OHIO STATE WRESTLING @WRESTLINGBUCKS OHIO STATE ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Fawcett Center, 6th Floor | 2400 Olentangy River Rd. | Columbus, Ohio 43210 2018-19 SCHEDULE/RESULTS 2019 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS 12-2, 7-2 Big Ten Ohio State’s title defense at the 2019 Big Ten Wrestling Championships begins Saturday (March 9) DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT at 11 a.m. ET and concludes at 4 p.m. ET with Session IV on Sunday (March 10). Nov. 3 vs. Navy W, 28-9 BUCKEYE LINEUP (FloWrestling national rankings listed) Nov. 11 Ohio Intercollegiate Open (no team scores) 125 lbs | Malik Heinselman (21-7, Fr.) Nov. 16 at California Baptist W, 42-0 133 lbs | No. 10 Luke Pletcher (20-4, r-Jr.) Nov. 18 at No. 10 Arizona State W, 22-17 141 lbs | No. 3 Joey McKenna (16-2, Sr.) Nov. 30 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational 1st/43 149 lbs | No. 2 Micah Jordan (22-1, r-Sr.) Dec. 1 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational 1st/43 157 lbs | No. 8 Ke-Shawn Hayes (18-7, r-Jr.) Dec. 9 WISCONSIN W, 23-13 165 lbs | Te’Shan Campbell (17-4, Sr.) Jan. 6 NORTH CAROLINA STATE W, 26-10 174 lbs | No. 14 Ethan Smith (15-8, r-Fr.) Jan. 11 at Indiana W, 43-3 184 lbs | No. 1 Myles Martin (17-0, Sr.) 197 lbs | No. 2 Kollin Moore (16-1, r-Jr.) Jan. 13 MICHIGAN STATE W, 37-4 285 lbs | No. 11 Chase Singletary (18-5, r-Fr.) Jan. 25 MICHIGAN (in ‘The Schott’) L, 17-19 Feb. 1 at Illinois W, 23-14 NCAA TICKET PUNCHING Feb. 3 at Northwestern W, 27-15 Seventy-eight automatic bids to the 2019 NCAA Championships will be up for grabs in Minneapo- Feb. 8 PENN STATE L, 9-28 lis. The B1G total is 25 more than the next closest as 53 berths have been allocated for the Big 12. Feb. 15 at Purdue W, 34-3 Of the Big Ten’s 78 automatic bid allocations, Ohio State earned 10 of them (one at each weight) Feb. 17 NEBRASKA W, 21-12 for the conference. Missouri is the only other school in the country to earn spots for all 10 weight Feb. 22 at Cornell W, 25-9 classes. March 9 Big Ten Championships (Minneapolis, Minn.) RECENT B1G CHAMPIONSHIPS HISTORY HAS BEEN KIND TO OHIO STATE March 10 Big Ten Championships The Buckeyes have claimed three conference crowns in the last four seasons (2015, 2017, 2018), March 21 NCAA Championships (Pittsburgh, Pa.) including a 164.5-point performance a year ago representing the most team tallies scored in 16 March 22 NCAA Championships years (Minnesota, 174.0 in 2002) at the Big Ten Championships. Seventy percent of the lineup March 23 NCAA Championships advanced to the finals with four champions and three runner-ups. Ohio State won B1G team titles in 1923 and 1951 as well. SOCIAL MEDIA #GoBucks MCKENNA & MOORE | CONFERENCE KINGS Instagram/Twitter/Snapchat ........ @wrestlingbucks Joey McKenna and Kollin Moore have never dropped a bout in the conference championships. Facebook .....................OhioStateUniversityWrestling McKenna won back-to-back Pac-12 titles while at Stanford before shutting out his opposition with zero points allowed en route to his Big Ten podium ascent last season. Moore has gone 7-for-7 at the B1G Championships thus far, capturing a pair of conference gold medals as a freshman and BIG TEN DUAL STANDINGS | Final sophomore. Big Ten Overall THIRTEEN REMAIN UNDEFEATED Penn State 9-0 1.000 14-0 1.000 Myles Martin is one of only 13 wrestlers nationally to own a flawless season record (10-match mini- Iowa 9-0 1.000 14-1 .933 mum) entering the postseason. Martin is 17-0 with eight wins over top-20 opponents. Oklahoma Michigan 8-1 .889 13-1 .929 State’s Preston Weigel is 8-0 as well. Ohio State 7-2 .778 12-2 .857 Minnesota 7-2 .778 14-3 .824 SENIOR CLASS 2019 Nebraska 5-4 .556 12-5 .706 Ohio State’s four-man senior class of Te’Shan Campbell, Micah Jordan, Myles Martin and Joey Rutgers 5-4 .556 12-6 .667 McKenna has accumulated impressive numbers in their careers and combined for: Wisconsin 3-6 .333 9-6 .600 Michigan State 3-6 .333 10-8 .556 -Seven All-America honors Purdue 3-6 .333 7-10 .412 -390-79 (.832) career record Northwestern 2-7 .222 5-10 .33 -292-57 (.837) record as Buckeyes Indiana 1-8 .111 6-12 .33 -244 bonus-point wins (92 major decisions, 83 tech falls, 69 pins) Illinois 1-8 .111 2-9 .182 -75-20 (.789) Big Ten dual mark Maryland 0-9 .000 2-12 .143 This group is also 12-for-12 in qualifying for the NCAA Championships over the past three seasons. OhioStateBuckeyes.com 1 OHIO STATE WRESTLING @WRESTLINGBUCKS 2018-19 OHIO STATE ROSTER TEAM NOTES Name Wt. Yr. Hometown/High School (Previous College) Te’Shan Campbell 165/174 Sr. Pittsburgh, Pa./Penn