The 2024 Olympic Team Trials are set for Friday and Saturday in State College, Pennsylvania. The women's division is expected to be extremely competitive and loaded with uncertainties. Thirty-three wrestlers in the women's field are still in college. Both 50 kilograms and 76 kilograms have eight college wrestlers entered. In recent years, men's freestyle wrestlers Kyle Snyder, J'den Cox, and Gable Steveson earned Olympic spots while still taking college classes. Who will step up to the plate this time? Since the USA has already qualified every women's weight class for the Olympics, a title this weekend secures a spot in the Paris Games. Let's take a look at each of the six women's weight classes and the collegiate wrestlers with the best chance to earn a spot on the Olympic team.

50 kilograms (8 total): This is one of the deepest weight classes as far as collegiate competitors go. There are several collegiate national champions entered in this weight class, including NAIA national champion Mia Palumbo (William Penn), as well as NCWWC champions Emilie Gonzalez (Iowa), Ava Bayless (Iowa), and Samara Chavez (King). Nyla Valencia, a redshirt for Iowa, recently ran through the field at the Last Chance Qualifier. Sage Mortimer is a past All-American who won Senior Nationals title with a win over Chavez in the finals. Kendra Ryan (North Central) and Kaelani Shufeldt (Lock Haven) are tough NCCWC placers looking to break the pecking order up.

53 kilograms (4): Two 2024 college national champions will be competing at 53 kilograms: NCWWC champion Felicity Taylor (Iowa) and NAIA champion Juliana Diaz (Missouri Baptist). Sydney Petzinger and Brianna Gonzalez are both NCWWC All-Americans who have wins over some of the national champions here.

57 kilograms (6): This weight class includes four national champions from this calendar year. Cam Guerin recently won her fourth national title for McKendree and returns to the Olympic Team Trials after placing fourth in 2021. Another McKendree wrestler, Shelby Moore, has a win over Guerin, as well as well as wins over NAIA national champions Cristelle Rodriguez (Doane) and Carolina Moreno (Southern Oregon). Moore and Guerin are set to meet in the first round, with the winner facing top-seeded Xochitl Mota-Pettis. NAIA national champions Rodriguez and Moreno will also be in the field this weekend. Rodriguez has wins over both McKendree women. Amani Jones (North Central) won the national title at 123 pounds. One last collegiate name to mention here is Alexis Janiak (Aurora). Janiak was a U20 bronze medalist last year, has twice placed in the top three at the national tournament, and has traded wins with Guerin.

62 kilograms (2): Three-time NAIA national champion Adaugo Nwachukwu (William Penn) is seeded No. 2 in the Challenge Tournament at 62 kilograms. Nwachukwu is a three-time age group world team member and has claimed national titles on the senior, U23 and U20 levels. She has wins over some of the top contenders at this weight class, including 2023 world medalist Jen Page. If Nwachukwu reaches the semifinals she would face world medalist Macey Kilty. Claire DiCugno, a national champion for King, should make some noise in this weight class. Another college wrestler who qualified for the Olympic Team Trials in this weight class is national champion Jamilah McBryde (Life). Unfortunately, restrictions on her uniform were issued by United World Wrestling and she will not be allowed to compete in that attire.

68 kilograms (5): Alara Boyd (North Central) holds some of the best senior-level wins and experience among college competitors in this weight class. The former NCWWC champion is a two-time age group world medalist, four-time world team member and 2021 Olympic Team Trials fourth-place finisher. Boyd lost at this year's national tournament to the No. 4 seed in the bracket, Aine Drury (King). Drury is fresh off a U23 national title and was an NCWWC runner-up to Reese Larramendy (Iowa), the No. 3 seed in this weight class. Drury and Boyd will meet again in the quarterfinals this weekend. Caitlyn Davis had a stellar season for Southern Oregon and the NAIA champion looks to make an impact at the Olympic Team Trials after winning a U20 national title. Chloe Ogden, a student-athlete at the University of North Carolina, qualified for the Olympic Team Trials by winning the Last Chance Qualifier. She forfeited out of Women's Nationals but it appeared to be precautionary.

76 kilograms (8): The final women's weight may be the most loaded with collegiate talent. It includes eight college athletes with six individual national championships combined. Three of those national championships come from Yelena Makoyed (North Central). She was a Bill Farrell champion and has a win over Kylie Welker in the past year. However, Welker has dominated many of the recent matchups. These two could meet again in the semifinals. Welker won her first NCWWC title at Iowa this season. In 2021, Welker surprised many when she made a run to the Olympic Team Trials finals as a high schooler. Kennedy Blades matched Welker's feat in 2021 when she made the Olympic Team Trials finals at a different weight as a high schooler. Blades, the returning U20 bronze medalist, has wins over Adeline Gray, Makoyed and Welker. Gray will be sitting in the best-of-three finals while everyone else runs the gauntlet to get to her. Other college national champions in this weight class include NAIA champion Tavia Heidelberg-Tillotson (Menlo), as well as NCWWC champion Marlynne Deede (Iowa). Augsburg assistant coach Precious Wieser (formerly Bell) will be competing after winning her third Senior Nationals title in December. Other collegiate athletes to watch out for in this bracket are All-Americans Tristan Kelly (McKendree), Madison Sandquist (Sacred Heart) and Rose Cassioppi (Iowa).