PHILADELPHIA – Jaxon Smith, who earned All-American status Friday night to become Maryland's first All-American since Youssif Hemida did so in 2019, ended his NCAA Championships weekend with a sixth place finish, also the highest for a Terp since Hemida in 2019. Smith is just the 21st wrestler in program history to achieve All-America status.

On Friday night, Smith defeated No. 14 DJ Parker (Oklahoma) in the Round of 12 by a 4-2 score, thanks to a beautiful super duck at the end of the second period, clinching All-American status. Less than an hour later, Smith cruised past 12th-seeded Silas Allred of Nebraska 8-1 to lock up a top-six finish at NCAAs.

Smith is the first wrestler under head coach Alex Clemsen to achieve All-America status.

As a team, the Terps finished with 18.5 team points, good for a tie in 24th place in the team standings. The 18.5 points are the most for the program since 2014. It is also the first top-25 finish for the team at NCAAs since 2014. 

Full Results:

133: 9-seed Braxton Brown

• Round of 32: Brown dec. (3-2) No. 24 Kyle Burwick (NDSU)
• Round of 16: No. 8 Braeden Davis (Penn State) dec. (5-3) Brown 
• Consi Round 2: No. 10 Dylan Shawver (Rutgers) SV (4-1) Brown

149: 26-seed Kal Miller

• Round of 32: No. 7 Kannon Webster (Illinois) major dec. (8-0) Miller 
• Consi Round 1: No. 23 Carson DesRosier (Citadel) dec. (5-4) Miller 

157: 10-seed Ethen Miller

• Round of 32: No. 23 Chase Saldate (Michigan) fall (6:50) Miller 
• Consi Round 1: Miller major dec. (14-2) No. 26 Blake Saito (Brown)
• Consi Round 2: No. 9 Tommy Askey (Minnesota) TB-1 (1-1) Miller

174: 31-seed Branson John

• Round of 32: No. 2 Levi Haines (Penn State) fall (2:46) John
• Consi Round 1: No. 15 Luca Augustine (Pittsburgh) major dec. (11-2) John

184: 8-seed Jaxon Smith

• Smith fall (2:48) No. 25 Jared McGill (Edinboro)
• Round of 16: Smith fall (2:45) No. 9 Reece Heller (Pittsburgh)
• Quarterfinal: No. 1 Carter Starocci (Penn State) major dec. (9-1) Smith 
• Round of 12: Smith dec. (4-2) No. 14 DJ Parker (Oklahoma) 
• Consi Quarters: Smith dec. (8-1) No. 12 Silas Allred (Nebraska) 
• Consi Semis: No. 3 Max McEnelly (Minnesota) SV (4-1) Smith
• 5th Place Match: No. 6 Chris Foca (Cornell) dec. (7-4) Smith

285: 13-seed Seth Nevills

• Round of 32: Nevills dec. (5-0) No. 20 Jordan Greer (Ohio)
• Round of 16: No. 4 Owen Trephan (Lehigh) dec. (8-3) Nevills
• Consi Round 2: Nevills tech fall (17-2) No. 19 Cory Day (Binghamton) 
• Consi Round 3: No. 12 Nick Feldman (Ohio State) fall (6:57) Nevills