U.S. to send powerful team of 54 athletes to 2026 Muhamet Malo Ranking Series
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by Richard Immel, USA Wrestling
Team USA athletes Kyle Dake (left), Payton Jacobson (center) and Macey Kilty (right).
The U.S. will send a skilled, credentialed roster of 54 athletes—24 in men’s freestyle, 14 in women’s freestyle and 16 in Greco-Roman—to the 2026 Muhamet Malo tournament in Tirana, Albania, which serves as the second United World Wrestling Ranking Series event of the season.
Six members of the 2024 Olympic Team will grace the mats at Tirana’s Feti Borova Olympic Park, which is becoming a familiar venue for international wrestling. Spencer Lee (57 kg), Kyle Dake (86 kg), Kyle Snyder (97 kg) and Mason Parris (125 kg) will represent on the men’s freestyle side, while Kamal Bey (77 kg) and Payton Jacobson (87 kg) will do the same in Greco-Roman.
An additional nine members of last year’s Senior World Team are registered to compete—Real Woods (65 kg) and Wyatt Hendrickson (125 kg) in men’s freestyle, Jacarra Winchester (55 kg), Adaugo Nwachukwu (62 kg) and Macey Kilty (62 kg) in women’s freestyle, plus Max Black (60 kg), Alston Nutter (67 kg), Beka Melelashvili (87 kg) and Michial Foy (97 kg) in Greco-Roman.
Other notable entrants for Team USA include 2023 World champion Vito Arujau, 2023 World bronze medalist Jennifer Page, two-time Olympian Ildar Hafizov, past Senior World Team members Hayden Zillmer, Abigal Nette, Emma Bruntil, Dymond Guilford, Dalton Roberts, Benji Peak and Spencer Woods, plus several age-group World medalists on the rise.
The complete U.S. roster for all three Olympic disciplines, plus the full Team USA delegation list, is available below.
The tournament spans five days, with weight classes running from start to finish in one day, unlike the two-day format seen at the World Championships. Men’s freestyle leads things off on Wednesday, followed by the start of women’s freestyle on Thursday, and Greco-Roman getting underway on Friday. A complete schedule for each day is available below.
A live stream of the Muhamet Malo will be available to the U.S. audience through FloWrestling. Brackets and updated results will be hosted on UWW Arena.
More information on the Muhamet Malo can be found at uww.org.
10:30 a.m. – Qualification rounds
2:30 p.m. – Semifinals
3:30 p.m. – Repechage
5 p.m. – Opening ceremony
6 p.m. – Medal matches
10:30 a.m. – Qualification rounds
1:30 p.m. – Semifinals
2:30 p.m. – Repechage
6 p.m. – Medal matches
10:30 a.m. – Qualification rounds
2:30 p.m. – Semifinals
3:30 p.m. – Repechage
6 p.m. – Medal matches
10:30 a.m. – Qualification rounds
2 p.m. – Semifinals
3 p.m. – Repechage
6 p.m. – Medal matches
10:30 a.m. – Qualification rounds
2:30 p.m. – Semifinals
3:30 p.m. – Repechage
6 p.m. – Medal matches
*All times listed local to Tirana, Albania, which is located six hours ahead of U.S. Eastern Time.
