25/26 NCAA Dark Horses

[Cornell Kevin]

Dark horses - 3 per weight. For fun, None of these guys have ever been on podium. 

125 lbs

Marc-Anthony McGowan (Princeton)

Jacob Moran (Indiana)

Greg Diakomihalis (Cornell)

133

Sean Spidle (NW)

Dominick Serrano (NCU)

Marlon Yarbrough (Virginia)

141

Vince Cornella (Cornell)

Julian Tagg (NDSU)

Joey Oliveri (Rutgers)

149

Jaxon Joy (Cornell)

Ty Whalen (Princeton)

Kade Brown (Pittsburgh)

157

Cam Cantrabone (Michigan)

Charlie Millard (Minnesota)

Logan Rozynski (Lehigh)

 

165

Max Brignola (Lehigh)

Nick Hamilton (Virginia)

Andrew Barbosa (Rutgers)

174

Myles Takats (Bucknell)

Derek Gilcher (Indiana)

Norman Lorenzo (Stanford)

184

Aaron Ayzerov (Columbia)

Aidan Brenot (NDSU)

Jared McGill (Edinboro)

 

197

Dillon Bechtold (Bucknell)

Deanthony Parker (Oklahoma)

Patrick Brophy (Citadel)

285

Braxton Amos (Wisconsin)

David Szuba (Ariz St)

Trevor Tinker (Cal Poly)

[DaRabbit]

Contender or dark horse at 197?

[MPhillips]

20 minutes ago, DaRabbit said:

Contender or dark horse at 197?

Rated #7 by wrestlestat...

[ScottishSteel]

My dark horse AA threat I want to throw out is TK Davis from Gardner Webb at 133

[Quaker118]

Cross Wasilewski 149 Penn  

Jude Swisher 157 Penn

both round of 12 last year

[Winners Circle]

43 minutes ago, Quaker118 said:

Cross Wasilewski 149 Penn  

Jude Swisher 157 Penn

both round of 12 last year

I'm a big Cross fan. Back to his Fargo final days. 

[BruceyB]

On 8/25/2025 at 11:12 AM, DaRabbit said:

Contender or dark horse at 197?

Bigger contender at 197 than 184..

[ScottishSteel]

4 hours ago, BruceyB said:

Bigger contender at 197 than 184..

by about 13 lbs

[Ragu]

9 hours ago, Winners Circle said:

I'm a big Cross fan. Back to his Fargo final days. 

Cross is damn tough

[Seanyd]

On 8/20/2025 at 1:22 PM, NotMikeMal said:

149: Echemendia, sorta lost on this weight

Maybe Josh Edmonds & Chance Lamer.

[nhs67]

10 hours ago, Seanyd said:

Maybe Josh Edmonds & Chance Lamer.

I was pensive at first when I heard Edmonds to 149lbs, because his success at 141lbs was limited, and sporadic - albeit he could wrestle close with anyone.  Then he went to 70 KG (~154lbs) and won the U23 title, so I am much more happy with the idea of him at 149lbs.

Lamer will always be the 'one that got away' for me.  Kid seemed like dynamite when I met him... good, firm morals.  Now he's on his 3rd school in four years.  It's just disappointing we couldn't keep him at UofM.

20 hours ago, Winners Circle said:

I'm a big Cross fan. Back to his Fargo final days. 

Thought you meant Mizzou's David Cross.

To which, I was like 'Master Crane?!'

Then I look now and see that he isn't on their roster.  He was last year, but hasn't wrestled since the 2023-24 season - so now I am sad.

[Winners Circle]

29 minutes ago, nhs67 said:

I was pensive at first when I heard Edmonds to 149lbs, because his success at 141lbs was limited, and sporadic - albeit he could wrestle close with anyone.  Then he went to 70 KG (~154lbs) and won the U23 title, so I am much more happy with the idea of him at 149lbs.

Lamer will always be the 'one that got away' for me.  Kid seemed like dynamite when I met him... good, firm morals.  Now he's on his 3rd school in four years.  It's just disappointing we couldn't keep him at UofM.

Thought you meant Mizzou's David Cross.

To which, I was like 'Master Crane?!'

Then I look now and see that he isn't on their roster.  He was last year, but hasn't wrestled since the 2023-24 season - so now I am sad.

Big David Cross fan as well. I coached him for about 6 years, from when he was 12-18. 

[Antitroll2828]

On 8/22/2025 at 2:50 PM, Spladle said:

Certainly won’t project him to be a contender, or to even AA, but Isaac Dean at ISU intrigues me. 
 

Mostly because he was 19-30 in his career before going 26-9 last year and making R16. 
 

Curious to see if he continues that trajectory or has already hit his peak. 

He’s still a raw talent , didn’t wrestle all over the country in high school,went to a small public school then goes to rider and slowly rises to the level of that room and now I think he ll do the same at ISU especially with better quality practice partners ..I wouldn’t be surprised to see him make a huge jump