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March 09, 2024

Coach of the Year is waking up a MAC Champ today! 🏆

Hear what he had to say following his team?s big win yesterday:@CMUWrestling | #MACtion pic.twitter.com/Tr37jhKEqi

— #MACtion (@MACSports) March 10, 2024

KENT, OH -- The Central Michigan men's wrestling team brought home the Mid-American Conference (MAC) Championship for the first time in 12 years today at the 2024 MAC Championships hosted by Kent State.

Led by individual champion, Alex Cramer, along with nine total place winners the Chippewas tallied 131.0 points, close behind was Rider with 114.5. The Chippewas have now won 17 total team titles, with 15 coming under the guidance of Head Coach Tom Borelli.

Central Michigan's Tom Borrelli was named MAC Coach of the Year, while Lock Haven's Wyatt Henson and Ohio's Peyten Kellar earned the Tournament Most Outstanding Co-Wrestler honors.

The 2024 NCAA Division I National Championships will take place March 21-23 in Kansas City, Missouri. The NCAA will release additional at-large NCAA tournament qualifiers on Wednesday, March 13.

MAC Coach of the Year: Tom Borrelli, Central Michigan
Tournament Most Outstanding Co-Wrestlers: Wyatt Henson, Lock Haven and Peyten Kellar, Ohio

Final Team Results
1. Central Michigan -- 131.0
2. Rider -- 114.5
3. George Mason -- 112.5
4. Lock Haven -- 93.0
5. Buffalo -- 85.5
6. Ohio -- 82.0
7. Northern Illinois - 74.5
8. SIU Edwardsville -- 69.0
9. Clarion -- 68.0
10. Cleveland State -- 64.5
11. Kent State -- 43.0
12. Edinboro -- 17.0
13. Bloomsburg -- 16.5

2024 MAC Wrestling Championship Matches
125: No. 1 seed Anthony Noto (Lock Haven) def.No. 2 seed Blake West (Northern Illinois)
133: No. 1 seed Gable Strickland (Lock Haven) def. No. 2 seed Richie Koehler (Rider)
141: No. 1 seed Wyatt Henson (Lock Haven) def. No. 2 seed Jacob Brya (Northern Illinois)
149: No. 2 seed Quinn Kinner (Rider) def. No. 1 seed Corbyn Munson (Central Michigan)
157: No. 1 seed Peyten Kellar (Ohio) def. No. 2 seed DJ McGee (George Mason)
165: No. 3 seed Evan Maag (George Mason) def. No. 1 seed Garrett Thompson (Ohio)
174: No. 1 seed Alex Cramer (Central Michigan) def. No. 3 seed Michael Wilson (Rider)
184: No. 6 seed Malachi DuVall (George Mason) def. No. 1 seed Cameron Pine (Clarion)
197: No. 2 seed Benjamin Smith (Cleveland State) def. No. 1 seed Sam Mitchell (Buffalo)
285: No. 2 Seed David Szuba (Rider)) def. No. 1 seed Daniel Bucknavich (Cleveland State)