By Richard Immel
USA Wrestling

CORALVILLE, Iowa – United World Wrestling has released brackets in the Greco-Roman, women’s freestyle and men’s freestyle divisions for the 2026 Senior Pan American Championships, which begin on Thursday morning at Xtream Arena in Coralville, Iowa.

Five returning Senior World medalists highlight the U.S. lineup—Kylie Welker in women’s freestyle, plus Zahid Valencia, Trent Hidlay, Levi Haines and Real Woods in men’s freestyle.

Welker, a two-time World bronze medalist, has drawn the marquee preliminary match of the bunch against 2024 Olympic bronze medalist Tatiana Renteria of Colombia at 76 kg. Hidlay, the reigning World champion, will also face a Paris Olympian, Pool Ambrocio Greifo of Peru, as he begins his run at 92 kg. Ambrocio Greifo is also entered in the Greco-Roman division and opens with American Timothy Young, who just won the U.S. Open, at 97 kg.

Another spicy matchup for the U.S. audience comes at 79 kg, with Haines getting his start against Puerto Rico's Michael Labriola. Haines is the returning World silver medalist in the weight, while Labriola was 12th in Zagreb, Croatia. Labriola was an NCAA finalist and five-time All-American at Nebraska.

The U.S. also sports a pair of Olympians on its roster who have moved up in weight this season—Kamal Bey at 82 kg in Greco-Roman and Kayla Miracle at 65 kg in women’s freestyle. Both have small round-robin brackets and are considered gold-medal favorites.

2025 Senior World Team member and 2024 U23 World silver medalist Beka Melelashvili faces a worthy challenger in the first round at 87 kg in Greco-Roman—2024 Olympian and two-time U23 World medalist Daniel Gregorich Hechavarria of Cuba.

2022 Senior World Team member Abigail Nette will test herself early against 2025 World bronze medalist Laurence Beauregard at 59 kg in women’s freestyle. Nette recently won the U.S. Open and has earned two bronze medals at UWW Ranking Series events this year.

Nette’s well-credentialed Army WCAP teammates Adaugo Nwachukwu and Jasmine Robinson each open with a U20 World bronze medalist. Nwachukwu is paired against Melanie Jimenez Villalba of Mexico at 62 kg, while Robinson has drawn Eduarda Rodrigues Batista of Brazil at 68 kg.

Initial opponents for each U.S. wrestler can be found below. Athletes in a round robin bracket will have multiple opponents listed. A full set of brackets and match-by-match results is available on UWW Arena. A live broadcast of the event can be found at FloWrestling.com.

The Senior Pan American Championships are spread across four days of wrestling, with each style competing over two days. Greco-Roman leads things off on Thursday and Friday. Women’s freestyle takes place on Friday and Saturday. Men’s freestyle wraps up the event on Saturday and Sunday.

Stay tuned to TheMat.com and USA Wrestling’s social media platforms for complete coverage of the Senior Pan American Championships.

2026 Senior Pan American Championships 

May 7-10, Coralville, Iowa 

Reference Links 

• Event Hub

• Event Tickets

• Live Stream

• Brackets and Results

Event Schedule 

Thursday, May 7 

GR 55-60-63-67-77-82-87-130 kg

10 a.m. - Qualification rounds

1 p.m. - Semifinals

2 p.m. - Repechage

4:15 p.m. - Opening Ceremony

5 p.m. - Medal matches

Friday, May 8 

GR 72-97 kg, WFS 50-55-57-62-68-72 kg

10 a.m. - Qualification rounds

1 p.m. - Semifinals

2 p.m. - Repechage

5 p.m. - Medal matches

Saturday, May 9 

WFS 53-59-65-76 kg, MFS 61-74-86 kg

10 a.m. - Qualification rounds

1 p.m. - Semifinals

2 p.m. - Repechage

5 p.m. - Medal matches

Sunday, May 10 

MFS 57-65-70-79-92-97-125 kg

10 a.m. - Qualification rounds

1 p.m. - Semifinals

2 p.m. - Repechage

5 p.m. - Medal matches

*All times listed are U.S. Central Time.

U.S. Greco-Roman Draw 

55 kg – Max Nowry (Washington, Ill./New York AC) 

VS Moises Peralta Gonzalez (Ecuador)

VS Yan Landim Ribeiro (Brazil)

VS Isaac Marin Mata (Mexico)

60 kg – Dalton Roberts (Fountain, Colo./Army WCAP) 

VS Augusto Vargas Valle (Chile) or Yerony Liria Carreras (Dominican Republic)

63 kg – Landon Drury (Colorado Springs, Colo./NMU-National Training Center) 

VS Jeremy Peralta Gonzalez (Ecuador)

VS Marat Garipov (Brazil)

VS Angel Segura Tellez (Mexico)

VS Derick Martinez Mateo (Puerto Rico)

67 kg – Otto Black (Marquette, Mich./New York AC) 

VS Mauricio Lovera (Argentina) or Irving Salazar Cabrera (Mexico)

