World Silver Medalist Kilty to Wrestle for Iowa

In their first year of competition, the Iowa women’s wrestling team captured an NCWWC national title and crowned individual champions in six of the ten collegiate weight classes. As hard as it may be to believe, the Hawkeye team got even stronger this evening. 

2023 World silver medalist and five-time age-group world medalist, Macey Kilty, used her social media to announce that she will compete collegiately and finish her education at the University of Iowa. 

In April, Kilty advanced to the finals of the Olympic Team Trials for the second consecutive time. In both instances, she was beaten by two-time Senior world medalist Kayla Miracle. At the 2020(1) Trials, the pair split matches before Kilty was seriously injured in the third and deciding match and couldn’t continue. The 2024 edition saw Miracle prevail in two straight matches. 

2023 saw Kilty make her first Senior World team - which she did at 65 kg. Kilty used two techs, a nine-point win, and a fall to make the finals. She’s also had multiple appearances at the U23, Junior, and Cadet World Championships. In 2018, Kilty won a Cadet World gold medal in Zagreb, Croatia. That same year she made the Junior World finals. 

Earlier this year, Kilty dominated en route to a Pan-American gold medal. She did not surrender a single point while teching both of her opponents. 

Kilty had previously spent plenty of time training at the University of North Carolina’s Tar Heel Wrestling Club, but hasn’t actually competed at the collegiate level. She’ll have one year of eligibility to use for the Hawkeyes. 

Kilty has competed at a variety of different weight classes over the years but has wrestled 62 kg (136 lbs) at the 2024 Olympic Trials.