Yianni Diakomihalis

Yianni Diakomihalis

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.
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Wrestling
Weight class	143 lb (65 kg)
Event(s)	Freestyle and Folkstyle
College team	Cornell
Club	Spartan Combat RTC
Team	USA
Coached by	Rob Koll Mike Grey
Medal record Men's freestyle wrestling Representing the   United States World Championships 2022 Belgrade 65 kg World Cup 2022 Coralville Team Pan American Championships 2020 Ottawa 65 kg 2023 Buenos Aires 65 kg Yasar Dogu 2019 Istanbul 65 kg Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2021 Nice 65 kg Waclaw Ziolkowski Memorial 2019 Warsaw 65 kg 2021 Warsaw 65 kg Tunis Ranking Series 2022 Tunisia 65 kg Cadet World Championships 2015 Sarajevo 65 kg 2016 Tbilisi 65 kg Collegiate Wrestling Representing the Cornell Big Red NCAA Division I Championships 2018 Cleveland 141 lb 2019 Pittsburgh 141 lb 2022 Detroit 149 lb 2023 Tulsa 149 lb EIWA Championships 2018 Hempstead 141 lb 2019 Vestal 141 lb 2022 Ithaca 149 lb 2023 Philadelphia 149 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]

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.	Record	Opponent	Score	Date	Event	Location
2024 Olympic Team Trials at 65kg
Loss	60-13	Jesse Mendez	12-7	April 19, 2024	2024 Olympic Team Trials	State College, Pennsylvania
Win	60-12	Kaleb Larkin	13-9
2023 Final X at 65kg
Loss	59-12	Nick Lee	8-8	June 11, 2023	2023 Final X	Newark, New Jersey
Loss	59-11	Nick Lee	6-7
2023 Pan American Championships at 65kg
Win	59-10	Alejandro Valdes Tobier	4-1	May 6, 2023	2023 Pan American Championships	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	58-10	Agustin Destribats	9-8
Win	57-10	Wilfredo Lopez	TF 11-0
Win	56-10	Sixto Auccapina Pedragas	TF 10-0
2022 World Championships at 65 kg
Loss	55-10	Rahman Amouzad	8-13	September 18, 2022	2022 World Wrestling Championships	Belgrade, Serbia
Win	55-9	Sebastian Rivera	TF 10-0	September 17, 2022
Win	54-9	Bajrang Punia	TF 10-0
Win	53-9	Vladimir Dubov	TF 10-0
Win	52-9	Vazgen Tevanyan	4-0
2022 Zouhaier Sghaier Ranking Series at 65 kg
Win	51-9	Adlan Askarov	TF 15–5	July 18, 2022	2022 Zouhaier Sghaier Ranking Series	Tunis, Tunisia
Loss	50-9	Sujeet Sujeet	2–8
Win	50-8	Agustin Destribats	9–2
2022 US World Team Trials at 65 kg
Win	49-8	Evan Henderson	TF 14–4	June 8, 2022	2022 Final X: New York	New York, New York
Win	48-8	Evan Henderson	11–9
Win	47-8	Ian Parker	TF 10–0	May 21–23, 2022	2022 US World Team Trials Challenge	Coralville, Iowa
Win	46-8	Luke Pletcher	TF 10–0
2021 World Championships 12th at 65 kg
Loss	45-8	Vazgen Tevanyan	1–5	October 3, 2021	2021 World Championships	Oslo, Norway
Win	45-7	Colin Realbuto	TF 10–0
2021 US World Team Trials at 65 kg
Win	44-7	Joseph McKenna	TF 12–2	September 12, 2021	2021 US World Team Trials	Lincoln, Nebraska
Win	43-7	Joseph McKenna	5–2
Loss	42-7	Joseph McKenna	7–8
Win	42-6	Luke Pletcher	TF 10–0	September 11, 2021
2021 Poland Open at 65 kg
Win	41-6	Ismail Musukaev	FF	June 9, 2021	2021 Poland Open	Warsaw, Poland
