Pre Final X Men's Freestyle Wrestling Rankings

57 KG

U.S. Open (April)

Luke Lilledahl took gold at the U.S. Open championships over Liam Cronin; placers at the Open were Brendan McCrone taking third over Nico Provo, Austin Assad taking fifth by forfeit over Daniel DeShazer, and Brady Roark taking seventh over Dalton Henderson.

U23 World Team Trials, Junior World Team Trials (May)

Mason Ziegler (USA) won the U.S. U23 Nationals over Daniel Guanajuato (USA); Brendan McCrone (USA) took third over Charlie Farmer (USA), Koda Holeman (USA) took fifth over Carson Wagner (USA), and Alan Koehler (USA) took seventh over Drew Davis (USA). Anthony Knox (USA) won the U.S. Junior World Team Trials over Ignacio Villasenor (USA) with Paul Kenny (USA) taking third.

61 KG

U.S. Open (April)

Jax Forrest won the U.S. Open over Seth Gross; 2024 U.S. World Team Trials runner-up Marcus Blaze took third over Ben Davino, Austin DeSanto took fifth over Michael McGee and Fernando Barreto won seventh by disqualification over Nathan Tomasello. Key results; Jax Forrest beating Seth Gross, Nahshon Garrett, and Ben Davino, Seth Gross beating 2024 World Team Trials runner-up Marcus Blaze to make the finals, and Ben Davino

U23 World Team Trials, Junior World Team Trials (May)

Nic Bouzakis (USA) won the U.S. U23 Nationals over Jett Strickenberger (USA); Anthony Noto (USA) took third over Sam Smith, Evan Tallmadge (USA) took fifth over Logan Frazier (USA), and Drew Heethius (USA) took seventh over Troy Hohman (USA). Marcus Blaze (USA) won U.S. Junior World Team Trials over Kyler Larkin (USA) with Ben Davino (USA) taking bronze.

65 KG

U.S. Open (April)

Joey McKenna won the U.S. Open over Jesse Mendez; Aden Valencia won third over Real Woods, Beau Bartlett took fifth over Carter Young and Tom Croo took seventh by forfeit over Vince Cornella.

U23 World Team Trials, Junior World Team Trials

Senior World Team Trials (May)

Vince Cornella (USA) won the U.S. U23 Nationals over Evan Mougalian (USA); Haiden Drury (USA) took third over Nash Singleton (USA), Connor Thorpe (USA) took fifth over Tahir Parkins (USA), and Noah Tolentino (USA) took seventh over Jarvis Little (USA). Luke Stanich (USA) won the U.S. Junior World Team Trials over Bo Bassett (USA) with Pierson Manville (USA) taking bronze. #16 Real Woods (USA) won the U.S. World Team Trials tournament over Brock Hardy (USA) with #16 (61) Marcus Blaze (USA) taking bronze.

70 KG

U.S. Open (April)

Yianni Diakomihalis (USA) won the U.S. Open over James Green (USA); Ian Parker (USA) won third over Will Lewan (USA, Bryce Andonian (USA) took fifth over Brayton Lee (USA) and Jackson Arrington (USA) took seventh over Yahya Thomas (USA).

U23 World Team Trials, Junior World Team Trials

Senior World Team Trials (May)

Josh Edmond (USA) won the U.S. U23 Nationals over Drew Roberts (USA; CJ Hamblin (USA) took third over EJ Parco (USA), Sam Ewing (USA) took fifth over Kael Voinovich (USA), and Cade Wirnsberger (USA) took seventh over Connor Pierce (USA). PJ Duke (USA) won the Junior and Senior World Team Trials; Duke won the Junior World Team Trials Tournament over Landon Robideau (USA) with Jaxon Joy (USA) taking bronze, Duke won the Senior U.S. World over Bryce Andonian (USA) with Ian Parker (USA) taking bronze.

74 KG

U.S. Open (April)

Mitchell Mesenbrink (USA) won the U.S. Open over David Carr (USA); Quincy Monday (USA) took third over Jarret Jacques (USA), Terrell Barraclough (USA) took sixth over Peyton Hall (USA) and Ed Scott (USA) took seventh over Drayden Morton (USA)

U23 World Team Trials, Junior World Team Trials

Senior World Team Trials (May)

David Carr (USA) won the U.S. Senior World Team Trials over Jarrett Jacques (USA) with Joey Blaze (USA) taking bronze. Michael Caliendo (USA) won the U.S. U23 Nationals over Daniel Cardenas (USA); Brandon Cannon (USA) took third over Tyler Lillard (USA), E’than Birden (USA) took fifth over Stoney Buell (USA), and Max Brignola (USA) took seventh over Matthew Bianchi (USA). Ladarion Lockett (USA) also took gold at the U.S. Junior World Team Trials over Jayden James (USA) with Joseph Sealey (USA) taking bronze at the event.

79 KG

U.S. Open (April)

Evan Wick (USA) won the U.S. Open over Dean Hamiti Jr. (USA); Simon Ruiz (USA) won third over Carson Kharchla (USA), Muhammad McBryde (USA) won fifth over Kennedy Monday (USA) and Ethan Riddle (USA) took seventh over Dajun Johnson (USA).

U23 World Team Trials, Junior World Team Trials

Senior World Team Trials (May)

Levi Haines (USA) won the U.S. World Team Trials over Dean Hamiti Jr. (USA) with Simon Ruiz (USA) taking bronze. Beau Mantanona (USA) won the U.S. U23 Nationals over Nicco Ruiz (USA); Myles Takats (USA) took third over Ethan Riddle (USA), Moses Espinoza-Owens (USA) took fifth over Hudson Rodgers (USA), and Logan Messer (USA) took seventh over Ryan Ford (USA). William Henckel (USA) won the U.S. Junior World Team Trials over Brock Mantanona (USA) with Lucas Condon (USA) taking third.

