Wrestling: Successful season ends with All-American, bright future
Coming off a historic performance at the NCAA Wrestling Championships, Peyten Kellar and the wrestling team came home to Athens with their heads held high.
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Coming off a historic performance at the NCAA Wrestling Championships, Peyten Kellar and the wrestling team came home to Athens with their heads held high.
Peyten Kellar has been on one of the most dominant runs seen by an Ohio wrestler in years. However, he was not given the amount of national attention expected for the No. 7 seed in the NCAA Championships. Kellar became the first Ohio wrestler to become an All-American since Cody Walters, current Ohio assistant coach, did so in 2016. Throughout the weekend, Kellar went 6-2 and claimed 5th place.
In its biggest rivalry of the season, Ohio will face arguably the toughest test of its campaign. The team will travel to Oxford for the latest edition of the Battle of the Bricks against Miami.
Months of training, grueling matches and exhaustion all culminate in one weekend. While the majority of the country will set its focus on the beginning of March Madness, there is another national tournament happening in Kansas City, Missouri: the NCAA Wrestling Championships.
Entering its first series of Mid-American Conference play, Ohio was not exactly playing at its highest level. Ohio lost seven of its last eight games, including its home opener against Marshall earlier this week. The first two games of its series against Ball State, Ohio looked like the struggling team that limped its way into conference games. However, that all changed on Sunday as it turned to its ace, Skipp Miller, when it needed her most to deliver a clean, smooth complete game shutout to return Ohio to the win column.
In its first game of the season played in the shadows of The Convo, Ohio (12-12, 0-0 MAC) was unable to muster much of anything positive against Marshall (14-11, 0-0 SBC), losing 9-2. A game that was bookended by poor innings to begin and end the game for the pitchers spelled disaster from the start. Outside of a late rally that was snuffed out by Marshall, the home fans had little to cheer about due in large part to a tough day for the Ohio lineup against Marshall starter Bub Feringa.
Over the second portion of its non-conference schedule, Ohio has failed to continue its initial hot start to the season. Since winning nine of ten games over a two-week span, Ohio has limped to a 2-6 record in the following weeks. While it is important to note the quality of competition over this span, Ohio certainly would have hoped to have won more of these games. During the Beach Chicken Brawl, Ohio showcased glimpses of the successful team from earlier in the season while ultimately being generally unable to break out fully.
While Ohio saw another year get added onto its MAC title drought, it still experienced a rather successful weekend. Only two wrestlers automatically qualified for the NCAA Championships, but many others put themselves in strong positions to earn at-large bids to The Big Dance. The highlight of the weekend was Peyten Kellar dominating his way to the 157-pound class title for his first individual conference title.
Coming off one of the hottest starts in program history, Ohio has cooled off a bit following a 1-3 weekend at the Governors’ Classic in Clarksville, Tennessee. The three straight losses over the previous weekend demonstrate the fact that Ohio might still have some room to grow, particularly offensively, as it went just 1/9 with runners in scoring position with a sacrifice fly. Regardless, the beat rolls on and Ohio hits the road for its final tournament before home games and full series are underway. At the Beach Chicken Brawl, hosted by Coastal Carolina, Ohio will be met with two very strong teams as well as a slightly weaker one.
After all the fanfare and mayhem that occurred at the end of the weekend at the Mid-American Conference Swim and Dive Championships, Ohio could be found huddled in the hallway of the Ohio Aquatic Center. Coach Mason Norman addressed his team, some of whom were visibly emotional. The ending was not the storybook one with Ohio getting to hoist the trophy in its home pool, but still, it was an ending to be proud of. Ohio was able to secure its highest placement as a team at the MAC Championships since it was runner-up in 2013.
On the third day of competition, Ohio was able to string together a pair of first-place finishes out of the six events on the day. As the action continued, Akron widened its lead while Miami and Ohio tried to overtake one another as well as Akron. Nonetheless, Ohio saw a lot of strong performances in the six events on Day 3 as its quest for a Mid-American Conference title continues.
In the first of four days of competition at the Mid-American Conference Swim and Dive Championships, Ohio came away with third-place finishes in both the 200 Medley Relay and 800 Freestyle Relay.
For the last year, everything has led to this very moment for the Ohio Swim and Dive team. Hosting the Mid-American Conference Championships is a huge honor, but having a chance to win the conference title is something even more exciting. Ohio (7-0, 4-0 MAC) has ripped through its opponents this season, and the only thing that can truly punctate a season of dominance is a MAC Championship.
Despite high expectations in coach Jenna Hall’s second season at the helm, Ohio softball has seemingly exceeded them so far. After a shaky opening weekend against some talented opponents, Ohio has been able to win nine of its last ten games, including four wins in five games in the Frost Classic hosted by UT Chattanooga. The whole weekend was a great showcase for Ohio and the overall strength of the team, both in the circle and at the plate.
On a night when it seemed that everything had to go right for Ohio, nothing seemed to go its way. Ohio (7-6, 3-4 Mid-American Conference) won a mere three matches and simply was overmatched by Buffalo (10-12, 5-3 MAC) in the final dual of the season for both teams. The 27-9 final score illustrates just how lopsided the matches felt at times with Ohio unable to establish much.
Ohio (7-5, 3-3 Mid-American Conference) will close the regular season at home against Buffalo (9-12, 4-3 MAC). The dual will be the final time the teams will hit the mats before the MAC Championships in Kent, Ohio, on March 8 and 9. Regardless, Ohio will look to secure a winning record in MAC duals this season as it hopes to snap a three-match losing streak to Buffalo.
In its first year of existence, Ohio Men’s Club Basketball looks to create a foundation that will lead to long-term success for the organization.
The path to inner peace is never linear or straightforward. Former Ohio wrestler Tywan Claxton epitomizes the idea of adapting and making the best of the cards that were dealt.
Some nights it takes some different faces to pick up a win. For Ohio, that was the case as it needed every last point to defeat SIUE, 22-17. Without two of its top wrestlers, Garrett Thompson at 165 pounds and Zayne Lehman at 184 pounds, there was a need for some contributions to come from new sources.
Ohio 5-5 (1-3 Mid-American Conference) was once again defeated on the road, this time against Central Michigan. The lightweights struggled once again, continuing what has been an ongoing issue for Ohio while Central Michigan was able to equal the strength of Ohio’s middle-weight wrestlers. This season, Ohio has won once on the road, moving to 1-5, including a fourth straight road loss on Sunday.