Yianni Diakomihalis

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Yianni Diakomihalis
John Diakomihalis (USA) 2021.JPG
Diakomihalis at the 2021 World Championships in Oslo, Norway
Personal information
Born (1999-04-11) April 11, 1999 (age 25)
Rochester, New York, U.S.
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
CountryUnited States
Sport Wrestling
Weight class143 lb (65 kg)
Event(s) Freestyle and Folkstyle
College team Cornell
ClubSpartan Combat RTC
TeamUSA
Coached by Rob Koll
Mike Grey
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Belgrade 65 kg
World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Coralville Team
Pan American Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Ottawa 65 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Buenos Aires 65 kg
Yasar Dogu
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Istanbul 65 kg
Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Nice 65 kg
Waclaw Ziolkowski Memorial
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 Warsaw65 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Warsaw 65 kg
Tunis Ranking Series
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Tunisia 65 kg
Cadet World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2015 Sarajevo65 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2016 Tbilisi65 kg
Collegiate Wrestling
Representing the Cornell Big Red
NCAA Division I Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Cleveland 141 lb
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Pittsburgh 141 lb
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Detroit 149 lb
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Tulsa 149 lb
EIWA Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018 Hempstead 141 lb
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 Vestal141 lb
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 Ithaca149 lb
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2023 Philadelphia149 lb

John Michael "Yianni" Diakomihalis (born April 11, 1999) is an American freestyle and folkstyle wrestler who competes at 65 kilograms and 149 pounds. [1] In freestyle, he is the 2022 World silver medalist, a two-time US World Team member (2021 and 2022), the 2020 Pan American champion, the 2019 US Open national champion, and a two-time age-group World champion. [2] As a collegiate wrestler, Diakomihalis was a four-time NCAA Division I champion and four-time EIWA champion out of Cornell University. [1]

Contents

Folkstyle career

High school

Diakomihalis attended Hilton High School in Hilton, New York, along with his brother Greg, who would go on to become a five-time NYSPHSAA champion. [3] He made the varsity team in the seventh grade and won the Division I state championship at 99 pounds as an eighth grader, defeating future Cornell teammate Vito Arujau in the finals. As a freshman, he also won the state title now at 113 pounds and that was repeated at 120 pounds as a sophomore. [4] As a junior, he became one of the ten four-time NYSPHSAA champions in the history of the state of New York when he walked through the competition at 138 pounds. [5] [6] As a senior, he found himself unable to compete at the state championships after he suffered an injury that led him out of the tournament. He graduated in 2017 as a four-time NYSPHSAA champion with a 243–3 record on a win streak of 210 victories. [7]

College

As a high school sophomore (2014), Diakomihalis committed to Cornell University. [8]

2017–2018

As a freshman, Diakomihalis won the Bearcat Open, New York State Intercollegiate, and the Cliff Keen Invitational and compiled a record of 28-1 during the regular season. [1] Post-regular-season, he won the EIWA championships and later went on to win the NCAA championship, joining Kyle Dake as the only Big Reds to do so in their "true freshman" year of competition and earning notable victories over #1 Bryce Meredith, #2 Jaydin Eierman, and two-time NCAA champion Dean Heil. [9] [10] Diakomihalis suffered a torn ACL during his quarterfinal matchup against #6 Heil. [11]

2018–2019

As a sophomore, Diakomihalis won the Mat Town Open I and the South Beach Individual and capped a perfect 13–0 record in dual matches, ending the regular season unbeaten. [12] He went on to win his second EIWA championship and earned the Outstanding Wrestler award in the process. [13] At the NCAA championships, he most notably defeated the #2, #3, and #5 ranked wrestlers in Jaydin Eierman, Joseph McKenna and Dominick Demas to claim the national title. [14] Diakomihalis was named EIWA Top Wrestler and was a finalist for the Dan Hodge Trophy. [15]

2019–2020

Diakomihalis did not compete at the NCAA level in 2019–2020, as he took an Olympic redshirt year and focused on freestyle. [16]

