By David Gerhart
USA Wrestling

2025 Senior World Team member Max Black and two-time age-group World medalist Aden Attao, who was the Idaho winner of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame's Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award in 2023, headline the U23 Greco-Roman field at the 2026 U23 Nationals & U20 World Team Trials at SPIRE Academy in Geneva, Ohio.

Competition in the U23 Greco-Roman division runs from start to finish on Friday, May 29. Champions will be crowned following a best-of-three series between the two finalists.

The winners of each weight class are in a prime position to represent Team USA at the 2026 U23 World Championships in Las Vegas, Nevada, from October 12-18. The U23 World Team spot goes to the U23 Nationals champion unless a higher-ranking age-group eligible Senior National Team member elects to take the roster spot.

Wrestlers to Watch

Max Black is in the field at 60 kg after he was a member of the 2025 Senior World Team. In his career, Black is a four-time age-group World Team member competing at U23 Worlds in 2024 and 2025 and U20 Worlds in 2022 and 2023.

Two-time age-group World medalist Aden Attao looks to make his second straight U23 World Team at 130 kg, following his national title at this event last spring. Attao won bronze at the U20 World Championships in 2022 and 2024.

Fellow 2025 U23 World Team members Aliaksandr Kikiniou, Jr., Max Ramberg and Aydin Rix McElheinney are also among the 290-plus entrants this weekend. Ramberg and Rix McElheinney are looking for their second-straight U23 Nationals titles.

Other wrestlers looking to repeat as champions are Kenneth Crosby, Rhett Peak, Adrian Artsisheuskiy and Keenan Wyatt.

2022 U20 World Team member Artsisheuskiy is among four former U20 World Team members looking to make an impact on the U23 stage. Soren Herzog competed on the U20 World Team member in 2024 and 2025, with Nick Nosler joining him on the 2025 team. Zachary Silvis competed for the U.S. at the 2023 U20 World Championships.

Michael Altomer is a two-time age-group World Team member, having competed at the U23 and U20 Worlds in 2023. 2024 U23 World Team member Hunter Garvin and 2022 U17 World Team member Elyle Francisco round out the age-group World Team members in Greco-Roman.

2024 U23 World Team member in freestyle, Lucas Stoddard, joins the Greco-Roman field this weekend at 130 kg.

Weight Classes to Watch

60 kg

Max Black headlines the 60 kg division as a former Senior World Team member. Black is joined by defending champion Rhett Peak. The two met during the U20 World Team Trials final in 2023, where Black won the best-of-three series, two matches to none. 2022 U17 World Team member Elyle Francisco is among the names to watch at this weight class.

87 kg

A trio of age-group World Team members is featured at 87 kg in Michael Altomer, Aliaksandr Kikiniou, Jr. and Aydin Rix McElhinney. The pair of Kikiniou and Rix McElhinney are both moving up in weight from their 2025 U23 World weight classes. Kikiniou moves up three classes from 72 kg, and Rix McElhinney climbs from 77 kg. During Altomer’s U23 Worlds appearance in 2023, he competed at 87 kg, but at the 2025 U23 Pan American Championships, he competed at 97 kg. The trio will also have to battle the defending champion, Keenan Wyatt. Wyatt has also recently moved up in weight and competed at the 2025 U23 Pan American Games at 97 kg.

97 kg

Max Ramberg looks to defend his U23 Nationals title after capturing the championship with four bonus victories over five bouts. Two-time U20 World Team member Soren Herzog is stepping up to the U23 division this season and looks to make an impact at 97 kg. Cody Kwak is another name to watch in the division. He competed for the U.S. at the Thor Masters earlier this year.

130 kg

Two-time age-group World medalist and defending U23 Nationals champion Aden Attao features at 130 kg. He enters the weekend following a third-place finish at Senior World Team Trials in April at the U.S. Open. Another name to keep an eye on in this weight class is Lucas Stoddard, who was a U23 World Team member in freestyle. Attao and Stoddard are currently slated for double duty this weekend, competing in Greco-Roman freestyle. Jimmy Hustoles also carries international experience into the division after competing at the Thor Masters this past March.

How to Follow

Action in Geneva begins on Friday with U20 men’s freestyle and U23 Greco-Roman. U23 men’s freestyle takes place on Saturday and Sunday.

The 2026 U23 Nationals & U20 World Team Trials will be broadcast live on FloWrestling. Bracket and live results will be available on USA Bracketing.

For more information on this event, including how to register and a detailed event schedule, please visit usawrestlingevents.com.

PIN Ratings

The top 10 wrestlers in each weight class based on USA Wrestling Greco-Roman PIN ratings are listed below. PIN ratings, which are not seeds, and athlete separation within each bracket are not final until after weigh-ins and are subject to change based on final entries.

To be eligible for separation at a USA Wrestling regional or national event, athletes must have a minimum style-specific PIN rating of 1100. Additionally, USA Wrestling will only separate up to 50 percent of a bracket.

