HOW TOUGH IS THE
OHIO TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS?


8 of the 10 2021 NCAA Division I Champions were former Ohio TofC Wrestlers


29th OHIO TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS
April 24, 2021
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The Ohio Tournament of Champions, along with USA Wrestling's Folkstyle Nationals and WOW's Reno Worlds, have been named Major Wrestling Events and part of Youth Wrestling's "Ultimate Triple Crown."

Only one event in each section of the United States received this designation and the Ohio TofC is the proud representative of the Eastern US Region.
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REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN AT
www.ohiotofc.com

Congratulations to the following former Ohio TofC Competitors:

NCAA Champions

Aaron Brooks – 2X Ohio TofC Champion
David Carr- 1X Ohio TofC Champion
Shane Griffith – 3X Ohio TofC Champion
Nick Lee – 1X Ohio TofC Champion
Spencer Lee – Placed 3rd at Ohio TofC
Austin O’Connor – 2X Ohio TofC Champion
Carter Starocci – 5X Ohio TofC Champion
Gable Steveson – 1X Ohio TofC Champion

NCAA Runner Ups

Nino Bonaccorsi – 4X Ohio TofC Champion
Trent Hidlay – 1X Ohio TofC Champion
Mason Parris - 2X Ohio TofC Champion
Sammy Sasso – 1X Ohio TofC Champion
Other Former Ohio TofC Participants Include:

Here is a list of some of our past Tournament of Champions Winners and Place Finishers. The Number in ( ) is how many times the individual won a TofC title.

Dominic Abounader (1X), Myles Amine, Braxton Amos (4X), Bryce Andonian (1X), Anthony Ashnault (2X), Nino Bonaccorsi (4X), Cody Brewer, Aaron Brooks (2X), Darrion Caldwell (2X), David Carr (1X), Anthony Collica (3X), Kenny Courts (5X), Darian Cruz (2X), Kyle Dake (1X), Gabe Dean (1X), Dom Demas, Yanni Diakamaholis (4X), Angel Escobedo (1X), Cooper Flynn (1X), Marcus Gordon (1X), Mark Grey (6X), Mark Hall II (6X), Louie Hayes (3X), A.C. Headlee (3X), Dean Heil (4X), Hayden Hidlay, Trent Hidlay (1X), Andrew Howe (1X), Kevin Jack, J Jaggers (3X), Isaac Jordan (1X), Vincenzo Joseph, Josh Kindig (2X), Roger Kish (2X), Matt Kolodzik (3X), Nick Lee (1X), Spencer Lee , Alex Marinelli (2X), Chance Marsteller (1X), Myles Martin, Joey McKenna, Lachlan McNeil (2X), Nico Megaludis, Zeke Moisey (3X), Frank Molinaro, Kennedy Monday (1X), Jack Mueller, Chip Ness, Troy Nickerson (2X), Jason Nolf (1X), Austin O’Connor (2X), Cade Olivas (7X), Jordan Oliver, Collin Palmer (8X), Lance Palmer (3X), Alec Pantaleo, Luke Pletcher (9X), Michael Poeta (3X), Stevo Poulin (3X), Jon Reader (10X), Zach Rey (2X), Kaleb Romero (5X), Ed Ruth, Sammy Sasso (1X), AJ Schopp (1X), CP Schlatter (2X), Dustin Schlatter (4X), Coleman Scott (2X), Cam Simaz, Kyle Snyder, Colt Sponseller, Carter Starocci (5X), Gable Steveson (1X), Hunter Stieber (5X), Logan Stieber (6X), Kanen Storr (2X), Eric Tannenbaum (5X), David Taylor (2X), Hudson Taylor (1X), Nathan Tomasello (1X), Jason Tsirtsis (1X), Anthony Valencia (1X), Zahid Valencia (2X), Taylor Walsh, Joey Ward (2X), Quentin Wright (1X)
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If you thought our list of past Ohio Tournament of Champions winners was impressive, take a look at the list below. All of the wrestlers below suffered losses at the Ohio TofC, during their competition days.

Andrew Alton-2X NCAA Qualifier; 4X Junior National Freestyle Champion
Dylan Alton-2013 NCAA All American; 3X NCAA Qualifier
Myles Amine-4X NCAA All American; 4X NCAA Qualifier
Braxton Amos-2X West Virginia State High School Champion; 3X Super 32 Champion
Bryce Andonian-2021 NCAA Qualifier
Anthony Ashnault-2019 NCAA Champion; 4X NCAA All American
Mike Benefiel-2X NCAA Qualifier; 2007 Fargo Freestyle Champion
JD Bergman-3X NCAA All American & 2X World Team Member
David Bolyard-2004 NCAA All American; Former Head Coach at Eastern Michigan
Nick Bonaccorsi-3X NCAA Qualifier
Nino Bonaccorsi - 2021 NCAA Runner Up; 4X NCAA Qualifier
Cody Brewer-2015 NCAA Champion; 4X NCAA All American
Darrion Caldwell-2009 NCAA Wrestling Champion; 4X NCAA Qualifier
Anthony Collica-2016 NCAA All American & 4X Big 12 Champion
Ryan Crookham-2X Pennsylvania State High School Champion; Signed with Lehigh
Kyle Dake-4X NCAA Champion; 2X World Champion
Dom Demas-2019 NCAA All American
Yanni Diakomihalis-2X NCAA Champion; 4X New York State High School Champion
George DiCamillo-2017 NCAA Runner Up
Johnni DiJulius-4X NCAA Qualifier
Pat Downey-2016 NCAA All American; 2019 US Senior Freestyle Champion
Angel Escobedo-2008 NCAA Champion
Padraic Gallagher-2019 Ohio State High School and Junior National Champion
Michael Gray-2008 NCAA All American; 3X NCAA Qualifier
Mark Hall II-2017 NCAA Champion; 2X NVCAA Runner Up
Zac Hall-4X Michigan State High School Champion
Hayden Hidlay-2018 NCAA Runner Up; 4X NCAA All American
Trent Hidlay-2021 NCAA Runner Up
Andrew Howe-2010 NCAA Champion; Associate Head Coach at Northwestern
Kevin Jack-3X NCAA All American
J Jaggers-2X NCAA Champion & 4X Ohio State High School Champion
Tony Jameson-4X Ohio State High School Champion
Ben Jordan-2012 NCAA All American
Bo Jordan-2017 NCAA Runner Up; 4X NCAA All American
Isaac Jordan-4X NCAA All American; 2X Big Ten Champion
Vincenzo Joseph-2X NCAA Champion; 3X NCAA Finalist
Zack Kemmerer-NCAA All American & 3X NCAA Qualifier
Dustin Kilgore-2011 NCAA Champion; 3X NCAA All American
Josh Kindig-2014 NCAA Runner Up; 4X NCAA Qualifier
Roger Kish-2X NCAA Runner Up; 4X Michigan State High School Champion
Matt Kolodzik-4X NCAA All American
Ryan Lang-2007 NCAA Runner Up; 4X Ohio State High School Champion
Nick Lee-2021 NCAA Champion; 4X NCAA All American
Jesse Leng-2X Ohio State High School Champion
Myles Martin-2016 NCAA Champion; 3X All American
Logan Massa-2017 NCAA All American; 4X NCAA Qualifier
Taylor Massa-4X Undefeated Michigan State High School Champion
Joey McKenna-2019 NCAA Runner Up; 4X NCAA All American
Nico Megaludis-2016 NCAA Champion; 2X NCAA Runner Up; 4X NCAA All American
Frank Molinaro-2012 NCAA Champion; 2016 US Olympian
Jack Mueller-2019 NCAA Runner Up; 4X NCAA All American
Chip Ness-2018 NCAA All American
Jordan Oliver-2X NCAA Champion
Lance Palmer-4X NCAA All American & 4X Ohio State High School Champion
Alec Pantaleo-3X NCAA All American
Mason Parris-2021 NCAA Runner Up; 3X NCAA Qualifier; Junior World Champion
Chris Phillips-4X Ohio State High School Champion
Steve Poulin-3X New York State High School Champion; Cadet World Team Member
Kaleb Romero-2X NCAA Qualifier; 4X Ohio State High School Champion
Jude Roth-4X Ohio State High School Champion
Ed Ruth-3X NCAA Champion
CP Schlatter-4X Ohio State High School Champion
Dustin Schlatter-2006 NCAA Champion; 4X Ohio State High School Champion
AJ Schopp-3X NCAA All American
Coleman Scott-2008 NCAA Champion & 2012 Olympic Bronze Medalist
Cam Simaz-2012 NCAA Champion; 4X NCAA All American
Kyle Snyder-3X NCAA Champion; 2016 Olympic Champion; 2X World Champion
Colt Sponseller-2011 NCAA All American; Head Coach at Ashland
Carter Starocci-2021 NCAA Qualifier; 2X Pennsylvania State High School Champion
Hunter Stieber-2X NCAA All American; 4X Ohio State High School Champion
Logan Stieber-4X NCAA Champion
Hudson Taylor-3X NCAA All American
Nathan Tomasello-2015 NCAA Champion; 4X NCAA All American
Alex Tsirtsis-2006 NCAA All American
Jason Tsirtsis-2014 NCAA Champion; 3X NCAA All American
Danny Vallimont-2X NCAA All American; Current Head Assistant Coach at Hofstra
Chad Walsh-2X NCAA All American
Taylor Walsh-NCAA Runner Up
Cody Walters-2X NCAA All American; Current Head Coach at West Virginia
Joey Ward-2016 NCAA All American
Real Woods-2021 NCAA All American; 3X New Mexico State High School Champion
Quentin Wright-2X NCAA Champion