2020–2021

Yianni planned to return to college wrestling in 2020–2021; however, the Ivy League announced the cancellation of all winter sports on November 13, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [17]

2021–2022

After 975 days, Diakomihalis finally returned to the mat for the Big Red on November 20, 2021, defeating Stanford's Jaden Abas at 149 pounds. He finished 28-0 and won his third NCAA title (his first at 149 pounds). [18]

2022–2023

Diakomihalis finished his college career with his fourth title at the NCAA tournament in Tulsa (his second title at 149 pounds) with a 4-2 victory over Sammy Sasso of Ohio State University. Diakomihalis became the fifth wrestler in NCAA history, and the second from Cornell University, to win four NCAA titles.

Freestyle career

Age-group level

Diakomihalis was an accomplished cadet freestyle wrestler, he was a two-time World champion and two-time UWW National champion. [19] [20] As a junior, he placed third at the 2016 UWW Nationals. [2]

Senior level

2019

After opting for the Olympic redshirt, Diakomihalis attended his first senior level tournament at the US Open in April. He went 6–0 (three technical falls) with notable wins over Frank Molinaro, Jordan Oliver and Zain Retherford in the finals. [21] Not long after, he competed in an exhibition match at the Beat the Streets charity event against multiple World medalist Bajrang Punia. He won the match on points (10–8). [22]

After winning the US Open championship, Diakomihalis sat out of the World Team Trials Challenge, having earned himself an automatic spot at Final X: Rutgers with the US Open victory; US Open finalist Retherford won the World Team Trials Challenge to earn the other spot at Final X in June. [23] In the first match of the best-of three series, Diakomihalis fell 10-4. The second match ended controversially. Retherford was down 4–6 late in the match when he got a takedown for two points, while Diakomihalis was awarded two points for a back exposure to apparently win the match 8-6, as time expired while the wrestlers were still grappling. Retherford's corner challenged the points awarded to Diakomihalis and won the challenge, resulting in a final score of 6–6 with criteria advantage to Retherford, giving him a 2-0 lead in the series and an apparent victory at Final X. [24] However, subsequent to the tournament, Diakomihalis initiated an arbitration challenging the scoring change. Diakomihalis ultimately prevailed in the arbitration with a finding that the scoring review was conducted improperly. [25] The arbitrator awarded Diakomihalis a rematch of the second match in the series.

In July, Diakomihalis competed at the prestigious Yasar Dogu Grand Prix in Istanbul, Turkey. He defeated four opponents such as his Final X opponent Zain Retherford, Ali Rahimzade and Ismail Musukaev to claim the championship. [26]

Two weeks later he went on to compete in the Waclaw Ziolkowski Memorial at Warsaw, Poland. He defeated four opponents (two technical falls) including Ismail Musukaev (by forfeit) to claim the championship. [27]

In September, the rematch between Retherford and Diakomihalis took place in a special event called Final X: Yianni vs. Zain in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Diakomihalis lost the bout on points, 2-1, losing his chance to represent the United States at the World Championships. [28]

In December, he competed at the US Nationals. He defeated three opponents before getting upset by Joseph McKenna in the semifinals. He advanced to the finals of the consolation brackets but forfeited his final match. [29]

2020

In his first tournament of the year, Diakomihalis competed at the Pan American Championships. He defeated four opponents including Agustín Destribats and NCAA Division II champion Jose Rodriguez to claim the championship. [30]

Diakomihalis was scheduled to compete at the US Olympic Team Trials on April 4–5 at State College, Pennsylvania. [29] However, the event and the Olympics were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving him and all the qualifiers unable to compete. [31]

After more than half a year without stepping on the mats, Diakomihalis wrestled at the annual Beat The Streets event against the heavily accomplished Vladimer Khinchegashvili on September 17. [32] He lost the competitive and close match by criteria. [33]

