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Cross Wasilewski at 2025 Ivy League Champs
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Wrestling Places Second at 2025 Ivy League Champs; Three Quakers Win Individual Titles

PRINCETON, N.J. – The University of Pennsylvania wrestling team competed in the inaugural Ivy League Wrestling Championships hosted by Princeton at the Jadwin Gymnasium on Sunday.
 
Penn placed second as a team with 129.5 points at the inaugural Ivy League Championships, headed by Ryan Miller (133), CJ Composto (141), and Cross Wasilewski (149), winning individual titles.
 
Quaker Notemeal
*All ten Quakers placed at the tournament, with eight taking spots on the podium.
 
*Max Gallagher (125), Jude Swisher (157), and Maximus Hale (184) were runners-up at their weights to trail the individual champions.
 
*Nick Incontrera (174) and John Pardo (285) captured the third-place bouts at their weights, followed by Andy Troczynski (165) and Nate Taylor (197), placing fourth to even out the Red and Blue with top-five finishes.
 
*Gallagher, Miller, Composto, Wasilewski, Swisher, and Hale earned automatic bids to the 2025 NCAA Wrestling Championships co-hosted by Penn at the Wells Fargo Center March 20-22.
 
How It Happened
Senior Miller earned a scrappy win over Cornell's Tyler Ferrara, getting the sole takedown in the bout to earn the 133 crown off a decision, 4-2. Junior Composto kept the finals streak going, taking the 141 title off a shutout decision over Princeton's Eligh Rivera, 4-0.

Freshman Wasilewski stayed dominant in the 149 final, edging out Cornell's Ethan Fernandez by decision, 5-1, to win the Quakers' third and final individual title at the championships.

Senior Incontrera won the 174 third-place bout over Harvard's Haden Bottiglieri in a dominant fashion off a major decision, 14-1. Freshman Pardo landed third at heavyweight due to an injury default from Brown's Alex Semenko.
 
Up Next
The Quakers gear up for the 2025 NCAA Wrestling Championships co-hosted by Penn at the Wells Fargo Center March 20-22.
 
Results
125
Max Gallagher – SECOND
QF: Bye
SF: Gallagher def. Diego Sotelo (Harvard), 13-4 MD
FINAL: Marc-Anthony McGowan (Princeton) def. Gallagher, 8-6 DEC
 
133
Ryan Miller – FIRST
QF: Bye
SF: Miller def. Hunter Adrian (Brown), 16-4 MD
FINAL: Miller def. Tyler Ferrara (Cornell), 4-2 DEC
 
141
CJ Composto – FIRST
QF: Bye
SF: Composto def. Lorenzo Frezza (Columbia), 8-3 DEC
FINAL: Composto def. Eligh Rivera (Princeton), 4-0 DEC
 
149
Cross Wasilewski – FIRST
QF: Bye
SF: Wasilewski def. Kai Owen (Columbia), F 5:31
FINAL: Wasilewski def. Ethan Fernandez (Cornell), 5-1DEC
 
157 – SECOND
Jude Swisher
QF: Bye
SF: Swisher def. Umihiko Saito (Brown), 3-0 DEC
FINAL: Meyer Shapiro (Cornell) def. Swisher, 19-2 TF
 
165
Andy Troczynski – FOURTH
QF: Troczynski def. Keegan Rothrock (Brown), 8-1DEC
SF: Julian Ramirez (Cornell) def. Troczynski, 0:35 F
CONS SF: Troczynski def. Cael Berg (Harvard), 11-2 MD
THIRD: Keegan Rothrock (Brown) def. Troczynski, 5:48 F
 
174
Nick Incontrera – THIRD
QF: Incontrera def.  Haden Bottiglieri (Harvard), 16-0 TF
SF: Jack McGill (Columbia) def. Incontrera, 4-1 DEC, SV
CONS SF: Incontrera def. Xavier Giles (Princeton), 17-0 TF
THIRD: Incontrera def. Haden Bottiglieri (Harvard), 14-1 MD
 
184
Maximus Hale – SECOND
QF: Bye
SF: Hale def. Kole Mulhauser (Princeton), 7-5 DEC
FINAL: Chris Foca (Cornell) def. Hale, 8-5 DEC, SV
 
197
Nate Taylor – FOURTH
QF: Joe Curtis (Columbia) def. Taylor, 8-1DEC
CONS SF: Taylor def. Max Agresti, INJ DEF
THIRD: Joe Curtis (Columbia) def. Taylor, 4-0 DEC
 
285
John Pardo – THIRD
QF: Bye
SF: Vincent Mueller (Columbia) def. Pardo, 1:43 F
CONS SF: Pardo def. Logan Marissal (Harvard), 3:52 F
THIRD: Pardo def. Alex Semenenko (Brown), INJ DEF
 

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Players Mentioned

CJ Composto

CJ Composto

141
Junior
Max Gallagher

Max Gallagher

125
Sophomore
Maximus Hale

Maximus Hale

184
Senior
Nick  Incontrera

Nick Incontrera

174
Senior
Ryan Miller

Ryan Miller

133
Senior
Jude Swisher

Jude Swisher

157
Sophomore
Andy Troczynski

Andy Troczynski

157
Junior
John Pardo

John Pardo

285
Freshman
Nate Taylor

Nate Taylor

184
Freshman
Cross Wasilewski

Cross Wasilewski

149
Freshman

Players Mentioned

CJ Composto

CJ Composto

Junior
141
Max Gallagher

Max Gallagher

Sophomore
125
Maximus Hale

Maximus Hale

Senior
184
Nick  Incontrera

Nick Incontrera

Senior
174
Ryan Miller

Ryan Miller

Senior
133
Jude Swisher

Jude Swisher

Sophomore
157
Andy Troczynski

Andy Troczynski

Junior
157
John Pardo

John Pardo

Freshman
285
Nate Taylor

Nate Taylor

Freshman
184
Cross Wasilewski

Cross Wasilewski

Freshman
149