Christian Castillo

Weight:
125
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Glendale, Ariz.
High School:
Valiant College Prep / Ames

YEAR	WEIGHT	RECORD	DUAL RECORD	FALLS	TECH FALLS	MAJOR DECISIONS	^TAKEDOWNS FOR (AGAINST)	BIG 12 FINISH	NCAA FINISH
*2025-26	125	8-2	-	-	1	2	-	-	-
CAREER	-	8-2	0-0	0	1	2	0 (0)	-	-

*Redshirted (Record includes only attached matches from season)

2025-26
Took advantage of the NCAA’s redshirt rule which allows freshmen to wrestle on up to five countable dates and maintain their redshirt status … posted an 8-2 record using two of his countable dates … had three bonus-point wins on the season (2 MD, 1 TF) … Grand View Open champion … placed fourth at the Midlands Championships … medically forfeited in the third-place match after suffering a concussion the match prior … entered the transfer portal at the conclusion of the season.

High School
Attended Valiant College Prep in Phoenix, Arizona before transferring to Ames High for his senior year … rated as the No. 11 overall recruit nationally by FloWrestling and No. 14 by MatScouts … listed as the No. 2 126-pounder nationally by MatScouts … 2025 Iowa High School Class 3A state champion … posted a 43-0 record en route to his title … two-time Super 32 Champion (2022, '24) and four-time placewinner … 2022 U17 World Silver Medalist (Freestyle) … also represented the United States in Greco-Roman at the 2022 U17 World Championships … won gold in Freestyle and Greco-Roman at the 2022 Pan-American Championships.