Diakomihalis represented the Spartan Combat Wrestling Club at 65 kilograms in the FloWrestling: RTC Cup on December 4–5. [34] He tech'd 2020 Big Ten Championship runner-up Sammy Sasso (Ohio State) in the first round, followed up with two criteria victories over 2017 World Championship runner-up James Green (New Jersey) and got a final TF over 2018 NCAA All-American Tariq Wilson to help the team reach the third-place. [35]

2021

To start off the year, Diakomihalis wrestled two-time and reigning Pan American champion (70 kg) Anthony Ashnault on January 8, at the SCRTC I. [36] After scoring two two-point takedowns and a step-out, he scored a five-point slam, driving Ashnault to a technical fall. [37] Diakomihalis then competed at the Henri Deglane Grand Prix of France on January 16. [38] After advancing to the semifinals with two wins, Diakomihalis faced World and Olympic champion Vladimer Khinchegashvili in a rematch from their BTS match, and was able to avenge his lone 2020 loss when he dominantly tech'd the Georgian, advancing to the finals, where he flawlessly defeated James Green, in a rubber match from their series at the RTC Cup, to claim gold. [39]

Diakomihalis then competed at the America's Cup on February, defeating DI All-Americans Mitch McKee (twice) and Pat Lugo to help the Team Kenny Monday reach sixth place. [40] On March, he defeated Matt Kolodzik in a dual match against the NJRTC. [41]

In April 2–3, he competed at the rescheduled US Olympic Team Trials as the second seed, in an attempt to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [29] After defeating the defending US Olympic Team Member Frank Molinaro, he was upset by third-seeded and 2019 US National champion Jordan Oliver, ending Diakomihalis' win streak. [42] He came back to wrestle for third–place after defeating Mitch McKee, but was once again defeated, now by 2021 NCAA champion Nick Lee, placing fourth. [43]

After his loss at the Olympic Trials, Diakomihalis came back at the prestigious Poland Open, where he was the defending champion, on June 9. [44] In the second round, he was knocked off by Iszmail Muszukajev in a frenetic rematch from their also frenetic match in 2019. [45] Next, he most notably dominated recently crowned Pan American Continental champion Joseph McKenna to a technical fall and defeated the same opponent he defeated in his first match, 2018 University World Champion Eduard Grigorew, winning the championship without getting the rubber match with Musukaev as Musukaev forfeited out of the tournament after their earlier match. [46]

Diakomihalis then competed at the 2021 US World Team Trials from September 11 to 12, intending to represent the country at the World Championships. [47] After dropping All-American Luke Pletcher to make the finale, Diakomihalis faced Joseph McKenna in a best-of-three match. [48] After losing a razor-close first bout, he won the next two, including a dominant technical fall in order to become the 2021 US World Team member. [49]

Diakomihalis represented the United States at the 2021 World Championships on October 3 in Oslo, Norway. [50] After a dominant first round win over Italy, he was eliminated by 2020 Individual World Cup winner Vazgen Tevanyan on points. [51]

2022

In May, at the 2022 World Team Trials Challenge tournament, Diakomihalis defeated Luke Pletcher and Ian Parker, both by 10-0 technical superiority, to advance to Final X against Evan Henderson. [52]

At Final X in June at Madison Square Garden, Diakomihalis defeated Henderson 11-9 and 14-4 to win the best-of-three series and earn his second straight spot on Team USA for the World Championships. [53]

At the 2022 World Championships in Belgrade, Diakomihalis made history as the first 65 kg US wrestler to earn a medal at the World Wrestling Championships since Bill Zadick in 2006. He advanced to the finals with three straight wins. He began with a 4-0 win over Vazgen Tevanyan of Armenia, avenging his loss at the 2021 World Championships. He followed that with a 10-0 win by technical superiority over Vladimir Dubov of Bulgaria. In the semifinals, he defeated Bajrang Punia of India by technical superiority, 10-0 to advance to the finals. [54] His semifinal victory guaranteed him a silver medal and clinched the team title for the United States. [55] In the finals, Diakomihalis was defeated by Rahman Amouzad of Iran by a score of 13-8, thereby claiming the silver medal. [56]

