03-20-2016, 01:46 PM
A number of MAC wrestlers earn all-America honors and get another national champion in J'den Cox from Missouri. 2nd championship to go with a third place last year - all at 197lbs. Also never redshirted.
From the MAC websit:
2016 MAC All-Americans (10):
1st Place - J'den Cox, Missouri (197)
3rd Place - Lavion Mayes, Missouri (149)
4th Place - Daniel Lewis, Missouri (165)
5th Place - Chris Mecate, Old Dominion (141)
5th Place - Mike DePalma, Kent State (149)
6th Place - Dylan Peters, Northern Iowa (125)
6th Place - Ian Miller, Kent State (157)
6th Place - Willie Miklus, Missouri (184)
7th Place - Justin Oliver, Central Michigan (149)
7th Place - Cody Walters, Ohio (174)
Tough finishe again this year for Ian Miller (Oak Harbor). He went to overtime in the semi-finals against eventual champion Isiah Martinez (from Illinois who won his 2nd championship in a row as a soph.) Miller nearly had a takedown to win the match, but Martinez reacted fast enough to avoid it - barely. Then Martinez got a takedown of his own to win it.
Miller was injured during that match and wrestled the last 5 1/2 minutes practically on one leg. He then defaulted out of the consolations and the best he could do was a 6th by having to take 2 losses from the medical defaults.
The top 4 finishes came from the "wrestling only" MAC members - along with 6 of the top 10. However, without those schools the MAC would only have 5 teams in it.
The MAC now has 11 national champions to claim. Missouri with 3, Ohio with 3, Toledo with 2, and Western Mich (no longer has a team), CMU and Kent St. with 1 each. Toledo has also had at least 6 national runner up finishes that I am aware of.
From the MAC websit:
2016 MAC All-Americans (10):
1st Place - J'den Cox, Missouri (197)
3rd Place - Lavion Mayes, Missouri (149)
4th Place - Daniel Lewis, Missouri (165)
5th Place - Chris Mecate, Old Dominion (141)
5th Place - Mike DePalma, Kent State (149)
6th Place - Dylan Peters, Northern Iowa (125)
6th Place - Ian Miller, Kent State (157)
6th Place - Willie Miklus, Missouri (184)
7th Place - Justin Oliver, Central Michigan (149)
7th Place - Cody Walters, Ohio (174)
Tough finishe again this year for Ian Miller (Oak Harbor). He went to overtime in the semi-finals against eventual champion Isiah Martinez (from Illinois who won his 2nd championship in a row as a soph.) Miller nearly had a takedown to win the match, but Martinez reacted fast enough to avoid it - barely. Then Martinez got a takedown of his own to win it.
Miller was injured during that match and wrestled the last 5 1/2 minutes practically on one leg. He then defaulted out of the consolations and the best he could do was a 6th by having to take 2 losses from the medical defaults.
The top 4 finishes came from the "wrestling only" MAC members - along with 6 of the top 10. However, without those schools the MAC would only have 5 teams in it.
The MAC now has 11 national champions to claim. Missouri with 3, Ohio with 3, Toledo with 2, and Western Mich (no longer has a team), CMU and Kent St. with 1 each. Toledo has also had at least 6 national runner up finishes that I am aware of.