Michigan Claims Big Ten Wrestling Title
SOURCE: bigten.org
March 06, 2022

 


LINCOLN, Neb. - Michigan won the 2022 Big Ten Wrestling Championships title on Sunday with a team score of 143.0. The Wolverines earned their 12th Big Ten Championship title and the program's first since 1973. Michigan claimed a pair of individual titles from Nick Suriano (125) and Myles Amine (184).

Penn State finished in second place with 141.5 points, followed by third-place Iowa with 129.5 points. Ohio State claimed fourth place with 91.5 points and Northwestern rounded out the top five with 90.5 points.


Minnesota's Gable Steveson was named the Big Ten Wrestler of the Year, while Wisconsin's Dean Hamiti received the Big Ten Freshman of the Year award. Michigan's Myles Amine and Wisconsin's Austin Gomez shared the Outstanding Wrestler of the Championships honor and Wolverine head coach Sean Bormet was named Big Ten Coach of the Year. Bormet becomes the first Michigan head coach to earn the accolade since Dale Bahr in 1988.

Michigan's Nick Suriano claimed the 125-pound title after defeating Wisconsin's No. 3 Eric Barnett, 12-4. At 133 pounds, Penn State's Roman Bravo-Young posted a 3-1 decision over Austin DeSanto of Iowa to successfully defend his title.

The Nittany Lions' Nick Lee took home the 141-pound championship following a medical forfeit by Iowa's Jaydin Eierman. The 149-pound title went to the Badgers' Gomez, who earned an 8-5 decision over defending champion Sammy Sasso of Ohio State to become the first Wisconsin wrestler to win a title in the weight class.

At 157 pounds, top-ranked Ryan Deakin of Northwestern successfully defended his title to become a three-time champion with a 7-2 decision against Michigan's Will Lewan. Iowa's Alex Marinelli successfully defended his championship at 165 pounds following a 2-1 decision against Cameron Amine of Michigan. Marinelli becomes the 17th wrestler in Big Ten history to win four individual titles.

Penn State's Carter Starocci took home the 174-pound championship with a 5-1 decision over Michigan's Logan Massa. At 184 pounds, the Wolverines' Amine upset the two-time defending champion Aaron Brooks of Penn State with a 6-4 win in SV1.

Max Dean of Penn State captured the 197-pound title following a 4-2 victory against Eric Schultz of Nebraska. Rounding out the group of individual Big Ten Champions was top-ranked Steveson of Minnesota, who claimed his third 285-pound title following a medical forfeit by Iowa's Tony Cassioppi.

The complete list of Big Ten individual awards and All-Big Ten honorees can be found below, while the full results are attached.

BIG TEN WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Wrestler of the Year: Gable Steveson, MINN
Freshman of the Year: Dean Hamiti, WIS
Coach of the Year: Sean Bormet, MICH
Co-Outstanding Wrestler of the Championships: Myles Amine, MICH & Austin Gomez, WIS

2022 ALL-BIG TEN TEAM
Alex Marinelli, IOWA
Myles Amine, MICH
Nick Suriano, MICH
Gable Steveson, MINN
Ryan Deakin, NU
Roman Bravo-Young, PSU
Max Dean, PSU
Nick Lee, PSU
Carter Starocci, PSU
Austin Gomez, WIS


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