The Wisconsin Badgers wrestling team had an exciting and successful weekend at the Big Ten Wrestling Championships in Lincoln, Neb. As a team, the Badgers finished in eighth, with 68.0 points (for reference, seventh place Nebraska had 75.5 while first place Michigan had 143.0) but there were plenty of outstanding individual performances.
First and foremost is Austin Gomez, who won the Big Ten title at 149 pounds, by beating the seventh seed, the third seed and then upsetting the top-seeded Sammy Sasso from Ohio State in the finals. Gomez was named Co-Outstanding Wrestler of the Championships with Michigan’s Myles Amine.