U20 Worlds Penn State wrestling results: Henckel, Mirasola earn medals; Marcus Blaze to go for gold Wednesday
Penn State wrestlers won more medals on Tuesday at the U20 World Championships. Freshman William Henckel took second at 79 kilograms (174.1 pounds), while redshirt freshman Connor Mirasola won bronze at 92 kilograms (202.8 pounds). The details of how each ended up on the medal stand are below.
Before those two took the mat, freshman Marcus Blaze wrestled in the semifinals after a good start to his tournament at 61 kilograms (134.4 pounds). He won his match by technical fall and is now in tomorrow’s gold medal final.
Four Nittany Lions have already medaled at the event. Freshman PJ Duke won 70-kilogram gold on Monday. Redshirt freshman Cole Mirasola finished third at 125 kilograms. And now Henckel and Connor Mirasola join those two with hardware.
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Connor Mirasola wins bronze
08/19/2025 11:36:27 AMPenn State redshirt freshman Connor Mirasola is the fourth Nittany Lion to win a medal at U20 Worlds. He beat Anar Jafarli of Azerbaijan 10-0 to take third at 92 kilograms. The Nittany Lion turned the tables on Jafarli, who beat him in the same match at last year’s U20 Championships.
William Henckel takes silver at U20 Worlds
08/19/2025 11:20:31 AMPenn State freshman William Henckel dropped the U20 Worlds gold medal match to Mahdi Yousefi Hajiva of Iran. The final was 8-6. Henckel’s foe built an 8-2 lead in the second period. The Nittany Lions did close the gap some but not enough to win in the end. He finishes with silver, and joins teammates PJ Duke (gold) and Cole Mirasola (bronze) in medaling so far.
Henckel is getting ready to roll
08/19/2025 10:28:46 AMToday’s finals start soon on FLO.
Team USA has clinched the U20 World team title
08/19/2025 10:19:09 AMAnd it still has multiple finalists left to go.
It’s just about medal round time
08/19/2025 10:00:03 AMAs of 11 a.m. ET, we’re coming up on the third and final session of the day in Bulgaria. William Henckel goes for gold against Mahdi Yousefi Hajivar of Iran at 79 kilograms. Then, Connor Mirasola goes for bronze against Anar Jafarli of Azerbaijan.
Marcus Blaze will go for gold tomorrow
08/19/2025 09:06:22 AMPenn State freshman Marcus Blaze will wrestle for 61-kilogram gold on Tuesday. The new Nittany Lion won his semifinal by technical fall, 15-4, over Magomedkhan Magamedkohnov of Russia. He stopped the bout early in the second period. It capped a 4-0 day for the Ohio native at U20 Worlds.
Blaze is up first on mat A
08/19/2025 08:45:10 AMPenn State freshman Marcus Blaze will go for a spot in the finals to start today’s second session. He’ll face Magomedkhan Magamedkohnov of Russia.
Mirasola is in the bronze medale match
08/19/2025 08:47:14 AMConnor Mirasola won his first and only repechage match of the day to position himself to wrestle for bronze. The second-year Nittany Lion beat Teimuraz Kochkiani of Georgia by technical fall, 12-2, to advance. He faces Anar Jafarli of Azerbaijan for third. He beat Mirasola at U20s for third last year.
Blaze cruises into the semifinals
08/19/2025 08:49:56 AMMarcus Blaze kicked off his quest for 61 kilogram gold in style.
“Blaze opened up his 61kg bracket with a quick technical fall over Switzerland’s Sandro Hungerbueler and then advanced via disqualification over U20 European champion Sargis Begoyan of Armenia,” USA Wrestling writes. “Begoyan was cautioned three times for unnecessary hands to the face and blows to the head. Blaze punched through to the semifinals with an 11-1 win over Askat Toktomatov of Kyrgyzstan. He’ll face UWW athlete Magomedkhan Magamedkhanov later on Tuesday.”