Win	40-6	Eduard Grigorew	7–4
Win	39-6	Joseph McKenna	TF 15–4
Win	38-6	Krzysztof Bieńkowski	INJ
Loss	37–6	Ismail Musukaev	6–7
Win	37–5	Eduard Grigorew	9–3
2020 US Olympic Team Trials 4th at 65 kg
Loss	36–5	Nick Lee	8–16	April 2–3, 2021	2020 US Olympic Team Trials	Fort Worth, Texas
Win	36–4	Mitch McKee	TF 14–4
Loss	35–4	Jordan Oliver	4–4
Win	35–3	Frank Molinaro	TF 10–0
Win	34–3	Matt Kolodzik	9–6	March 5, 2021	The East Coast Clash: NJRTC vs. Spartan Combat RTC	Allentown, Pennsylvania
2021 America's Cup 6th as TKM at 65 kg
Win	33–3	Pat Lugo	7–2	February 10–11, 2021	2021 America's Cup	Concord, North Carolina
Win	32–3	Mitch McKee	14–10
Win	31–3	Mitch McKee	TF 11–0
2021 Henri Deglane Grand Prix at 65 kg
Win	30–3	James Green	5–0	January 16, 2021	Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2021	Nice, France
Win	29–3	Vladimer Khinchegashvili	TF 13–2
Win	28–3	Krzysztof Bieńkowski	TF 10–0
Win	27–3	Quentin Sticker	TF 13–2
SCRTC I
Win	26–3	Anthony Ashnault	TF 10–0	January 8, 2021	SCRTC I	Austin, Texas
FloWrestling RTC Cup as SCWC
Win	25–3	Tariq Wilson	TF 11–0	December 4–5, 2020	FloWrestling RTC Cup	Austin, Texas
Win	24–3	James Green	4–4
Win	23–3	James Green	3–3
Win	22–3	Sammy Sasso	TF 12–2
2020 Beat the Streets at 65 kg
Exhib.		Vladimer Khinchegashvili	4–4	September 17, 2020	2020 Beat The Streets	New York City
2020 Pan American Championship at 65 kg
Win	21–3	Mauricio Sanchez	4–0	March 6–9, 2020	2020 Pan American Wrestling Championships	Ottawa, Canada
Win	20–3	Agustin Destribats	7–4
Win	19–3	Jose Rodriguez	9–2
Win	18–3	Luis Orta	Fall
2019 US Nationals 4th at 65 kg
Win	17–3	Bryce Meredith	TF 10–0	December 20–22, 2019	2019 U.S Senior National Championships	Las Vegas, Nevada
Loss	16–3	Joseph McKenna	5–5
Win	16–2	Ben Whitford	11–3
Win	15–2	Nick Dardanes	TF 10–0
Win	14–2	Mario Mason	TF 10–0
2019 Final X (replay match 2) at 65 kg
Loss	13–2	Zain Retherford	1–2	September 2, 2019	2019 Final X Wrestle-Off: Yianni vs Zain	Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
2019 Waclaw Ziolkowski Memorial at 65 kg
Win	13–1	Gor Ogannesyan	9–8	August 2–4, 2019	2019 Ziolkowski, Pytlasinski, Poland Open	Warsaw, Poland
Win	12–1	Sayatbek Okasov	TF 11–0
Win	11–1	Shaohua Yuan	TF 10–0
2019 Grand Prix Yaşar Doğu at 65 kg
Win	10–1	Haji Mohamad Ali	Fall	July 11–14, 2019	2019 Grand Prix Yaşar Doğu	Istanbul, Turkey
Win	9–1	Ismail Musukaev	9–9
Win	8–1	Ali Rahimzade	TF 13–2
Win	7–1	Zain Retherford	9–5
2019 Final X at 65 kg
NC		Zain Retherford	6–6	June 7–8, 2019	2019 Final X: Rutgers	New Brunswick, New Jersey
Loss	6–1	Zain Retherford	4–10
2019 Beat the Streets at 65 kg
Exhib.		Bajrang Punia	10–8	May 6, 2019	2019 Beat The Streets: Grapple at the Garden	New York City
2019 US Open at 65 kg
Win	6–0	Zain Retherford	6–4	April 24–27, 2019	2019 US Open National Championships	Las Vegas, Nevada
Win	5–0	Jordan Oliver	TF 16–5
Win	4–0	Frank Molinaro	10–3
Win	3–0	Nick Dardanes	TF 10–0
Win	2–0	Chase Farr	TF 14–4
Win	1–0	Corey Shie	7–4

