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Cornell freshman Darmstadt new No. 1 at 197 in new Trackwrestling rankings

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The projected NCAA team race between Penn State and Ohio State is nearly as close as Saturday night’s down-to-the-wire dual meet between the superpower programs.

The Nittany Lions remain the No. 1 team in the Trackwrestling Division I rankings presented by Resilite after their 19-18 victory over the No. 2 Buckeyes inside a jam-packed Rec Hall in State College, Pa.

Two matches in the Penn State-Ohio State clash spurred changes in the individual rankings. Penn State sophomore Anthony Cassar’s upset of then-No. 1 Kollin Moore rattled the rankings at 197.

Cornell freshman Ben Darmstadt, who’s 23-1 with 15 pins and hasn’t lost since Nov. 12, takes over as the new No. 1 at 197, while Cassar replaces teammate Shakur Rasheed in the rankings and checks in this week at No. 6.

Ohio State’s Joey McKenna moved up four notches to No. 7 at 141 after defeating Penn State freshman Nick Lee, who dropped this week from sixth to eighth.

The Nittany Lions checked in this week with 121.5 projected NCAA advancement and placement points to hold a 1.5-point edge over the No. 2 Buckeyes. Iowa remains third with 74 points, followed by Missouri (70.5), North Carolina State (61), Michigan (59.5), Lehigh (57), Oklahoma State (45), Virginia Tech (40) and Wyoming (38).

Two-time NCAA champion Dean Heil snapped a two-match skid by taking down Northern Iowa’s Josh Alber, who was ranked eighth last week. The win pushed Heil back up to sixth at 141 and helped Oklahoma State hurdle Virginia Tech.

The Trackwrestling team rankings are based off the number of advancement and placement points each squad would accumulate if its wrestlers finished in those ranking slots at the NCAA Championships. Top-ranked wrestlers earn 20 points, followed by 16 for second, 13.5 for third, 12.5 for fourth, 10 for fifth, 9 for sixth, 6.5 for seventh, 5.5 for eighth, 2 for spots 9-12, 1.5 for spots 13-16 and 1 for 17-25.

The rankings are compiled by David Mirikitani.

Rank/School/Points
1 Penn State 121.5
2 Ohio State 120
3 Iowa 74
4 Missouri 70.5
5 North Carolina State 61
6 Michigan 59.5
7 Lehigh 57
8 Oklahoma State 45.5
9 Virginia Tech 40
10 Wyoming 38
11 Cornell 37.5
12 Arizona State 34.5
13 Rutgers 29
14 South Dakota State 27
15 Illinois 24
T-16 Northern Iowa 19.5
T-16 Northwestern 19.5
18 Wisconsin 19
T-19 Central Michigan 16
T-19 Nebraska 16
21 Lock Haven 15.5
T-22 Duke 14.5
T-22 Minnesota 14.5
24 North Carolina 13.5
25 American 13
26 Clarion 11
T-27 Stanford 10.5
T-27 Utah Valley 10.5
29 Maryland 10
30 Navy 9.5
T-31 Purdue 7.5
T-31 Rider 8
T-31 Virginia 7.5
T-34 Hofstra 6.5
T-34 Pennsylvania 6.5
T-36 Edinboro 6
T-36 Princeton 6
38 Drexel 5.5
39 Oregon State 5
40 Pittsburgh 4.5

