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Schultz, Six from Sunkist Set for Senior World Championships

Sep 30, 2021

TEMPE - Seven from the Valley are in Olso, Norway for the UWW Senior World Championships. Heavyweight All-American Cohlton Schultz, who's competing on his first Senior World Team, will represent Arizona State and Sunkist RTC in Greco-Roman. He'll be joined by six Sunkist wrestlers in Tokyo 2020 bronze medalist Helen Maroulis, London 2012 gold medalist Jordan Burroughs, Tokyo 2020 Olympian Kayla Miracle,  2017 Jr. World Team champion Maya Nelson, and 2020 Olympian G'Angelo Hancock. Fans can follow the action on FloWrestling.
 
Full US Senior World Team lineups and schedule
USA World Championships info
 
Men's Freestyle
79 kg – Jordan Burroughs (Philadelphia, Pa./Pennsylvania RTC/Sunkist Kids)
 
Women's Freestyle
57 kg – Helen Maroulis (Rockville, Md./Sunkist Kids)
59 kg – Maya Nelson (Denver, Colo., Sunkist Kids)
62 kg – Kayla Miracle (Tempe, Ariz./Sunkist Kids)
65 kg – Forrest Molinari (Tempe, Ariz./Sunkist Kids)
 
Greco-Roman
97 kg – G'Angelo Hancock (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids)
130 kg – Cohlton Schultz (Parker, Colo./Sunkist Kids)
 
Schultz will wrestle in the Greco-Roman 130 kg weight class for Team USA. It's his first ever Senior World Team after earning gold in the Greco-Roman 130 kg weight class at the USA World Team Trials.  The Parker, Colorado, native already owns two Senior National titles (2019, 2020), a 2017 Cadet World crown, a 2018 Junior World bronze medal, and a 2019 Junior World silver medal.
 
Maroulis is a World Team veteran, while this Miracle's second World Team. Molinari previously finished fifth at two World Championships, and Nelson joins Schultz in experifing the World Championships for the first time. Burroughs and Hancock are no strangers to this level. Burroughs already owns four World titles and seven World medals and Hancock is competing on his fourth Senior World Team.