ISU Places Three on Podium During Medal Round

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Three Cyclones wrestled in the medal rounds Friday morning at the NCAA Championships. Anthony Echemendia placed fifth at 141 pounds, Evan Frost finished in sixth place at 133 pounds and Casey Swiderski placed seventh at 149 pounds.

Frost and Swiderski, both seeded eighth in their respective brackets, wrestled above their seed in the tournament while Echemendia wrestled to his No. 5 seed.

Frost is Iowa State's first 133-pound All-American since Earl Hall placed seventh in 2016. Echemendia is the first Cyclone 141-pounder to receive All-America honors at the NCAA Championships since Nick Gallick in 2009. Swiderski is just the third Cyclone in program history to All-American at the tournament at 149 pounds and first since Jarrett Degen in 2019.

Teams are still jockeying for position in the team race with one session remaining in the tournament. Iowa State sits in fifth place with 64.5 points behind Penn State (155.5), Michigan (71.0), Cornell (68.5) and Iowa (67.0). Several other teams are hot on ISU's heels, however.

Team Standings (Top 10)
1. Penn State – 155.5
2. Michigan – 71.0
3. Cornell – 68.5
4. Iowa – 67.0
5. Iowa State – 64.5
T-6. Arizona State – 60.5
T-6. Nebraska – 60.5
8. Virginia Tech – 59.0
9. Ohio State – 58.0
10. Oklahoma State – 56.0

In the 149-pound seventh-place match, Swiderski's ankle pick was firing on all cylinders on the way to a 13-point first period against Rider's Quinn Kinner. A late takedown and near fall gave the Cyclones a bonus point as Swiderski locked up a 19-8 major decision.

At 141 pounds, it was a Cy-Hawk clash between No. 5 Echemendia and No. 3 Real Woods in the consolation semifinals. Woods registered the only takedown of the match off a throw attempt from Echemendia. The Cyclone would later accept a medical forfeit from North Carolina's Lachlan McNeil for fifth place.

Frost dropped his consolation semifinal match against Lehigh's No. 2 Ryan Crookham, 4-1, before falling in the fifth-place bout to Michigan's No. 5 Dylan Ragusin, 17-6.

Up Next
No. 4 David Carr takes on No. 1 Mitchell Mesenbrink in the 165-pound national finals beginning at 6 p.m. on ESPN. Finals will begin at heavyweight and will be wrestled in weight order.

Match-by-Match Results
125: No. 24 Kysen Terukina – DNP (0.5 Pts)
First Round: L-D, 9-4 vs. No. 9 Patrick McKee (MINN)
Consis. Rd. 1: W-D, 4-2 vs. No. 25 Ethan Berginc (ARMY)
Consis. Rd. 2: LBF (5:34) vs. No. 7 Jakob Camacho (NCST)

133: No. 8 Evan Frost - 6^th Place (9.0 Pts.)
First Round: W-D, 8-5 vs. No. 25 Braden Basile (ARMY)
Second Round: W-D, 4-1 vs. No. 24 Julian Chlebove (ASU)
Quarterfinals: L-D, 2-1 TB-1 s. No. 1 Daton Fix (OKST)
R12: W-D, 2-1 vs. No. 20 Tyler Wells (MINN)
R8: L-D, 4-1 vs. No. 2 Ryan Crookham (LEH)
Fifth-Place Match: L-MD, 17-6 vs. No. 5 Dylan Ragusin (MICH)

141: No. 5 Anthony Echemendia – 5^th Place (13.5 Pts.)
First Round: W-TF, 20-4 (6:51) vs. No. 28 Greyson Clark (Purdue)
Second Round: W-D, 8-2 vs. No. 21 Josh Edmond (MIZ)
Quarterfinals: W-D, 5-3 vs. No. 4 Ryan Jack (NCST)
Semifinals: L-D, 6-4 vs. No. 1 Jesse Mendez (OHST)
R8: L-D, 4-0 vs. No. 3 Real Woods (IOWA)
Fifth-Place Match: W, MFF vs. No. 6 Lachlan McNeil (UNC)

149: No. 8 Casey Swiderski – 7^th Place (7.5 Pts.)
First Round: W-D, 2-1 vs. No. 25 Matthew Williams (ARMY)
Second Round: W-D, 8-5 TB-1 vs. No. 9 Ethan Fernandez (CORN)
Quarterfinals: L-MD, 14-4 vs. No. 1 Ridge Lovett (NEB)
R12: W-D, 2-1 TB-1 vs. No. 14 Dylan D`Emilio (OHST)
R8: L-MD, 10-2 vs. No. 5 Ty Watters (WVU)
Seventh-Place Match: W-MD, 19-8 vs. No. 11 Quinn Kinner (RID)

157: No. 14 Cody Chittum – DNP (2.0 Pts.)
First Round: L-MD, 17-6 vs. No. 19 Tommy Askey (APP)
Consis. Rd. 1: W-TF, 20-4 (5:00) vs. No. 30 Colton Washleski (RID)
Consis. Rd. 2: L-D, 14-3 vs. No. 13 Michael Blockhus (MINN)

165: No. 4 David Carr
First Round: W-TF, 18-2 (4:52) vs. No. 29 Evan Maag (GMU)
Second Round: W-MD, 10-1 vs. No. 20 Hunter Garvin (STAN)
Quarterfinals: W-D, 5-0 vs. No. 5 Dean Hamiti (WIS)
Semifinals: W-D, 8-6 vs. No. 1 Keegan O'Toole (MIZ)
Finals: vs. No. 2 Mitchell Mesenbrink (PSU)

174: No. 15 MJ Gaitan – DNP (4.5 Pts.)
First Round: L-D, 18-11 vs. No. 18 Benjamin Pasiuk (ARMY)
Consis. Rd. 1: WBF (4:11) vs. No. 31 Michael Wilson (RID)
Consis. Rd. 2: W-MD, 14-4 vs. No. 16 Jackson Turley (RUT)
Consis. Rd. 3: W-D, 13-8 vs. No. 8 Adam Kemp (POLY)
R12: L-D, 8-6 vs. No. 3 Edmond Ruth (ILL)

184: No. 17 Will Feldkamp - DNP (4.5 Pts.)
First Round: WBF (2:29) vs. No. 16 Nate Dugan (PRIN)
Second Round: L-TF, 19-4 (6:52) vs. No. 1 Parker Keckeisen (UNI)
Consis. Rd. 2: W-MD, 15-5 vs. No. 15 Reece Heller (PITT)
Consis. Rd. 3: L-D, 4-2 vs. No. 10 Dylan Fishback (NCST)

285: No. 2 Yonger Bastida – DNP (5.5 Pts.)
First Round: WBF (1:50) vs. No. 31 Bennett Tabor (MINN)
Second Round: W-TF, 20-5 (6:20) vs. No. 15 Lewis Fernandes (CORN)
Quarterfinals: L-D, 6-4 vs. No. 10 Lucas Davison (MICH)
R12: L-D, 8-3 vs. No. 13 Yaraslau Slavikouski (RUT)

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David Carr

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