2019 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
Teams62
FormatKnockout
Finals sitePittsburgh, Pennsylvania
PPG Paints Arena
ChampionsPenn State Nittany Lions (9th title)
Runner-upOhio State Buckeyes (6th title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachCael Sanderson (8th title)
Attendance109,405
TelevisionESPN Networks

The 2019 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships took place from March 21 to March 23 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the PPG Paints Arena. The tournament was the 89th NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, and featured seventy teams across that level.

Penn State won their fourth consecutive title and eighth in nine years. Two programs had their first national champions: Virginia Tech (Mekhi Lewis, who was named Outstanding Wrestler), and Rutgers (Nick Suriano and Anthony Ashnault).

Rutgers Scarlet Knights wrestling head coach Scott Goodale was named NCAA Tournament Coach of the Year.

Team results

Rank Team Points
1 Penn State (H) 1371⁄2
2 Ohio State 961⁄2
3 Oklahoma State 84
4 Iowa 76
5 Michigan 621⁄2
6 Missouri 62
7 Cornell 591⁄2
8 Minnesota 531⁄2
9 Rutgers 511⁄2
10 Nebraska 51

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Individual results

Source:[3]

Weight First Second Third
125 lbs #3 Spencer Lee
Iowa 		#5 Jack Mueller
Virginia 		#2 Sebastian Rivera
Northwestern
133 lbs #3 Nick Suriano
Rutgers 		#1 Daton Fix
Oklahoma State 		#2 Stevan Mićić
Michigan
141 lbs #1 Yianni Diakomihalis
Cornell 		#2 Joey McKenna
Ohio State 		#5 Jaydin Eierman
Missouri
149 lbs #1 Anthony Ashnault
Rutgers 		#2 Micah Jordan
Ohio State 		#6 Austin O'Connor
North Carolina
157 lbs #1 Jason Nolf
Penn State (H) 		#2 Tyler Berger
Nebraska 		#4 Alec Pantaleo
Michigan
165 lbs #8 Mekhi Lewis
Virginia Tech 		#2 Vincenzo Joseph
Penn State (H) 		#5 Chance Marsteller
Lock Haven (H)
174 lbs #3 Zahid Valencia
Arizona State 		#1 Mark Hall
Penn State (H) 		#4 Myles Amine
Michigan
184 lbs #6 Drew Foster
Northern Iowa 		#5 Maxwell Dean
Cornell 		#1 Myles Martin
Ohio State
197 lbs #1 Bo Nickal
Penn State (H) 		#2 Kollin Moore
Ohio State 		#3 Preston Weigel
Oklahoma State
285 lbs #2 Anthony Cassar
Penn State (H) 		#1 Derek White
Oklahoma State 		#3 Gable Steveson
Minnesota

References

  1. ^ "2019 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships - Team Scores". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  2. ^ "Nittany Lion Wrestlers Win Eighth NCAA Title in the Last Nine Years". Athletics at Penn State University. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  3. ^ "2019 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships - Bracket". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
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