2023

In May 2023, Diakomihalis represented Team USA at the Pan American Championships, going 4-0 and earning the gold medal. [57]

His silver medal at 2022 Worlds entitled Diakomihalis to skip the preliminary qualifying rounds for Team USA and advance directly to Final X. [58] At Final X, he lost consecutive matches to Nick Lee, 7-6 and 8-8 (criteria). [59]

Freestyle record

Senior Freestyle Matches
Res.RecordOpponentScoreDateEventLocation
2024 Olympic Team Trials at 65kg
Loss60-13 Flag of the United States.svg Jesse Mendez12-7April 19, 20242024 Olympic Team Trials Flag of the United States.svg State College, Pennsylvania
Win60-12 Flag of the United States.svg Kaleb Larkin13-9
2023 Final X Silver medal icon.svg at 65kg
Loss59-12 Flag of the United States.svg Nick Lee 8-8June 11, 20232023 Final X Flag of the United States.svg Newark, New Jersey
Loss59-11 Flag of the United States.svg Nick Lee 6-7
2023 Pan American Championships Gold medal icon.svg at 65kg
Win59-10 Flag of Cuba.svg Alejandro Valdes Tobier 4-1May 6, 20232023 Pan American Championships Flag of Argentina.svg Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win58-10 Flag of Argentina.svg Agustin Destribats 9-8
Win57-10 Flag of Panama.svg Wilfredo LopezTF 11-0
Win56-10 Flag of Peru.svg Sixto Auccapina PedragasTF 10-0
2022 World Championships Silver medal icon.svg at 65 kg
Loss55-10 Flag of Iran.svg Rahman Amouzad 8-13September 18, 20222022 World Wrestling Championships Flag of Serbia.svg Belgrade, Serbia
Win55-9 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Sebastian RiveraTF 10-0September 17, 2022
Win54-9 Flag of India.svg Bajrang Punia TF 10-0
Win53-9 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Vladimir Dubov TF 10-0
Win52-9 Flag of Armenia.svg Vazgen Tevanyan 4-0
2022 Zouhaier Sghaier Ranking Series Silver medal icon.svg at 65 kg
Win51-9 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Adlan AskarovTF 15–5July 18, 20222022 Zouhaier Sghaier Ranking Series Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunis, Tunisia
Loss50-9 Flag of India.svg Sujeet Sujeet2–8
Win50-8 Flag of Argentina.svg Agustin Destribats 9–2
2022 US World Team Trials Gold medal icon.svg at 65 kg
Win49-8 Flag of the United States.svg Evan HendersonTF 14–4June 8, 20222022 Final X: New York Flag of the United States.svg New York, New York
Win48-8 Flag of the United States.svg Evan Henderson11–9
Win47-8 Flag of the United States.svg Ian ParkerTF 10–0May 21–23, 20222022 US World Team Trials Challenge

Flag of the United States.svg Coralville, Iowa

Win46-8 Flag of the United States.svg Luke PletcherTF 10–0
2021 World Championships 12th at 65 kg
Loss45-8 Flag of Armenia.svg Vazgen Tevanyan 1–5October 3, 2021 2021 World Championships Flag of Norway.svg Oslo, Norway
Win45-7 Flag of Italy.svg Colin RealbutoTF 10–0
2021 US World Team Trials Gold medal icon.svg at 65 kg
Win44-7 Flag of the United States.svg Joseph McKenna TF 12–2September 12, 2021 2021 US World Team Trials Flag of the United States.svg Lincoln, Nebraska
Win43-7 Flag of the United States.svg Joseph McKenna 5–2
Loss42-7 Flag of the United States.svg Joseph McKenna 7–8
Win42-6 Flag of the United States.svg Luke PletcherTF 10–0September 11, 2021
2021 Poland Open Gold medal icon.svg at 65 kg
Win41-6 Flag of Hungary.svg Ismail Musukaev FFJune 9, 2021 2021 Poland Open

