Congratulations @ASUWrestling, the 2022 Pac-12 Wrestling Champions! 🏆#ForksUp | #Pac12Wrestle pic.twitter.com/WiHXkr0btJ
— Pac-12 Conference (@pac12) March 7, 2022
TEMPE - It took a complete effort from up and down the entire lineup, but Arizona State pulled it off and won the 2022 Pac-12 Wrestling Championship Sunday night at Desert Financial Arena - it's third in a row, fifth in the last six years, and first at home since 1997. ASU earned the half-point clinch thanks to a heavyweight win from Cohlton Schultz that followed a major decision from Kordell Norfleet.
Brandon Courtney (125), Michael McGee (133), Kyle Parco (149), Jacori Teemer (157), Kordell Norfleet (197) and Cohlton Schultz (HWT) all won gold. Mykey Ramos won bronze at 141.
"Every year it's like this," head coach Zeke Jones said. "We are going to have six champs every other team will have one or two. We beat OSU head-to-head almost everywhere, but the score is so close. It always feels really weird at the end, but regardless of that it is really exciting. They all stepped up. Obviously Kordell came back in to save the day, and Schultz put the exclamation point on it.
"It feels good to win at home," Jones said. "I didn't really know that until recently but it feels great not only to feel what it's like to win a championship, but to win a championship at home in front of all of our people. We had a great crowd. They came out with a lot of energy. Obviously coming down to the end was really exciting, so it was a lot of fun tonight."