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Four Tar Heel Wrestlers Competing Internationally This Weekend
Four UNC wrestlers will compete on the international level this weekend, as part of the qualification process for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games. Tyler Eischens and Marisol Nugent will travel to Fort Worth, Texas, for the United States Senior Nationals. The top-five finishers at each weight will qualify for the 2024 Olympic Team Trials in April. (
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A look back at UNC's national championships in 2023
Nicknamed the "University of National Champions," various UNC sports programs brought home the hardware in 2023. UNC Field Hockey won its 11th national title and fifth in six years. Women's Tennis captured its first NCAA championship.
Aranza Vazquez won a diving title. And Austin O'Connor won UNC's second national individual wresting title. (
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No. 25 UNC Wrestling Cruises To Pair Of Victories At Carolina Duals
The 25th-ranked UNC wrestling team cruised to a pair of dual victories to begin the day, defeating Queens (41-10) and Greensboro College (48-3), before falling to No. 20 Oregon State (24-13) to cap off the Carolina Duals. The Tar Heel victory over Queens was the first dual victory for head coach and former UNC national champ
Rob Koll at Carolina. (
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UNC Wrestling Adds Francois, Darmstadt To Coaching Staff
Entering year one under direction of head coach
Rob Koll, the North Carolina wrestling program has welcomed assistant coaches Dr. Enock Francois and Ben Darmstadt to the coaching staff. A familiar face on the sidelines with Koll, Dr. Francois spent the past two seasons at Stanford as an assistant coach (2021-22) and Associate Head Coach (2022-23). (
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UNC Wrestling Names 2023-24 Team Captains
The UNC wrestling program has named four captains for the 2023-24 season. Gavin Kane, Lachlan McNeil, Jayden Scott, and Max Shaw have been named to the leadership panel prior to the season. McNeil, from Toronto, Canada, also earned his first All-America finish a season ago, with a fourth-place finish at 141-pounds at the NCAA Championships. (
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North Carolina Wrestling Announces 2023-24 Schedule
Entering year one under the direction of head coach
Rob Koll, the North Carolina wrestling program announced its schedule Tuesday morning, prior to the 2023-24 season. The slate features seven preseason top-25 matchups, including four ranked matchups inside Carmichael Arena. The Tar Heels open the season hosting the Carolina Duals on Nov. 2. (
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Lachlan McNeil, Ethan Ramos Set For 2023 World Wrestling Championships
UNC sophomore Lachlan McNeil and Tar Heel alum Ethan Ramos are set to compete in the 2023 World Wrestling Championships, beginning this weekend. Representing Canada at 65 KG, McNeil continues a busy summer after earning fourth-place at the 2023 NCAA Championships. Ramos will represent Puerto Rico at 86 KG for the third-straight championships. (
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New UNC Wresting head coach Rob Koll to bring innovative approach
On Aug. 31,
Rob Koll was named North Carolina's new wrestling head coach, after the departure of former Head Coach
Coleman Scott for Oklahoma State 10 days earlier. A former Tar Heel and 1988 National Champion wrestler, Koll has served as head coach at Stanford and Cornell, coaching 16 NCAA individual national champions and 74 All-Americans. (
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Three UNC Wrestlers Ranked In Preseason Top 20
UNC wrestlers Lachlan McNeil, Gavin Kane, and Max Shaw are among those ranked in the 2023-24 InterMat Wrestling Preseason Rankings. McNeil, entering his redshirt-sophomore season, is ranked fourth in the 141-pound weight class. Kane enters the 2023-24 season at sixth in the 184-pound weight class. Shaw begins the season at No. 19 at 197. (
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Former UNC National Champion Rob Koll Named New Tar Heels Wrestling Coach
Rob Koll, a 1988 national champion wrestler at the University of North Carolina who has coached 74 All-Americas, has been named the head coach of UNC's wrestling program. Koll becomes the seventh head coach in team history and returns to his alma mater after spending the last two seasons at Stanford and the previous 28 as the head coach at Cornell. (
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