LINCOLN, Neb. – North Dakota State heavyweight Brandon Metz added to his Greco-Roman national championship a fifth-place finish in the freestyle division at the United World Wrestling Under-23 national championships held May 27-29 at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.
 
Metz, who earned a spot on Team USA for the U23 Greco-Roman world championships this November in Serbia, was one of six NDSU wrestlers representing the Bison Wrestling Club at the freestyle national championships. Here are the final results for all six competitors:
 
Freestyle (May 28-29)
57kg – Ryan Henningson
L, 0-12 to Taylor Lamont, Utah Valley
L, 8-15 to Colton Drousias, West Virginia
 
61kg – Ryan Ripplinger
L, 1-13 to Brandon Meredith, Penn State
L, 2-12 to Jared Van Vleet, Air Force
 
65kg – Dylan Droegemueller
W, 10-0 over Aundre Beatty, Marian (Ind.)
W, 3-2 over Ryan Moore, Thomas More (Ky.)
L, 0-8 to We Rachal, Illinois
W, 14-4 over Eduardo Bolivar, Illinois
L, 1-4 to Clay Carlson, South Dakota State
 
79kg – Austin Brenner
W, 13-12 over Trey Sizemore, Illinois
W, 12-5 over Ryan Epps, Gopher Wrestling Club
L, 5-5 to DJ Shannon, Illinois
L, to Bailee O'Reilly, Minnesota
 
79kg – Riley Habisch
W, 10-0 over Brady Henderson, Coe
L, 6-10 to Max Maylor, Michigan
W, 8-2 over Ryan Rochford, Arizona State
W, 6-2 over Kevin Reynolds, Viking Wrestling Club (Iowa)
L, 0-11 to Mitch Dean, Belmont Abbey (N.C.)
 
125kg – Brandon Metz, 5th place
W, 12-0 over Jacob Slinger, Pittsburgh
W, 5-4 over Brandon Whitman, North Carolina
L, 0-12 to Jordan Wood, Lehigh
W, 10-0 over Spencer Trenary, South Dakota State
W, 4-2 over Zachary Knighton-Ward, Hofstra
L, 0-5 to Luke Luffman, Illinois
W, 4-0 over Aaron Costello, Iowa
 
Greco-Roman (May 27)
130kg – Brandon Metz, 1st place
W, 5-0 over Colton McKiernan, SIU Edwardsville
W, 8-0 over Bowen McConville, South Dakota State
W, 4-1 over Lee Herrington, Nebraska-Kearney
W, by fall 0:44 over Spencer Trenary, South Dakota State
W, 5-0 over Spencer Trenary, South Dakota State