By Zack Chavez
USA Wrestling

For the fourth consecutive year, USA Wrestling is set to host the U23 Nationals and U20 World Team Trials at SPIRE Academy in Geneva, Ohio. The 2026 event will feature U23 men’s Greco-Roman and men’s freestyle, as well as the U20 men’s freestyle division. Competition is scheduled for May 29-31.

Action begins at 10 a.m. ET on Friday, May 29, with the U23 Greco-Roman and U20 men’s freestyle World Team Trials competitions. The U23 men’s freestyle brackets will begin on Saturday, May 30, and conclude on Sunday, May 31.

The 2026 U20 World Championships are set for August 16-23 in Bratislava, Slovakia. Athletes competing in the U20 World Team Trials must be born between 2006 and 2009. Athletes competing in the U23 Nationals, which will be held in conjunction with the U20 World Team Trials, must be born between 2003 and 2008 to be eligible.

The 2026 U23 Nationals & U20 World Team Trials features a full-challenge tournament and a best-of-three championship series. No athletes in the U23 division will be sitting in the finals.

The 10 athletes who won titles in the U20 men’s freestyle division at the 2026 U.S. Open will sit in the best-of-three finals and await the winner of the challenge bracket. The U20 Greco-Roman World team was established based on the champions from the 2026 U.S. Open.

All U20 national champions from the U.S. Open are listed below.

All matches will be streamed live and available on-demand through FloWrestling. Live results and brackets will be available on USA Bracketing.

For more information on the 2026 U23 Nationals and U20 World Team Trials, please visit usawrestlingevents.com.

U20 Men’s Freestyle Nationals Champions 

57 kg: Isaiah Cortez (Spartan Combat RTC/Titan Mercury WC)

61 kg: Elijah Cortez (Spartan Combat RTC/Titan Mercury WC)

65 kg: Bo Bassett (Titan Mercury WC)

70 kg: Landon Robideau (Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC)

74 kg: Jayden James (KD Training/Titan Mercury WC)

79 kg: Ryan Burton (SERTC/Titan Mercury WC)

86 kg: Aeoden Sinclair (Tiger Style RTC/Titan Mercury WC)

92 kg: Jimmy Mastny (Relentless Training Center)

97 kg: Michael Boyle (Ohio Crazy Goats)

125 kg: Coby Merrill (New York AC)

U20 Greco-Roman Nationals Champions 

55 kg: Ezekiel Witt (Bison Wrestling Club)

60 kg: Manuel Saldate (Beaver Dam Wrestling RTC)

63 kg: Nicholas Sorrow (Simmons Academy of Wrestling)

67 kg: Amryn Nutter (NMU-National Training Center)

72 kg: Eli Esguerra (Beast Mode Wrestling)

77 kg: Leister Bowling IV (Hawkeye Wrestling Club)

82 kg: Arvin Khosravy (Westpoint)

87 kg: Aidan Squier (NMU)

97 kg: Cittadino Tuttle (Pinnacle Wrestling Club)

130 kg: Trayvn Boger (Protos Wrestling Club)

2026 U23 Nationals & U20 World Team Trials 

At Geneva, Ohio, May 29-31 

Quick Links 

Event Website

Live Stream

Brackets

Event Schedule 

Friday, May 29 

10 a.m. – U23 Greco-Roman (Preliminaries, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Consolations)

10 a.m. – U20 Men’s Freestyle World Team Trials Challenge Tournament (Preliminaries, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Consolations, Challenge Tournament Finals)

4 p.m. – U23 Greco-Roman (All Medal Matches, Best of Three Finals)

4 p.m. – U20 Men’s Freestyle World Team Trials (All Medal Matches, Best of Three Finals)

Saturday, May 30 

9:30 a.m. – U23 Men’s Freestyle (Preliminaries, Consolations)

4 p.m. – U23 Men’s Freestyle (Preliminaries, Consolations)

Sunday, May 31 

10 a.m. – U23 Men’s Freestyle (Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Consolations, All medal matches, Best of Three Finals)

*All times listed are U.S. Eastern Time, local time in Geneva, Ohio.