CLEVELAND — It’s time to flex, Ohio.
The NCAA National Championships run March 19-21, and the Buckeye state has 36 wrestlers competing out of the 330 entries, which equates to 11% of the field.
Of those 36, 15 are from the Greater Akron/Canton area. Here’s who will be at Rocket Arena this week:
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NCAA qualifier at 125 pounds
NCAA qualifiers at 133 pounds
- Lucas Byrd, Illinois/La Salle
- Marcus Blaze, Penn State/Perrysburg
- Ben Davino, Ohio State
- Dylan Shawver, Rutgers/Elyria
NCAA qualifiers at 141 pounds
- Jesse Mendez, Ohio State
- Julian Tagg, South Dakota State/Brecksville
NCAA qualifiers at 149 pounds
- Jaxon Joy, Cornell/Wadsworth
- Ethan Stiles, Ohio State
- Brock Herman, Little Rock/Brecksville
- Kade Brown, Pitt/ St. Edward
- Eugene Harney, Morgan State/Sycamore
- Austin McBurney, Brown/Perry
NCAA qualifiers at 157 pounds
- Brandon Cannon, Ohio State
- Derek Raike, Ohio University
- Jaivon Jones, Little Rock/Nordonia
NCAA qualifiers at 165 pounds
- Joey Blaze, Purdue/Perrysburg
- Connor Euton, Iowa State/Westerville North
- Chris Earnest, Kent State/Wadsworth
- Paddy Gallagher, Ohio State/St. Edward, Chesterland resident
- Bryce Hepner, North Carolina/St. Edward
- Tyler Lillard, Indiana/Aurora
- Sean Seefeldt, Penn, St. Edward
NCAA qualifiers at 174 pounds
- Carson Kharchla, Ohio State/Olentangy Liberty
- Myles Takats – Bucknell/Perrysburg
- Garrett Thompson, Ohio University
- Logan Messer, George Mason/Wadsworth
NCAA qualifiers at 184 pounds
- Dylan Fishback, Ohio State/Aurora
- Eddie Neitenbach, Wyoming/Buckeye
- Sal Perrine, Ohio University/Nordonia
NCAA qualifiers at 197 pounds
- Camden McDanel, Nebraska/Teays Valley
- Luke Geog, Ohio State/St. Edward, Upper Arlington resident
- Zayne Lehman, Ohio University/Revere
- Ben Vanadia, Purdue/Brecksville
- Blake Schaffer, Kent State/Louisville
NCAA qualifier at 285 pounds
Brad Bournival can be reached by email at [email protected] and is on X at @bbournival.
