Wilkes represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

[3][4] Wilkes represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

[8] He finished in 4th place in the men's +109 kg event at the 2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.

[10] Wilkes won the silver medal in his event at the 2023 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bariloche, Argentina.

[11] In the same year, he competed in the men's +109 kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.