Swisher Wins Individual Crown for Wrestling at 2026 Ivy League Champs

**NEW YORK, N.Y. – **The University of Pennsylvania wrestling team competed at the 2026 Ivy League Wrestling Championships, hosted by Columbia on Sunday inside Levien Gymnasium. Junior

Jude Swisher led the charge, earning the individual title at 157.

Swisher took down first-seeded Meyer Shapiro (Cornell) by decision, 8-3, to win Penn's sole title and Most Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament. Nine other Quakers earned podium spots, helping the Red and Blue earn third place as a team with 116.5 points.

Quaker Notemeal

*Swisher becomes the fourth Quaker to win an Ivy League Championships title.

Davis Motyka (125),

Evan Mougalian (133),

CJ Composto (141), and

Cross Wasilewski (149) all earned runners-up at their weights.

Sean Seefeldt (165),

Liam Carlin (184), and

Martin Cosgrove (197) placed third,

John Pardo (285) took fourth place, and

Caden Bellis won the 174 fifth place bout to round out the Quakers on the podium.

*Freshman Motyka, junior Mougalian, senior Composto, sophomore Wasilewski, junior Swisher, and junior Seefeldt punched their tickets to the 2026 NCAA Championships starting on Thursday, March 19, at Rocket Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.

*Composto, Wasilewski, and Swisher made it to the final at their weights for the second-straight year.

Up Next

The Quakers prepare for the 2026 NCAA Wrestling Championships hosted at Rocket Arena, March 19-21, in Cleveland, Ohio.

Results

125

**(1) **Davis Motyka – SECOND

QF: Bye

SF: Motyka def. (5) Greg Diakomihalis (Cornell), 4-1 DEC SV

FINAL: (2) Marc-Anthony McGowan (Princeton) def. Motyka, 10-2 MD

133 – SECOND

**(1) **Evan Mougalian

QF: Bye

SF: Mougalian def. (5) Ethan Rivera (Princeton), 2-0 DEC

FINAL: (2) Tyler Ferrera (Cornell) def. Mougalian, 12-2 MD

141

**(2) **CJ Composto – SECOND

QF: Bye

SF: Composto def. (3) Khimari Manns, 14-11 DEC

FINAL: (1) Vince Cornella (Cornell) def. Composto, 5-3 DEC

149

**(2) **Cross Wasilewski – SECOND

QF: Bye

SF: Wasilewski def. (3) Eligh Rivera (Princeton), 5-0 DEC

FINAL: Jaxon Joy (Cornell) def. Wasilewski, 2-0 DEC

157

**(2) **Jude Swisher – FIRST

QF: Bye

SF: Swisher def. (3) Jimmy Harrington (Harvard), 4-0 DEC

FINAL: Swisher def. (1) Meyer Shapiro (Cornell), 8-3 DEC

165

**(3) **Sean Seefeldt – THIRD

QF: (6) Benny Rogers (Cornell) def. Seefeldt, 4-1 DEC SV

CONS SF: Seefeldt def. (5) Joe Cangro (Harvard), 5-0 DEC

3rd: Seefeldt def. (4) Maximus Norman (Brown), 2-1 DEC SV

174

**(4) **Caden Bellis – FIFTH

QF: Bellis def. (5) Haden Bottiglieri (Harvard), 6-4 DEC

SF: (1) Simon Ruiz (Cornell) def. Bellis, 18-2 TF

CONS SF: (6) Drew Clearie (Brown) def. Bellis, 9-4 DEC

5th: Bellis def. (5) Haden Bottiglieri (Harvard), 6-3 DEC

184

**(3) **Liam Carlin – THIRD

QF: Carlin def. (6) Connor O'Donnell (Brown), 11-8 DEC

SF: (2) Louis Cerchio (Cornell) def. Carlin, 12-3 MD

CONS SF: Carlin def. (5) Xavier Giles (Princeton), 4-1 DEC

3rd: Carlin def. (4) Matt Walsh (Harvard), INJ DEF

**197 **

**(3) **Martin Cosgrove – THIRD

QF: Cosgrove def. (6) Conor McCloskey (Princeton), 16-2 MD

SF: (2) Jack Wehmeyer (Columbia) def. Cosgrove, 4-2 DEC

CONS SF: Cosgrove def. (4) Hudson Skove (Harvard), 4:33 F

3rd: Cosgrove def. (5) Aiden Hanning (Cornell), 7-4 DEC

285

**(3) **John Pardo – FOURTH

QF: Pardo def. (6) Anderson Olcott (Princeton), 19-4 TF

SF: (2) Alex Semenenko (Brown) def. Pardo, 4-1 DEC

CONS SF: Pardo def. (5) Daniel Bittner (Harvard), 24-9 TF

3rd: (4) Aiden Davis (Cornell) def. Pardo, 0:53 F

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