Joseph McKenna

Joseph Christopher McKenna (born August 3, 1995 in Towaco, New Jersey) is an American freestyle wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler who competes internationally at 65 kilograms and competed collegiately at 141 pounds. In freestyle, he is a two-time and reigning Pan American Continental champion, claimed a bronze medal from the 2017 U23 World Championships, and was the 2018 US Open National Champion (medalist at '20 and '19 US Senior Nationals), the runner–up at the 2020 US Olympic Team Trials, 2021 US World Team Trials, and 2014 Junior World Championship. As a folkstyle wrestler, he was a three-time NCAA Division I All-American (runner-up in 2019), two-time Big Ten Conference champion and two-time Pac-12 Conference champion for the Ohio State Buckeyes (two-time AA and two–time B1G champion) and the Stanford Cardinal (AA and two-time Pac-12 champion). Folkstyle career High school McKenna attended Blair Academy, noted for its wrestling program, in his native New Jersey. During his time as a high schooler, he went on to rack up three Prep National titles while claiming multiple titles from prestigious tournaments such as the Beast of the East and Ironman. McKenna was the team captain during his last two years. He also competed at Who's Number One in 2013, falling to eventual Penn State great Jason Nolf. Going into his junior year (November 2013), McKenna committed to the Stanford Cardinal. College