STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — The Maryland wrestling team wrapped up day two of the 2026 Big Ten Wrestling Championships on Sunday, placing three wrestlers on the podium with top-seven finishes.
Maryland finished the tournament with 35.5 team points, placing 11th overall.
The top finisher for the Terps was redshirt senior transfer and No. 5 seed Carter Young, who placed fourth in the 149-pound weight class in his first Big Ten Championships. After automatically qualifying for the NCAA Tournament on Saturday, Young opened Sunday in the consolation semifinals with a dominant 11–3 major decision over Wisconsin's No. 3 seed Joseph Zargo to advance to the third-place match. In that bout, Young was narrowly edged by Michigan's No. 4 seed Lachlan McNeil in a 1–0 decision to finish fourth.
Following Young was 141-pounder and No. 11 seed redshirt sophomore Dario Lemus, who battled his way to an automatic NCAA qualifying spot on Saturday for the first time in his career. Lemus finished sixth after falling to Minnesota's No. 3 seed in the consolation semifinals and then narrowly dropping the fifth-place match to Rutgers' No. 10 seed Joey Olivieri.
Rounding out the podium for the Terps was true sophomore Branson John, who reached the podium for the second consecutive year. After securing an NCAA qualification on Saturday, John won his seventh-place match by medical forfeit over Purdue's No. 9 seed Ben Vanadia.
Young, Lemus, and John will return to action Thursday, March 19, when they travel to Cleveland, Ohio, to compete in the 2026 NCAA Wrestling Championships.
Full Championship Results:
125 | #14 Abram Cline:
1st Rnd: #3 Spencer Moore (ILL) MD (9-0) Cline
Consi Rnd. 1: #11 Kael Lauridsen (NEB) DEC (1-0) Cline
125, 9th Pl. QF | #10 Dedrick Navarro (NW) MD 10-0 Cline
133 | #8 Braxton Brown:
1st Rnd: #9 Dylan Shawver (RUT) DEC (2-2 UTB) Brown
Consi Rnd. 2: #2 Lucas Byrd (ILL) MD (8-0) Brown
9th pl. Semi: Brown MMFL #14 Eisch (MINN)
9th pl. Finals: #9 Dylan Shawver (RUT) SV (4-1) Brown
141 | #11 Dario Lemus:
1st Rnd: #6 Braeden Davis (PSU) DEC (6-4) Lemus
Consi Rnd. 1: Lemus MD (10-1) #14 Jaden Crumpler (MSU)
Consi Rnd. 2: Lemus F (12-3, 2:46) #5 Ragusin (MICH)
Consi Rnd. 3: Lemus DEC (9-7) No. 8 DeKraker (NU)
Consi Semi: #3 Vance Vombaur (MINN) TF (20-3, 5:49) Lemus
5th Place: #10 Joey Olivieri (RUT) DEC (5-2) Lemus
149 | #5 Carter Young:
1st Rnd: Young DEC (8-1)#12 Gavin Brown (PUR)
QF: #4 Lachlan McNeil (MICH) DEC (5-3) Young
Consi Rnd. 2: Young MD (8-0) #12 Hibler (NU)
Consi Rnd. 3: Young MD (12-3) No. 7 Clark (RUT)
Consi Semi: Young MD 11-3 #3 Joseph Zargo (WISC)
3rd Place: #4 Lachlan McNeil (MICH) DEC (1-0) Young
157 | #13 Mekhi Neal:
1st Rnd: #4 Cameron Catrabone (MICH) F (6-0, 4:28) Neal
Consi Rnd. 1: #5 Tony White (RUT) DEC (8-1) Neal
9th Pl. QF: #12 Darius Marines (MSU) F (5-3, 4:37) Neal
165 | #13 AJ Rodrigues:
1st Rnd: #4 LJ Araujo (NEB) F (15-1, 6:18) Rodrigues
Consi Rnd. 1: Rodrigues F (6:24) #12 Justin Gates (MICH)
Consi Rnd. 2: #6 Scoles (ILL) TF (18-2, 4:22) Rodrigues
9th Pl. QF: #12 Justin Gates (MICH) DEC (2-1) Rodrigues
174 | #14 Seth Digby
1st Rnd: #11 Lenny Pinto (RUT) TF (19-4, 3:19) Digby
Consi Rnd. 1: No. 6 Derek Gilcher (IND) DEC (4-2) Digby
9th Pl. QF: #10 Eddie Enright (NW) MD (12-3) Digby
184 | #12 Sepanta Ahanj-Elias
1st Rnd: #5 Chris Moore (ILL) DEC (8-2) Ahanj-Elais
Consi Rnd. 1: Ahanj-Elias DEC (4-2) #13 Ryan Boucher (MSU)
Consi Rnd. 2: #6 Fishback (OSU) TF (17-1, 4:46) Ahanj-Elias
9th Pl. QF: Ahanj-Elias SV (8-5) #13 Ryan Boucher (MSU)
9th Pl. Semi: #10 James Rowley (PUR) MD (8-0) Ahanj-Elias
197 | #4 Branson John
1st Rnd: John DEC (4-1) #13 Gabe Arnold (IOWA)
QF: # 5 Luke Geog (OSU) DEC (9-4) John
Consi Rnd. 2: John DEC SV (8-5) #11 Nelson (MINN)
Consi Rnd. 3: #8 Gabe Sollars (IND) DEC (2-1) John
7th Place: John M FOR. #9 Ben Vanadia (PUR)
HWT | #12 Joey Schneck
1st Rnd: #5 Braxton Amos (WIS) TF (19-3, 6:21) Schneck
Consi Rnd.1: #13 Gabe Christenson (NU) DEC (7-2) Schneck
9th Pl. QF: #13 Gabe Christenson (NU) DEC (4-2) Schneck
