The Kent State wrestling team will have half of its 10 starters wrestling in Madison Square Garden for the Division One NCAA Wrestling Championships.
For the 10th time in 11 years the Flashes will be sending at least five wrestlers to the national tournament, with four earning a seed.
Ian Miller, Mike DePalma, Mack McGuire, Tyler Buckwalter and Kyle Conel will look to lift some hardware, as well as extend the program’s streak of seven consecutive seasons with an All-American (top-eight finish).
If someone fell asleep at the beginning of the wrestling season and woke up just in time for the national tournament, they would see nothing unusual about Miller as a fourth seed with a 20-1 record, but it hasn’t been a smooth final season for the two-time All-American.