2024 Olympic bronze medalist Helen Maroulis (Rockville, Md.) has accepted her automatic bid to Final X and will battle for the women’s freestyle 57 kg spot on the 2025 U.S. World Team. Final X will be on Saturday, June 14 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
One of the most decorated U.S. women wrestlers of all-time, Maroulis made history at the 2024 Olympic Games by becoming the first three-time Olympic medalist in U.S. women’s wrestling with a bronze medal in Paris, France. She previously won Olympic bronze in 2020 in Tokyo, Japan and gold in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her gold in Rio was the landmark first women’s wrestling gold for Team USA. Maroulis automatically qualified for Final X by earning a medal at the 2024 Olympic Games.
In addition to her three Olympic medals, Maroulis owns seven Senior World medals—three gold, two silver and two bronze. She is an 11-time U.S. Senior World Team member, three-time Pan American champion, three-time U20 World medalist and six-time U.S. Open champion.
Maroulis is one of only four women to claim four WCWA college national championships. She claimed three for Simon Fraser University and one for Missouri Baptist University from 2010 to 2014.
What’s at stake?
Final X will determine the 2025 U.S. Senior World Team in two-of-three 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.
The Final X opponent for Maroulis will be determined April 25 at the U.S. Open in Las Vegas, Nevada. The women’s freestyle 57 kg champion at the U.S. Open will advance to face Maroulis in a best-of-three series at Final X.
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.
Maroulis holds an 8-0 record from previous BTSNY Annual Benefit events since 2012. Her record is highlighted by 4-1 victory in 2018 against Odunayo Adekuoroye, a four-time Senior World medalist for Nigeria. Maroulis last competed in a BTSNY Annual Benefit event in 2022, when she defeated Alex Hedrick in two-straight matches at Final X New York by 10-0 technical fall in both rounds.
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 on Saturday, June 14. Session I, which starts at 2 p.m. (ET), will feature round one in each best-of-three series. Session II, which starts at 5 p.m. (ET), will continue with round two and if-necessary round three matches. Match order for each session will be provided at a later date.
If Prudential Center’s tenant, New Jersey Devils, host an NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs game on June 14 the contingency date for Final X would be Sunday, June 15.
For more information about Final X, please visit themat.com.
2025 Final X Qualifiers (As of April 18, 2025)
Men’s Freestyle
57 kg – Spencer Lee (Iowa City, Iowa/Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC)
61 kg – Vito Arujau (Ithaca, N.Y./Spartan Combat RTC/Titan Mercury WC)
Women’s Freestyle
57 kg – Helen Maroulis (Rockville, Md.)
65 kg – Macey Kilty (Iowa City, Iowa/Iowa Women’s WC/Titan Mercury WC)