Flag of Poland.svg Warsaw, Poland

Win40-6 Flag of Poland.svg Eduard Grigorew7–4
Win39-6 Flag of the United States.svg Joseph McKenna TF 15–4
Win38-6 Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof BieńkowskiINJ
Loss37–6 Flag of Hungary.svg Ismail Musukaev 6–7
Win37–5 Flag of Poland.svg Eduard Grigorew9–3
2020 US Olympic Team Trials 4th at 65 kg
Loss36–5 Flag of the United States.svg Nick Lee 8–16April 2–3, 2021 2020 US Olympic Team Trials Flag of the United States.svg Fort Worth, Texas
Win36–4 Flag of the United States.svg Mitch McKeeTF 14–4
Loss35–4 Flag of the United States.svg Jordan Oliver 4–4
Win35–3 Flag of the United States.svg Frank Molinaro TF 10–0
Win34–3 Flag of the United States.svg Matt Kolodzik9–6March 5, 2021The East Coast Clash: NJRTC vs. Spartan Combat RTC

Flag of the United States.svg Allentown, Pennsylvania

2021 America's Cup 6th as TKM at 65 kg
Win33–3 Flag of the United States.svg Pat Lugo7–2February 10–11, 20212021 America's Cup

Flag of the United States.svg Concord, North Carolina

Win32–3 Flag of the United States.svg Mitch McKee14–10
Win31–3 Flag of the United States.svg Mitch McKeeTF 11–0
2021 Henri Deglane Grand Prix Gold medal icon.svg at 65 kg
Win30–3 Flag of the United States.svg James Green 5–0January 16, 2021 Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2021

Flag of France.svg Nice, France

Win29–3 Flag of Georgia.svg Vladimer Khinchegashvili TF 13–2
Win28–3 Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof BieńkowskiTF 10–0
Win27–3 Flag of France.svg Quentin StickerTF 13–2
SCRTC I
Win26–3 Flag of the United States.svg Anthony Ashnault TF 10–0January 8, 2021 SCRTC I

Flag of the United States.svg Austin, Texas

FloWrestling RTC Cup Bronze medal icon.svg as SCWC
Win25–3 Flag of the United States.svg Tariq WilsonTF 11–0December 4–5, 2020 FloWrestling RTC Cup Flag of the United States.svg Austin, Texas
Win24–3 Flag of the United States.svg James Green 4–4
Win23–3 Flag of the United States.svg James Green 3–3
Win22–3 Flag of the United States.svg Sammy SassoTF 12–2
2020 Beat the Streets at 65 kg
Exhib. Flag of Georgia.svg Vladimer Khinchegashvili 4–4September 17, 20202020 Beat The Streets

Flag of the United States.svg New York City

2020 Pan American Championship Gold medal icon.svg at 65 kg
Win21–3 Flag of Ecuador.svg Mauricio Sanchez4–0March 6–9, 2020 2020 Pan American Wrestling Championships

Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ottawa, Canada

Win20–3 Flag of Argentina.svg Agustin Destribats 7–4
Win19–3 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Jose Rodriguez9–2
Win18–3 Flag of Cuba.svg Luis OrtaFall
2019 US Nationals 4th at 65 kg
Win17–3 Flag of the United States.svg Bryce Meredith TF 10–0December 20–22, 20192019 U.S Senior National Championships

Flag of the United States.svg Las Vegas, Nevada

Loss16–3 Flag of the United States.svg Joseph McKenna 5–5
Win16–2 Flag of the United States.svg Ben Whitford11–3
Win15–2 Flag of the United States.svg Nick DardanesTF 10–0
Win14–2 Flag of the United States.svg Mario MasonTF 10–0
2019 Final X (replay match 2) Silver medal icon.svg at 65 kg
Loss13–2 Flag of the United States.svg Zain Retherford 1–2September 2, 20192019 Final X Wrestle-Off: Yianni vs Zain

Flag of the United States.svg Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

