Wrestlers · Senior level
Macey Kilty
2x Senior World medalist; 2018 U17 World champion; 6x age-group World medalist; 2025 NCWWC champion for Iowa
Stratford, WI · River Falls HS · Iowa
By Joe Spisak, Pennsylvania state champion and 4x NCAA qualifier at Virginia · Published September 28, 2026
Macey Kilty is from Stratford, Wisconsin. She wrestled on the boys' team at Stratford High School and placed second at 106 pounds at the 2016 WIAA state tournament. The Marshfield News-Herald reported she was the second girl to reach a WIAA state final.
That September she won bronze at the Cadet World Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia, at 49 kg, about 108 pounds. In 2017 she won the cadet and junior women's freestyle titles at Junior Nationals, Fargo, and was named Outstanding Wrestler in both. She then moved to River Falls High School, graduating in 2019.
In 2018 she won the U17 World title at 69 kg in Zagreb, Croatia, beating Julia Fridlund of Sweden 9-3 in the final. She won U20 World silver that year and again in 2019, when she also took U23 World silver.
She was runner-up at 62 kg at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in 2021, when Kayla Miracle of the Sunkist Kids won their series two matches to one. In 2024 she won the challenge tournament to reach the final series again, which Miracle won.
In 2023 she won her Final X series and took silver at 65 kg at her first Senior Worlds in Belgrade, Serbia. In 2024 she won U23 World silver at 62 kg and Senior World bronze at 65 kg, both in Tirana, Albania.
As a graduate student at Iowa in 2024-25 she went 28-0 and won the NCWWC title at 145 pounds. She won Pan American titles in 2024 and 2025. In 2025 she also placed fifth at the Senior Worlds in Zagreb.
She moved to 62 kg in 2026. She won the World Team Trials Challenge Tournament, and Adaugo Nwachukwu of Army WCAP won their three-match Final X series. In August she took silver at the Poland Open. She trains with the Iowa Women's WC and is ranked second in the country at 62 kg for 2026-27.
Results
| Season | Level | Event | Weight | Place | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-16 | High school | WIAA state tournament | 106 lb | 2nd | Wrestling for Stratford in the boys' tournament. She was the second girl to reach a WIAA state final. |
| 2016 | Age group | U17 (Cadet) World Championships, Tbilisi | 49 kg | 3rd | |
| 2018 | Age group | U17 (Cadet) World Championships, Zagreb | 69 kg | 1st | Two pins and a technical fall to the final, including a pin of Mengwei Zhang (China) in 1:40 in the semifinal. She beat Julia Fridlund (Sweden) 9-3 for gold. |
| 2018 | Age group | U20 World Championships, Trnava | 68 kg | 2nd | Her first U20 World medal. |
| 2019 | Age group | U20 World Championships, Tallinn | 65 kg | 2nd | Her second straight U20 World silver. |
| 2019 | Age group | U23 World Championships, Budapest | 68 kg | 2nd | |
| 2021 | Senior | U.S. Olympic Team Trials | 62 kg | 2nd | Kayla Miracle (Sunkist Kids) won the best-of-three final two matches to one. Kilty won the second match 4-3. |
| 2023 | Senior | Senior World Championships, Belgrade | 65 kg | 2nd | Four wins to reach the final in her first Senior Worlds, including a 10-0 technical fall over Tatsiana Paulava (Individual Neutral Athlete) in the semifinal. Nonoka Ozaki (Japan) won the final 10-0. |
| 2024 | Senior | U.S. Olympic Team Trials, challenge tournament and final series | 62 kg | 2nd | She beat Adaugo Nwachukwu (WCAP) 6-2 and Jen Page (NLWC / TMWC) 9-8 to win the challenge tournament. Kayla Miracle won the final series 8-5 and 4-1. |
| 2024 | Age group | U23 World Championships, Tirana | 62 kg | 2nd | Iryna Bondar (Ukraine) won the final 12-3. |
| 2024 | Senior | Senior World Championships, Tirana | 65 kg | 3rd | She beat Valeriia Dondupova Suvorova (Individual Neutral Athlete) 16-5 for bronze, scoring 16 straight points after trailing 5-0. |
| 2024-25 | College | NCWWC Championships | 145 lb | 1st | Seeded first for Iowa. She beat Bella Mir (North Central) 7-2 in the final. |
| 2025 | Senior | Senior World Championships, Zagreb | 65 kg | 5th | She pinned Grace Bullen (Norway) in 4:39 in repechage, then wrestled Enkhjin Tuvshinjargal (Mongolia) for bronze. |
| 2026 | Senior | Final X, Newark | 62 kg | 2nd | After winning the World Team Trials Challenge Tournament, she lost the series to Adaugo Nwachukwu two matches to one, winning the second 4-0. |
What we could not confirm
Anything not on this page, a high school record, a final score, a season, was left out because no primary source stated it when this was written. If you have a bracket, a program, or a clipping, send it to the operator, Joe Spisak, at joe@spisak.co and the page gets the number.
Sources
- https://www.themat.com/profiles/macey-kilty · USA Wrestling athlete profile. Her Senior and age-group World Team results, her high schools, her 2026 season and her 2026-27 national ranking of No. 2 at 62 kg.
