Post by Buckeye Dale on Mar 25, 2019 20:43:47 GMT -5
A GOLDEN AGE: OHIO STATE HAS SOLIDIFIED ITS PLACE AS AN ELITE WRESTLING PROGRAM
By Andy Vance on March 25, 2019 at 4:30 pm
The Ohio State University wrestling team finished the 2018-2019 season with a runner-up placement at the NCAA Wrestling Championships in Pittsburgh Sunday. With a final team score of 96.5 points, this marked the fifth consecutive top-3 placement for Tom Ryan’s Buckeyes, bringing another team trophy home to Columbus.
Ohio State sent three No. 2 seeded-contenders to the NCAA Finals and had five team members finish on the All-American podium. Those five Top-8 finishes brought the Buckeye tally to 110 All-America honors all-time, with 53 coming during the Tom Ryan Era (2007-present).
Coach Ryan has guided the Buckeyes to a top-10 finish in 12 of 13 seasons at Ohio State and reached the top-3 in more than half (7) of his 13 campaigns as Ohio State head coach. In addition to the current three-year streak his teams also finished as NCAA runners-up in 2008 and 2009.
Given the current string of Top-3 finishes and the dozen individual championships his competitors have won, Tom Ryan's tenure as head coach is looking more and more like a golden era for Buckeye wrestling. The 2018 team was a match away from upsetting Penn State for the team's second NCAA title in four years, and the 2019 team finished 12.5 points ahead of 3rd-place Oklahoma State.
MOST RECENT HARDWARE HAUL
2019 NCAA Runner-up
2018 NCAA Runner-up
2017 NCAA Runner-up
2016 NCAA Third Place
2015 NCAA Champion
Here's a look at how the Buckeyes have performed in the NCAA Tournament over the past five years relative to the rest of the field:
NCAA WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS FINAL TEAM SCORES
(this, and several articles, links, and talk of incoming studs at www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-state-wrestling/2019/03/103291/a-golden-age-ohio-state-has-solidified-its-place-as-an-elite-wrestling-program )
By Andy Vance on March 25, 2019 at 4:30 pm
The Ohio State University wrestling team finished the 2018-2019 season with a runner-up placement at the NCAA Wrestling Championships in Pittsburgh Sunday. With a final team score of 96.5 points, this marked the fifth consecutive top-3 placement for Tom Ryan’s Buckeyes, bringing another team trophy home to Columbus.
Ohio State sent three No. 2 seeded-contenders to the NCAA Finals and had five team members finish on the All-American podium. Those five Top-8 finishes brought the Buckeye tally to 110 All-America honors all-time, with 53 coming during the Tom Ryan Era (2007-present).
Coach Ryan has guided the Buckeyes to a top-10 finish in 12 of 13 seasons at Ohio State and reached the top-3 in more than half (7) of his 13 campaigns as Ohio State head coach. In addition to the current three-year streak his teams also finished as NCAA runners-up in 2008 and 2009.
Given the current string of Top-3 finishes and the dozen individual championships his competitors have won, Tom Ryan's tenure as head coach is looking more and more like a golden era for Buckeye wrestling. The 2018 team was a match away from upsetting Penn State for the team's second NCAA title in four years, and the 2019 team finished 12.5 points ahead of 3rd-place Oklahoma State.
MOST RECENT HARDWARE HAUL
2019 NCAA Runner-up
2018 NCAA Runner-up
2017 NCAA Runner-up
2016 NCAA Third Place
2015 NCAA Champion
Here's a look at how the Buckeyes have performed in the NCAA Tournament over the past five years relative to the rest of the field:
NCAA WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS FINAL TEAM SCORES
(this, and several articles, links, and talk of incoming studs at www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-state-wrestling/2019/03/103291/a-golden-age-ohio-state-has-solidified-its-place-as-an-elite-wrestling-program )
