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NCAA Championships
Wolverines Secure Five NCAA All-Americans on Day Two of NCAAs
3/20/2026 11:59:00 PM | Wrestling
» Lachlan McNeil (149 pounds), Cameron Catrabone (157), Beau Mantanona (174), Brock Mantanona (184) and Taye Ghadiali (Hwt) all locked up NCAA All-America honors.
» Catrabone and Beau Mantanona upset higher-seeded opponents in the bloodround.
» McNeil, Brock Mantanona and Ghadiali all dropped close semifinal matches.
Site: Cleveland, Ohio (Rocket Arena)
Event: NCAA Championships (Day 2 of 3)
U-M Standing: 8th Place of 70 Teams (48 points) after Day 2
Next U-M Event: Saturday, March 21 -- at NCAA Championships - Day Three (Cleveland, Ohio), 11 a.m.
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The University of Michigan wrestling team secured five All-Americans at the 2026 NCAA Championships on Friday (March 20) in front of a crowd of 18,817 at Rocket Arena. The Wolverines sit in eighth place (48 points) in the team standings.
Redshirt freshmen Cameron Catrabone and Brock Mantanona and redshirt sophomore Beau Mantanona all claimed NCAA All-America honors for the first time in their careers, while graduate students Lachlan McNeil and Taye Ghadiali did so for the first time in a Michigan singlet.
With five All-Americans, Michigan tied for the fifth most at the 2026 NCAA Championships, and it is the program's most since boasting six in 2022. The Wolverines now claim 219 All-America citations in program history, while Sean Bormet has coached 27 since taking over as head coach in 2019.
The Mantanonas are now the fourth brother duo to earn All-America honors, along with Blair and Earl Thomas, Harold and Don Nichols, and Ryan and Josh Churella. Catrabone and his father, three-time All-American Jeff Catrabone (1995-98), become the fifth father-son duo to earn All-America honors at Michigan, joining Jesse Rawls Sr. and Jr., Dan and Matt Brink, Mark and Ryan and Josh Churella and Mike and Myles Amine.
It was a bittersweet evening round for the Wolverines, who earned back-to-back upsets in the bloodround but went 0-for-3 in the semifinals.
Catrabone and Beau Mantanona were the bright spots with their bloodround wins at 157 and 174 pounds, respectively. Catrabone, seeded 15th at 157, went 3-1 on the day and used a big second period to earn a 7-3 decision against Arizona State's fourth-seeded Kaleb Larkin in his Round of 12 bout. After a scoreless first, Catrabone tilted Larkin for four points and rode out the second and, after a quick escape in the third, led 5-0 with riding time. Larkin narrowed the gap with a single leg with 40 seconds to go but could not create any additional chances as Catrabone held on for the win.
Mantanona, seeded ninth at 174, bounced back from a lopsided quarterfinal loss to Penn State's top-seeded Levi Haines with a gritty 11-8 comeback win over NC State's sixth-seeded Matty Singleton in his first wrestleback bout. The Wolfpack wrestler scored on an early single leg, but Mantanona earned a locked-hands point and then tied the match with a reversal. He finished on a double leg later in the first period, added a reattack single in the third, and finished the bout in deep on another single-leg attack.
McNeil, Brock Mantanona and Ghadiali all secured their All-America honors with wins in the morning quarterfinal round.
McNeil, now a four-time All-American, rallied to pin Penn's third-seeded Cross Wasilewski at the 5:54 mark. Down by three in the third period, 11th-seeded McNeil secured a takedown out of a counter scramble and transitioned it to a leg turk for his third pin this season. He fell 9-5 to Stanford's 10th-seeded Aden Valencia in the semifinals. Despite scoring a late takedown in the third, McNeil could not overcome Valencia's two-takedown lead and riding-time advantage.
Brock Mantanona, seeded fifth at 184 pounds, also earned a quarterfinal pin at the 2:40 mark against Oklahoma's 20th-seeded Brian Soldano. Mantanona shot in on a reattack single, fought to finish on the mat, then quickly put Soldano on his back in a scramble for his second pin this season. Mantanona narrowly lost 4-3 to Penn State's top-seeded Rocco Welsh in the semifinals. After trading escapes and a couple of scrambles, Welsh broke the tie with a single-leg takedown in the third. Mantanona escaped and earned a stall point but ran out of time on any further comeback attempts.
Ghadiali, who earned his second NCAA All-America honor, earned a workmanlike 8-0 major decision against Rutgers' 27th-seeded Hunter Catka in the quarterfinals with takedowns in the first and third periods and 4:06 in riding-time advantage. Third-seeded Ghadiali dropped a 4-1 heartbreaker to NC State's second-seeded Isaac Trumble, whose winning takedown came in the final 10 seconds of a long, extended scramble during the final minute of the third period.
The Wolverines will return for the NCAA Championships' fifth session on Saturday (March 21) at 11 a.m. at Rocket Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. The morning session will feature third-, fifth- and seventh-place matches. The finals will kick off at 7 p.m. and will be broadcast live on ESPN.
Top 10 Teams (After Day 2)
1. Penn State    153.0 2. Oklahoma State     111.5 3. Nebraska  90.5 4. Iowa               81.0 5. Ohio State         77.5 6. Stanford           58 7. Iowa State         52 8. MICHIGAN           48 9. Minnesota          39.5 10. NC State           37
Michigan Results (Day 2)
Numbers listed are tournament seeds
149 Pounds -- #11 Lachlan McNeil
Quarterfinals - pinned #3 Cross Wasilewski (Penn), 5:54
Semifinals - dec. by #10 Aden Valencia (Stanford), 9-5
Consolations - vs. #15 Ryder Block (Iowa)
157 Pounds -- #15 Cameron Catrabone
Consolations - dec. #16 Cael Swensen (South Dakota State), 5-3
Consolations - dec. #24 Jaivon Jones (Arkansas Little Rock), 2-0
Consolations - dec. #4 Kaleb Larkin (Arizona State), 7-3
Consolations - dec. by #8 Brandon Cannon (Ohio State), 4-3
Seventh Place - vs. #3 Meyer Shapiro (Cornell)
174 Pounds -- #9 Beau Mantanona
Quarterfinals - tech. fall by #1 Levi Haines (Penn State), 18-3 (7:00)
Consolations - dec. #6 Matty Singleton (NC State), 11-8
Consolations - major dec. by #4 Carson Kharchla (Ohio State), 11-3
Seventh Place - vs. #11 MJ Gaitan (Iowa State)
184 Pounds -- #5 Brock Mantanona
Quarterfinals - pinned #20 Brian Soldano (Oklahoma), 2:40
Semifinals - dec. by #1 Rocco Welsh (Penn State), 4-3
Consolations - vs. #2 Aeoden Sinclair (Missouri)
Heavyweight -- #3 Taye Ghadiali
Quarterfinals - major dec. #27 Hunter Catka (Rutgers), 8-0
Semifinals - dec. by #2 Isaac Trumble (NC State), 4-1
Consolations - vs. #8 Ben Kueter (Iowa)
• Day 1 Results
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