Hills (Pittsburgh) POUND-FOR-POUND Elijah Cleary 157 r-So. Winter Park, Fla./Lake Highland Prep FloWrestling maintains a `pound-for-pound’ Alex Felix 141 Fr. Gilroy, Calif./Gilroy Top-20 and Ohio State represents 20-percent Ryan Ferro 174 r-Fr. Warwick, N.Y./Warwick Valley of the group. The Buckeyes included are No. Brendan Fitzgerald 149 Jr. Columbus, Ohio/Grandview Heights 6 Myles Martin, No. 12 Joey McKenna, No. 13 Kevon Freeman 165 Fr. Mentor, Ohio/Lake Catholic Kollin Moore and No. 16 Micah Jordan. Ke-Shawn Hayes 157 r-Jr. Kansas City, Mo./Park Hill Malik Heinselman 125 Fr. Castle Rock, Colo./Castle View IN THE FLAMES WITH MICAH JORDAN Gavin Hoffman 184 Fr. Montoursville, Pa./Montoursville The last nine duals went swimmingly for Jaimen Hood 133 r-Fr. Mason, Ohio/Mason Micah Jordan. He averaged 4.9 team points Rocky Jordan 174 Fr. St. Paris, Ohio/St. Paris Graham earned per bout with three pins, three tech Micah Jordan 149 r-Sr. St. Paris, Ohio/St. Paris Graham falls and two major decisions. Quinn Kinner 141 Fr. Mullica Hill, N.J./Kingsway Regional Brady Koontz 125 r-Fr. Plover, Wis./Stevens Point Area Senior MARTIN BOASTS BIG BONUS TOTALS Dylan Koontz 125 r-Fr. Plover, Wis./Stevens Point Area Senior Myles Martin has failed to notch bonus points Hunter Lucas 125 r-So. Cridersville, Ohio/Lima Central Catholic (Maryland) just five times this season and has posted Micah Marshall 157 Fr. Dayton, Ohio/Chaminade Julienne Catholic only 12 decisions in 48 wins over the past Myles Martin 184 Sr. Penns Grove, N.J./McDonogh School two seasons combined. The Buckeye senior Joey McKenna 141 Sr. Towaco, N.J./Blair Academy (Stanford) has secured bonus points in 36 bouts as an Brakan Mead 125 So. Powell, Ohio/Olentangy Liberty upperclassman with 15 tech falls, 13 major Kollin Moore 197 r-Jr. Burbank, Ohio/Norwayne decisions and eight pins since the start of the Luke Pletcher 133 Jr. Latrobe, Pa./Greater Latrobe ‘17-18 campaign. Clay Ragon 141 r-So. Williamston, Mich./Dansville Braeden Redlin 165 Fr. Allen, Texas/Allen RECORD BOOK WRECKERS Aaron Rehfeldt 157 r-So. Brighton, Mich./Detroit Central Catholic Four current Buckeyes -- Joey McKenna, Kaleb Romero 165 r-Fr. Mechanicsburg, Ohio/Mechanicsburg Kollin Moore, Myles Martin and Micah Jordan Sammy Sasso 149 Fr. Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth -- are slotted top-15 in Ohio State history for Fritz Schierl 165 r-So. Stevens Point, Wis./Stevens Point career winning percentage (see complete Chase Singletary HWT r-Fr. Naples, Fla./Blair Academy [N.J.] top-15 on the bottom left of this page). Ethan Smith 174 r-Fr. Latrobe, Pa./Sparrows Point [M.D.] Kevin Snyder 197 r-So. Woodbine, Md./Our Lady of Good Counsel In addition, Micah Jordan’s 26 pins are two Zach Steiner 184 r-Fr. Creston, Ohio/Norwayne shy of cracking the school’s top-10 all-time JD Stickley 141 Fr. Urbana, Ohio/St. Paris Graham and Myles Martin is four wins away from top- Gary Traub HWT r-So. Cincinnati, Ohio/Sycamore 15 standing in Buckeye lore. COACHING AND SUPPORT STAFF MOORE EARNS B1G WEEKLY HONOR Head Coach - Tom Ryan Redshirt junior Kollin Moore took out a pair of Associate Head Coach - J Jaggers top-12 opponents in the same weekend (Feb. Assistant Coach - Tervel Dlagnev 15-17) and was awarded for his superb efforts Director of Recruiting & Operations - Anthony Ralph when the Big Ten Conference named him Volunteer Assistant Coach - Bo Jordan co-B1G Wrestler of the Week. Moore opened Director of Wrestling Sports Science & Development - Riley Ross the weekend with a 12-5 decision on the road over Purdue’s Christian Brunner, ranked ninth nationally. He then came back two days later CAREER WINNING PERCENTAGE TOP-15 in the 2018-19 home finale and defeated No. (MINIMUM 40 MATCHES) 11 Eric Schultz (Nebraska) in dramatic fashion. NAME.................... SEASONS ..... W-L-T ........ PCT. 1. Logan Stieber ..........2012-15 ......... 119-3.............975 The bout spilled over into sudden victory, 2. Mark Coleman ........1988 .............. 50-2 ........... .962 where Moore hit a takedown less than 10 3. Rex Holman ............1992-93 ......... 69-3 .......... .958 If one considers Joey McKenna’s combined seconds into the extra period for a 7-5 win. 4. Kyle Snyder .............2015-18 ......... 75-5 ........... .938 collegiate career at both Stanford and Ohio 5. Kevin Randleman ....1991-93 ......... 108-7-3 ...... .928 State, he would be ranked eighth with a HEINSELMAN PEELS REDSHIRT 6. Nathan Tomasello ...2015-18 ......... 100-8.......... .926 .905 winning percentage (95-10). True freshman Malik Heinselman was called 7.