Mason Parris Wins Big Ten Championship

Parris is currently the #1 ranked heavyweight in the country.

Mason Parris. Photo by Michigan Athletics. 

(Lawrenceburg, Ind.) – One championship down, one to go for Mason Parris.

The Michigan fifth-year senior captured the heavyweight individual title at Big Ten Conference Championship on Sunday.

Parris (28-0) earned a 5-3 decision of Penn State’s Greg Kerkvliet in the championship round. It was a dramatic win as Parris completed the winning takedown in overtime.

The Lawrenceburg native is the first Michigan wrestler to capture a Big Ten heavyweight championship since 1998.

Parris had come close before, finishing as the runner-up in 2020 and 2021.

Now, Parris sets his sights on the NCAA Championship. Parris’ best finish at the NCAA Championship came as a junior when he took runner-up. He was fifth last year.

He enters the tournament as the top-ranked heavyweight in the country.

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