Audrey Jimenez, Erin Golston to meet at 50 kg in women's freestyle at 2025 Final X

The wrestlers will each make their second appearance in a Beat the Streets Annual Benefit event.

Four-time age-group World medalist Audrey Jimenez and three-time U20 World medalist Erin Golston will meet for the 50 kg women’s freestyle spot on Team USA at 2025 Final X on Saturday, June 14 at Prudential Center.

The Senior-level series between the two has been owned by Jimenez, who holds a 3-0 record against the veteran competitor Golston dating back to the 2023 U.S. Open semifinals. All three matches have resulted in technical falls, with Jimenez outscoring Golston by a combined 34-2 tally. This best-of-three series will be a rematch of the 2025 U.S. Open finals, won by Jimenez, 11-0.

Jimenez has consistently performed on the international stage. She has appeared in five age-group World Championships—two U17 teams, two U20 teams and a U23 team—and collected three silver medals, plus a bronze medal. She is a two-time Senior Pan American medalist and the reigning champion. Jimenez is still U20 eligible and already qualified for this year’s U20 World Team.

Domestically, Jimenez has been in the No. 2 slot in this weight class the past couple of years behind 2024 Olympic champion Sarah Hildebrandt. She finished second to Hildebrandt at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials and 2023 Final X. With Hildebrandt retired, the path is clear for Jimenez to command the weight. Jimenez qualified for Final X by winning the 2025 U.S. Open in Las Vegas, Nev.

Golston has been a perennial Senior-level contender going back a decade plus. She has collected 16 international medals on the Senior scene since 2013, which was also the year she grabbed a third-straight medal at the U20 World Championships. Most recently, Golston earned a bronze medal at the Muhamet Malo Ranking Series tournament in Albania.

Golston was third at last year’s U.S. Olympic Team Trials behind Hildebrandt and Jimenez. She earned her place in Final X by winning the Senior World Team Trials Challenge Tournament in Louisville, Ky.

What’s at stake?

Final X will determine the 2025 U.S. World Team in two international disciplines—men’s freestyle and women’s freestyle. In total, 20 weight classes will be contested, 10 in each discipline. The top two U.S. athletes in each weight classes will wrestle a best-of-three series at Final X to determine the U.S. representative at the 2025 Senior World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia.

Both Jimenez and Golston have competed at a Final X event. Jimenez went 0-2 against Hildebrandt in the 50 kg women’s freestyle series in 2023. Golston won a true-third match over two-time World medalist Alyssa Lampe the same year.

Beat the Streets New York Annual Benefit

Final X will serve as the Beat the Streets New York Annual Benefit, the 15th BTSNY Annual Benefit to date. These unique electrifying events help BTSNY raise more than $1 million each year to support local youth wrestling programs which empower young people in New York City. The BTSNY Annual Benefit after-party will follow the conclusion of Final X.

The 2023 Final X is the only Beat the Streets event appearance for either Jimenez or Golston.

Get Tickets

Benefit tickets and sponsorship packages (Final X plus exclusive after party celebration access), that also provide the best wrestling-event seats, are available at give.btsny.org/2025FinalX. Proceeds from Benefit tickets and sponsorship packages will directly help BTSNY serve NYC youth. For more information on ticket packages, email BTSNY Executive Director Brendan Buckley at bbuckley@btsny.org.

Event-only tickets for Final X without access to the BTSNY after-party celebration are available on Ticketmaster.

Follow Final X

FloWrestling will serve as the host broadcast partner for Final X. Fans can watch the event live or on-demand at FloWrestling.com.

Online results for Final X will be available on USA Bracketing, USA Wrestling's new best-in-class event management software.

Final X will be held in two sessions Saturday, June 14. Session I, which starts at 2 p.m., will feature round one in each best-of-three series. Session II, which starts at 5 p.m., will continue with round two and if-necessary round three matches. Match order for each session will be provided at a later date.

For more information about Final X, visit themat.com.

2025 Final X

June 14, Prudential Center, Newark, N.J.

Men’s Freestyle Matchups

57 kg – Spencer Lee (Iowa City, Iowa/Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Luke Lilledahl (Saint Charles, Mo./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC)

61 kg – Vito Arujau (Ithaca, N.Y./Spartan Combat RTC/TMWC) vs. Jax Forrest (Johnstown, Pa./Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC)

65 kg – Joseph McKenna (Stillwater, Okla./Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Real Woods (Ann Arbor, Mich./Cliff Keen WC/Titan Mercury WC)

70 kg – Yianni Diakomihalis (Rochester, N.Y./Spartan Combat RTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. PJ Duke (Slate Hill, N.Y./KD Training Center/Titan Mercury WC)

74 kg – Mitchell Mesenbrink (Bellefonte, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. David Carr (Ames, Iowa/Cyclone RTC/Titan Mercury WC)

79 kg – Evan Wick (San Gabriel, Calif./SoCal RTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Levi Haines (Arendtsville, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC)

86 kg – Zahid Valencia (Stillwater, Okla./Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Kyle Dake (Port Matilda, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC)

92 kg – Trent Hidlay (Raleigh, N.C./Wolfpack WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Joshua Barr (Davison, Mich./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC)

97 kg – Kyle Snyder (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Hayden Zillmer (Deerwood, Minn./Gopher WC)

125 kg – Wyatt Hendrickson (Stillwater, Okla./Cowboy RTC/U.S. Air Force WCAP) vs. Trent Hillger (Minneapolis, Minn./Gopher WC)

Women’s Freestyle Matchups

50 kg – Audrey Jimenez (Bethlehem, Pa./Lehigh Valley Wrestling RTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Erin Golston (Denton, Texas/New York AC)

53 kg – Brianna Gonzalez (Baldwin, Calif./Iowa Women's WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Felicity Taylor (Coralville, Iowa/Titan Mercury WC)

55 kg – Cristelle Rodriguez (Fresno, Calif./Tiger WC) vs. Everest Leydecker (Phoenix, Ariz./Thorobred WC)

57 kg – Helen Maroulis (Rockville, Md./Titan Mercury WC) vs. Amanda Martinez (Riverside, Ill./Cardinal WC/Titan Mercury WC)

59 kg – Abigail Nette (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army WCAP) vs. Jacarra Winchester (Colorado Springs, Colo./USOPTC/Titan Mercury WC)

62 kg – Kayla Miracle (Phoenix, Ariz./Valiant WC) vs. Adaugo Nwachukwu (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army WCAP)

65 kg – Macey Kilty (Iowa City, Iowa/Iowa Women's WC/Sunkist Kids WC) vs. Aine Drury (Westminster, Calif./New York AC)

68 kg – Kennedy Blades (Tiffin, Iowa/Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Brooklyn Hays (Colorado Springs, Colo./USOPTC/Titan Mercury WC)

72 kg – Alexandria Glaude (Atherton, Calif./Beaver Dam RTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Amit Elor (Walnut Creek, Calif./Titan Mercury WC)

76 kg – Kylie Welker (Iowa City, Iowa/Iowa Women's WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Dymond Guilford (Lancaster, Calif./USOPTC/Titan Mercury WC)