March 17, 2026Updated March 18, 2026, 9:53 a.m. ET
- Ohio will be well-represented at the NCAA National Wrestling Championships, with 36 competitors making up 11% of the field.
- The championships are scheduled to take place from March 19-21 at Rocket Arena in Cleveland.
- Of the Ohio qualifiers, 15 wrestlers hail from the Greater Akron/Canton area.
- Competitors from Ohio are spread across all 10 weight classes, from 125 pounds to the heavyweight division.
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 sphere.
Of these 36, 15 are from the Greater Akron/Canton space. Here’s who might be at Rocket Arena this week:
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NCAA qualifier at 125 kilos
NCAA qualifiers at 133 kilos
- Lucas Byrd, Illinois/La Salle
- Marcus Blaze, Penn State/Perrysburg
- Ben Davino, Ohio State
- Dylan Shawver, Rutgers/Elyria
NCAA qualifiers at 141 kilos
- Jesse Mendez, Ohio State
- Julian Tagg, South Dakota State/Brecksville
NCAA qualifiers at 149 kilos
- 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 kilos
- Brandon Cannon, Ohio State
- Derek Raike, Ohio University
- Jaivon Jones, Little Rock/Nordonia
NCAA qualifiers at 165 kilos
- 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 kilos
- Carson Kharchla, Ohio State/Olentangy Liberty
- Myles Takats – Bucknell/Perrysburg
- Garrett Thompson, Ohio University
- Logan Messer, George Mason/Wadsworth
NCAA qualifiers at 184 kilos
- Dylan Fishback, Ohio State/Aurora
- Eddie Neitenbach, Wyoming/Buckeye
- Sal Perrine, Ohio University/Nordonia
NCAA qualifiers at 197 kilos
- 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 kilos
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