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It’s about that time! In the past couple of weeks, we’ve spent time loosely discussing Final X; however, it’s time to start talking about the individual matches themselves. Over the next couple of weeks, we’ll break down all 20 Final X matchups - leading into the event itself on June 14th, from Newark, New Jersey. Our next preview is in women’s freestyle at 65 kg. There will be a lot of familiarity in this series between two-time Senior world medalist Macey Kilty and US Open champion Aine Drury. The pair have met multiple times in high-stakes matches within the last year. They’ll do it again in Newark. The previous matchups have leaned heavily toward Kilty, so will Drury be able to close the gap? Prior Previews 57 kg men’s freestyle 61 kg men's freestyle 65 kg men's freestyle 70 kg men's freestyle 74 kg men's freestyle 79 kg men's freestyle 86 kg men's freestyle 50 kg women’s freestyle 53 kg women's freestyle 55 kg women's freestyle 57 kg women's freestyle 59 kg women's freestyle 62 kg women’s freestyle 65 kg women’s freestyle Macey Kilty vs. Aine Drury This is one of two women’s freestyle series where there was a returning World/Olympic medalist that automatically advanced to Final X. That wrestler is Macey Kilty who has grabbed a hold of this 65 kg weight class. Kilty has made the world team in each of the last two years at this weight and came away with hardware in each of those two trips (silver and bronze). After training at North Carolina, since her high school career concluded, Kilty moved to finish college at the University of Iowa last school year. Her individual title helped contribute to a national team title for the Hawkeyes. The Senior World medals are just the next step in the progression for Kilty, who has won at every level. She has seven age-group world medals including a Cadet world championship from 2018. Aine Drury was a California state champion who stayed at home and went undefeated while winning a California Community College title for Cerritos College. Drury then transferred to King University where she made the national finals in 2024 and finished fifth at the NCWWC National Tournament in 2025. Her first loss on the championship side of the bracket in 2025 came to Kilty, who won via tech. How They Got Here Kilty: At the 2024 non-Olympic weight World Championships, Kilty suffered a quarterfinal loss to Romania’s Kateryna Zelenykh in the quarterfinals, but won a match in repechage before teching Russian Valeriia Dondupova Suvorova to claim a bronze medal. It was her second medal at the Senior level and allowed her to automatically advance to Final X. Drury: A runner-up finish at the 2024 World Team Trials helped Drury obtain the second seed in a pretty strong US Open weight class. Drury advanced to the finals after an impressive showing against world medalist Jennifer Page in the semifinals. She was up 10-2 at the time of a first-period fall over Page. In the finals, Drury got out to a big leave and survived a late rally from Isabella Mir to take the title and move on to Final X. Recent Form Kilty: Kilty’s only international event of 2025 has been the Pan-American Championships an event she won with two techs and a fall. The gold medal was her second from the continental championship at the Senior level for Kilty. She also won in 2024. In addition to her Senior world medal last year, Kilty also was a silver medalist at U23 World’s. Drury: Drury’s only competitions this year were on the collegiate front and the US Open. Prior History There’s plenty of recent history between these two. As we’ve already discussed the pair met in the semifinals of the NCWWC National Championships earlier this year. In 2024, Kilty also swept Drury in the World Team Trials finals to make the Senior World Team. Both of those matches resulted in techs. Kilty’s career advantage over Drury is 4-0 with a win at the 2023 US Open factored in. Keys to Victory Kilty: Stick with what works. Kilty has dominated the previous matchups with Drury - with little scoring from Drury, so why change? She has a sweep single that’s difficult to stop and works well with snap-downs and from the front headlock position. Her turns tend to work, too. Get to those attacks until proven otherwise. Drury: Impose her will. Drury likes to get to an underhook and work from there, whether it is looking for a trip or controlling the head for a variety of potential moves. She’s able to do this against just about everyone not named Kilty. She should try and get to her best positions while being cognizant of the fact that Kilty might disappear for a sweep single. Again, against the rest of the country, Drury is rather stout defensively but has trouble stopping Kilty.