TEMPE – Five-time All-American Cohlton Schultz is representing Team USA once again at Senior World Championships. The Sun Devil Wrestling alumnus begins competition from Astana, Kazakhstan in the 130 kg Greco-Roman bracket Saturday, Oct. 24 at 10:30 p.m. MST. Senior Worlds runs Oct. 24 - Nov. 1. The action can be seen on FloWrestling with live brackets on United World Wrestling and FloArena.
Arizona State Wrestling’s associate head coach Eric Thompson and sophomore Ben Szuba are alongside Schultz throughout the event.
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Cohlton Schultz competition schedule (130kg) (Time in Arizona)
- Saturday, Oct. 24 at 10:30 PM
Opening rounds - Sunday, Oct. 25 at 4:45 AM
Semifinals - Sunday, Oct. 25 at 10:30 PM
Repechage - Monday, Oct. 26 at 6:00 AM
Medal matches
Schultz, who trains under Southwest Wrestling Club and coached by Thompson, is making his fourth appearance at World Championships in his storied career. Earlier this year, he earned a gold medal at the Pan-Am games and was a silver medalist at Zagreb Open Ranking Series event in Croatia, and was a U.S. Open champion.
Current head coach Zeke Jones is the only Sun Devil to win in his Senior Worlds weight class (1991, 52 kg). This will be Schultz fifth career appearance for Team USA at Senior World Championships.
In 2025, Schultz had a 16th place finish at World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia and fell to Sergei Semenov 5-2 by decision in the opening round. In 2023, he placed 10th after falling 4-0 to David Ovasapyan of Armenia by fall.
In his time as a Sun Devil, he’s the only five-time All-American in program history, compiling a career record of 109-18 as a heavyweight and being a four-time Pac-12 Champion (‘21-’24) and a Big 12 finalist. In 2024, he was tabbed as USA Wrestling’s Greco-Roman Wrestler of the Year and on the 2023 Final X over Adam Coon earning a spot on the World Team.
In 2022, he earned the Gorriaran Award for the Most pins in least amount of time at NCAA Championships. In his five years competing at NCAAs, he earned three top-5 finishes and was runner-up in 2023. Schultz has spent seven years representing the red, white and blue since 2019.
Sun Devils to wrestle at Senior World Championships
Cohlton Schultz - 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025, 2026 (Greco-Roman)
Danny Felix - 2009
Dan St. John - 1997
Zeke Jones - 1989, then wrestled at '90, '91, '93, '94, '95 and '97 SWC
Dan Henderson - 1994, 1997
Townsend Sanders - 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995
Rob Eiter - 1993, 1995
Gary Bohay - 1987, 1989
Dan Severn - 1985
Dan Henderson - 1994, 1997
Billy Rosado - Appeared at '74 and '78 Senior World Championships but lettered at ASU '77 and '78. Then wrestled at '81 Senior Worlds too.
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