Ohio State finished 9th in the final standings of the NCAA Wrestling Championships Saturday night in St. Louis, behind national champion Iowa, runner-up Penn State and fellow Big Ten foes Michigan and Minnesota. For a program that had finished no worse than third in the five most recent NCAA tournaments, it was a down year.
The Buckeyes were paced by a trio of All-Americans, including national runner-up Sammy Sasso at 149 pounds, 5th-place finisher Ethan Smith at 165, and 8th-place finisher Tate Orndorff at heavyweight. Three is the fewest number of All-Americans the team has placed since 2014, when Nick Heflin and Logan Stieber went 2nd and 1st, respectively.