Mitchell Mesenbrink

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Mitchell Mesenbrink
Personal information
Full nameMitchell Owen Mesenbrink
Born (2003-06-02) June 2, 2003 (age 22)
Hartland, Wisconsin, U.S.
Sport
CountryUnited States
Sport Wrestling
Weight class74 kg (163 lb)
Event(s) Freestyle and Folkstyle
College team Penn State Nittany Lions
California Baptist Lancers (formerly)
Club Nittany Lion Wrestling Club
Askren Wrestling Academy (formerly)
Coached by Cael Sanderson
Ben Askren (formerly)
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
US National Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2025 Las Vegas74 kg
World U23 Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Tirana 74 kg
U20 World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Jordan 74 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Sofia 70 kg
Junior Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Asunción 74 kg
U20 Pan American Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Acapulco 70 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Santiago 74 kg
Collegiate Wrestling
Representing the Penn State Nittany Lions
NCAA Division I Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Philadelphia 165 lb
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Kansas City 165 lb
Big Ten Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2024 College Park165 lb
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2025 Evanston165 lb

Mitchell Owen Mesenbrink (born June 2, 2003) is an American freestyle and folkstyle wrestler who competes at 74 kilograms. [1] In freestyle, he is the US National champion, claimed a bronze medal at the U23 World Championships in 2024, and at the U20 World Championships, he claimed a gold medal in 2023 and a silver medal in 2022. [2]

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In folkstyle, he was the 2025 NCAA Division I National champion for the Penn State Nittany Lions, as well as the 2024 runner-up. [3]

Career

Early life

Born in Hartland, Wisconsin, Mesenbrink started wrestling at a young age, following the footsteps of his father, John Mesenbrink, a former wrestler at Drake University. [4] Mesenbrink attended Arrowhead High School, where he became a three-time Division I Wisconsin state champion and broke into the national high school rankings. [5] [6] Before his senior season, he committed to wrestle for California Baptist University. [7]

In freestyle, Mesenbrink claimed a silver medal from the U20 World Championships and a gold medal from the U20 Pan American Championships and U20 US National Championships in 2022, at 70 kilograms. [8]

California Baptist University

2022–2023

Mesenbrink started off the season at 2–0, however, he then decided to enter the transfer portal and moved back to Wisconsin, closing out his freshman year. [9] In April 2023, he committed to the Penn State Nittany Lions. [10]

Pennsylvania State University

2023–2024

Before the folkstyle season started, Mesenbrink made the jump up to 74 kilograms and repeated as U20 US National champion and U20 Pan American Champion before competing at the U20 World Championships. [11] He once again reached the finals of the tournament, and this time became the U20 World champion at 74 kilograms. [12]

Starting at 165 pounds, Mesenbrink claimed titles at the Journeymen Classic and Black Knight Invitational, and racked up an undefeated 12–0 dual meet record during regular season. [13] At the Big Ten Championships, Mesenbrink claimed his first title with a come-from-behind victory over two-time All-American Dean Hamiti. [14] At the NCAA tournament, Mesenbrink defeated All-Americans Cam Amine and Michael Caliendo in rematches, to make the finals, where he fell to NCAA champion David Carr to take runner-up honors. [15]

In April, Mesenbrink made his senior level debut at the US Olympic Team Trials, where after a win over U17 World champion Ladarion Lockett, he fell to seven-time Olympic and World champion Jordan Burroughs in the semifinals. [16] He then came back for third-place with wins over US National champion Quincy Monday and Jarrett Jacques, making the US National team. [17]

2024–2025

Before the season started, Mesenbrink competed at the U23 World Championships, claiming a bronze medal by defeating Asian medalist Magomedrasul Asluev from Bahrain. [18]

Back to folkstyle, Mesenbrink was undefeated through 27 matches, reaching the national finals once again though this time claiming the 2025 NCAA title, as well as the Big Ten Conference title. [19]

Fresh off an NCAA championship run, Mesenbrink became the US National champion in freestyle, notably defeating two-time NCAA champion David Carr in a rematch from their 2024 NCAA finale, as well as NCAA finalist Quincy Monday. [20] A rematch against Carr in a best-of-three format took place at Final X, on June 14, in which he dropped two bouts in a row to claim runner-up honors. [21]

Freestyle record

Senior Freestyle Matches
Res.RecordOpponentScoreDateEventLocation
2025 Junior Pan American Games Gold medal icon.svg at 74 kg
Win14-4 Flag of Cuba.svg Orislandy PerdomoTF 10-0August 22, 20252025 Junior Pan American Games

Flag of Paraguay.svg Asunción, Paraguay

Win13-4 Flag of Venezuela.svg Ricardo OyoqueTF 11-0
Win12-4 Flag of Argentina.svg Arnoldo ProbosteTF 11–0
2025 US World Team Trials Silver medal icon.svg at 74 kg
Loss11–4 Flag of the United States.svg David Carr 4–4June 14, 20252025 Final X

