It may not have been the season the Ohio State wrestling team wanted, but there’s still an opportunity to finish things off the right way in the NCAA Championships.
Ohio State suffered a surprising defeat to Michigan during the regular season, then got hammered by No. 1 Penn State to have any shot of a regular-season Big Ten title slip through its fingers. It then finished second to the Nittany Lions in the Big Ten Championships last weekend.
Now comes the nationals and Ohio State has more wrestlers taking part than any other program in the country. That’s because the Buckeyes’ wrestlers qualified in all ten weight classes.
That doesn’t mean the Buckeyes will walk away with a national title, but with so many wrestlers in the field, it might have the best chance of any team to hang with a loaded No. 1 Penn State team that’s sending nine wrestlers of its own to Pittsburgh.
Here’s the entire list of Ohio State wrestlers and seeding for the upcoming tournament set to take place next week from March 21-23.
125 lbs. — No. 26 seed Malik Heinselman
133 lbs. — No. 5 seed Luke Pletcher
141 lbs. — No. 2 seed Joey McKenna
149 lbs. — No. 2 seed Micah Jordan
157 lbs. — No. 11 seed Ke-Shawn Hayes
165 lbs. — No. 21 seed Te’Shan Campbell
174 lbs. — No. 19 seed Ethan Smith
184 lbs. — No. 1 seed Myles Martin
197 lbs. — No. 2 seed Kollin Moore
Heavyweight — No. 16 seed Chase Singletary
It must be noted that Ohio State is the only program to qualify in all ten weight classes. It speaks to the depth of the team, and now it’s time to see how it all plays out.
