By Zack Chavez
USA Wrestling

The U.S. will send a full roster of 34 wrestlers to the U20 Pan American Championships, which will be held July 9-12 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at the Physical Education Center Admiral Adalberto Nunes.

Bo Bassett headlines the men’s freestyle team at 65 kg as a two-time age-group World medalist after winning a bronze at the 2024 U20 World Championships and gold at the 2021 Cadet World Championships. Grey Burnett (57 kg) and Brock Mantanona (86 kg) will compete after winning bronze medals at the U17 level—Burnett in 2025 and Mantanona in 2023. Coby Merrill will be in action at 125 kg after a strong showing at the U.S. Open in April, where he earned an 8-6 victory over Dreshaun Ross for the U20 title, and made a deep run through the Senior 125 kg bracket with wins over Connor Mirasola and Mason Parris.

Aubree Gutierrez and Carley Ceshker return to international competition to lead the women’s freestyle roster. Gutierrez earned two technical falls and two pins en route to gold at the U17 Pan American Championships earlier this year. Ceshker, a freshman at the University of Iowa, won gold at the 2023 U17 Pan American Championships.

In Greco-Roman, Caleb Noble (55 kg) and Will Detar (60 kg) bring World Team experience to the roster. Noble returns to the U20 roster after representing the U.S. at the 2025 Pan American Championships and the 2025 World Championships, while Detar was a member of the 2025 U17 World Team.

The competition will conclude with beach wrestling on July 12, where the U.S. will field three men and three women. Evan Kapadia and Kirick Gurkin will compete at 80 kg on the men’s side, while Dominic Porter will wrestle at +90 kg after winning beach wrestling gold at the 2025 U20 Pan American Championships.  Yianna Foufas (50 kg), Aubree Gutierrez (60 kg) and Gretchen Donally (+70 kg) will represent the U.S. women’s beach wrestling team.

The complete U.S. roster for all three Olympic disciplines and beach wrestling, plus the full Team USA delegation list, is available below.

The tournament will be held over four days, with all weights in each Olympic style and beach wrestling contested from start to finish in a single day. Men’s freestyle opens the event on July 9, followed by women’s freestyle on July 10, Greco-Roman on July 11 and beach wrestling on July 12.

Wrestling begins at 10 a.m. local time each day for the Olympic styles and at 1 p.m. for beach competition. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is one hour ahead of U.S. Eastern Time.

A live stream of the U20 Pan American Championships will be available to the U.S. audience through FloWrestling. Brackets and updated results will be hosted on UWW Arena.

More information on the U20 Pan American Championships can be found at uww.org.

2026 U20 Pan American Championships 

At Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 9-12 

Reference Links 

• Event Website

• Live stream

• Brackets and results

Event Schedule 

Thursday, July 9 

Men’s Freestyle 

10 a.m. – Qualification rounds, repechage

4:15 p.m. – Opening ceremony

5 p.m. – Medal matches

Friday, July 10 

Women’s Freestyle 

10 a.m. – Qualification rounds, repechage

5 p.m. – Medal matches

Saturday, July 11 

Greco-Roman 

10 a.m. – Qualification rounds, repechage

3 p.m. – Medal matches

Sunday, July 12 

Beach Wrestling 

1 p.m. – Qualification rounds, repechages, medal matches

*All times listed local to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which is located one hour ahead of U.S. Eastern Time.

U.S. Men’s Freestyle Roster 

57 kg – Grey Burnett (Perrysburg, Ohio/Burnett Trained Wrestling)

61 kg – Dean Anderson (Mesa, Ariz./Valiant WC)

65 kg – Bo Bassett (Windber, Pa./Titan Mercury WC)

70 kg – Vince Bouzakis (Shavertown, Pa./Pittsburgh WC)

74 kg – Haakon Peterson (Hollandale, Wis./Askren Wrestling Academy)

79 kg – Ryan Burton (Sparta, N.J./SERTC/Titan Mercury WC)

86 kg – Brock Mantanona (Bermuda Dunes, Calif./Cliff Keen WC)

