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Ohio State Wrestling (2015/2017/2018 B1G Champs, 2015 National Champs, 2019 National Runners-up)

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U23 Nationals Winners

57kg: Mason Ziegler (Lehigh)
61kg: Nic Bouzakis (Ohio State, 2024 U23 World Team Member, 2023 U20 Bronze, 2022 U20 World Team Member)
65kg: Vince Cornella (Cornell, 2022 U20 World Team Member)
70kg: Josh Edmond (Mizzouri)
74kg: Mikey Caliendo (Iowa)
79kg: Beau Mantanona (Michigan, 2021 U17 World Team Member)
86kg: Rocco Welsh (Penn State)
92kg: Gavin Nelson, Minnesota (2021 U17 World Team Member)
97kg: Garavous Kouekabakilaho (Grand View (NAIA))
125kg: Daniel Herrera (Iowa State)

Welsh, Kouekabakila, and Herrera are the only three with guaranteed spots on the U23 team. The other seven will wait to hear from the guys with the option to take the U23 spot- they have until the end of the day June 23rd to accept this spot.

U-20, Brandon Cannon wrestled back TWELVE matches to take third.

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Swing for the fences here and see what happens. My contact said Ryan should be in touch soon if they haven't already. I'm not getting excited yet, but we should be a real contender.
 
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OK, who remembers Myles Martin?


CAREER HONORS
• NCAA Champion (2016)
• All-American (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019) … seventh four-time All-American in school history
• Big Ten Champion (2019)
• NCAA finalist (2016; 2018)
• Big Ten finalist (2017, 2018, 2019)
• Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational Champion (2017, 2019)
• UWW University Nationals Champion (86kg)
• AWN All-Rookie (2016)

YEAR-BY-YEAR
2018-19 (Senior)

• Posted a season record of 25-1 en route to his first Big Ten title and fourth All-America standing
• Placed third at the NCAA Championships
• Corralled 14 wins over top-20 opponents, including four major decisions and a tech fall (11 victories vs. top-10 foes)
• Tallied eight major decisions, four tech falls, four pins and a medical forfeit (68 percent bonus rate)
• Went 9-0 in B1G duals
• Recipient of Ohio State’s Tommy Rowlands MVP Award
• Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational Champion, earning B1G Wrestler of the Week honors
• Russ Hellickson Award winner (Most Outstanding Wrestler) for the Michigan State dual
• Competed for Team USA at the 2018 U23 World Championships

2017-18 (Junior)
• NCAA and Big Ten Championships finalist
• Garnered a 31-3 overall record with only defeats coming against national champion Bo Nickal (Penn State)
• Went 11-3 versus nationally-ranked opponents, including four top-5 triumphs
• Paced the Buckeyes in total wins (31), tech falls (12), major decisions (7) and dual-point differential (+60)
• Dozen tech falls ranked top-5 in the NCAA
• Garnered bonus points in 25 of 31 wins
• Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational champion
• Rattled off 22 consecutive victories to start the season (tacked on bonus points in 20 of those bouts)
• Posted a 14-1 dual record and 8-1 mark in the Big Ten
• Princeton Open champion

2016-17 (Sophomore)
• Moved up to 184 lbs. and earned All-America honors with a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Championships
• Defeated fourth-seeded Nolan Boyd of Oklahoma State 10-6 in the fifth place match
• After getting upset in the second round of the NCAA Championships, won five wrestleback matches
• Big Ten finalist after knocking off No. 1-ranked and previously unbeaten Bo Nickal of Penn State in the semifinals
• 32-9 final record with 10 major decisions, six technical falls and four falls
• 11-3 in the dual season with a 7-2 mark against Big Ten foes
• Competed in the NWCA All-Star dual against Cornell’s Gabe Dean to open the season
• 184A lb. champion at the Journeymen Collegiate Classic
• Third place at the CKLV Invitational
• 7-6 against ranked opponents
• Dual-clinching major decision over Minnesota’s Bobby Stevenson
• 18 bonus point wins were second most on the team

2015-16 (Freshman)
• Just the 15th true freshman in NCAA history – and first-ever at Ohio State – to win a national championship
• Was 33-6, setting a Buckeye record for wins by a true freshman
• First No. 11 seed to win a NCAA title since 1979
• Wrestled unattached before making his varsity debut Jan. 3 at Illinois
• In the NCAA finals, defeated top-seeded Bo Nickal of Penn State 11-9 with a six-point sequence (takedown, four-point nearfall) in the second period
• Outscored his opponents 27-9 in four matches of the way to the NCAA finals
• Third at the Big Ten Championships
• AWN All-Rookie Team selection
• 20 wins via bonus points
• Champion at the Eastern Michigan Open, Findlay Open and runner-up at the Penn State Open
• went 5-0 to open the season at Eastern Michigan with a pin, tech fall and major decision
• On his way to his Findlay Open title, had pins in the first and second rounds before winning his final three matches by a combined score of 52-6

PRIOR TO OHIO STATE
• Ranked No. 1 in the country by multiple outlets at 182-pounds
• No. 3 recruit nationally by FloWrestling
• Baltimore Sun All-Metro Wrestler of the Year
• A four-time national prep finalist and junior national freestyle champion
• Went 46-1 as a junior with 25 pins … career record of 171-15
• Won 92 matches for his final two high school seasons
• Placed first at the 2014 National Preps
• Two-time Beast of the East champ
• Three-time MIAA state champion and Maryland Independent Schools State Tournament champ
• Led McDonough to a triple crown in 2014: the MIAA’s A Conference dual meet title, tournament title and the MIS wrestling tournament team title

 
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