Beat the Streets New York's Carolina Lockard, Tristan Levin win 2026 PSAL Wrestling Wingate Awards

Both student-athletes earned four city championships and will continue their wrestling careers at the NCAA Division I level.

Carolina Lockard and Tristan Levin earned the Public Schools Athletic League (PSAL) Wrestling Wingate Award, which recognizes the most outstanding senior student-athletes in their sport from New York City public high schools.

Lockard and Levin were each part of the Beat the Streets New York (BTSNY) and competed for BTSNY in the BTS National Duals competition. Lockard was also an active member of the life-changing BTSNY Academy program. Both student-athletes also earned the BTSNY High School Career Achievement Award in June.

Lockard of Brooklyn Tech completed arguably the greatest New York City high school girls wrestling career in history as the first PSAL student-athlete to win four girls freestyle city titles. She also led Brooklyn Tech to the PSAL girls dual meet city championship. On the state level, Lockard captured her third freestyle state title. She also earned her second National High School Coaches Association (NHSCA) All-America honor with a third-place finish after taking fifth in 2025.

Levin of Tottenville on Staten Island completed an exceptional New York City high school wrestling career this year. He helped lead Tottenville to a dual team city title and claimed his fourth consecutive PSAL city title. At the state tournament, he captured his second state medal with a third-place finish after taking eighth in 2025. Levin carried the momentum into the spring by earning NHSCA All-America honors with a seventh-place finish. He later won a Northeast Regional Greco-Roman title to qualify for USA Wrestling's Junior Nationals.

Both Lockard and Levin will continue their wrestling careers at the NCAA Division I level, the highest stage in collegiate wrestling. Lockard will head to Lehigh University, while Levin heads to Binghamton University.

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Since being founded in 2005, Beat the Streets New York has pioneered a movement that now includes 110 individual wrestling programs, a youth league and the first girls high school league.

BTSNY works to develop the full human and athletic potential of New York City urban youth and strengthen the city's wrestling culture. We aim to make a lifelong impact on student-athletes through the lessons learned on the wrestling mat -- discipline, perseverance, self-reliance, humility and a strong work ethic. Discover how you can make a meaningful contribution to our work at btsny.org/donate.