57 kg – Spencer Lee (Iowa City, Iowa/Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC)
57 kg – Liam Cronin (Lincoln, Neb./Nebraska WTC/Titan Mercury WC)
61 kg – Mike McGee (Bolingbrook, Ill./Southwest WC)
61 kg – Nathan Tomasello (Riverside, Calif./Lehigh Valley Wrestling RTC/Titan Mercury WC)
65 kg – Real Woods (Ann Arbor, Mich./Cliff Keen WC/Titan Mercury WC)
65 kg – Joey McKenna (Stillwater, Okla./Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC)
65 kg – Vito Arujau (Ithaca, N.Y./Spartan Combat RTC/Titan Mercury WC)
70 kg – Tyler Kasak (Lemont, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC)
70 kg – Alec Pantaleo (Canton, Mich./Cliff Keen WC/Titan Mercury WC)
70 kg – Ridge Lovett (Post Falls, Idaho/Nebraska WTC/Titan Mercury WC)
74 kg – Quincy Monday (Princeton, N.J./New Jersey RTC/Titan Mercury WC)
74 kg – Yahya Thomas (Chicago, Ill./New Jersey RTC/Titan Mercury WC)
74 kg – Will Lewan (Naperville, Ill./Cliff Keen WC/Titan Mercury WC)
79 kg – Dean Hamiti (Stillwater, Okla./Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC)
79 kg – Cameron Amine (Stillwater, Okla./Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC)
86 kg – Kyle Dake (Port Matilda, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC)
92 kg – Jacob Cardenas (Kearny, N.J./Cliff Keen WC/Titan Mercury WC)
92 kg – Dustin Plott (Tuttle, Okla./Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC)
97 kg – Kyle Snyder (Bellefonte, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC)
97 kg – Jay Aiello (Columbus, Ohio/Ohio RTC/Titan Mercury WC)
97 kg – Hayden Zillmer (Deerwood, Minn./Minnesota RTC/Titan Mercury WC)
125 kg – Trent Hillger (Minneapolis, Minn./Minnesota RTC/Titan Mercury WC)
125 kg – Wyatt Hendrickson (Stillwater, Okla./ Cowboy RTC/U.S. Air Force WCAP)
125 kg – Mason Parris (Ann Arbor, Mich./Cliff Keen WC/Titan Mercury WC)
50 kg – Kendra Ryan (Winfield, Ill./Cardinal WC)
50 kg – Erin Golston (Denton, Texas/New York AC)
55 kg – Jacarra Winchester (Colorado Springs, Colo./USOPTC/Titan Mercury WC)
57 kg – Amanda Martinez (Riverside, Ill./Cardinal WC/Titan Mercury WC)
59 kg – Abigail Nette (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army WCAP)
59 kg – Michaela Beck (New York, N.Y./Titan Mercury WC)
62 kg – Adaugo Nwachukwu (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army WCAP)
62 kg – Macey Kilty (North Liberty, Iowa/Iowa Women’s WC/Titan Mercury WC)
65 kg – Nina Makem (Shakopee, Minn./Minnesota Storm/New York AC)
65 kg – Emma Bruntil (Vernon, Ill./Titan Mercury WC)
65 kg – Jennifer Page (Bellefonte, Pa./Titan Mercury WC)
68 kg – Solin Piearcy (San Jose, Calif./California RTC/Titan Mercury WC)
72 kg – Skylar Grote (Newton, N.J./Titan Mercury WC)
76 kg – Dymond Guilford (Colorado Springs, Colo./USOPTC/Titan Mercury WC)
55 kg – Billy Sullivan (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army WCAP)
60 kg – Max Black (Marquette, Mich./NMU-National Training Center)
60 kg – Dalton Roberts (Fountain, Colo./U.S. Army WCAP)
63 kg – Ildar Hafizov (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army WCAP)
67 kg – Alston Nutter (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army WCAP)
67 kg – Otto Black (Marquette, Mich./NMU-National Training Center)
72 kg – Benji Peak (Colorado Springs, Colo./Position Wrestling/New York AC)
77 kg – Britton Holmes (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army WCAP)
82 kg – Kamal Bey (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army WCAP)
82 kg – George Sikes (Fort Pierce, Fla./New York AC)
87 kg – Payton Jacobson (Marquette, Mich./NMU-National Training Center)
87 kg – Beka Melelashvili (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC)
87 kg – Spencer Woods (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army WCAP)
97 kg – Michial Foy (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army WCAP)
97 kg – Keith Miley (Little Rock, Ark./Arkansas RTC/New York AC)
130 kg – Aden Attao (Boise, Idaho/New York AC)
U.S. men’s freestyle coach – Joe Russell
U.S. women’s freestyle coach – Terry Steiner
U.S. women’s freestyle coach – Nate Engel
U.S. Greco-Roman coach – Herb House
U.S. Greco-Roman coach – Joe Warren
Personal coach – Troy Steiner
Personal coach – Reece Humphrey
Personal coach – Alex Dieringer
Personal coach – Zo El Ourraque
Personal coach – Yianni Diakomihalis
Personal coach – Kollin Moore
Personal coach – Lee Pritts
Personal coach – Jake Varner
Personal coach – Franklin Gomez
Personal coach – Brandon Sorensen
Personal coach – Kerry McCoy
Personal coach – Kyle Brewer
Personal coach – Mario Flores
Personal coach – Bruce Robinson
Personal coach – Spenser Mango
Personal coach – Ike Anderson
Medical (ATC) – Kyle Eckert
Medical (ATC) – Elyse Franco
Medical (MD) – Adam Susmarski
Nutritionist – Nuwanee Tamaki
Strength coach – Alex LaRochelle
Official – James Stinson
Official – Leslie Tamayo
Official – Holly Hayes
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