2025 UWW Senior World Championships: Meet Team USA (Women’s FS)

The following is a closer look at the 2025 United States women’s freestyle team that will compete in the UWW World Championships this September 15-18 in Zagreb, Croatia. For each weight, first-round matches start daily at 10:30 am (Zagreb time), semis at 5 p.m. on Sept. 15 and 4:45 pm on Sept. 16-17, and finals (the next day) from 6-9 pm. There is a six-hour difference between Zagreb and New York City (EST).

50k/110 lbs — Audrey Jiminez (Lehigh Valley RTC / TMWC)

Competes Sept. 16-17

Age: 19 (born Dec. 18, 2005); Hometown: Tucson, Ariz.

Beat Erin Golston at Final X

International Experience: Jiminez claimed a bronze medal at the 2021 U17 World Championships and added silver medals at the U20 World Championships in 2022 and 2023. She also earned a silver medal at the 2023 U23 Worlds. On the Senior level, she earned Pan-Am bronze in 2024 and claimed the gold medal at the 2025 Pan-Am Championships.

Other: The Lehigh freshman was a three-time girls’ state champ in Arizona and became the first female in state history to win a boys’ state title at 106 pounds in 2023.

53k/116 lbs — Felicity Taylor (Big Game WC / TMWC)

Competes Sept. 17-18

Age: 25 Hometown: Spillville, Iowa

Beat Brianna Gonzalez at Final X

International Experience: Taylor represented Team USA at the U23 World Championships in 2019 and 2022, placing fifth in 2019. A Senior World Team member in 2022 and 2024, Taylor placed eighth at the 2025 Pan-Am Championships.

Other: Taylor was a five-time national finalist in college, first representing McKendree and later Iowa, and won NCWWA titles in 2021 (McKendree) and again in 2024 (Iowa).

55k/121.5 lbs — Cristelle Rodriguez (Tiger WC / TMWC)

Competes Sept. 15-16

Age: 21 Hometown: Clovis, Calif.

Beat Everest Leydecker at Final X

International Experience: The 2019 U17 World silver medalist again claimed a silver medal at the 2023 U20 World Championships before breaking through to win gold at the 2024 U20 Worlds.

Other: She won 2024 and 2025 NAIA collegiate titles for Doane University and was named Outstanding Wrestler (2024).

57k/125.5 lbs — Helen Maroulis (TMWC)

Competes Sept. 16-17

Age: 33 (born Sept. 19, 1991); Hometown: Rockville, Md.

International Experience: Maroulis has competed in 10 World Championships and three Olympics; becoming the first American woman to earn an Olympic gold medal in 2016. She also has claimed three World championships (2015, 2017 and 2021) to go along with a World silver in 2012 and 2022. She claimed World bronze in 2014 and 2023 and Olympic bronze at the 2020 and 2024 Games (held in Tokyo in 2021 and Paris in 2024). Her other World tournaments came in 2011 (5th), 2013 (7th) and 2018 (21st).

59k/130 lbs — Jacarra Winchester (USOPTC / TMWC)

Competes Sept. 15-16

Age: 32 (born Oct. 19, 1992); Hometown: Oakland, Calif.

Beat Abigail Nette at Final X

International Experience: The 2019 World champion also earned a silver medal at the 2023 Worlds and placed fifth for Team USA in 2018 and 2022. She also placed fifth at the 2020 Olympics.

Other: She wrestled in college at Missouri Valley College, where she won an NCWWA title in 2015.

62k/136.5 lbs — Adaugo Nwachukwu (US Army WCAP)

Competes Sept. 17-18

Age: 22 (born May 25, 2003); Hometown: San Jose, Calif.

Beat Kayla Miracle at Final X

International Experience: A four-time age-level representative of Team USA, Nwachukwu earned a bronze medal at the 2022 U20 World Championships. On the Senior level, Nwachukwu placed second at the U.S. Open in 2024 and reached Final X against

Miracle in 2023 and 2025.

Other: The three-time NAIA national champion for Iowa Wesleyan (2022 and 2023) and later William Penn (2024) won Outstanding Wrestler honors in 2023 and was also named USA Wrestling’s Women’s College Wrestler of the Year for the 2023-24 season.

65k/143.5 lbs — Macey Kilty (Iowa Women’s WC / TMWC)

Competes Sept. 16-17

Age: 24 (born March 13, 2001); Hometown: Stratford, Wisc.

Beat Aine Drury at Final X

International Experience: Kilty had earned five age-group World medals: a pair of silvers in the 2018 and 2019 U20 Worlds after she won a U17 World championship in 2018, as well as bronze and silver medals, respectively, in the 2016 and 2017 U17 Worlds. She claimed a Senior World silver medal in 2023 and a Senior World bronze medal in 2024 and also added a U23 World silver medal in 2024.

Other: Kilty was an undefeated NCWWA champion for Iowa in 2025.

68k/150 lbs — Kennedy Blades (Hawkeye WC / TMWC)

Competes Sept. 17-18

Age: 21 (born Sept. 4, 2003); Hometown: Chicago, Ill.

Beat Brooklyn Hays at Final X

International Experience: The 2021 U20 World champion and Olympic Trials finalist went on to claim U20 World bronze and U23 World silver in 2023. On the Senior level, Blades represented Team USA in Paris at the 2024 Olympic Games, where she reached the finals and claimed a silver medal.

Other: Representing Iowa, Blades won a 2025 NCWWA title with a 25-0 record, including 23 techs and two pins.

72k/158.5 lbs — Alexandria Glaude (Beaver Dam RTC / TMWC)

Competes Sept. 17-18

Age: 28; Hometown: Sacramento, Calif.

Won by medical forfeit over Amit Elor at Final X

International Experience: A 2018 U23 World bronze medalist, Glaude captured a Senior-level gold medal at the Pan-Am

Championships in 2021. She placed third at the 2024 Olympic Trials before winning the U.S. Open in 2025 en route to solidifying a spot on the 2025 Senior World Team.

Other: Glaude was a three-time NCWWA national champ for McKendree and Outstanding Wrestler in 2019 after transferring from Southern Oregon University, where she earned All-American honors as a freshman.

76k/167.5 lbs — Kylie Welker (Iowa Women’s WC / TMWC)

Competes Sept. 16-17

Age: 21 (born Dec. 17, 2003): Hometown: Franksville, Wis.

Beat Dymond Guilford at Final X

International Experience: The 2019 U17 World bronze medalist captured her first age-level World title at the 2021 U20 World Championships. That same year, she claimed a bronze medal at the U23 World Championships before capturing gold at the U23s in 2024. On the Senior level, Welker represented Team USA in 2021, where she placed 10th, and again in 2024, where she earned a bronze medal.

Other: Welker is a two-time NCWWA champion for Iowa and completed the 2024-25 season undefeated without surrendering a single point.