Individual rankings
Rank/Wrestler/School/Year


125 pounds
1 Nick Suriano Rutgers So.
2 Darian Cruz Lehigh Sr.
3 Spencer Lee Iowa Fr.
4 Nathan Tomasello Ohio State Sr.
5 Sean Fausz North Carolina State Jr.
6 Taylor LaMont Utah Valley Fr.
7 Ethan Lizak Minnesota Jr.
8 Nick Piccininni Oklahoma State So.
9 Sebastian Rivera Northwestern Fr.
10 Sean Russell Edinboro Jr.
11 Zeke Moisey West Virginia Jr.
12 Drew Mattin Michigan Fr.
13 Ryan Millhof Arizona State Jr.
14 Ronnie Bresser Oregon State Jr.
15 Luke Welch Purdue Sr.
16 Christian Moody Oklahoma So.
17 Travis Piotrowski Illinois So.
18 Jake Gromacki Clarion Jr.
19 Jacob Schwarm Northern Iowa Jr.
20 Louie Hayes Virginia Fr.
21 Michael McGee Old Dominion Fr.
22 Gabe Townsell Stanford So.
23 Connor Brown South Dakota State Fr.
24 Korbin Meink Campbell Fr.
25 RayVon Foley Michigan State Fr.

133 pounds
1 Seth Gross South Dakota State Jr.
2 Luke Pletcher Ohio State So.
3 Montorie Bridges Wyoming Fr.
4 Scott Parker Lehigh Jr.
5 Kaid Brock Oklahoma State So.
6 Josh Terao American Jr.
7 Stevan Micic Michigan So.
8 Jack Mueller Virginia So.
9 John Erneste Missouri Jr.
10 Austin DeSanto Drexel Fr.
11 Mitch McKee Minnesota So.
12 Jason Renteria Nebraska Fr.
13 Scott Delvecchio Rutgers Sr.
14 Dom Forys Pittsburgh Sr.
15 Bryan Lantry Buffalo Jr.
16 Cameron Kelly Ohio Jr.
17 Korbin Myers Edinboro Jr.
18 Tariq Wilson North Carolina State So.
19 Ali Naser Arizona State Jr.
20 Dennis Gustafson Virginia Tech Jr.
21 Zachary Sherman North Carolina Fr.
22 Corey Keener Penn State Sr.
23 Ben Thornton Purdue Jr.
24 Cam Sykora North Dakota State So.
25 Colin Valdivez Northwestern Fr.

141 pounds
1 Bryce Meredith Wyoming Sr.
2 Jaydin Eierman Missouri So.
3 Kevin Jack North Carolina State Sr.
4 Yianni Diakomihalis Cornell Fr.
5 Brock Zacherl Clarion Jr.
6 Dean Heil Oklahoma State Sr.
7 Joey McKenna Ohio State Jr.
8 Nick Lee Penn State Fr.
9 Josh Alber Northern Iowa Jr.
10 Mason Smith Central Michigan So.
11 Tyler Smith Bucknell Sr.
12 Luke Karam Lehigh Fr.
13 Michael Carr Illinois So.
14 Chad Red Nebraska So.
15 Thomas Thorn Minnesota Jr.
16 Ian Parker Iowa State So.
17 Cole Weaver Indiana Jr.
18 A.C. Headlee North Carolina Jr.
19 Nick Zanetta Pittsburgh Sr.
20 Nicholas Gil Navy Jr.
21 Alex Madrigal Old Dominion So.
22 Nate Limmex Purdue So.
23 Javier Gasca III Michigan State Sr.
24 Carter Happel Iowa Fr.
25 Salvatore Profaci Michigan So.

149 pounds
1 Zain Retherford Penn State Sr.
2 Brandon Sorensen Iowa Sr.
3 Ryan Deakin Northwestern So.
4 Grant Leeth Missouri Jr.
5 Justin Oliver Central Michigan Jr.
6 Ke-shawn Hayes Ohio State So.
7 Max Thomsen Northern Iowa Jr.
8 Troy Heilmann North Carolina Sr.
9 Colton McCrystal Nebraska Sr.
10 Matthew Kolodzik Princeton So.
11 Eleazar Deluca Rutgers Sr.
12 Joshua Maruca Arizona State Jr.
13 Beau Donahue North Carolina State Sr.
14 Boo Lewallen Oklahoma State So.
15 Steve Bleise Minnesota Jr.
16 Ronald Perry Lock Haven Sr.
17 Alfred Bannister Maryland Jr.
18 Michael Sprague American Jr.
19 Malik Amine Michigan Jr.
20 Cortlandt Schuyler Lehigh Jr.
21 Jared Prince Navy So.
22 Ryan Blees Virginia Tech Jr.
23 Sam Turner Wyoming Fr.
24 Jarrett Degen Iowa State Fr.
25 Joshua Heil Campbell So.

