Columbia University In The City Of New York

Columbia
Women's Wrestling

Columbia Women's Wrestling is a nationally competitive program with elite coaching. We train 35 athletes 4–6 days a week under Head Coach Maya Letona, a U.S. Senior National Team member and Olympic Trials competitor. We compete on a schedule that mirrors the NCAA D1 requirement, and have already put athletes on Olympic Trials mats and age group national teams, all while earning degrees from one of the best universities in the world. The infrastructure, the roster depth, the recruiting pipeline. In the 2027-2028 season, Columbia Women's Wrestling becomes a NCAA Division I program.

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Who We Are

The Program

There are six Division I women's wrestling programs in the country. None are at a top-25 university. Founded in 2020, Columbia Women's Wrestling is about to change that.

In 2024, Columbia was the only non-varsity program among 20 collegiate teams with athletes at the U.S. Olympic Trials. In 2027, Columbia Women's Wrestling becomes the first varsity program at a top-25 university in the country.

Meet the Coaching Staff

Columbia Women's Wrestling — 2nd Place, 2026 Women's Collegiate Club Nationals

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2026 Club Nationals, 2nd place · North Liberty, IA

2020 Year Founded Built from scratch by Columbia student-athletes

13 Competitions Per Season 9 tournaments and 4 duals — matching the NCAA D1 requirement

2nd 2026 Club Nationals Finished 2nd at the Women's Collegiate Club Nationals

100+ Class of 2026 Recruits Including National Champions, Pan Am Champions & All-Americans

Why CWWC

What No Other Program Offers

Elite coaching. A D1 competition schedule. An Ivy League education. No other program combines all three.

World-Class Coaching

Emma Randall is a founding board member of Wrestle Like A Girl and former director of Beat the Streets NYC. Head Coach Maya Letona (CC '24) competed at the U.S. Olympic Trials before returning to Columbia to coach.

Training in New York City

Columbia trains at the NYC Regional Training Center, one of the most competitive wrestling environments in the country, alongside elite training partners year-round.

An Ivy League Opportunity

No current Division I women's wrestling program is at a top-25 university. Columbia offers what they cannot: a nationally competitive program and a degree from one of the best academic institutions in the world.

Columbia + Wrestling

Columbia Men's Wrestling is the oldest collegiate wrestling program in the country. Women's wrestling carries that history forward, competing at the same level, in the same building, with the same standard.

Program History

Our Trailblazers

In Spring 2020, Columbia student-athletes built this program from scratch. Five years later: a Pan American gold medalist, a U.S. Olympic Trials competitor, and an athlete on the 2024 Paris Olympic Qualifier stage. All while competing as a club program.

CC '23

Bri Csontos

U20 National Team. Pan American Gold medalist and Outstanding Wrestler of the Pan Am event. Everything she accomplished, she did as a Columbia club athlete.

CC '24 · Head Coach

Maya Letona

U.S. Senior National Team. Competed at the U.S. Olympic Trials for Team USA. Now returns to Columbia as Head Coach, building what she helped create.

GS '26

Arian Carpio

Represented the Philippines at the World Team Trials and 2024 Paris Olympic Qualifiers. A current Columbia student still competing on the international stage.

2020

Founded amid a global pandemic. No precedent at any Ivy League school. Built from scratch by student-athletes who believed Columbia needed this program.

2021–24

Grew to 35+ athletes from across the country. Competed nationally against NCAA and NAIA varsity programs, earning dual wins over ranked teams.

2027

Columbia Women's Wrestling becomes a varsity program — the first at a top-25 university in the country. Five years of work. One announcement.

Prospective Athletes

Be Part of the First Varsity Class.

The athletes who commit now will be the founding varsity class at the first top-25 university with women's wrestling. No current D1 program can offer that. Submit the Recruit Me form and connect directly with our coaching staff.

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Help build the first varsity women's wrestling program at a top-25 university. Every contribution funds the athletes making history in 2027.

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