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Gophers Tie for Fifth at NCAA Championships
3/22/2025 10:45:00 PM | Wrestling
PHILADELPHIA – Minnesota's Gable Steveson finished as the national runner-up at heavyweight as the 2025 NCAA Wrestling Championships concluded Saturday night at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.
In the team standings, Minnesota finished tied for fifth place with 51.5 points. It's the team's best placement under head coach Brandon Eggum and is the best since a runner-up finish in 2014. Overall, it's the 19th top-five finish in program history.
Penn State won the team title with 177.0 points, followed by Nebraska (117.0), Oklahoma State (102.5) and Iowa (81.0).
Facing the second-seeded Wyatt Hendrickson of Oklahoma State, Steveson recorded the first takedown of the match and led 3-1 after one period. An escape from Hendrickson in the second period made it a 3-2 match going to the third. Starting on bottom, Steveson escaped to lead 4-2 but Hendrickson became the first opponent to take Steveson down all season when he did so with 18 seconds left for a 5-4 victory.
It was Steveson's first loss since the semifinals of the 2019 NCAA Championships, a streak of 70 consecutive matches that was the second longest in program history.
In his three other trips to the NCAA Championships Steveson won national titles in 2021 and 2022 and placed third in 2019 making him the only Gopher in program history to tally four top-three finishes.
Steveson ends his career with just about every accolade one can accumulate.
In addition to being one of six multi-time national champions in Minnesota history, he's also a two-time winner of the Hodge Trophy, the first five-time All-American for the Golden Gophers and the first heavyweight at any school to win four Big Ten titles.
He boasts the best winning percentage in Gophers history with an 103-3 career record (.972), including a perfect 59-0 mark in dual competition and a 44-0 tally in Big Ten matches. Of his 104 career wins, the Apple Valley, Minn., native recorded 16 pins, 32 tech falls and 28 major decisions.
Final Minnesota Results
125 Pounds
First Round: #14 Spence Moore (North Carolina) dec. #19 Cooper Flynn, 2-0
Consolation - R1: #19 Cooper Flynn fall #33 Caleb Weiand (Michigan State), 2:48
Consolation - R2: #19 Cooper Flynn dec. #13 Marc-Anthony McGowan (Princeton), 2-1
Consolation - R3: #22 Trevor Anderson (Northern Iowa) dec. #19 Cooper Flynn, 4-3
133 Pounds
First Round: #11 Evan Frost (Iowa State) dec. #22 Tyler Wells, 2-0
Consolation - R1: #22 Tyler Wells dec. #27 Ethan Berginc (Army), 5-1
Consolation - R2: #22 Tyler Wells dec. #5 Dominick Serrano (Northern Colorado), 4-1 SV1
Consolation - R3: #13 Tyler Knox (Stanford) dec. #22 Tyler Wells, 1-0
141 Pounds
First Round: #6 Vance VomBaur dec. #27 Greyson Clark (Purdue), 2-0
Round of 16: #6 Vance VomBaur dec. #11 Dylan Cedeno (Virginia), 4-0
Quarterfinals: #3 Jesse Mendez (Ohio State) MD #6 Vance VomBaur, 17-5
Blood Round: #6 Vance VomBaur dec. #15 Joseph Olivieri (Rutgers), 5-3
Consolation - Qtrs: #10 CJ Composto (Penn) dec. #6 Vance VomBaur, 8-6
7th Place: #9 Jacob Frost (Iowa State) MD #6 Vance VomBaur, 17-3
157 Pounds
First Round: #9 Tommy Askey dec. #24 Dylan Evans (Pitt), 7-2
Round of 16: #8 Joey Blaze (Purdue) dec. #9 Tommy Askey, 2-2 TB2
Consolation - R2: #9 Tommy Askey dec. #10 Ethen Miller (Maryland), 1-1 TB2
