Biography
- 2020 NCAA National Championships Qualifier (125 Pounds)
- 2020 NWCA Scholar All-American
- Second Place Finish (125 Pounds) at 2020 EIWA Championships
- Fifth Place Finish (125 pounds) at 2019 EIWA Championships
2020-21:Â Season canceled due to COVID-19 (Unenrolled)
2019-20 (Sophomore): Went 25-11 as the starter at 125 pounds ... Posted a 7-6 record in EIWA dual bouts and 8-6 overall in dual matches ... Went 1-4 in Ivy League duals ... Won seven matches, second-most on the team, via fall ... Recorded two wins via major decision and one via technical fall ... Finished second (125) at the 2020 EIWA Championships (Mar. 6-7) ... Qualified for the 2020 NCAA Wrestling National Championships at 125 pounds ... Earned NWCA Scholar All-American honors ... Won 15 out of first 16 matches, including 15 straight ... Posted first dual bout win with a 6-3 decision over Stanford's (Nov. 23) then-ranked No. 14 Gabriel Townsell ... Won five matches, including a win via fall (1:10) over Grand Canyon's Josiah Griego en route to the title at the Roadrunner Open (Nov. 24) ... Opened EIWA dual season with a win via fall (2:41) over Binghamton's (Jan. 10) Carson Sauriol ... Got Ivy League dual bout win with a victory over Trey Keeley (Brown/Feb. 15) via fall (2:32) ... Won final two dual bouts, including a win via SV-1 3-1 over Drexel's (Feb. 22) Geo Barzona ... Stuck No. 5 Brandon Paetzell (Lehigh) at 4:13 at the EIWA Championships to punch ticket to NCAA Nationals ... Won three matches at the EIWA Championships en route to a second-place finish.
2018-19 (Freshman): Finished tied for third on the team in total wins and led all freshmen in total wins, finishing 20-15 overall ... Wrestled at 125 pounds, finishing 7-6 in dual matches, 5-5 in EIWA bouts and 2-3 against Ivy League competition ... Had three wins via fall and major decision and recorded one victory via technical fall ... Placed fifth at the EIWA Championships at 125 pounds ... Ripped off three straight wins at the Princeton Open (Nov. 4), beating Nick Denora (Rutgers), 4-2, teammate Mike Kelly (9-2) and Maryland's King Sandoval, 3-1 ... Notched first career-win via fall at the Black Knight Invite (Nov. 18), pinning Steven Bulzomi (Binghamton) at 5:30 ... Won 125-pound title at the Mat Town Open (Nov. 25), winning three straight matches, taking down Columbia teammate Kelly (7-4), Bucknell's Brandon Seidman (7-2) and Maryland's Brandon Cray (7-3) in the championship match ... Won first-career dual match, 10-1, against VMI's (Dec. 8) Clifton Conway III ... Snagged first-career dual match win via fall, with a win over Cleveland State's (Jan. 10) Cameron Lathem (4:28) ... With an 8-3 win over Bulzomi (Binghamton) on Jan. 20, recorded first-career EIWA dual match victory ... Took down Penn's Blair Orr (Feb. 9), 10-2, for first-career Ivy League win in a dual match ... Pinned Nolan Hellickson (Harvard) in 6:36 on Feb. 16, for first-career win via fall over an EIWA/Ivy League opponent ... Ripped off four wins at the EIWA Championships (Mar. 8-9) to finish on the podium, starting with an 11-5 win over Jose Diaz (Franklin & Marshall), a 9-8 win over Jakob Campbell (Bucknell), winning 5-3 against Audrey Ashkar (Binghamton), before taking down Trey Chalifoux (Army), 9-6, to lock up the fifth-place finish.
Personal: Spent his prep career at Seneca High School in New Jersey … A New Jersey state runner-up his senior season … Recorded the most wins in South Jersey history with a 169-7 record … Team captain for two years and a four-year letterwinner … The son of Kimberly and Robert Manchio … Plans on studying environmental science at Columbia College.
Career Record:
2018-19: 20-15, 5-5 EIWA; 2-3 Ivy League
2019-20: 25-11, 7-6 EIWA; 1-4 Ivy League
Totals:Â 45-26, 12-11Â EIWA; 3-7 Ivy League
