Iowa Women's Wrestling Club

Breaking news from @IowaWWC as they have announced Gracie Figueroa as their second resident athlete. She’s a five-time age level team member including a Cadet/U17 World bronze. She joins Macey Kilty as the club’s two resident athletes.

Help us give a warm welcome to our newest IWWC athlete, 𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒆 𝑭𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒂. 🤩 •4x undefeated California State Champion •5x Fargo National Champion •5x World Team Member •Cadet World Championships Bronze Medalist •Collegiate National Champion and Runner-Up

Brianna Gonzalez will bring home 🥉 from the JR Pan-Am Games at 53kg after securing the first-period FALL over Kailane Araujo (BRA). Gonzalez struck for a pair of double-leg takedowns after some early hand fighting, running a bar following the latter to end the match in style.

B & E ready to roll at the Junior Pan-American Games in Paraguay August 21-23. 🤩💪 #Hawkeyes x #IWWC x #ForHer

As the U20 World Championships continue over in Bulgaria, draws are out for women's freestyle - where Iowa's Naomi Simon looks to one-up last year's 🥉 medal at 76kg. Simon (Wed.) & Leister Bowling IV (Sat. - Men's Greco) will rep the 🐤's later this week. Full preview to come!

Registration for our 2025 IWWC Women’s Academy is 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆! 🤩💪 🗓️ Saturday, October 4 📍Carver-Hawkeye Arena & Goschke Family Training Center ⏰ 9:00A iowawomenswrestlingclub.com/womens-wrestli… #Hawkeyes x #IWWC x #ForHer

Our girl, Macey Kilty, bringing home the bronze from Budapest at the UWW Ranking Series Event. 💪🥉 #IWWC x #Hawkeyes x #ForHer

@IowaW_Wrestling alum Macey Kilty (65kg) earns 🥉 at today's UWW Ranking Series event in Hungary. Kilty defeated a pair of 3x SR World teamers via dec. - w/ her only loss in a WILD semi against 3x World/Olympic medalist Grace Bulen (NOR). (I'll post some highlights later today)

Save the Date for the 2025 IWWC Women’s Wrestling Academy! 🤩 🗓️ Saturday, October 4 📍 Goschke Wrestling Complex / Carver Hawkeye Arena ⏳ Registration Date + Time Coming Soon #IWWC x #Hawkeyes x #WomensAcademy

Down 1-0 at the break to a stingy opponent from Colombia, Hawkeye Lilly Luft explodes after the intermission - eventually settling in for the FALL to punch her ticket to tonight’s U20 Pan-Am final at 62kg.

Cadence Diduch (65kg) joins Lilly Luft (62kg) in the U20 Pan-Am finals. Diduch (TF, TF, fall) has yet to allow a point today, ending her semifinal with this takedown-to-pin sequence:

65 Days 👊

Huge thank you to John Steppe and The Gazette for their incredible article capturing how we’re building something bigger than ourselves here in Iowa City. 🤩🥇 #IWWC x #Hawkeyes x #ForHer

Dress Whites 🇺🇸 #FinalX2025 See you in Croatia.

Another 3x Senior World Team Member 🇺🇸 👏 76 kg | Kylie Welker (IWWC/TMWC) dec. Dymond Guilford (USOPTC/TMWC), 9-1 @IowaWWC x #Hawkeyes

Macey Kilty 👉 Team USA The Iowa grad racks up another 1st period 10-0 TF over Aine Drury, using 2 takedowns + 3 trap-arm guts to lock up her 3rd-consecutive SR 🌎 team spot at 65kg. And after bringing home 🥈/🥉 in 2023-24, she'll go for 🥇 this September in Zagreb, Croatia.

3x Senior World Team Member 🇺🇸👏 65 kg | Macey Kilty (IWWC/TMWC) tech. fall Aine Drury (NYAC), 10-0 @IowaWWC x #Hawkeyes

WFS 65 kg Round 2 | Macey Kilty (/Iowa Women’s WC/Titan Mercury WC) tech. fall Aine Drury (New York AC), 10-0 #FinalX2025 Kilty wins the best-of-three series, 2-0, to make the U.S. World Team. 🇺🇸

Kylie Welker takes Bout 1 of her 76kg final over Dymond Guilford (2-1) in a match that was wrestled to Guilford's preference - i.e. slowed by plenty of underhooks. On the shot clock mid-2nd (while trailing on criteria), Welker countered on the edge for the winning step out pt.

Round 1 ➡️ Welker 👏 76 kg Round 1 | Kylie Welker (IWWC/TMWC) dec. Dymond Guilford (USOPTC/TMWC), 2-1 @IowaWWC x #Hawkeyes