72 kg – Benji Peak (Colorado Springs, Colo./Position Wrestling/New York AC) 

VS Mauri Vicente Silverio Junior (Brazil)

VS Emerson Felipe Ordonez (Guatemala)

77 kg – Joel Adams (Omaha, Neb./Beaver Dam Wrestling RTC) 

VS Joilson De Brito Ramos Junior (Brazil) or Darfel Parada Camacaro (Venezuela)

82 kg – Kamal Bey (Colorado Springs, Colo./Army WCAP) 

VS Diego Macias Torres (Mexico)

87 kg – Beka Melelashvili (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC) 

VS Daniel Gregorich Hechavarria (Cuba)

VS Jose Vargas Rueda (Mexico)

97 kg – Timothy Young (Colorado Springs, Colo./Army WCAP) 

VS Pool Ambrocio Greifo (Peru)

130 kg – Cohlton Schultz (Tempe, Ariz./Arizona/New York AC) 

VS Guilherme Evangelista Dias (Brazil) or Gino Avila Dilbert (Honduras)

U.S. Women’s Freestyle Draw 

50 kg – Katie Gomez (Van Nuys, Calif./Titan Mercury WC) 

VS Thalia Oliveira De Freitas (Brazil)

53 kg – Cristelle Rodriguez (Crete, Neb./Tiger WC/Titan Mercury WC) 

VS Sofia Ocegueda Gonzalez (Mexico)

55 kg – Everest Leydecker (Phoenix, Ariz./Thorobred WC/New York AC) 

VS Amber Wiebe (Canada)

VS Josefina Ramirez Duarte (Mexico)

57 kg – Amanda Martinez (Riverside, Ill./Cardinal WC/Titan Mercury WC) 

VS Yocleidy Ramirez Santana (Dominican Republic) or Nadia Trujillano La Rosa (Peru)

59 kg – Abigail Nette (Colorado Springs, Colo./Army WCAP) 

VS Laurence Beauregard (Canada)

VS Daniela Martinez Vargas (Mexico)

VS Mayara Ramos Pereira (Brazil)

62 kg – Adaugo Nwachukwu (Colorado Springs, Colo./Army WCAP) 

VS Melanie Jimenez Villalba (Mexico)

VS Rebecca Williams (Barbados)

65 kg – Kayla Miracle (Phoenix, Ariz./Titan Mercury WC) 

VS Alexis Gomez (Mexico)

VS Miki Rowbottom (Canada)

68 kg – Jasmine Robinson (Colorado Springs, Colo./Army WCAP) 

VS Eduarda Rodrigues Batista (Brazil)

VS Aleah Nickel (Canada)

VS Maria Ceballos Cuenu (Colombia)

72 kg – Precious Wieser (Maplewood, Minn./Titan Mercury WC) 

VS Michelle Olea Ruiz (Mexico)

VS Ellise Daynes (Canada)

76 kg – Kylie Welker (Iowa City, Iowa/Iowa Women’s WC/Titan Mercury WC) 

VS Tatiana Renteria (Colombia)

U.S. Men’s Freestyle Draw 

57 kg – Liam Cronin (Lincoln, Neb./Nebraska WTC/Titan Mercury WC) 

VS Edwin Segura Guerra (Guatemala) or Daniel Dos Santos Silva (Brazil)

61 kg – Austin DeSanto (Iowa City, Iowa/Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC) 

VS Garette Saunders (Canada)

VS Irie Jackson (Jamaica)

65 kg – Real Woods (Ann Arbor, Mich./Cliff Keen WC/Titan Mercury WC) 

VS Tommy Garcia Sanchez (Dominican Republic) or Matias Munoz Ramirez (Chile)

70 kg – Ridge Lovett (Post Falls, Idaho/Nebraska WTC/Titan Mercury WC) 

VS Michael Zale (Canada)

VS Francisco Gonzalez Torres (Mexico)

74 kg – Kannon Webster (Washington, Ill./Illinois RTC/New York AC) 

VS Arbey Alarcon Tovar (Colombia)

79 kg – Levi Haines (Bellefonte, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) 

VS Michael Labriola (Puerto Rico)

VS Sergio Espinoza Muniz (Mexico)

VS Patrik Leder (Canada)

VS Jhoan Serna Rodriguez (Colombia)

86 kg – Zahid Valencia (Stillwater, Okla./Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC) 

VS Nestor Tafur Barrios (Colombia) or Kevin De Leon Trevino (Mexico)

92 kg – Trent Hidlay (Raleigh, N.C./Wolfpack WC/Titan Mercury WC) 

VS Lucas Bordeaux Rego Alvan (Brazil)

VS Pool Ambrocio Greifo (Peru)

VS Andrew Johnson (Canada)

VS Shane Jones (Puerto Rico)

97 kg – Stephen Buchanan (Coralville, Iowa/Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC) 

VS Steven Burrell Jr (Jamaica)

125 kg – Wyatt Hendrickson (Stillwater, Okla./Cowboy RTC/WCAP) 

VS Brandon Anguiano Flores (Mexico)