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Mendez Wins 2025 NCAA Title

Junior has won consecutive national titles at 141
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Junior Jesse Mendez won his second-consecutive NCAA Championship at 141 pounds with a 12-9 win over Brock Hardy of Nebraska Saturday at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.
Mendez defended his 2024 National Title after reaching the 2025 title match with a win over No. 2-seed Beau Bartlett in the semifinals Friday. Mendez, the No. 3 seed in 2025, defeated Bartlett for the 2024 title.
Ohio State has 25 individual national champions in the history of the program.
In the medal round earlier in the day, graduate Dylan D’Emilio finished fourth overall in the 149-pound bracket after beating Lachlan McNeil of North Carolina in the consolation semifinals and falling in the third-place match to Shayne Van Ness of Penn State. It was the highest finish at the national tournament for D’Emilio, who took eighth at the 2023 event.
Tom Ryan, head coach of the Buckeyes, has coached 75 All-Americans over his 19 seasons in Columbus. He has coached 14 All-Americans at the 141-pound weight class.  
Mendez is the 14^th individual national champion coached by Ryan at Ohio State.
The last Buckeye to win consecutive national championships was Kyle Snyder at heavyweight in 2016-17-18. Four wrestlers have won multiple national championships during Ryan’s tenure (Stieber-4, Snyder -3, Jaggers-2, Mendez-2).
Ohio State finished tied for the No. 5 spot in the team standings with 51.5 points. … more at … https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/news/2025/3/22/wrestling-mendez-wins-2025-ncaa-title

March 26, 2025 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized