featured photo of Noah Mulvaney, junior champ at 170, by Jenni Peterson

FARGO, North Dakota—Wisconsin had 38 wrestlers earn All-American status at USA Wrestling’s 2023 Junior and 16U National Championships, including six champions and six runners-up. Men’s freestyle tied the national record for most junior champions in a single year and had the best team result in Wisconsin history with their 2nd place finish overall. All six Wisconsin teams placed in the top 10. Congratulations athletes and coaches on this major accomplishment! 

CHAMPIONS (6)

• JR MFS: Haakon Peterson (106)
• JR MFS: Braeden Scoles (160)
• JR MFS: Noah Mulvaney (170)
• JR MFS: Connor Mirasola (195)
• JR MFS: Koy Hopke (285)
• JR GR: Ashton Miess (160)

RUNNERS-UP (6)

• JR MFS: Cole Mirasola (220)
• JR WFS: Alex Hofrichter (164)
• 16U WFS: Carley Ceshker (127)
• 16U WFS: Brooke Huffman (180)
• 16U MFS: Daniel Heiser (145)
• 16U GR: Colton Weiler (138)

Junior Men’s Freestyle - 2nd overall; 8 AAs

• Champion at 106: Haakon Peterson
• Champion 160: Braeden Scoles
• Champion at 170: Noah Mulvaney
• Champion at 195: Connor Mirasola
• Champion at 285: Koy Hopke
• 2nd at 220: Cole Mirasola
• 4th at 160 - Charlie Millard
• 8th at 126 - Ben Bast

16U Men’s Freestyle 10th overall; 6 AAs

• 2nd at 145 - Daniel Heiser
• 3rd at 170 - Caleb Dennee
• 3rd at 220 - Garett Kawczynski
• 5th at 195 - Tyson Martin 
• 7th at 160 - Nash Banko
• 8th at 220 - Cael Leisgang

Junior Women’s Freestyle - 8th overall; 5 AAs

• 2nd at 164 - Alex Hofrichter
• 3rd at 127 - Kylie Rule 
• 3rd at 132 - Hanna Errhthum 
• 5th at 164 - Rachel Schauer
• 8th at 138 - Faith Bartoszek

16U Women’s Freestyle - 10th overall, 6 AAs

• 2nd at 127 - Carley Ceshker 
• 2nd at 180 - Brooke Huffman 
• 6th at 106 - Taylor Whiting
• 7th at 112 - Angie Bianchi 
• 8th at 100 - Ava Peters
• 8th at 132 - Lilly Banks

Junior Greco-Roman 7th overall; 8 AAs

• Champion at 160 - Ashton Miess 
• 4th at 160 - Brett Back
• 4th at 170 - Caden Young
• 5th at 152 - Tj Schierl
• 6th at 113 - Brayten Casey
• 7th at 132 - Amryn Nutter
• 7th at 160 - Kale Roth
• 8th at 120 - Easton Copper

16U Greco-Roman - 9th overall; 5 AAs

• 2nd at 138 - Colton Weiler 
• 4th at 132 - Declan Koch 
• 5th at 220 - Garett Kawczynski 
• 6th at 132 - Jacob Herm 
• 8th at 120 - Dale Corbin

TEAM PLACEMENTS

• 2nd - Junior MFS
• 7th - Junior GR
• 8th - Junior WFS
• 9th - 16U GR
• 10th - 16U MFS
• 10th - 16U WFS

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