Awards Standings Set Before NCAA Championships
The NCAA has released the leaders for falls, tech falls, and dominance heading into next weekend’s NCAA Championships. The winners of each category will be presented with an award at the conclusion of the finals on Saturday night. Jay Albis of Johnson & Wales leads in tech falls, Devon Carrillo of Wesleyan leads in falls, and Jake Ashcraft of Ithaca leads in the most dominant category.
Carrillo is in a three way tie for most falls but has the lowest combined time. He, along with the other two wrestlers with 21 falls have qualified for the NCAA Championships, so the award will likely be decided in Cleveland.
Albis is one ahead of Messiah’s Kyle Koser in tech falls, but his combined time is over eight minutes greater. If Koser wins by tech fall at the NCAA Championships and Albis does not, Koser will take over the lead.
College wrestling: Division II and III regionals set award standings for nationals (NCAA.com)
| NCAA STAT LEADERS – TECH FALLS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division III | |||||
| Rank | Name | School | Weight | Tech Falls | Time |
| 1 | Jay Albis | Johnson & Wales (RI) | 125 | 16 | 70:36 |
| 2 | Kyle Koser | Messiah | 197 | 15 | 62:21 |
| 3 | Bradan Birt | Millikin | 149 | 14 | 57:15 |
| 4 | Ben Swarr | Messiah | 174 | 14 | 57:40 |
| 5 | Jimmy Davis | Loras | 149 | 13 | 53:29 |
| 6 | Cross Cannone | Wartburg | 149 | 13 | 54:42 |
| 7 | Kyle Fank | Wartburg | 197 | 12 | 49:51 |
| 8 | Stephen Maloney | Messiah | 149 | 11 | 46:52 |
| 9 | Nick Mancini | Mount Union | 125 | 10 | 43:15 |
| 10 | Sunny Nier | Wabash | 125 | 9 | 21:58 |
| NCAA STAT LEADERS – FALLS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division III | |||||
| Rank | Name | School | Weight | Falls | Time |
| 1 | Devon Carrillo | Wesleyan (CT) | 197 | 21 | 33:19 |
| 2 | Jake Evans | Waynesburg | 285 | 21 | 45:06 |
| 3 | Isaiah Bellamy | Wesleyan (CT) | 285 | 21 | 46:48 |
| 4 | Jake Ashcraft | Ithaca | 184 | 19 | 49:52 |
| 5 | Michael DiNardo | Johnson & Wales (RI) | 197 | 18 | 39:54 |
| 6 | Triston Engle | Brockport | 197 | 18 | 40:38 |
| 7 | Avery Jones | Thomas More | 184 | 18 | 66:31 |
| 8 | Troy Beaman | St. Olaf | 285 | 17 | 27:43 |
| 9 | Wade Ripple | Wabash | 285 | 17 | 33:05 |
| 10 | Zachary Rieger | Adrian | 285 | 17 | 42:53 |
| NCAA STAT LEADERS – MOST DOMINANT | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division III | ||||
| Rank | Name | School | Weight | Avg. Team Points |
| 1 | Jake Ashcraft | Ithaca | 184 | 5.32 |
| 2 | Mike Ross | Wartburg | 165 | 5.20 |
| 3 | Troy Stanich | Stevens | 133 | 4.77 |
| 4 | Isaiah Bellamy | Wesleyan (CT) | 285 | 4.76 |
| 5 | Lance Evans | Wartburg | 285 | 4.76 |
| 6 | Kyle Hatch | Wabash | 157 | 4.74 |
| 7 | Jake Evans | Waynesburg | 285 | 4.73 |
| 8 | Devon Carrillo | Wesleyan (CT) | 197 | 4.60 |
| 9 | Lucas Jeske | Augsburg | 165 | 4.53 |
| 10 | Guy Patron | Loras | 197 | 4.52 |