NCAA record

NCAA Championships Matches
Res.	Record	Opponent	Score	Date	Event
Start of 2021–2022 Season (junior year)
End of 2018–2019 Season (sophomore year)
2019 NCAA Championships at 141 lbs
Win	66–1	Joseph McKenna	SV-1 6–4	March 21–23, 2019	2019 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
Win	65–1	Jaydin Eierman	6–5
Win	64–1	Dom Demas	5–1
Win	63–1	Chad Red	7–3
Win	62–1	Pete Lipari	10–5
2019 EIWA Championships at 141 lbs
Win	61–1	Nick Gil	8–2	March 8–9, 2019	2019 EIWA Conference Championships
Win	60–1	Anthony Sparacio	MD 14–2
Win	59–1	Wil Gil	TF 18–3
Win	58–1	Ryan Friedman	Fall
Win	57–1	Joseph McKenna	7–5	February 22, 2019	Ohio State – Cornell Dual
Win	56–1	AC Headlee	9–2	February 16, 2019	Cornell – North Carolina Dual
Win	55–1	Mitch Moore	6–1	February 15, 2019	Cornell – Virginia Tech Dual
Win	54–1	Marshall Keller	MD 14–6	February 9, 2019	Princeton – Cornell Dual
Win	53–1	AJ Vindici	TF 16–1	February 8, 2019	Pennsylvania – Cornell Dual
Win	52–1	Kyle Shoop	Fall	February 2, 2019	Lock Haven – Cornell Dual
Win	51–1	Ryan Friedman	Fall	January 26, 2019	Cornell – Harvard Dual
Win	50–1	Colin Realbuto	TF 22–4		Cornell – Brown Dual
Win	49–1	Ryan Pomrinca	13–7	January 12, 2019	Cornell – Lehigh Dual
Win	48–1	Jaydin Eierman	3–1	December 30, 2018	Cornell – Missouri Dual
Win	47–1	Cole Weaver	TF 23–4		Cor–nell – Indiana Dual
2018 South Beach Individual at 141 lbs
Win	46–1	Kyle Luigs	Fall	December 29, 2018	2018 South Beach Individual
Win	45–1	Jaime Hernandez	MD 18–4
Win	44–1	Alex Hrisopoulos	Fall
Win	43–1	Sam Turner	MD 14–6		Cornell – Wyoming Dual
Win	42–1	Josh Alber	MD 12–2	December 16, 2018	Cornell – Northern Iowa Dual
2018 Mat Town Open I at 141 lbs
Win	41–1	Ryan Moore	FF	November 25, 2018	2018 Mat Town Open I
Win	40-1	Mason Lindenmuth	TF 17-1
Win	39-1	CJ Manley	Fall
Win	38-1	Marlon Argneta	Fall
Start of 2018–2019 Season (sophomore year)
End of 2017–2018 Season (freshman year)
2018 NCAA Championships at 141 lbs
Win	37–1	Bryce Meredith	7–4	March 15–17, 2018	2018 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
Win	36–1	Jaydin Eierman	SV-1 6–4
Win	35–1	Dean Heil	6–5
Win	34–1	Nick Gil	MD 13–4
Win	33–1	Nick Zanetta	MD 10–1
2018 EIWA Championships at 141 lbs
Win	32–1	Tyler Smith	MD 17–9	March 3–4, 2018	2018 EIWA Conference Championships
Win	31–1	Nick Gil	9–4
Win	30–1	Pat D'Arcy	TF 18–3
Win	29–1	Zeke Salvo	Fall
Win	28–1	AC Headlee	7–6	February 16, 2018	North Carolina – Cornell Dual
Win	27–1	Jordan Reich	Fall	February 10, 2018	Cornell – Princeton Dual
Win	26–1	FF	FF		Cornell – Pennsylvania Dual
Win	25–1	Julian Flores	Fall	February 9, 2018	Cornell – Drexel Dual
Win	24–1	Kyle Shoop	TF 19–3	February 4, 2018	Cornell – Lock Haven Dual
Win	23–1	Valentine Miele	Fall	February 3, 2018	Columbia – Cornell Dual
Win	22–1	Trevor Tarsi	TF 24–8	January 27, 2018	Harvard – Cornell Dual
Win	21–1	Ezekiel Salvo	Fall		Brown – Cornell Dual
Win	20–1	Luke Karam	MD 8–0	January 19, 2018	Lehigh – Cornell Dual
Loss	19–1	Jaydin Eierman	6–9	December 30, 2017	Missouri – Cornell Dual
Win	19–0	Blake Rettell	Fall		Cornell – Kent State Dual
Win	18–0	Thomas Thorn	Fall	December 29, 2017	Cornell – Minnesota Dual
Win	17–0	Sam Hampton	Fall		Cornell – North Dakota State Dual
Win	16–0	Blake Rettell	Fall	December 18, 2017	Cornell – Buffalo Dual
2017 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational at 141 lbs
Win	15–0	Josh Alber	8–2	December 1–2, 2017	2017 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational
Win	14–0	Bryce Meredith	4–2
Win	13–0	Nick Zanetta	MD 9–1
Win	12–0	Sal Profaci	10–4
Win	11–0	Sa'Derian Perry	MD 11–2
2017 NYS Intercollegiate Championships at 141 lbs
Win	10–0	Corey Shie	TF 19–4	November 19, 2017	2017 NYS Intercollegiate Championships
Win	9–0	Michael Venosa	MD 16–3
Win	8–0	Christian Briody	Fall
Win	7–0	Paul Brohan	TF 24–5
Win	6–0	Josh Alber	5–2	November 17, 2017	Northern Iowa – Cornell Dual
2017 Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open at 141 lbs
Win	5–0	AJ Jaffe	MD 13–4	November 12, 2017	2017 Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open
Win	4–0	Nick Lee	12–7
Win	3–0	Jacob Lizak	Fall
Win	2–0	Matt Swanson	TF 20–5
Win	1–0	Jimmy Pawelski	TF 24–9
Start of 2017–2018 Season (freshman year)

Stats

Season	Year	School	Rank	Weight Class	Record	Win	Bonus
2023	Senior	Cornell University	#1 (1st)	149	22-1	95.65%	63.63
2022	Junior	Cornell University	#1 (1st)		28-0	100.00%	64.28%
2019	Sophomore	Cornell University	#1 (1st)	141	29–0	100.00%	58.62%
2018	Freshman	Cornell University	#1 (1st)		37–1	97.37%	68.42%
Career					115-2	98.3%	65%

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