Indiana, 108 pounds, 439.45 points

 

12U Girls

1. Luci Tiankee, New Jersey, 102 pounds, 259.95 points

2. Maddyn Siefert, Wisconsin, 81 pounds, 254.5 points

3. Ariana Tovar, Washington, 94 pounds, 158.64 points

4. Emma Zagorski, Colorado, 87 pounds, 152.5 points

5. Ava Hernandez, Idaho, 102-112 pounds, 140.79 points

6. Anaya Patacsil, Washington, 87-94 pounds, 139.22 points

7. Abigail Mahoney, Washington, 87-94 pounds, 127 points

8. Brooklynn Cline, Kansas, 81 pounds, 77.5 points

9. Olivia Rex, Pennsylvania, 81 pounds, 62.21 points

10. Harley Orians, Nevada, 75-81 pounds, 61.71 points

14U Boys

1. Korbin Kiessling, Maryland, 92 pounds, 501.98 points

2. Marcarlo Mannello, New York, 110 pounds, 493.45 points

3. Bennett Dawson, Oklahoma, 80 pounds, 486.5 points

4. Quentin Neal, Missouri, 88 pounds, 483.44 points

5. Chase Randolph, Ohio, 126 pounds, 482.93 points

6. Jon Luke Austin, Indiana, 100 pounds, 465.69 points

7. Anze Williams, Michigan, 115 pounds, 465.46 points

8. Cayden Mango, Missouri, 88 pounds, 453.18 points

9. Davis Westendorf, Iowa, 115 pounds, 451.67 points

10. Anthony Messina Jr., New Jersey, 88 pounds, 451.48 points

11. Cragen Smith, Kansas, 155 pounds, 450.17 points

12. Kody Doran, Missouri, 175 pounds, 449.36 points

 

14U Girls

1. Regan Kinneman, Arizona, 105 pounds, 423.29 points

2. Jessica Dean, Colorado, 95 pounds, 351.24 points

3. Lily Blakesley, Utah, 150 pounds, 343.6 points

4. Venyss Steingruber, Montana, 120-129 pounds, 310.77 points

5. Leilani Nanquilada, Washington, 130-138 pounds, 310.46 points

6. Brekyn Boyle, Arkansas, 120 pounds, 299.55 points

7. Harper Kalo, Michigan, 110 pounds, 260.95 points

8. Jaelyn Anderson, Nebraska, 95 pounds, 260.95 points

9. Freyda Nelson, Minnesota, 84 pounds, 254.5 points

10. Ella Heyne, Montana, 90-95 pounds, 236.14 points

11. Chelsea Goldsby, Washington, 69-78 pounds, 222.55 points

12. Emery McQuillen, Colorado, 85 pounds, 215.72 points

 

16U Boys

1. Ty Martin, Iowa, 106 pounds, 500.48 points

2. Sawyer Schendel, Minnesota, 285 pounds, 486 points

3. Jeremiah Hayes, Illinois, 144 pounds, 483.93 points

4. Cyrus Millage, Iowa, 100 pounds, 480.68 points

5. Stetson Gabel, Colorado, 150 pounds, 474.42 points

6. Amir Newman-Winfrey, Iowa, 106 pounds, 463.7 points

7. Lewis Davis, Arkansas, 132 pounds, 452.6 points

8. John Montgomery, Pennsylvania, 285 pounds, 440.46 points

9. Everett Zeitler, Wisconsin, 150 pounds, 437.88 points

10. Traycen Wegele, Colorado, 190 pounds, 437.08 points

11. Evan Cies, Pennsylvania, 113 pounds, 435.92 points

12. Destan Skelly, Minnesota, 175 pounds, 433.32 points

 

16U Girls

1. Abigail Peterson, Iowa, 100 pounds, 487.7 points

2. Peggy Susan Dean, Colorado, 110 pounds, 458.12 points

3. Lanaia Selig, Washington, 95 pounds, 439.45 points

4. Scarlett Yeager, Kansas, 155 pounds, 435.69 points

5. Caylee Rivera, New Mexico, 235 pounds, 429.93 points

6. Alexis Penley, Illinois, 170 pounds, 388.96 points

7. Anastasia Rodnikova, Illinois, 130 pounds, 363.96 points

8. Katie Davidson, Wisconsin, 140 pounds, 352.05 points

9. Yamilett Cortez, Arizona, 145 pounds, 343.21 points

10. Cora Stewart, Wisconsin, 115 pounds, 332.31 points

11. Josylyn Glass, California, 155 pounds, 317.84 points

12. Ember Zupanc, Wisconsin, 115 pounds, 315.65 points

 

Junior Boys

1. Ashton Honnold, Iowa, 285 pounds, 488.7 points

2. Ladd Holman, Utah, 215 pounds, 460.93 points

3. Carter Brown, Missouri, 215 pounds, 435.93 points

4. Aidan Ortega, Illinois, 106 pounds, 429.17 points

5. Gage Bjerga, Minnesota, 138 pounds, 426.41 points

6. Michael Rundell, Illinois, 120 pounds, 425.29 points

7. Thiago Silva, California, 126 pounds, 423.83 points

8. Dakota Harmer, Michigan, 106 pounds, 411.88 points

9. Elijah Schunke, South Dakota, 285 pounds, 411.82 points

10. Carlos Rodriguez Jr., South Dakota, 285 pounds, 405.24 points

11. Lazarus McEwen, Washington, 120 pounds, 403.67 points

12. Thales Silva, California, 120 pounds, 389.32 points

 

Junior Girls

1. Naima Ghaffar, Indiana, 135 pounds, 472.72 points

2. Isabel Kaplan, Indiana, 110 pounds, 370.22 points

3. Jordyn Parker, Texas, 140 pounds, 339.65 points

4. Chloe Wehry, Minnesota, 135 pounds, 336.38 points

5. Saige McCleery, Washington, 140 pounds, 317.84 points

6. Aubree Gutierrez, California, 120 pounds, 289.96 points

7. Jaclyn Bouzakis, Pennsylvania, 105 pounds, 282.5 points

8. Lilly Quintanilla, Wyoming, 120 pounds, 266.15 points

9. Cassidy O'Connell, Wisconsin, 105 pounds, 265.15 points

10. Nia Hagler, Utah, 135 pounds, 262.87 points

11. Kinzie Williams, Idaho, 115 pounds, 262.45 points

12. Emily Beckley, Oklahoma, 145 pounds, 257.19 points