2024-25 Team USA ranking: No. 2 at 130 kg

Years on Team USA: 6 (2019-25)

Residence: Tempe, Arizona

Club: Sunkist Kids WC

College: Arizona State

High School: Ponderosa (Parker, Colo.)

Hometown: Parker, Colo.

Born: Sept. 27, 2000

Past Senior World Teams

2023 Senior World Championships (10th at 130 kg), 2022 Senior World Championships (15th at 130 kg), 2021 Senior World Championships (14th at 130kg)

Past Age-Group World Teams

2019 Junior World Championships (Silver at 130 kg), 2018 U23 World Championships (16th at 130 kg), 2018 Junior World Championships (Bronze at 130 kg), 2017 Cadet World Championships (Gold at 100 kg), 2017 Junior World Championships (14th at 120 kg), 2016 Cadet World Championships (14th at 100 kg)

Career Highlights

2023 Final X champion
2023 US Open champion
2022 Final X champion
2021 and 2022 Senior World team member
2021 Senior World Team Trials champion
2020 Olympic Team Trials runner-up
2017 Cadet World champion
2019 Junior World silver medalist
2018 Junior World bronze medalist
Four-time Senior Nationals champion
Six-time age-group-level World Team member

Career Biography

2024: U.S. Olympic Team Trials runner-up…Pan American Olympic Games Qualification Tournament champion…Pan American Championships bronze medalist…

2023: Final X champion…USMC U.S. Open champion…Seventh at NCAA D1 Championships...Senior Nationals champion…

2022: Final X champion… U.S. Senior Nationals champion…Fifth at Matteo Pellicone ranking event (Italy)…11th at Zagreb Open (Croatia)…

2021: Senior World team member… Olympic Team Trials runner-up... Senior World Team Trials champion… 9th at Matteo Pellicone… 14th at Senior Worlds…

2020: Senior Nationals champion... Fifth at Thor Masters (Denmark).

2019: Junior World silver medalist… Senior Nationals champion… World Team Trials Challenge Tournament champion… Final X runner-up…

2018: Junior World bronze medalist… 16th at U23 World Championships… UWW Nationals champion…

2017: Cadet World champion… 15th at Junior World Championships…

2016: 14th at Cadet World Championships…

2015: Gold at Cadet Pan American Championships in Greco and freestyle…

College: 2022 NCAA runner-up for Arizona State, coached by Zeke Jones... Fourth in 2021 NCAA Championships…Majoring in Biological Sciences…

High School: Four-time Colorado state champion for Ponderosa High School…

USA Age-Group: 2015 Fargo Cadet Greco champion… 2015 Fargo Cadet Freestyle runner-up…2016 Fargo Cadet freestyle champion…2016 Fargo Cadet Greco third…

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