Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic Alumni Win Big At 2023 NCAA Championships!
Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic Alumni Win Big At 2023 NCAA Championships!
The 2023 NCAA Wrestling Championships were littered with Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic Alumni now at Penn State, Iowa, Pitt, and more.
How do Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic alumni fare at the NCAA level? They typically do very well. This year's NCAA Championships featured six NCAA champs, 11 NCAA finalists, and 29 All-Americans who had competed in the PWC in the past. Check out the full list below.
2023 NCAA Champions
125 lbs - Pat Glory, Princeton
133 lbs - Vito Arujau, Cornell
157 lbs - Austin O'Connor, North Carolina
165 lbs - Keegan O'Toole, Missouri
174 lbs - Carter Starocci, Penn State
197 lbs - Nino Bonaccorsi, Pitt
Carter Starocci's 2019 victory over Iowa's Abe Assad
2023 NCAA Runners-Up
141 lbs - Real Woods, Iowa
149 lbs - Sammy Sasso, Ohio State
157 lbs - Levi Haines, Penn State
165 lbs - David Carr, Iowa State
174 lbs - Mikey Labriola, Nebraska
Watch Levi Haines' 2022 PWC match against Iowa's Aiden Riggins
2023 3rd-8th Place Finishers
125 lbs - Brandon Courtney, Arizona State
125 lbs - Spencer Lee, Iowa
125 lbs - Eddie Ventresca, Virginia Tech
133 lbs - Jesse Mendez, Ohio State
141 lbs - Beau Bartlett, Penn State
141 lbs - Lachlan McNeil, North Carolina
141 lbs - Brock Hardy, Nebraska
149 lbs - Max Murin, Iowa
149 lbs - Michael Blockhus, Minnesota
157 lbs - Ed Scott, NC State
165 lbs - Cam Amine, Michigan
165 lbs - Shane Griffith, Stanford
184 lbs - Kaleb Romero, Ohio State
184 lbs - Trent Hidlay, NC State
184 lbs - Gavin Kane, North Carolina
197 lbs - Jacob Warner, Iowa
285 lbs - Zach Elam, Missouri
285 lbs - Trent Hillger, Wisconsin
Brock Hardy & Sammy Sasso's 2018 Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic thriller