2019 Waclaw Ziolkowski Memorial Gold medal icon.svg at 65 kg
Win13–1 Flag of Ukraine.svg Gor Ogannesyan9–8August 2–4, 20192019 Ziolkowski, Pytlasinski, Poland Open

Flag of Poland.svg Warsaw, Poland

Win12–1 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Sayatbek OkasovTF 11–0
Win11–1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shaohua YuanTF 10–0
2019 Grand Prix Yaşar Doğu Gold medal icon.svg at 65 kg
Win10–1 Flag of Bahrain.svg Haji Mohamad AliFallJuly 11–14, 2019 2019 Grand Prix Yaşar Doğu

Flag of Turkey.svg Istanbul, Turkey

Win9–1 Flag of Hungary.svg Ismail Musukaev 9–9
Win8–1 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Ali Rahimzade TF 13–2
Win7–1 Flag of the United States.svg Zain Retherford 9–5
2019 Final X at 65 kg
NC Flag of the United States.svg Zain Retherford 6–6June 7–8, 2019 2019 Final X: Rutgers

Flag of the United States.svg New Brunswick, New Jersey

Loss6–1 Flag of the United States.svg Zain Retherford 4–10
2019 Beat the Streets at 65 kg
Exhib. Flag of India.svg Bajrang Punia 10–8May 6, 20192019 Beat The Streets: Grapple at the Garden

Flag of the United States.svg New York City

2019 US Open Gold medal icon.svg at 65 kg
Win6–0 Flag of the United States.svg Zain Retherford 6–4April 24–27, 20192019 US Open National Championships

Flag of the United States.svg Las Vegas, Nevada

Win5–0 Flag of the United States.svg Jordan Oliver TF 16–5
Win4–0 Flag of the United States.svg Frank Molinaro 10–3
Win3–0 Flag of the United States.svg Nick DardanesTF 10–0
Win2–0 Flag of the United States.svg Chase FarrTF 14–4
Win1–0 Flag of the United States.svg Corey Shie7–4