USA Wrestling’s Performance Index, abbreviated as PIN, is used for separating top athletes at USA Wrestling regional and national events. Each wrestler is assigned a PIN rating based on their results over time.

PIN Ratings and entrants are as of May 27.

55 kg

1. Aydan Thomas, Oklahoma, PIN 1227

2. Kenneth Crosby, Colorado, PIN 1214

3. William Jakeway, South Carolina, PIN 1174

4. Easton Mull, Pennsylvania, PIN 1150

5. Zachary Silvis, Minnesota, PIN 1140

6. Zane Donley, Oklahoma, PIN 1118

7. Davian Guanajuato, Arizona, PIN 1117

8. Ray Ray Harris, California, PIN 1100

60 kg

1. Max Black, Michigan, PIN 1381

2. Saxton Scott, Idaho, PIN 1295

3. Rhett Peak, Oklahoma, PIN 1256

4. Elyle Francisco, Alaska, PIN 1250

5. Treygen Morin, Idaho, PIN 1250

6. Phoenix Contos, Ohio, PIN 1211

7. Drew Hansen, Michigan, PIN 1134

8. Brodie Christmas, Alabama, PIN 1128

9. Bubba Wright, Kansas, PIN 1116

10. Tyler Klein, Wisconsin, PIN 1102

63 kg

1. Pierson Manville, Arizona, PIN 1467

2. Kenton Cooke, Alaska, PIN 1227

3. William Christopher, Wisconsin, PIN 1223

4. Brady Baker, Michigan, PIN 1198

5. Gabriel Mortensen, North Dakota, PIN 1186

6. Lucas Peters, Wisconsin, PIN 1115

67 kg

1. Ned Kauffman, Pennsylvania, PIN 1330

2. Gavin Weichelt, Colorado, PIN 1272

3. Noah Manuel Tapia, Illinois, PIN 1239

4. Carter Stephenson, Colorado, PIN 1189

5. Richie Clementi, Louisiana, PIN 1187

6. Elijah Brosius, Pennsylvania, PIN 1179

7. Levi Richmond, Pennsylvania, PIN 1166

8. Chase Creque, Tennessee, PIN 1108

72 kg

1. Jude Randall, Oklahoma, PIN 1356

2. Dominic Way, West Virginia, PIN 1253

3. Bas Diaz, Iowa, PIN 1247

4. David Burchett, Colorado, PIN 1227

5. Griffin Lundeen, Minnesota, PIN 1224

6. Conlan Carlson, Minnesota, PIN 1190

7. Noah Rice, Pennsylvania, PIN 1169

8. Owen Hicks, New York, PIN 1165

9. Evan Herriman, Michigan, PIN 1143

10. Marquis Deloach, Illinois, PIN 1129

77 kg

1. Hunter Garvin, Iowa, PIN 1355

2. Brendon Abdon, Florida, PIN 1314

3. Omaury Alvarez, Georgia, PIN 1246

4. TJ Schierl, Wisconsin, PIN 1226

5. Troy Shannon, North Carolina, PIN 1193

6. Jeremy Paradice, Georgia, PIN 1182

7. Michael Baldwin, Michigan, PIN 1161

8. Anthony Gutierrez, Illinois, PIN 1157

9. Julian Slaastad, Illinois, PIN 1155

10. Leonard Tukhlynovych, Minnesota, PIN 1147

82 kg

1. Adrian Artsisheuskiy, New York, PIN 1216

2. Caden Young, Wisconsin, PIN 1186

3. Cody Kirk, Alabama, PIN 1174

4. Gavin Ricketts, Kentucky, PIN 1164

5. Cael Miller, Illinois, PIN 1123

6. Alec Robeson, Texas, PIN 1120

7. Antony Tuttle, Minnesota, PIN 1108

8. Mason Parsons, South Carolina, PIN 1108

87 kg

1. Aydin Rix McElhinney, Maine, PIN 1282

2. Aliaksandr Kikiniou Jr, Colorado, PIN 1273

3. Nick Nosler, Illinois, PIN 1261

4. Adonis Bonar II, Nebraska, PIN 1252

5. Michael Altomer, New York, PIN 1233

6. Jared Thiry, Iowa, PIN 1143

7. Jonathan Sims, Ohio, PIN 1141

8. Jaren Rohde, Wisconsin, PIN 1123

97 kg

1. Soren Herzog, Colorado, PIN 1266

2. Jayden Tadeo-Gosal, California, PIN 1156

3. Max Ramberg, Wisconsin, PIN 1152

4. Brenton Russell, New York, PIN 1146

130 kg

1. Aden Attao, Colorado, PIN 1393

2. Sebastian Lopez, Kansas, PIN 1160

3. Torin Forsyth, Kansas, PIN 1134

4. Willie Cox, Alabama, PIN 1100