Ben Darmstadt of Cornell leads Div. I in falls. (Photo courtesy of Cornell Big Red.com)
INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA has released the debut standings for the 2020 NCAA Wrestling Awards that will be awarded in March at the respective Division I, II and III Wrestling Championships.
The inaugural NCAA Wrestling Awards were presented at the 2012 wrestling championships. The three awards, given in each division, honor the Most Dominant Wrestler as well as the student-athletes that have accumulated the most falls and the most technical falls throughout the course of the regular and postseasons.
For falls and tech falls to be counted for the awards they must come against opponents in the same division (i.e. Division II vs. Division II). Ties in the two categories are broken based on the aggregate time.
Division I is led in falls by Cornell 197-pounder Ben Darmstadt with 11 this season, but close behind is 2019 award winner Matt Stencel of Central Michigan with 10 in the category. George Mason’s Colston DiBlasi rounds out the top three with nine falls at 149 pounds.
Tiffin teammates Hayden Bronne and Nicholas Mason pace Division II with nine falls apiece. Bronne holds the early tiebreaker over 2019 197-pound national champion Mason with a 12-minute lead in aggregate time (13:20 – 25:42). Jacob Robb of Mercyhurst is just one back as the only wrestler in Division II with eight falls.
Joe Salerno of Washington & Lee leads all NCAA divisions with 14 falls at 149 pounds in Division III, which is two more than his closest pursuers. A trio of wrestlers have tallied a dozen falls this season with Jordan Blanchard of Wisconsin-Oshkosh holding the tiebreaker with the lowest aggregate time of 17:54 over Kaidon Winters of RIT and Travis Brown of Castleton.
George Mason redshirt senior Alex Madrigal already holds a commanding lead in the race for the most tech falls in Division I with 10, four more than second place Quentin Perez of Campbell. Purdue 125-pounder Devin Schroder holds the time tiebreaker over three other wrestlers with five tech falls to sit in third.
Division II features a five-way tie of wrestlers with four tech falls to open the season. Last year’s national runner-up at 125 pounds, Josh Portillo of Nebraska-Kearney, holds the tiebreaker advantage with an aggregate time of 15:32. That is more than two minutes better than second place Myles Starke of Lander. Ryan Vasbinder (McKendree), Curtis Cox (Alderson Broaddus) and Branson Proudlock (Findlay) round out the quartet of wrestlers with four tech falls in Division II.
Roger Williams 149-pounder Tyler Gazaway is the sole leader in Division III tech falls with nine, while Ahken Chu (SUNY Oneonta) and Travis Jones (Ithaca) are right behind him with eight tech falls. Three more wrestlers are within striking distance with seven tech falls this season.
The initial Most Dominant Wrestler standings will be released later this season to allow wrestlers to achieve the minimum amount of matches required to be eligible for the standings.
Division I - Falls
Rank
Name
School
Weight
Falls
Time
1
Ben Darmstadt
Cornell
197
11
20:09
2
Matt Stencel
Central Mich.
285
10
19:24
3
Colston DiBlasi
George Mason
149
9
36:24
4
Cody Surratt
Air Force
174
8
9:51
5
Denton Spencer
Virginia
149
8
12:58
6
Mitch McKee
Minnesota
141
8
15:25
7
Jacob Schwarm
UNI
125
8
17:22
8
Greg Bulsak
Clarion
197
8
23:53
9
Ethan Karsten
American
157
7
10:14
10
Randy Meneweather II
Air Force
165
7
12:24
Division II - Falls
Rank
Name
School
Weight
Falls
Time
1
Hayden Bronne
Tiffin
174
9
13:20
2
Nicholas Mason
Tiffin
197
9
25:42
3
Jacob Robb
Mercyhurst
285
8
17:23
4
Tyler Lawley
Newman
133
7
15:57
5
AJ Cooper
Fort Hays St.
285
7
23:15
6
Luke McGonigal
Mercyhurst
197
6
10:09
7
Elijah Mahan
Lindenwood (MO)
174
6
15:51
8
Kalin Winkler
Central Okla.
197
6
22:40
9
Joel Leise
Gannon
184
5
5:47
10
Nathan Vandermeer
Findlay
174
5
8:20
Division III - Falls
Rank
Name
School
Weight
Falls
Time
1
Joe Salerno
Washington & Lee
149
14
17:50
2
Jordan Blanchard
Wis.-Oshkosh
174
12
17:54
3
Kaidon Winters
RIT
165
12
25:41
4
Travis Brown
Castleton
141
12
32:16
5
Evan Fidelibus
New England Col.
149
11
18:21
6
Joseph Rossetti
Williams
141
11
22:23
7
Ian Mullen
North Central (IL)
133
11
25:46
8
Aidan Whitis
John Carroll
184
11
26:44
9
Marvin Cunningham
JWU (Providence)
149
11
30:44
10
Isaac Odell
Wheaton (IL)
184
11
33:52
Division I - Tech Falls
Rank
Name
School
Weight
Tech Falls
Time
1
Alex Madrigal
George Mason
141
10
46:28
2
Quentin Perez
Campbell
165
6
27:57
3
Devin Schroder
Purdue
125
5
15:18
4
Pat Glory
Princeton
125
5
24:20
5
Cameron Sykora
North Dakota St.
133
5
24:43
6
Derek Spann
Buffalo
133
5
31:09
7
Cody Surratt
Air Force
174
4
12:23
8
Luke Werner
Lock Haven
125
4
15:17
9
Hayden Hidlay
NC State
157
4
16:26
10
Devin Skatzka
Minnesota
174
4
17:27
Division II - Tech Falls
Rank
Name
School
Weight
Tech Falls
Time
1
Josh Portillo
Neb.-Kearney
125
4
15:32
2
Myles Starke
Lander
184
4
17:48
3
Ryan Vasbinder
McKendree
197
4
20:10
4
Curtis Cox
Alderson Broaddus
141
4
20:44
5
Branson Proudlock
Findlay
141
4
21:04
6
Brandon Matthews
Seton Hill
174
3
7:46
7
Daniel Bishop
Augustana (SD)
197
3
7:59
8
Jacob Dunlop
Gannon
125
3
9:12
9
Hunter Burnett
Augustana (SD)
141
3
11:37
10
Carson Speelman
Ashland
149
3
13:54
Division III - Tech Falls
Rank
Name
School
Weight
Tech Falls
Time
1
Tyler Gazaway
Roger Williams
149
9
36:06
2
Ahken Chu
SUNY Oneonta
141
8
26:35
3
Travis Jones
Ithaca
133
8
37:53
4
Noah Nieman
Adrian
149
7
32:15
5
Aaron Kelly
Baldwin Wallace
149
7
35:21
6
Jared Kuhns
York (PA)
125
7
36:47
7
Thomas Poklikuha
Stevens
165
6
21:46
8
Ben Dougherty
RIT
174
6
24:31
9
Aaron Wilson
Augsburg
149
6
26:22
10
Stephen Maloney
Messiah
157
6
27:19
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