Wrestling: #13 Ohio Northern (20-3 Overall) at NCAA III Central Regional Championships
Friday-Saturday, February 25-26, 2023, 11 a.m. - Veale Center, Cleveland, Ohio
| NCAA III Central Regionals site | Ohio Northern Individual Results |
This Weekend's Tournament: No. 13-ranked Ohio Northern will compete at the NCAA Division III Central Regional Championships Saturday and Sunday at Case Western Reserve in Cleveland ... 20 teams, including five nationally-ranked schools are expected to compete ... Each team will get one wrestler per weight class ... The top 3 wrestlers in each of the 10 weight classes will advance to the NCAA III Championships March 11-12 at Ranoke, Va. ... ONU was fourth of 20 teams at the 2022 Central Regional Championships ... Ohio Northern has nine wrestlers ranked in the top six in the Central Region of their respective weight classes according to the NWCA ... Sophomore Colin Mellott is fourth at 125, sophomore Dylan Le is fourth at 133, sophomore All-American Jacob Reed is first at 141, senior Chase Sumner is second at 149, sophomore Teagan Hendricks is fifth at 157, senior Jordan Hardrick is second at 165, sophomore Gavin Layman is second at 184, senior Ben DePrest is fifth at 197 and senior Logan Painter is fifth at Heavyweight ... Reed is ranked No. 2 nationally at 141, Sumner is 9th nationally at 149 and Hardrick is 8th at 165 ... Reed is also ranked No. 2 and Sumner is No. 3 by D3wrestle.com ... Hardrick (165) and Layman (184) are ranked as a Contenders (11-18th ranking) at 165 pounds ... Dylan Le is listed as Honorable Mention (19-26 ranking) at 133 ... Hardrick leads the Polar Bears with a 37-5 record and nine tech falls … Reed is second at 36-0 with a team-best 10 major decisions and Sumner is 33-3 with a team-leading 16 falls.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
Wins | Pins | Tech Falls | Maj. Dec. | |||||||||||
1. | Hardrick | 37-5 | 1. | Sumner | 16 | 1. | Hardrick | 9 | 1. | Reed | 10 | |||
2. | Reed | 36-0 | 2. | Reed | 15 | 2. | Sumner | 5 | 2. | Le | 8 | |||
3. | Sumner | 33-3 | 3. | Painter | 13 | 3. | Mellott | 4 | Hardrick | 8 |
Head Coach Ron Beaschler: Beaschler is in his 35th season at the helm of the Ohio Northern wrestling program and currently stands as the longest-tenured head wrestling coach at the institution ... He sports a 374-250-4 career coaching record in dual action, a winning percentage of .602, making him the all-time winningest coach in program history ... Beaschler was inducted into the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Hall of Fame in 2008 and has been named OAC Coach of the Year three times in 1993, 2012, and 2013.