- https://hawkeyesports.com/sports/womens-wrestling/roster/player/macey-kilty · University of Iowa roster biography. Her World medals, her 2025 NCWWC title in a 28-0 season and her 2016 Wisconsin state runner-up finish in the boys' division.
- https://nwhof.org/national-wrestling-hall-of-fame-dan-gable-museum/news/world-medalist-macey-kilty-headlines-girls-clinic-in-north-liberty-iowa · National Wrestling Hall of Fame, 2024. A Stratford native and 2019 graduate of River Falls High School, headlining a girls' clinic in North Liberty, Iowa.
- https://www.marshfieldnewsherald.com/story/news/2018/07/06/macey-kilty-stratford-wins-gold-cadet-world-championships/763197002/ · Marshfield News-Herald, July 2018. Her U17 World title at 69 kg in Zagreb, and her 2016 run to the WIAA state final at 106 pounds for Stratford.
- https://hubcitytimes.com/stories/macey-kilty-looks-toward-a-future-in-wrestling,8925 · Hub City Times, Marshfield, 2017. Her cadet and junior titles at Fargo, both with Outstanding Wrestler awards, and her move to River Falls High School.
- https://www.themat.com/news/2016/september/15/kilty-figueroa-ortega-wrestling-for-bronze-at-cadet-worlds · USA Wrestling, September 2016. Her run to the 49 kg bronze medal match at the Cadet World Championships in Tbilisi, after a semifinal against Yui Susaki of Japan.
- https://www.themat.com/news/features/2021/april/04/womens-freestyle-wrap-at-ott · USA Wrestling, April 2021. The 62 kg final series at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials, won by Kayla Miracle two matches to one.
- https://www.themat.com/news/2023/september/19/day-4-wrap-usa-men-s-freestylers-are-world-champs-winchester-claims-silver-page-gets-bronze-kilty-to-go-for-gold-maroulis-hildebrandt-for-bronzes- · USA Wrestling, September 2023. Her semifinal win at 65 kg at her first Senior World Championships in Belgrade.
- https://www.themat.com/news/2023/september/20/kilty-wins-silver-maroulis-gray-hildebrandt-get-bronze-elor-qualifies-for-finals-bruntil-to-go-for-bronze · USA Wrestling, September 2023. Her silver medal at 65 kg after the final against Nonoka Ozaki of Japan.
- https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/12451726-2024-usa-wrestling-olympic-trials-results · FloWrestling, April 2024. Match results from the U.S. Olympic Team Trials, including her 62 kg challenge tournament wins and the final series.
- https://hawkeyesports.com/news/2024/10/25/welker-captures-u23-world-gold-kilty-secures-silver · University of Iowa, October 2024. Her silver medal at 62 kg at the U23 World Championships in Tirana.
- https://www.themat.com/news/2024/october/30/kilty-welker-score-bronze-u-s-women-take-third-at-senior-world-championships · USA Wrestling, October 2024. Her bronze medal at 65 kg at the Senior World Championships in Tirana, her second straight Senior World medal.
- https://www.themat.com/news/2025/march/08/led-by-three-champions-iowa-repeats-as-ncwwc-champions-women-s-wrestling-now-moves-on-to-ncaa-status · USA Wrestling, March 2025. Her NCWWC title at 145 pounds for Iowa with a 7-2 win over Bella Mir in the final.
- https://www.themat.com/news/2025/april/11/macey-kilty-accepts-2025-final-x-berth-at-65-kg-in-women-s-freestyle · USA Wrestling, April 2025. Her 28-0 season at Iowa, her Pan American title and her 2023 Final X series win over Mallory Velte.
- https://www.themat.com/news/2025/september/17/kilty-welker-to-bronze-match-blades-glaude-nwachuwku-drop-quarters-at-2025-world-championships · USA Wrestling, September 2025. Her repechage pin at 65 kg at the Senior World Championships in Zagreb.
- https://www.themat.com/news/2026/may/15/elor-and-kilty-pin-to-women-s-freestyle-senior-world-team-trials-titles · USA Wrestling, May 2026. Her World Team Trials Challenge Tournament title at 62 kg with a pin of Claire DiCugno in 1:06.
- https://www.themat.com/news/2026/june/03/women-s-freestyle-62-kg-series-features-adaugo-nwachukwu-macey-kilty-at-2026-final-x-presented-by-kerberos-capital-management · USA Wrestling, June 2026. Her move to 62 kg, her 2026 international medals and her record against Adaugo Nwachukwu.
- https://www.themat.com/news/2026/june/19/nwachukwu-turner-go-the-distance-eight-earn-spots-on-women-s-freestyle-world-team-at-2026-final-x-presented-by-kerberos-capital-management · USA Wrestling, June 2026. The three-match Final X series at 62 kg.
- https://www.themat.com/news/2026/august/28/amanda-martinez-leads-three-u-s-medalists-with-gold-on-day-two-of-poland-open · USA Wrestling, August 2026. Her silver medal at 62 kg at the Poland Open in Warsaw.
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