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2019 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
Teams	62
Format	Knockout
Finals site	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; PPG Paints Arena
Champions	Penn State Nittany Lions (9th title)
Runner-up	Ohio State Buckeyes (6th title game)
Semifinalists	Oklahoma State Cowboys; Iowa Hawkeyes;
Winning coach	Cael Sanderson (8th title)
MVP	Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech)
Attendance	109,405
Television	ESPN Networks
	← 2018; NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships; 2021 →;

The 2019 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships took place from March 21 to March 23 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the PPG Paints Arena. The tournament was the 89th NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, and featured seventy teams across that level.

Penn State won their fourth consecutive title and eighth in nine years. Two programs had their first national champions: Virginia Tech (Mekhi Lewis, who was named Outstanding Wrestler), and Rutgers (Nick Suriano and Anthony Ashnault).

Rutgers Scarlet Knights wrestling head coach Scott Goodale was named NCAA Tournament Coach of the Year.

Team results

Note: Top 10 only
(H): Team from hosting U.S. state

Rank	Team	Points
1	Penn State (H)	1371⁄2
2	Ohio State	961⁄2
3	Oklahoma State	84
4	Iowa	76
5	Michigan	621⁄2
6	Missouri	62
7	Cornell	591⁄2
8	Minnesota	531⁄2
9	Rutgers	511⁄2
10	Nebraska	51

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Individual results

Note: Table does not include wrestlebacks
(H): Individual from hosting U.S. State

Source:^[3]

Weight	First	Second	Third
125 lbs	#3 Spencer Lee Iowa	#5 Jack Mueller Virginia	#2 Sebastian Rivera Northwestern
133 lbs	#3 Nick Suriano Rutgers	#1 Daton Fix Oklahoma State	#2 Stevan Mićić Michigan
141 lbs	#1 Yianni Diakomihalis Cornell	#2 Joey McKenna Ohio State	#5 Jaydin Eierman Missouri
149 lbs	#1 Anthony Ashnault Rutgers	#2 Micah Jordan Ohio State	#6 Austin O'Connor North Carolina
157 lbs	#1 Jason Nolf Penn State (H)	#2 Tyler Berger Nebraska	#4 Alec Pantaleo Michigan
165 lbs	#8 Mekhi Lewis Virginia Tech	#2 Vincenzo Joseph Penn State (H)	#5 Chance Marsteller Lock Haven (H)
174 lbs	#3 Zahid Valencia Arizona State	#1 Mark Hall Penn State (H)	#4 Myles Amine Michigan
184 lbs	#6 Drew Foster Northern Iowa	#5 Maxwell Dean Cornell	#1 Myles Martin Ohio State
197 lbs	#1 Bo Nickal Penn State (H)	#2 Kollin Moore Ohio State	#3 Preston Weigel Oklahoma State
285 lbs	#2 Anthony Cassar Penn State (H)	#1 Derek White Oklahoma State	#3 Gable Steveson Minnesota

References

^ "2019 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships - Team Scores". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
^ "Nittany Lion Wrestlers Win Eighth NCAA Title in the Last Nine Years". Athletics at Penn State University. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
^ "2019 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships - Bracket". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved April 3, 2019.

[1] "2019 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships - Team Scores". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved April 3, 2019.

[2] "Nittany Lion Wrestlers Win Eighth NCAA Title in the Last Nine Years". Athletics at Penn State University. Retrieved April 3, 2019.

[3] "2019 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships - Bracket". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved April 3, 2019.

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