2024-25 Team USA Ranking: No. 1 at 65 kg/143 lbs.

Years on Team USA: 4 (2019-20, 2021-22, 2023-25)

Residence: Colorado Springs, Colo.

Hometown: Stratford, Wis.

Regional Training Center: Iowa Women’s Wrestling Club

Club: Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club

Personal Coach: Coleman Scott, Troy Steiner, Clarissa Chun

College: DeVry University, University of Iowa

High School: River Falls, Wis. and Stratford, Wis.

Born: March 13, 2001, in Marshfield, Wis.

Height: 5’5”

Senior World Teams

2024 Senior Worlds (Bronze at 65 kg), 2023 Senior Words (Silver at 65 kg)

Age-Group World Teams

2024 U23 Worlds (Silver at 62 kg), 2019 U23 Worlds (Silver at 68 kg), 2019 Junior Worlds (Silver at 65 kg), 2018 Junior Worlds (Silver at 68 kg), 2018 Cadet Worlds (Gold at 69 kg), 2016 Cadet Worlds (Bronze at 49 kg)

Career Highlights

• Two-time Senior World Championships medalist

• Two-time U.S. World Team member

• Two-time U23 World Championships medalist

• Two-time Junior World Championships medalist

• Two-time Cadet World Championships medalist

• Pan American Championships gold medalist

• Two-time U.S. Olympic Team Trials runner-up

• U.S. Open champion

• Final X champion

• Wisconsin high school state runner-up in the boys division

Career Biography

2024: Senior World Championships bronze medalist in Tirana, Albania… U23 World Championships silver medalist in Tirana, Ablania… Pan American Championships gold medalist… Pan American Olympic Games Qualifier Wrestle-Off runner-up… U.S. Olympic Team Trials runner-up…

2023: Senior World Championships silver medalist in Belgrade, Serbia… Fifth in U23 World Championships in Tirana, Albania… Final X champion… U.S. Open champion… U23 Women’s Nationals champion…

2022: Yasar Dogu (Turkey) silver medalist… Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix (Russia) silver medalist… Fourth in Final X (True Third)… World Team Trials Challenge Tournament runner-up…

2021: Henri Deglane Grand Prix silver medalist… U.S. Olympic Team Trials runner-up…

2020: Eighth in Matteo Pellicone Tournament… U23 Women’s Nationals champion… UWW Junior Nationals champion… U.S. Open (Oct. 2020) runner-up…

2019: U23 World Championships silver medalist in Budapest, Hungary… Junior World Championships silver medalist in Tallin, Estonia… Grand Prix of Germany bronze medalist… Dave Schultz Memorial International silver medalist… Third in U.S. Open (Dec. 2019)… World Team Trials Challenge Tournament runner-up… UWW Junior Nationals champion… U23 Women’s Nationals champion… Third in U.S. Open (April 2019)…

2018: Junior World Championships silver medalist in Trnava, Slovakia… Cadet World Championships gold medalist in Zagreb, Croatia… Cadet Klippan Lady Open (Sweden) silver medalist… UWW Junior Nationals champion… UWW Cadet Nationals champion…

2017: Cadet Pan American Championships gold medalist… Cadet Klippan Lady Open champion… UWW Cadet World Team Trials runner-up…

2016: Cadet World Championships bronze medalist in Tbilisi, Georgia… UWW Cadet Nationals champion…

College: Earned Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration at DeVry University…

High School: Completed high school career at River Falls High School… 2016 Wisconsin state runner-up in the boys division for Stratford High… Coached by Dennis Hall, Brandon Paulson, Jared Lawrence and Kevin Black…

Age-Group: 2017 and 2018 Junior Freestyle Nationals champion… Third in 2016 Junior Freestyle Nationals… 2017 Junior Folkstyle Nationals champion… 2016 and 2017 Cadet Freestyle Nationals champion… 2017 Cadet Folkstyle Nationals champion… 2018 Junior Western Regional champion…

Personal: Daughter of Pat and Keresa Kilty… Two younger brothers, Easton and Koehler… Enjoys spending time in Wisconsin with family and spending time outdoors… Enjoys country music… Favorite time of the year is Fall… Favorite movie is The Blind Side… Favorite wrestler is John Smith… Favorite athlete is Russell Wilson… Favorite food is watermelon… Began wrestling at five years old after her brother joined a local youth wrestling club…

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