2021-22 Wrestling Roster

Anthony Mantanona
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Anthony Mantanona Big 12s
Anthony Mantanona South Dakota State
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Antony Mantanona Northern Iowa
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A.  Mantanona Bedlam
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Mantanona vs. UNI - Feb. 1, 2019
Anthony Mantanona
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Anthony Mantanona
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Anthony Mantanona
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Anthony Mantanona
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Anthony Mantanona
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Anthony Mantanona Big 12s
Anthony Mantanona

Anthony Mantanona

  • Class:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Weight:
    174
  • High School:
    Palm Desert HS
  • Hometown:
    Palm Desert, Calif.
Year Overall Duals Big 12 Finish Major Decisions Tech Falls Pins
2017-18 4-2 0-0 DNC 0 0 3
2018-19 15-15 8-8 -- 2 0 6
2019-20 21-7 10-2 2nd 2 0 9
2020-21 8-9 5-5 5th 1 1 2
2021-22 20-9 11-3 3rd 3 1 4
Totals 68-42 34-18 -- 8 2 24

2021-22
Fourth year starting at 174 pounds for the Sooners ... Compiled a 20-9 record with an 11-3 mark in duals ... Led the team with four pins on the season ... 11 dual wins tied for most on the team ... Michigan State Open finalist ... Signature win came in upset fashion over No. 9 Cade DeVos of South Dakota State, grabbing a takedown in sudden victory ... Took third place at the Big 12 Championship as the No. 3 seed, winning his final four matches ... Third time qualifying for NCAAS ... Given the No. 15 seed for the NCAA Championships, he went 2-2 on the weekend ... Finished his career in a tie for 12th on the all-time program career pin leaders list with 24 ... Pinned his opponent in 22% of his matches ... Sits in a tie for third fastest fall in Sooner history (0:16). 

2021
Third-year starter at 174 pounds ... Registered 8-9 mark and 5-5 record in duals ... Opened season ranked sixth in the nation ... Defeated Oklahoma State's No. 11 Dustin Plott in Stillwater via 11-6 decision ... Tallied the first win via tech fall of his college career in a 15-0 win over Little Rock's Triston Wills ... Grabbed a 5th-place finish at Big 12 Championship where his two wins via fall helped propel the Sooners to a Big 12 Championship ... Earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Championship as the No. 23 seed. 

2019-20
Second year starting at 174 pounds ... Tallied a 21-7 record and 10-2 mark in dual action ... Named NWCA All-American, OU's 276th all-time ... Finished as the runner-up at the Big 12 Championship ... Earned No. 9 seed at canceled NCAAs ... Led Sooners with nine falls ... Named Most Improved Wrestler by OU coaching staff ... Registered five wins over ranked opponents ... Rose as high as No. 7 in the national rankings ... Went 2-0 in Bedlam duals. 

2018-19
Went 15-15 on the season while starting at 174 pounds … Went 2-2 to take fourth at the Michigan State Open on Nov. 3, 2018 … Recorded six wins by fall on the year including OU’s fastest pin, which came in just 45 seconds … Three of his pins came in two minutes or less. 

2017-18
Competed at open tournaments in redshirt year, accumulating 4-2 record ... Three of four wins came via fall, including a 51-second pin over Chattanooga's Hunter Fortner. 

OTHER COMPETITION
Represented the USA at the 2018 Junior Pan-American Championships in Fortaleza, Brazil, in both the Greco-Roman and Freestyle categories ... Qualified for the event by virtue of top finishes at the 2018 UWW Greco-Roman World Team Trial and 2018 Marine Cup US Open Wrestling Championships … Captured the gold in the 79 kg division of the Freestyle event and the bronze in the Greco-Roman’s 77 kg division … Was one of just four American wrestlers to make both the Greco-Roman and Freestyle rosters. 

HIGH SCHOOL 
2017 California State Champion ... Placed two other times in California State Championships, including a runner-up finish to current OU teammate Jeremy Thomas in 2016 ... Junior Greco Roman Champion ... 2016 FloNationals Champion.

PERSONAL 
Son of Anthony and Lisa Mantanona ... Has four siblings: Brock, Troy (who wrestles at OU), Beau and Mila ... Plans on majoring in business.