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Wrestling Claims 43rd Ivy League Championship
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The championship marks Cornell’s 20th title in the last 21 seasons.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/wrestling/)
The championship marks Cornell’s 20th title in the last 21 seasons.
Finishing with a 32-9 final score, the meet highlighted Cornell’s overwhelming dominance as they overcame a few surprising upsets from the Lions.
Following three recent losses against ranked opponents, the Red entered a tough weekend slate and took down Harvard, Brown and No. 2 Missouri across two grueling days of wrestling.
Cornell had five podium finishes, including three top-4 finishers.
No. 7 wrestling wasted no time asserting its dominance, jumping out to a conference victory.
A four-time national champion and one of the greatest Cornell wrestlers of all time, Yianni Diakomihalis has been named The Sun’s Male Senior Athlete of the Year.
After fleeing their war-torn hometown, the Ukraine national wrestling team arrived in Ithaca to train with Cornell wrestling.
Cornell wrestling returns from Tulsa with two national champions and a third-place finish for the team.
The Red is sending seven wrestlers to nationals in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Cornell wrestling continues to be the class of the EIWA, winning its 27th title.