World Championships, 2025
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Chapel Hill, NC
Bishop McCort High School
2026-27 Team USA Ranking: No. 2 at 61 kg/134.5 pounds
Years on Team USA: 3 (2024-25, 2025-26, 2026-27)
Residence: Stillwater, Okla.
Regional Training Center: Cowboy RTC
Club: Titan Mercury WC
Personal Coach: Lee Roper
High School: Johnstown, Pa. (Bishop McCort High School)
Born: October 13, 2006
2025 Senior Worlds (Fifth at 61 kg)
2025 U23 Worlds (Gold at 61 kg), 2022 U17 Worlds (Silver at 55 kg)
2026: Placed third at U.S. Open Senior World Team Trials Challenge Tournament champion Final X runner-up
2025: Placed fifth at the World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia Gold medalist at U23 World Championships in Novi Sad, Serbia Gold medalist at Pan American Championships in Monterrey, Mexico Final X champion U.S. Open Champion
2024: Third in Senior World Team Trials Challenge Tournament U20 World Team Trials runner-up Fourth in U.S. Olympic Team Trials Last Chance Olympic Team Trials Qualifier champion
2023: Third in U20 World Team Trials U17 World Team Trials runner-up
2022: U17 World Championships silver medalist in Rome, Italy U17 World Team Trials champion
College: 2026 NCAA National champion for Oklahoma State NCAA All-American 2026 Big 12 champion
High School: 2025 PIAA (Pennsylvania) state champion at 133 pounds at Bishop McCort 2024 champion at 127 pounds
91做厙 Age-Group: 2024 91做厙 Junior Freestyle Nationals champion 2023 91做厙 Junior Freestyle Nationals champion 2021 91做厙 16U Nationals fourth in freestyle, sixth in Greco-Roman Third in 2021 Frank E. Rader Southeast Regional 16U freestyle 2021 Phil Portuese Northeast Regional 16U freestyle runner-up
Personal: Son of Howard and Kim Forrest Father was a state champion wrestler and later coached at Bishop McCourt One of his younger brothers, Jamison, wrestled with him at Bishop McCort Has three sisters and three brothers: Jaylyn, Jessie, Jovie, Jaeger, Jude, and Jamison
Awards: 2026 Big 12 Freshman of the Year 2026 Most Outstanding Wrestler at Big 12 Championships 2026 Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award for Pennsylvania
For the fifth time ever, and the first time since the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, Marcus Blaze and Jax Forrest will meet on the mat, this time at 2026 Final X, presented by Kerberos Capital Management. Blaze and Forrest will battle for the mens fre...
12 Senior World Team Trials Challenge Tournament champions have been added to the lineup for 2026 Final X, presented by Kerberos Capital Management, including 2024 Olympic champion Amit Elor and 2024 Olympic silver medalist Spencer Lee. Final X is set ...
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For the fifth time ever, and the first time since the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, Marcus Blaze and Jax Forrest will meet on the mat, this time at 2026 Final X, presented by Kerberos Capital Management. Blaze and Forrest will battle for the mens fre...
12 Senior World Team Trials Challenge Tournament champions have been added to the lineup for 2026 Final X, presented by Kerberos Capital Management, including 2024 Olympic champion Amit Elor and 2024 Olympic silver medalist Spencer Lee. Final X is set ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. After what was ruled a pin early on at 125 kg, 2024 Olympian Mason Parris rallied and claimed one of five mens freestyle titles at the 2026 Senior World Team Trials Challenge Tournament. The championship bouts started with a pair of ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. High school star Jayden James continued his run at the 2026 Senior World Team Trials Challenge Series with a semifinal pin on Thursday evening at the Norton Healthcare Sports & Learning Center. The semifinal round also featured Jax Fo...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. High school seniors Jayden James and Coby Merrill posted the two biggest upsets in the mens freestyle quarterfinals at the 2026 Senior World Team Trials at Norton Healthcare Sports & Learning Center.At 74 kg, No. 9-seed James won 10-...