157 pounds
1 Jason Nolf Penn State Jr.
2 Michael Kemerer Iowa So.
3 Hayden Hidlay North Carolina State So.
4 Joseph Lavallee Missouri Sr.
5 Alec Pantaleo Michigan Jr.
6 Micah Jordan Ohio State Jr.
7 Joshua Shields Arizona State Jr.
8 Tyler Berger Nebraska Sr.
9 Clayton Ream North Dakota State Sr.
10 Archie Colgan Wyoming Sr.
11 Luke Zilverberg South Dakota State Sr.
12 Mitch Finesilver Duke Jr.
13 John Van Brill Rutgers Jr.
14 Coleman Hammond Csu Bakersfield Sr.
15 Mike D`Angelo Princeton Jr.
16 Andrew Crone Wisconsin Sr.
17 Paul Fox Stanford Sr.
18 Markus Scheidel Columbia Sr.
19 Garett Hammond Drexel Sr.
20 Andrew Shomers Edinboro Jr.
21 B.J. Clagon Rider Sr.
22 Kennedy Monday North Carolina So.
23 Solomon Chishko Virginia Tech Sr.
24 Taleb Rahmani Pittsburgh So.
25 Colin Heffernan Central Michigan Sr.

165 pounds
1 Vincenzo Joseph Penn State Jr.
2 Isaiah Martinez Illinois Sr.
3 David McFadden Virginia Tech So.
4 Chance Marsteller Lock Haven Jr.
5 Alex Marinelli Iowa Fr.
6 Evan Wick Wisconsin Fr.
7 Chad Walsh Rider Sr.
8 Chandler Rogers Oklahoma State Jr.
9 Nick Wanzek Minnesota Sr.
10 Logan Massa Michigan So.
11 Richie Lewis Rutgers Sr.
12 Isaiah White Nebraska So.
13 Branson Ashworth Wyoming Jr.
14 Te`shan Campbell Ohio State Jr.
15 Anthony Valencia Arizona State So.
16 Demetrius Romero Utah Valley So.
17 Jonathan Schleifer Princeton Sr.
18 Jonathon Chavez Cornell Jr.
19 Gordon Wolf Lehigh Jr.
20 Connor Flynn Missouri So.
21 May Bethea Pennsylvania Sr.
22 DaWaylon Barnes Oklahoma Sr.
23 Drew Daniels Navy Sr.
24 Keilan Torres Northern Colorado Sr.
25 Andrew Fogarty North Dakota State So.

174 pounds
1 Zahid Valencia Arizona State So.
2 Mark Hall Penn State So.
3 Bo Jordan Ohio State Sr.
4 Daniel Lewis Missouri Jr.
5 Jordan Kutler Lehigh So.
6 Myles Amine Michigan So.
7 Taylor Lujan Northern Iowa So.
8 Jadaen Bernstein Navy Sr.
9 Keaton Subjeck Stanford Sr.
10 Jacobe Smith Oklahoma State Jr.
11 David Kocer South Dakota State Sr.
12 Ethan Ramos North Carolina Sr.
13 Yoanse Mejias Oklahoma Sr.
14 Forrest Przybysz Appalachian State Jr.
15 Dylan Lydy Purdue So.
16 Christian Brucki Central Michigan Sr.
17 Johnny Sebastian Northwestern Jr.
18 Devin Skatzka Indiana Jr.
19 Joey Gunther Iowa So.
20 Seldon Wright Old Dominion Jr.
21 Ryan Christensen Wisconsin Jr.
22 Ty Schoffstall Edinboro Sr.
23 Josef Johnson Harvard Sr.
24 Brandon Womack Cornell Jr.
25 Will Schany Virginia Jr.

