2024-25 Team USA ranking: No. 4 at 60 kg

Years on Team USA: 2 (2019-20, 2024-25)

Residence: Mapleton, Utah

Club: Gopher WC/Sunkist Kids WC

College: Utah Valley

High School: Maple Mountain HS

Born: March 12, 1998

Past Age-Group World Teams

2021 U23 World Championships (5th at 55 kg), 2019 U23 World Championships (12th at 60 kg), 2018 Junior World Championships (11th at 60 kg), 2017 Junior World Championships (5th at 60 kg), 2016 Junior World Championships (3rd at 60 kg), 2015 Cadet World Championships (5th at 58 kg), 2014 Cadet World Championships (18th at 54 kg) 2013 Cadet World Championships (11th at 54 kg)

Career Highlights

2016 Junior World bronze medalist
2019 U23 World Team member
Three-time Junior World Team member (2016, 2017, 2018)
Three-time Cadet World Team member (2013, 2014, 2015)
Third at 2018 U.S. Open
Five-time Fargo champion
2015 Junior Pan Am bronze medalist
2014 Cadet Pan Am bronze medalist

Career Biography

2021: Fifth at U23 World Championships…

2019: U23 World Team member… Second at U23 World Team Trials… Third at World Team Trials Challenge Tournament… Third at Senior Nationals... Fifth at U.S. Open…

2018: Junior World Team Trials special wrestle-off champion… Third at U.S. Open… Fifth at Grand Prix of Germany… 11th at Junior Worlds…

2017: Fifth in 2017 Junior World Championships… Junior Greco World Team Trials champion… Second in University Nationals… Sixth at U.S. Senior Greco World Team Trials… Fourth at Senior Nationals… Junior Greco Austria Open champion…

2016: UWW Junior World bronze medalist… Junior Greco World Team Trials champion… Junior Freestyle and Greco national champion (Fargo)… Third in UWW Junior Freestyle Nationals…

2015: Fifth in UWW Cadet Greco World Championships… UWW Cadet Greco World Team Trials champion… Junior Freestyle national champion (Fargo)… Second in Junior Greco Nationals (Fargo)… Junior Freestyle Pan-American Championships bronze medalist…

2014: 18th in UWW Cadet World Championships… UWW Cadet Greco World Team Trials champion… Junior Greco national champion (Fargo)… Third in Junior Freestyle Nationals (Fargo)… Cadet Greco Pan American Championships bronze medalist… Fifth in Cadet Freestyle Pan American Championships… Second in Folkstyle Nationals…

2013: Competed in UWW Cadet World Championships… UWW Cadet Greco World Team Trials champion… Cadet Freestyle national champion (Fargo)… Folkstyle National champion…

College: Wrestled at Utah Valley… 2018 NCAA qualifier… Third at 2018 Big 12 Conference Championships…

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