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Ohio State freshman Jesse Mendez has been here before. That doesn’t mean it’s a place the 2022 Crown Point graduate likes to be. “The wrestling here in the Big Ten is tough,” Mendez said.
Ohio State wrestler Jesse Mendez won the national title Saturday. He joins a list of six wrestlers at OSU who have won multiple titles. Mendez advanced to the final by knocking off a Penn State ...
PHILADELPHIA (WCMH) — Jesse Mendez successfully defended his national championship Saturday with a 12-9 decision over top-seeded Brock Hardy of Nebraska, becoming the sixth Ohio State wrestler ...
Make it back-to-back titles for Jesse Mendez. The Ohio State wrestler won his second straight NCAA championship at 141 pounds on Saturday. Mendez cemented his legacy as one of the program's all ...
During the 2023-24 wrestling season, Ohio State’s Jesse Mendez reached that peak, claiming the Big Ten Championship and the NCAA Championship at 141 pounds. Now a junior, Mendez must defend his ...
As the school year comes to a close, the end of year awards and accolades start getting passed out for a season well-done. As for us in Fantasy D1 Wrestling, the data has been processed, the charts ...
Braeden Davis (133), Beau Bartlett (141) and Shayne Van Ness (149) won by three, two and three points over Buckeye stars Nic Bouzakis, Jesse Mendez and Dylan D’Emilio, respectively. And while ...
Bartlett, ranked No. 3 nationally, vs. No. 1 Jesse Mendez, Friday night in Columbus, Ohio. Both wrestlers are undefeated at 141 pounds. They also share quite a recent history. The Penn State ...
The 141-pound bracket at the NCAA Wrestling Championships has two previous champions - last year’s winner, Jesse Mendez of Ohio State, and 2023 champion Andrew Alirez of Northern Colorado.
Bartlett defeated former No. 1 Jesse Mendez of Ohio State 4-2 in a match last Friday that served as a preamble to the postseason. Bartlett won Penn State's 11th Big Ten award of a season in which ...
Jesse Mendez repeated as champion at 141 lbs. And, like they always do for the finals in recent years, the NCAA has posted full video of the match. Mendez then faced Hardy in the final.