KINGS POINT, N.Y. (Feb. 14, 2026) – The USMMA wrestling team hosted the 2026 Centennial Conference Championships inside the Liebertz Gymnasium on Saturday, and the Mariners went on to boast three individual Conference Champions in senior Wesley Wydick (Utica, Ohio) at 133, freshman Viviano Gutierrez (La Habra, Calif.) at 165 and junior Tyler Withers (Gettysburg, Pa.) at 197. Those three individual titles paired with two other Mariners finishing in third place helped lead Merchant Marine to a third place team finish with 70 points.
 
Ursinus College won the team championship with 93.5 points and Gettysburg finished second with 87.5 points.
 
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For Wydick, this was his second-straight championship at 133. He went a perfect 3-0 with two pins in the first two rounds to reach the championship bout, and then an 8-1 decision there to win the title.
 
Gutierrez had a bye in the quarterfinals before picking up a third-period pin in the semis to reach the title match. He defeated Johns Hopkins' Connor Powell to claim the individual championship by way of a 10-3 decision.
 
Withers won his third-consecutive Centennial individual crown, with his first two coming at 184 and this year bumped up to 197. He, like Gutierrez, had a first-round bye and produced a second-period pin in the semifinals over his foe from Gettysburg. In the championship matchup, the junior defeated Muhlenberg's Ryan Fairchild with a 17-0 technical fall to take the top spot in the weight class.
 
Two other Mariners earned third-place finishes, as sophomore Logan Weaver (Suwanee, Ga.) went 2-1 with a pin and a major decision at 157 and freshman Andrew Huesgen (Shillington, Pa.) also finished 2-1 on the day at 174 with both a fall and a tech. fall.
 
The Mariners return to action on Feb. 27-28, when they travel to The College of New Jersey in Ewing, N.J., to take part in the 2026 NCAA DIII Region 3 Championships. Action both days will get underway at 10 a.m. at the Lions' TCNJ Rec Center.
 
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