Consolation - R3: #9 Tommy Askey dec. #16 Cody Chittum (Iowa State), 4-3
Blood Round: #11 Matty Bianchi (Little Rock) dec. #9 Tommy Askey, 2-1 TB2
165 Pounds
First Round: #10 Andrew Sparks dec. #23 Thomas Snipes (The Citadel), 4-2
Round of 16: #7 Hunter Garvin (Stanford) MD #10 Andrew Sparks, 14-4
Consolation - R2: #25 Nick Hamilton (Virginia) dec. #10 Andrew Sparks, 4-2
174 Pounds
First Round: #5 Simon Ruiz (Cornell) TF #28 Clayton Whiting, 17-2 (7:00)
Consolation - R1: #28 Clayton Whiting dec. #12 Myles Takats (Bucknell), 11-9
Consolation - R2: #6 Brevin Cassella (Binghamton) MD #28 Clayton Whiting, 8-0
184 Pounds
First Round: #3 Max McEnelly TF #30 Colin Fegley (Lock Haven), 19-4 (3:52)
Round of 16: #3 Max McEnelly MD #14 DJ Parker (Oklahoma), 11-3
Quarterfinals: #3 Max McEnelly dec. #6 Chris Foca (Cornell), 10-7
Semifinals: #2 Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa) dec. #3 Max McEnelly, 4-1 SV1
Consolation Semis: #3 Max McEnelly dec. #8 Jaxon Smith (Maryland), 4-1 SV1
3rd Place: #3 Max McEnelly dec. #4 Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State), 6-5
197 Pounds
First Round: #23 Seth Shumate (Ohio State) fall #10 Isaiah Salazar, 4:12
Consolation - R1: #7 Wyatt Voelker (Northern Iowa) dec. #10 Isaiah Salazar, 4-1 SV1
Heavyweight
First Round: #1 Gable Steveson fall #33 Hayden Filipovich (Purdue), 1:25
Round of 16: #1 Gable Steveson DQ #16 Yaraslau Slavikouski (Rutgers)
Quarterfinals: #1 Gable Steveson TF #9 Cohlton Schultz (Arizona State), 20-5 (6:23)
Semifinals: #1 Gable Steveson MD #4 Owen Trephan (Lehigh), 13-5
1st Place: #2 Wyatt Hendrickson (Oklahoma State) dec. #1 Gable Steveson, 5-4
In the team standings, Minnesota finished tied for fifth place with 51.5 points. It's the team's best placement under head coach Brandon Eggum and is the best since a runner-up finish in 2014. Overall, it's the 19th top-five finish in program history.
Penn State won the team title with 177.0 points, followed by Nebraska (117.0), Oklahoma State (102.5) and Iowa (81.0).
Facing the second-seeded Wyatt Hendrickson of Oklahoma State, Steveson recorded the first takedown of the match and led 3-1 after one period. An escape from Hendrickson in the second period made it a 3-2 match going to the third. Starting on bottom, Steveson escaped to lead 4-2 but Hendrickson became the first opponent to take Steveson down all season when he did so with 18 seconds left for a 5-4 victory.
It was Steveson's first loss since the semifinals of the 2019 NCAA Championships, a streak of 70 consecutive matches that was the second longest in program history.
In his three other trips to the NCAA Championships Steveson won national titles in 2021 and 2022 and placed third in 2019 making him the only Gopher in program history to tally four top-three finishes.
Steveson ends his career with just about every accolade one can accumulate.
In addition to being one of six multi-time national champions in Minnesota history, he's also a two-time winner of the Hodge Trophy, the first five-time All-American for the Golden Gophers and the first heavyweight at any school to win four Big Ten titles.
He boasts the best winning percentage in Gophers history with an 103-3 career record (.972), including a perfect 59-0 mark in dual competition and a 44-0 tally in Big Ten matches. Of his 104 career wins, the Apple Valley, Minn., native recorded 16 pins, 32 tech falls and 28 major decisions.