86 KG

U.S. Open (April)

Zahid Valencia (USA) won the U.S. Open over Kyle Dake; Chance Marsteller took third over Parker Keckeisen, Rocco Welsh took fifth over Marcus Coleman, and Chris Moore took seventh over Brayden Thompson.

U23 World Team Trials, Junior World Team Trials

Senior World Team Trials (May)

Kyle Dake (USA) won the U.S. Senior World Team Trials over Carter Starocci (USA) with Parker Keckeisen (USA) taking bronze. Rocco Welsh (USA) won the U.S. U23 Nationals over Jaxon Smith (USA); Dylan Fishback (USA) won third over Simon Ruiz (USA), Jersey Robb (USA) took fifth over Jersey Robb (USA), and James Conway (USA) took seventh over Brayden Thompson (USA). Max McEnelly (USA) won the U.S. Junior World Team Trials over Aeoden Sinclair (USA) with Jake Dailey (USA) taking third.

92 KG

U.S. Open (April)

Trent Hidlay (USA) won the U.S. Open over Aeoden Sinclair (USA); Michael Macchiavello (USA) took third over Eric Schultz (USA), Dustin Plott (USA) took fifth over Hayden Walters (USA) and Patrick Brophy (USA) won seventh over Jack Davis (USA).

U23 World Team Trials, Junior World Team Trials

Senior World Team Trials (May)

Josh Barr (USA) won the U.S. Senior World Team Trials over Aeoden Sinclair (USA); Michael Macchiavello (USA) took third. Gavin Nelson (USA) won the U.S. U23 Nationals over Luke Geog (USA); Hayden Walters (USA) took third over Kael Wisler (USA), Jesse Perez (USA) took fifth over Jack Wehmeyer (USA), and Wolfgang Frable (USA) took seventh over Conor Maslanek (USA). Connor Mirasola (USA) won the U.S. Junior World Team Trials over Dillon Bechtold (USA) with Sonny Sasso (USA) taking bronze.

97 KG

U.S. Open (April)

Kyle Snyder (USA) won the U.S. Open over Jay Aiello (USA); Zane Latham (USA) took third over Christian Knop (USA), Gavin Hoffman (USA) took fifth over Ethan Laird (USA) and Massoma Endene (USA) took seventh over Tyrie Houghton (USA).

U23 World Team Trials, Junior World Team Trials

Senior World Team Trials (May)

Garavous Kouekabaikalho (USA) won the U.S. U23 Nationals over Thomas Dineen (USA); Massoma Endene (USA) took third over Mason Christian (USA), Dan Rella Jr. took fifth over Christian Carroll (USA), and Steven Burrell Jr. took seventh over Max Ramberg (USA). Justin Radmacher (USA) won the U.S. Junior World Team Trials over Camden McDaniel (USA) with Quinlan Morgan (USA) taking bronze. Hayden Zillmer (USA) cut down to 97 KG for the U.S. Senior World Team Trials and took gold over Jay Aiello (USA) to take the spot in the rankings; Ethan Laird (USA) took bronze at the U.S. Senior World Team Trials.

125 KG

U.S. Open (April)

Wyatt Hendrickson (USA) won the U.S. Open over Demetrius Thomas (USA); Christian Lance (USA) took third by forfeit over Hayden Zillmer (USA), Trent Hillger (USA) took fifth by forfeit over Jordan Wood (USA) and Lucas Stoddard (USA) took seventh over Alex Semenenko (USA).

U23 World Team Trials, Junior World Team Trials

Senior World Team Trials (May)

Trent Hillger (USA) won U.S. Senior World Team Trials over Demetrius Thomas (USA). taking bronze at U.S. World Team Trials was Christian Lance (USA) by forfeit over Jordan Wood (USA).

Daniel Herrera (USA) won the U.S. U23 Nationals over Crew Howard (USA) with Lucas Stoddard (USA) taking third, Jarrett Stone (USA) taking fifth, and Aden Attao (USA) taking seventh. Cole Mirasola (USA) won U.S. Junior World Team Trials over Dreshaun Ross (USA) in a two match series.

Pound for Pound

Carter Starocci (USA) returns to the pound for pound rankings at #8 for beating #9 Chance Marsteller at 86 KG Senior World Team Trials. #2 Zahid Valencia (USA) takes the #1 spot for beating former #1 Kyle Dake (USA) in the 86 KG U.S. Open. Mitchell Mesenbrink (USA) takes the #11 spot for beating #10 (now #12) David Carr (USA) in the finals of the 74 KG U.S. Open. Real Woods (USA) takes the #14 spot for beating #14 Jesse Mendez (USA) in the semifinals of the 65 KG U.S. Senior World Team Trials. Wyatt Hendrickson (USA) has the #16 spot off winning the 125 KG U.S. Open title and a 2023 125 KG U23 World title.

Jax Forrest (USA) has the #17 P4P spot for winning the 61 KG U.S. Open over #19 Seth Gross (USA). Brock Hardy (USA) is in at #18 for beating #19 Seth Gross (USA) at 65 KG Senior World Team Trials. Seth Gross is at #19 for beating #20 Marcus Blaze (USA) at the 61 KG U.S. Open.

Luke Lilledahl has #23 for being the #2 ranked 57 KG behind 2024 57 KG Olympic runner-up #4 Spencer Lee (USA). PJ Duke (USA) has the #24 spot for winning Senior and Junior 70 KG World Team Trials and taking silver at the 2024 70 KG World Team Trials. Levi Haines (USA) takes the #25 spot for winning the 79 KG Senior World Team Trials.