#GrecoMonday: How Greco-Roman wrestlers fared at the NCAA Div. I Championships

Dom Demas of Oklahoma, shown battling Jaydin Eierman of Missouri in a third-place bout, is among the NCAA All-Americans with prominent Greco-Roman achievements. Photo by Tony Rotundo, Wrestlers Are Warriors.


Last week, USA Wrestling published an article with a list of wrestlers who qualified for the 2019 NCAA Div. I National Championships who had seen Greco-Roman success before college. We are doing a follow-up on how those wrestlers finished last week at the NCAA Championships in Pittsburgh.


Headlining the list of former successful Greco-Roman wrestlers by bringing home titles were Fargo Greco-Roman champions Zahid Valencia of Arizona State at 174 and Bo Nickal of Penn State at 197.


Making their way to the finals but and placing second were Fargo champion and Cadet Pan American gold medalist Daton Fix of Oklahoma State at 133, three-time Fargo champion Joey McKenna of Ohio State at 141, and Fargo champion Mark Hall of Penn State at 174.


Also earning NCAA Div. I All-American honors were former Cadet and Junior World Team member Dom Demas (Oklahoma), two time Fargo champions Ronnie Bresser (Oregon State) and Roman Bravo-Young (Penn State), and Fargo champions Rayvon Foley (Michigan State), Hayden Hidlay (NC State), Ryan Deakin (Northwestern), Larry Early (Old Dominion), Chance Marsteller (Lock Haven), and Matt Stencel (Central Michigan). In all, there were 20 All-Americans who had prominent Greco-Roman achievements during their careers.


Below is a list, broken down by weight, of NCAA qualifiers with some notable Greco achievements followed by their NCAA record, their place (if in the top eight), and number of team points they scored.

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS
(All-Americans marked in bold/italic)

125 lbs.
Rayvon Foley (Michigan State): 5-2, placed seventh, scored 9 team points

Ronnie Bresser (Oregon State): 3-3, placed eighth, scored 7.5 team points

Drew Mattin (Michigan): 2-2, scored 1.5 team points

Gabriel Townsell (Stanford): 1-2, scored 0.5 team points

Malik Heinselman (Ohio State): 1-2, scored 0.5 team points

Dack Punke (Missouri): 0-2, scored 0 team points

133 lbs.
Daton Fix (Oklahoma State): 4-1, placed second, scored 18 team points

Roman Bravo-Young (Penn State): 4-3, placed eighth, scored 5.5 team points

Austin Gomez (Iowa State): 3-2, scored 4.5 team points

Matthew Schmitt (West Virginia): 1-2, scored 2 team points

Josh Terao (American): 1-2, scored 0.5 team points

141 lbs.
Joey McKenna (Ohio State): 4-1, placed second, scored 19.5 team points

Nick Lee (Penn State): 4-2, placed fifth, scored 16 team points

Dom Demas (Oklahoma): 5-2, placed fourth, scored 14.5 team points

Corey Shie (Army West Point): 0-2, scored 0 team points

149 lbs.
Austin O’Connor (North Carolina): 5-1, placed third, scored 13.5 team points

Jarrett Degen (Iowa State): 4-2, placed seventh, scored 7.5 team points

Anthony Artalona (Penn): 3-2, scored 3 team points

Ryan Blees (Virginia Tech): 1-2, scored 1 team point

Kaden Gfellar (Oklahoma State): 0-2, scored 0 team points

157 lbs.
Hayden Hidlay (NC State): 4-2, placed fourth, scored 15.5 team points

Ryan Deakin (Northwestern): 4-3, placed sixth, scored 10 team points

Larry Early (Old Dominion): 3-3, placed eighth, scored 6.5 team points

Griffin Parriott (Purdue): 2-2, scored 1.5 team points

Chase Straw (Iowa State): 1-2, scored 0.5 team points

Justin Ruffin (SIU-Edwardsville): 1-2, scored 0.5 team points

165 lbs.
Chance Marsteller (Lock Haven): 6-1, placed third, scored 15.5 team points

Branson Ashworth (Wyoming): 1-2, scored 2 team points

Jonathan Viruet (Brown): 0-2, scored 0 team points


174 lbs.
Zahid Valencia (Arizona State): 5-0, finished first, scored 25 team points

Mark Hall (Penn State): 4-1, placed second, scored 17 team points

Kimball Bastian (Utah Valley): 1-2, scored 1 team point


184 lbs.

Nick Reenan (NC State): 1-2, scored 2.5 team points

Samuel Colbray (Iowa State): 2-2, scored 2 team points

Corey Hazel (Lock Haven): 2-2, scored 1.5 team points

Cameron Caffey (Michigan State): 2-2, scored 1.5 team points

Tate Samuelson (Wyoming): 1-2, scored 1.5 team points

Mason Reinhardt (Wisconsin): 1-2, scored 0.5 team points

Dylan Wisman (Missouri): 1-2, scored 0.5 team points

197 lbs.
Bo Nickal (Penn State): 5-0, placed first, scored 27 team points

Jacob Warner (Iowa): 5-2, placed seventh, scored 7.5 team points

Benjamin Honis (Cornell): 4-3, placed eighth, scored 5 team points

Eric Schultz (Nebraska): 2-2, scored 1.5 team points

Brandon Whitman (North Carolina): 0-2, scored 0 team points

285 lbs.
Jordan Wood (Lehigh): 4-2, placed fourth, scored 12.5 team points

Matt Stencel (Central Michigan): 4-2, placed seventh, scored 9.5 team points

Tate Orndoff (Utah Valley): 2-2, scored 1.5 team points

Sam Stoll (Iowa): 2-2, scored 2 team points

Haydn Maley (Stanford): 0-2, scored 0 team points