NCAA record

NCAA Championships Matches
Res.RecordOpponentScoreDateEvent
Start of 2021–2022 Season (junior year)
End of 2018–2019 Season (sophomore year)
2019 NCAA Championships Gold medal icon.svg at 141 lbs
Win66–1 Joseph McKenna SV-1 6–4March 21–23, 2019 2019 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
Win65–1 Jaydin Eierman 6–5
Win64–1Dom Demas5–1
Win63–1Chad Red7–3
Win62–1Pete Lipari10–5
2019 EIWA Championships Gold medal icon.svg at 141 lbs
Win61–1Nick Gil8–2March 8–9, 20192019 EIWA Conference Championships
Win60–1Anthony SparacioMD 14–2
Win59–1Wil GilTF 18–3
Win58–1Ryan FriedmanFall
Win57–1 Joseph McKenna 7–5February 22, 2019Ohio State – Cornell Dual
Win56–1AC Headlee9–2February 16, 2019Cornell – North Carolina Dual
Win55–1Mitch Moore6–1February 15, 2019Cornell – Virginia Tech Dual
Win54–1Marshall KellerMD 14–6February 9, 2019Princeton – Cornell Dual
Win53–1AJ VindiciTF 16–1February 8, 2019Pennsylvania – Cornell Dual
Win52–1Kyle ShoopFallFebruary 2, 2019Lock Haven – Cornell Dual
Win51–1Ryan FriedmanFallJanuary 26, 2019Cornell – Harvard Dual
Win50–1Colin RealbutoTF 22–4Cornell – Brown Dual
Win49–1Ryan Pomrinca13–7January 12, 2019Cornell – Lehigh Dual
Win48–1 Jaydin Eierman 3–1December 30, 2018Cornell – Missouri Dual
Win47–1Cole WeaverTF 23–4Cor–nell – Indiana Dual
2018 South Beach Individual Gold medal icon.svg at 141 lbs
Win46–1Kyle LuigsFallDecember 29, 20182018 South Beach Individual
Win45–1Jaime HernandezMD 18–4
Win44–1Alex HrisopoulosFall
Win43–1Sam TurnerMD 14–6Cornell – Wyoming Dual
Win42–1Josh AlberMD 12–2December 16, 2018Cornell – Northern Iowa Dual
2018 Mat Town Open I Gold medal icon.svg at 141 lbs
Win41–1Ryan MooreFFNovember 25, 20182018 Mat Town Open I
Win40-1Mason LindenmuthTF 17-1
Win39-1CJ ManleyFall
Win38-1Marlon ArgnetaFall
Start of 2018–2019 Season (sophomore year)
End of 2017–2018 Season (freshman year)
2018 NCAA Championships Gold medal icon.svg at 141 lbs
Win37–1 Bryce Meredith 7–4March 15–17, 2018 2018 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
Win36–1 Jaydin Eierman SV-1 6–4
Win35–1 Dean Heil 6–5
Win34–1Nick GilMD 13–4
Win33–1Nick ZanettaMD 10–1
2018 EIWA Championships Gold medal icon.svg at 141 lbs
Win32–1Tyler SmithMD 17–9March 3–4, 20182018 EIWA Conference Championships
Win31–1Nick Gil9–4
Win30–1Pat D'ArcyTF 18–3
Win29–1Zeke SalvoFall
Win28–1AC Headlee7–6February 16, 2018North Carolina – Cornell Dual
Win27–1Jordan ReichFallFebruary 10, 2018Cornell – Princeton Dual
Win26–1FFFFCornell – Pennsylvania Dual
Win25–1Julian FloresFallFebruary 9, 2018Cornell – Drexel Dual
Win24–1Kyle ShoopTF 19–3February 4, 2018Cornell – Lock Haven Dual
Win23–1Valentine MieleFallFebruary 3, 2018Columbia – Cornell Dual
Win22–1Trevor TarsiTF 24–8January 27, 2018Harvard – Cornell Dual
Win21–1Ezekiel SalvoFallBrown – Cornell Dual
Win20–1Luke KaramMD 8–0January 19, 2018Lehigh – Cornell Dual
Loss19–1 Jaydin Eierman 6–9December 30, 2017Missouri – Cornell Dual
Win19–0Blake RettellFallCornell – Kent State Dual
Win18–0Thomas ThornFallDecember 29, 2017Cornell – Minnesota Dual
Win17–0Sam HamptonFallCornell – North Dakota State Dual
Win16–0Blake RettellFallDecember 18, 2017Cornell – Buffalo Dual
2017 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational Gold medal icon.svg at 141 lbs
Win15–0Josh Alber8–2December 1–2, 20172017 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational
Win14–0 Bryce Meredith 4–2
Win13–0Nick ZanettaMD 9–1
Win12–0Sal Profaci10–4
Win11–0Sa'Derian PerryMD 11–2
2017 NYS Intercollegiate Championships Gold medal icon.svg at 141 lbs
Win10–0Corey ShieTF 19–4November 19, 20172017 NYS Intercollegiate Championships
Win9–0Michael VenosaMD 16–3
Win8–0Christian BriodyFall
Win7–0Paul BrohanTF 24–5
Win6–0Josh Alber5–2November 17, 2017Northern Iowa – Cornell Dual
2017 Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open Gold medal icon.svg at 141 lbs
Win5–0AJ JaffeMD 13–4November 12, 20172017 Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open
Win4–0 Nick Lee 12–7
Win3–0Jacob LizakFall
Win2–0Matt SwansonTF 20–5
Win1–0Jimmy PawelskiTF 24–9
Start of 2017–2018 Season (freshman year)

Stats

SeasonYearSchoolRankWeight ClassRecordWinBonus
2023Senior Cornell University #1 (1st)14922-195.65%63.63
2022Junior Cornell University #1 (1st)28-0100.00%64.28%
2019Sophomore Cornell University #1 (1st)14129–0100.00%58.62%
2018Freshman Cornell University #1 (1st)37–197.37%68.42%
Career115-298.3%65%

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