PHILADELPHIA – The Ivy League announced its 2026 All-Ivy teams on Thursday afternoon, with seven grapplers on the University of Pennsylvania wrestling team earning nods.
Evan Mougalian (133) led the charge for Penn, earning First Team and Academic All-Ivy.
Davis Motyka (125),
CJ Composto (141),
Cross Wasilewski (149), and
Jude Swisher (157) landed Second Team All-Ivy, while
Sean Seefeldt (165) and
Martin Cosgrove (197) were named Honorable Mention All-Ivy.
Mougalian went 4-1 in Ivy action, picking up wins over Columbia's Evin Gursoy (7-0), Brown's Carter Shipers (1:38), Harvard's Coleman Mogle (7-1), and Cornell's #16 Tyler Ferrara (7-2) to land the first All-Ivy nod of his career. The junior brings a 2005 overall record into the postseason.
Freshman Motyka had a strong first-year campaign, going 16-4 overall while docking wins over Brown's Chase Yasutake (18-2), Harvard's Logan Brzozowski (5-0), and Cornell's Greg Diakomihalis (1-0) to go 3-1 in conference battles.
Composto closes his Penn career as a four-time All-Ivy honoree after earning his Second Team honor. The senior won Ivy duals over Columbia's #19 Lorenzo Frezza (8-4), Brown's Khimari Manns (10-0), and Harvard's Dante Frinzi (19-4) to pair with a 14-3 overall record.
Wasilewski, the reigning Ivy League 149 champion, had a strong sophomore season, owning a 23-2 overall record. The second-year topped the Lions' Richard Fedalen (9-3), the Bears' Austin McBurney (2:35), the Crimson's Jack Crook (14-5), and the Tigers' #10 Eligh Rivera (11-2) to go 4-1 in conference duals and earn the second All-Ivy honor of his career.
Junior Swisher, a three-time Second Team All-Ivy honoree, grabbed conference wins over Columbia's #18 Kai Owen (14-1), Brown's Ethan Mojena (18-2), and Princeton's Rocco Camillaci (15-3) to help boost an 18-3 overall record going into postseason action.
Seefeldt jumped headfirst into the first starting spot in the lineup of his collegiate career, going 3-1 in Ivy duals to grab Honorable Mention All-Ivy. The junior beat Brown's Max Norman (8-6), Harvard's Joseph Cangro (2-1), and Cornell's Benny Rogers (15-2) to pair with an 18-6 overall record.
Cosgrove came back from injury last season, grabbing the first All-Ivy honor of his career off victories over Harvard's Dylan Greenstein (15-2), Cornell's Aiden Hanning (11-4), and Princeton's Connor McCloskey (5-1). The junior carries ten wins into the postseason.
The Quakers gear up for the 2026 Ivy League Wrestling Championships on Sunday, March 8, hosted at Columbia. The first round is scheduled for 10 a.m. in Levien Gym.
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