IOWA CITY, Iowa – Two University of Iowa women’s wrestlers – incoming freshman Haley Ward and freshman Kylie Welker – will compete at the U20 Pan American Championships on Friday in Santiago, Chile.

Ward (72 kg) will compete in Group A against Karla Castillo Garcia (Venezuela) and Nubia Lorenzana Ballesteros (Mexico).

Welker (76 kg) will compete in a round robin against Maria De Almeida Dos Santos (Brazil), Karime Cortes Resendiz (Mexico), Myah Phillips (Canada) and Aomi Riques Morales (Peru)

The championships will take place at Centro Nacional de Entrenamiento Olimpico beginning at 9 a.m. (CT).  Brackets, real-time results and a live stream will be provided by United World Wrestling at uww.org.