184 pounds
1 Bo Nickal Penn State Jr.
2 Myles Martin Ohio State Jr.
3 Pete Renda North Carolina State Sr.
4 Ryan Preisch Lehigh Jr.
5 Domenic Abounader Michigan Sr.
6 Zachary Zavatsky Virginia Tech Jr.
7 Ricky Robertson Wisconsin Sr.
8 Emory Parker Illinois Jr.
9 Drew Foster Northern Iowa Jr.
10 Maxwell Dean Cornell Fr.
11 Nick Gravina Rutgers Sr.
12 Taylor Venz Nebraska Fr.
13 Steven Schneider Binghamton Sr.
14 Bryce Carr UT-Chattanooga Sr.
15 Canten Marriott Missouri Fr.
16 Jordan Ellingwood Central Michigan Sr.
17 Michael Coleman Navy Sr.
18 Chip Ness North Carolina Sr.
19 Alexander DeCiantis Drexel Sr.
20 Brandon Krone Minnesota Jr.
21 Christian LaFragola Brown Jr.
22 Mitchell Bowman Iowa Jr.
23 Mitch Sliga Northwestern Sr.
25 Dylan Gabel Northern Colorado Jr.

197 pounds
1 Ben Darmstadt Cornell Fr.
2 Kollin Moore Ohio State So.
3 Jared Haught Virginia Tech Sr.
4 Willie Miklus Missouri Sr.
5 Preston Weigel Oklahoma State Jr.
6 Anthony Cassar Penn State So.
7 Michael Macchiavello North Carolina State Sr.
8 Frank Mattiace Pennsylvania Sr.
9 Cash Wilcke Iowa So.
10 Jeric Kasunic American Sr.
11 Nate Rotert South Dakota State Sr.
12 Kevin Beazley Michigan Sr.
13 Corey Griego Oregon State Jr.
14 Jacob Holschlag Northern Iowa Jr.
15 Patrick Brucki Princeton Fr.
16 Stephen Loiseau Drexel Jr.
17 Matt Williams Csu Bakersfield Sr.
18 Daniel Chaid North Carolina Sr.
19 Scottie Boykin UT-Chattanooga Sr.
20 Eric Schultz Nebraska So.
21 Nathan Traxler Stanford So.
22 Jacob Seely Northern Colorado Jr.
23 Christian Brunner Purdue So.
24 Hunter Ritter Wisconsin So.
25 Jacob Smith West Virginia Sr.

Heavyweight
1 Kyle Snyder Ohio State Sr.
2 Adam Coon Michigan Sr.
3 Sam Stoll Iowa Jr.
4 Jacob Kasper Duke Sr.
5 Nick Nevills Penn State Jr.
6 Youssif Hemida Maryland Jr.
7 Mike Hughes Hofstra Sr.
8 Nathan Butler Stanford Sr.
9 Tanner Hall Arizona State Jr.
10 Derek White Oklahoma State Jr.
11 Jordan Wood Lehigh Fr.
12 Amar Dhesi Oregon State Sr.
13 Thomas Haines Lock Haven Jr.
14 Garrett Ryan Columbia Sr.
15 Shawn Streck Purdue Fr.
16 Michael Boykin North Carolina State Sr.
17 Ryan Solomon Pittsburgh Sr.
18 Gage Hutchison Eastern Michigan Sr.
19 Jake Gunning Buffalo Jr.
20 William Miller Edinboro Sr.
21 Conan Jennings Northwestern Jr.
22 Cory Gilliland-Daniel North Carolina Jr.
23 Brett Dempsey American Sr.
24 Andrew Dunn Virginia Tech So.
25 Jeramy Sweany Cornell Jr.

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