Final Minnesota Results
125 Pounds
First Round: #14 Spence Moore (North Carolina) dec. #19 Cooper Flynn, 2-0
Consolation - R1: #19 Cooper Flynn fall #33 Caleb Weiand (Michigan State), 2:48
Consolation - R2: #19 Cooper Flynn dec. #13 Marc-Anthony McGowan (Princeton), 2-1
Consolation - R3: #22 Trevor Anderson (Northern Iowa) dec. #19 Cooper Flynn, 4-3
133 Pounds
First Round: #11 Evan Frost (Iowa State) dec. #22 Tyler Wells, 2-0
Consolation - R1: #22 Tyler Wells dec. #27 Ethan Berginc (Army), 5-1
Consolation - R2: #22 Tyler Wells dec. #5 Dominick Serrano (Northern Colorado), 4-1 SV1
Consolation - R3: #13 Tyler Knox (Stanford) dec. #22 Tyler Wells, 1-0
141 Pounds
First Round: #6 Vance VomBaur dec. #27 Greyson Clark (Purdue), 2-0
Round of 16: #6 Vance VomBaur dec. #11 Dylan Cedeno (Virginia), 4-0
Quarterfinals: #3 Jesse Mendez (Ohio State) MD #6 Vance VomBaur, 17-5
Blood Round: #6 Vance VomBaur dec. #15 Joseph Olivieri (Rutgers), 5-3
Consolation - Qtrs: #10 CJ Composto (Penn) dec. #6 Vance VomBaur, 8-6
7th Place: #9 Jacob Frost (Iowa State) MD #6 Vance VomBaur, 17-3
157 Pounds
First Round: #9 Tommy Askey dec. #24 Dylan Evans (Pitt), 7-2
Round of 16: #8 Joey Blaze (Purdue) dec. #9 Tommy Askey, 2-2 TB2
Consolation - R2: #9 Tommy Askey dec. #10 Ethen Miller (Maryland), 1-1 TB2
Consolation - R3: #9 Tommy Askey dec. #16 Cody Chittum (Iowa State), 4-3
Blood Round: #11 Matty Bianchi (Little Rock) dec. #9 Tommy Askey, 2-1 TB2
165 Pounds
First Round: #10 Andrew Sparks dec. #23 Thomas Snipes (The Citadel), 4-2
Round of 16: #7 Hunter Garvin (Stanford) MD #10 Andrew Sparks, 14-4
Consolation - R2: #25 Nick Hamilton (Virginia) dec. #10 Andrew Sparks, 4-2
174 Pounds
First Round: #5 Simon Ruiz (Cornell) TF #28 Clayton Whiting, 17-2 (7:00)
Consolation - R1: #28 Clayton Whiting dec. #12 Myles Takats (Bucknell), 11-9
Consolation - R2: #6 Brevin Cassella (Binghamton) MD #28 Clayton Whiting, 8-0
184 Pounds
First Round: #3 Max McEnelly TF #30 Colin Fegley (Lock Haven), 19-4 (3:52)
Round of 16: #3 Max McEnelly MD #14 DJ Parker (Oklahoma), 11-3
Quarterfinals: #3 Max McEnelly dec. #6 Chris Foca (Cornell), 10-7
Semifinals: #2 Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa) dec. #3 Max McEnelly, 4-1 SV1
Consolation Semis: #3 Max McEnelly dec. #8 Jaxon Smith (Maryland), 4-1 SV1
3rd Place: #3 Max McEnelly dec. #4 Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State), 6-5
197 Pounds
First Round: #23 Seth Shumate (Ohio State) fall #10 Isaiah Salazar, 4:12
Consolation - R1: #7 Wyatt Voelker (Northern Iowa) dec. #10 Isaiah Salazar, 4-1 SV1
Heavyweight
First Round: #1 Gable Steveson fall #33 Hayden Filipovich (Purdue), 1:25
Round of 16: #1 Gable Steveson DQ #16 Yaraslau Slavikouski (Rutgers)
Quarterfinals: #1 Gable Steveson TF #9 Cohlton Schultz (Arizona State), 20-5 (6:23)
Semifinals: #1 Gable Steveson MD #4 Owen Trephan (Lehigh), 13-5
1st Place: #2 Wyatt Hendrickson (Oklahoma State) dec. #1 Gable Steveson, 5-4
Gopher Wrestling Tries Gymnastics
Thursday, May 29
Steveson Advances to NCAA Title Match
Friday, March 21
Gable Steveson: NCAA Quarterfinals
Friday, March 21
Gable Steveson: NCAA Pin
Thursday, March 20