Flag of the United States.svg Newark, New Jersey

Loss11–3 Flag of the United States.svg David Carr 3–4
2025 US Open Gold medal icon.svg at 74 kg
Win11–2 Flag of the United States.svg David Carr TF 16–6April 25–26, 20252025 US Open National Championships

Flag of the United States.svg Las Vegas, Nevada

Win10–2 Flag of the United States.svg Quincy MondayTF 12–1
Win9–2 Flag of the United States.svg Jesse DellavecchiaTF 10–0
Win8–2 Flag of the United States.svg Max BrignolaTF 10–0
Win7–2 Flag of the United States.svg DeShon GallegosTF 10–0
2024 U23 World Championships Bronze medal icon.svg at 74 kg
Win6–2 Flag of Bahrain.svg Magomedrasul Asluev 6–0October 25–26, 2024 2024 U23 World Championships

Flag of Albania.svg Tirana, Albania

Win5–2 Flag of Iran.svg Ali Rezaei16–7
Loss4–2 Flag of Japan.svg Kota Takahashi8–11
Win4–1 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Murat Dzhakupov7–2
2024 US Olympic Team Trials Bronze medal icon.svg at 74 kg
Win3–1 Flag of the United States.svg Jarrett JacquesTF 10–0April 19–20, 2024 2024 US Olympic Team Trials

Flag of the United States.svg State College, Pennsylvania

Win2–1 Flag of the United States.svg Quincy MondayTF 12–1
Loss1–1 Flag of the United States.svg Jordan Burroughs 3–8
Win1–0 Flag of the United States.svg Ladarion Lockett TF 13–3

References

  1. ↑ "Mitchell Mesenbrink - Wrestling". Penn State Athletics. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
  2. ↑ Collegian, Kaleb Boyer | The Daily (August 16, 2023). "Penn State wrestling Mitchell Mesenbrink wins U20 World Championship". The Daily Collegian. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
  3. ↑ Pickel, Greg (April 21, 2023). "Penn State wrestling makes another transfer portal splash". On3. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Wisconsin Wrestling Hall of Fame :: Mesenbrink, John". wiwrestlinghofhonorees.org. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
  5. ↑ WR Individual State Champions. Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. Retrieved August 3, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Wrestling Signs Two New Highly-Accomplished Recruits for 2022-23". CBU Athletics. March 29, 2024. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
  7. ↑ Staff, Dave Radcliffe-Freeman (March 1, 2022). "Don't mess with Mesenbrink". Greater Milwaukee Today. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Mesenbrink Takes Silver at U20 Freestyle World Championships". CBU Athletics. March 29, 2024. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Mitchell Mesenbrink To Enter Transfer Portal". Heavyweight Nation. January 4, 2023. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
  10. ↑ Kozak, Jon (April 21, 2023). "Mitchell Mesenbrink On Commiting To Penn State, Next Year's Lineup, & NIL". FloWrestling. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
  11. ↑ Staff, Freeman (July 11, 2023). "Mesenbrink wins gold at Pan-Am wrestling championship". Greater Milwaukee Today. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
  12. ↑ Lister, Joe (August 16, 2023). "Penn State Wrestler Mitchell Mesenbrink Wins UWW U-20 Championship". Onward State. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
  13. ↑ "Mitchell Mesenbrink named USA Wrestling Athlete of the Week presented by U.S. Air Force Special Warfare". www.themat.com. February 14, 2024. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
  14. ↑ "Penn State Wins Big Ten Wrestling Title". Big Ten Conference . July 15, 2023. Archived from the original on March 12, 2024. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
  15. ↑ "Iowa's Drake Ayala, ISU's David Carr, UNI's Parker Keckeisen advance to NCAA wrestling finals". www.thegazette.com. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
  16. ↑ "Penn State wrestling vs. Jordan Burroughs: How Lions will meet in Olympic Trials finals". York Daily Record. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
  17. ↑ McKeon, Mara (April 20, 2024). "Penn State Wrestling & NLWC Add Four To U.S. National Team In Session III Of U.S. Olympic Trials Wrestling". Onward State. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
  18. ↑ "Nittany Lion Wrestler Mitchell Mesenbrink Claims U23 World Bronze Medal". Penn State - Official Athletics Website. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
  19. ↑ Collegian, Evan Smith | The Daily (March 22, 2025). "Mitchell Mesenbrink wins 2025 165-pound National Championship". The Daily Collegian. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
  20. ↑ Smeltzer, Joe (April 27, 2025). "Penn State Wrestling: What Happened at The U.S. Open? | NSN". Nittany Sports Now. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
  21. ↑ Smeltzer, Joe (May 17, 2025). "Penn State Wrestling: Mitchell Mesenbrink to Face Familiar Foe at Final X". Nittany Sports Now. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
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