Chance Marsteller finishes NCAA Championships in fourth place

A year ago Chance Marsteller was out of college wrestling. Now, he's a top five competitor in the country at his weight.

The former Kennard-Dale star finished his first full season at Lock Haven by taking fourth place at 165 pounds at the NCAA Championships. Marsteller went 5-2 this weekend at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.

He finished the season with a 45-4 overall record.

Marsteller clinched All-American status Friday with a 4-2 win over Rutgers' Richie Lewis and then won a second consolation bout, 9-7, over his former Oklahoma State teammate Chandler Rogers. He moved into the third-place match with a 5-3 win over No. 2 seed David McFadden of Virginia Tech on Saturday.

That would be Marsteller's last win of the season. He fell behind Wisconsin's Evan Wick early and ended up being pinned in the second period of the bout for bronze.

Previously, Marsteller won his first two matches of the tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Illinois senior Isaiah Martinez, the No. 1 seed and a two-time national champion.

Overall, it was a very successful tournament and season for York County's greatest all-time wrestler. He won four PIAA titles at Kennard-Dale and was never defeated in high school.

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