92 kg – Jimmy Mastny (Woodstock, Ill./Relentless Training Center)

97 kg – Michael Boyle (Columbus, Ohio/Ohio Crazy Goats Wrestling)

125 kg – Coby Merrill (Ontario, Calif./New York AC)

U.S. Women’s Freestyle Roster 

50 kg – Sarissa Tucker (Midland, Va./Legacy Dragons Wrestling)

53 kg – Aubree Gutierrez (Norwalk, Calif./Surfside X Wrestling)

55 kg – Marlee Solomon (McDonald, Penn./Team Pennsylvania)

57 kg – Molly Allen (Council Bluffs, Iowa/Cowgirls WC)

59 kg – Kailey Benson (Cottleville, Mo./Cowgirls WC)

62 kg – Carley Ceshker (Lake Geneva, Wis./B.A.M. Training Center)

65 kg – Maddie Marsh (Markleville, Ind./Red Cobra Wrestling Academy)

68 kg – May Cuyler (Bristow, Va./Vision Wrestling)

72 kg – Gretchen Donally (Ballantine, Mont./Colorado Mesa WC)

76 kg – Jael Miller (Smicksburg, Pa./Cardinal WC)

U.S. Greco-Roman Roster 

55 kg – Caleb Noble (Gurnee, Ill./Southwest RTC/Toss Academy)

60 kg – Will Detar (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Exodus WC)

63 kg – Anthony Delgado (Las Vegas, Nev./Gold Rush)

67 kg – Amryn Nutter (Fennimore, Wis./NMU-National Training Center)

72 kg – Hunter Sturgill (Hixson, Tenn./Indiana RTC)

77 kg – Will Scherer (St. Louis, Mo./NMU-National Training Center)

82 kg – Logan Bruce (Santa Rosa, Calif./Valley Silverbacks WC)

87 kg – Adonis Bonar II (Omaha, Neb./MWC Wrestling Academy)

97 kg – Brenton Russell (Westpoint, N.Y./West Point WC)

130 kg – James Hartleroad (Saint Joe, Ind./Midwest RTC)

U.S. Men’s Beach Roster 

80 kg – Evan Kapadia (Simpsonville, S.C.)

80 kg – Kirick Gurkin (Leland, N.C.)

+90 kg – Dominic Porter (South Lake Tahoe, Calif.)

U.S. Women’s Beach Roster 

50 kg – Yianna Foufas (North Bellmore, N.Y./Vougar Honors Wrestling Inc.)

60 kg – Aubree Gutierrez (Norwalk, Calif./Surfside X Wrestling)

+70 kg – Gretchen Donally (Ballantine, Mont./Colorado Mesa WC)

U.S. Support Staff / Delegation 

U.S. men’s freestyle coach – Corey Tripp

U.S. men’s freestyle coach – Bryan Pearsall

U.S. women’s freestyle coach – Paul Rademacher

U.S. women’s freestyle coach – Kenya Sloan

U.S. Greco-Roman coach – Joe Warren

U.S. Greco-Roman coach – Westley Bockert

U.S. Greco-Roman coach – Lucas Steldt

Personal coach – Scott Burnett

Personal coach – Ty Walz

Personal coach – Dave Boylard

Personal coach – Chris Perry

Personal coach – Lou Rosselli

Personal coach – Steve Stiegler

Personal coach – Pete Escandon

Personal coach – Daneen Solomon

Personal coach – Alli Ragan

Personal coach – Chad Red

Personal coach – Brian Vutianitis

Personal coach – Travis Mercado

Personal coach – Kendra Ryan

Personal coach – Derrick Noble

Personal coach – Riley Lefever

Personal coach – Robby Smith

Personal coach – Zack Wilcox

Personal coach – Scott Green

Personal coach – Tanner Boman

ATC – Amber Helphenstine

Official – Josh Kuisle

Official – Noah Clary

Official – Nathan Carmichael

Official – Natasha Phelps

Team leader – Meredith Suess

NF media – Zack Chavez

NF Official – Darryl Colbert