2025 Final X

2025 Final X Preview: Macey Kilty vs Aine Drury

2025 Final X Preview: Macey Kilty vs Aine Drury

A preview of the match between Macey Kilty and Aine Drury at Final X on Saturday, June 14.

May 25, 2025 by Kyle Klingman
2025 Final X Preview: Macey Kilty vs Aine Drury

Final X is Saturday, June 14, at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, and will be streamed LIVE on FloWrestling. Final X determines the 2025 U.S. Senior World teams in two Olympic disciplines: men’s and women’s freestyle.

Below is a women’s freestyle preview of the 65-kilogram match between Macey Kilty and Aine Drury. 

Key Credentials

Macey Kilty, 24
2025 Pan-Am champion
2025 NCWWC (NCAA) champion
2024 World bronze medalist
2023 World silver medalist
6x age-level World medalist
2x Olympic Trials best-of-three finalist (2021, 2024)
2018 Cadet World champion

Aine Drury, 23
2025 US Open champion
2024 U23 Pan-Am champion
2024 NCWWC (NCAA) finalist
2x NCWWC (NCAA) All-American
2023 CCCAA champion

Match History

Kilty leads, 4-0

2025 NCWWC semifinals: Kilty over Drury, 10-0
2024 World Team Trial, Match 2: Kilty over Drury, 12-1
2024 World Team Trials, Match 1: Kilty over Drury, 10-0
2023 US Open semifinals: Kilty over Drury, 11-0

How They Reached Final X

Kilty received an automatic bid to Final X as a returning 2024 World medalist. 

Aine Drury reached Final X by winning the US Open. She entered as the two seed and won 11-0 over Josselinne Campos (R16), by fall over Gabriella Perez (quarters), by fall over Jennifer Page (semis), and 8-7 over Bella Mir (finals). 

What Should You Expect? 

Drury won this year’s US Open after a fifth-place finish at the National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Championships. She fell to Kilty in the semis, then was headlocked and pinned by Elmira’s Zoey Lints in the consolation semis after posting a 2-0 lead. 

The Westminster, California, native rebounded with an impressive run through the US Open, including an exciting 8-7 win over Bella Mir in the finals. Drury won the 2024 World Team Trials Challenge Tournament with wins over age-level World medalists Alara Boyd and Skylar Hattendorf, and Senior World bronze medalist Jennifer Page. 

She’s a selective shooter but explodes for big moves when she goes on the offensive. Will that be enough to take down one of America’s most consistent winners?

Kilty owns this weight after suffering shoulder injuries in 2021 and 2022 while competing at 62 kg. She currently has no domestic peers at 65 kg. 

The Stratford, Wisconsin, native stays in solid position, pushes the pace, uses short offense, and turns on top. Few U.S. wrestlers at her weight survive full six-minute matches, and, if they do, the score is lopsided. 

Making gains is the name of the game for Drury. Recent match history and international results give Kilty a big edge, so closing the gap should be at the forefront of Drury’s mind at Final X. 

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Drury had an 8-7 shootout with Bella Mir in the 2025 US Open finals

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Macey Kilty destroy the field at the 2025 Pan-Am Championships