PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania wrestling team wrapped up the 2025 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Wrestling Championships on Saturday morning in the Wells Fargo Center, with one grappler earning a spot on the podium.
 
CJ Composto wrestled to a fourth-place finish and All-America status at 141 to end Penn's outing at the Wells Fargo Center.
 
Quaker Notemeal
*As a team, the Quakers finished 16th at the championships, the highest placement since 2006.
 
*#10 Composto earned the highest podium finish for the Red and Blue since the 2016 campaign.
 
* Composto completes his junior year campaign with a 28-5 overall record.
 
How It Happened
Composto was on a mission from the start of his consolation semifinals bout, getting a pair of takedowns in the second and third periods over #5 Cael Happel (UNI) to secure his spot in the third-place bout by decision, 7-2.
 
The third-place battle was a rematch between Composto and Penn State's #2 Beau Bartlett from the 141 quarterfinals during the second day of the championships. The New Jersey gave it his all in the third-place outing before ultimately falling by major decision to Bartlett, 11-2, to earn fourth place.
 
Results
125
#17 Max Gallagher
CHAMP R1: #16 Blake West (NIU) def. Gallagher, 6-5 DEC
CONS R1: Gallagher def. #32 Marcello Milani (Cornell), 5-1 DEC
CONS R2: #18 Jacob Moran (Indiana) def. Max Gallagher, 10-4 DEC
 
133
#16 Ryan Miller
CHAMP R1: Miller def. #17 Jacob Van Dee (Nebraska), 8-4 DEC
CHAMP R2: #1 Lucas Byrd (Illinois) def. Miller, 9-0 MD
CONS R2: #15 Anthony Noto (Lock Haven) def. Miller, 9-5 DEC
 
141
#10 CJ Composto – FOURTH PLACE
CHAMP R1: Composto def. #23 Josh Edmund (Missouri), 8-5 DEC, SV
CHAMP R2: Composto def. #7 Tagen Jamison (Oklahoma State), 6-4 DEC
QF: #2 Beau Bartlett (Penn State) def. Composto, 5-0 DEC
CONS R4: Composto def. #21 Dylan Chappell (Bucknell), 4-0 DEC
CONS R5: Composto def. #6 Vance VomBaur (Minnesota), 8-6 DEC
CONS SF: Composto def. #5 Cael Happel (Northern Iowa), 7-2 DEC
3rd: Beau Bartlett (Penn State) def. Composto,11-2 MD
 
 
149
#9 Cross Wasilewski
CHAMP R1: #9 Cross Wasilewski def. #24 Mason Shrader (CMU), 6:04 F
CHAMP R2: Jordan Williams (Little Rock) def. Wasilewski, 10-3 DEC
CONS R2: Wasilewski def. #23 Carson DesRosier (The Citadel), 7-3 DEC
CONS R3: Wasilewski def. #18 Ethan Fernandez (Cornell), 4-1 DEC
CONS R4: #6 Lachlan McNeil (North Carolina) def. Wasilewski, 4-2 DEC
 
157
#14 Jude Swisher
CHAMP R1: Swisher def. #19 Cobe Siebrecht (SDSU), 1:56 F
CHAMP R2: #3 Antrell Taylor (Nebraska) def. Swisher, 2:16 F
CONS R2: Swisher (Pennsylvania) def. #29 James Harrington (Harvard), 19-4 TF
CONS R3: Swisher def. #6 Ryder Downey (Northern Iowa), 4-2 DEC
CONS R4: #1 Tyler Kasak (Penn State) def. Swisher, 5-4 DEC
 
174
#22 Nick Incontrera
CHAMP R1: #11 Patrick Kennedy (Iowa) def. #22 Incontrera, 4-2 DEC
CONS R1: Incontrera def. #27 Jasiah Queen (Drexel), 3-0 DEC
CONS R2: Incontrera def. over #21 Joshua Ogunsanya (North Carolina), 8-4 DEC
CONS R3: Incontrera def. #4 Garrett Thompson (Ohio), 8-0 MD
CONS R4: #7 Danny Wask (Navy) def. Incontrera, 5-3 DEC
 
184
#18 Maximus Hale
CHAMPS R1: #15 Dylan Fishback (NC State) def. Hale, 10-3 DEC
CONS R1: Hale def. #31 Colton Hawks (Missouri), 7-2 DEC
CONS R2: #16 Shane Cartagena-Walsh (Rutgers) def. Hale, 6-4 DEC