By Caitlin Rubsamen, Sports Editor
On Friday, March 13, Gavin Pascoe ’27 traveled with Head Men’s Wrestling Coach Brad Brosius to Iowa to compete at the National Championship. Pascoe punched his ticket to the championship after taking third in the Region IIII Wrestling Championship. He had five wins to secure the bronze finish.
This is Pascoe’s second NCAA Championship appearance. He fell in his two matches at least year’s tournament in weight class
157. He planned to take his past experiences and apply them to this season.
“Seeing my opponents, their capabilities, and their quality of wrestling has definitely changed my attitude and effort that I’ve put into this season specifically,” said Pascoe. “Seeing it from last year, I’m definitely in a better place than I was.”
Pascoe discussed how wrestling is very mental, and that he tries to remain calm and composed in preparation prior to wrestling.
“I remind myself at the end of the day I’ve put in as much work as I could leading up to this and I just have got to let it fly and see where the results may go,” said Pascoe.
In his return trip to the championship, Pascoe has set some goals and aspirations to improve upon his outcomes from last year’s championship.
“I’m just excited to perform better than I did last year and hopefully be up on that podium,” said Pascoe.
Pascoe went on the finish with two wins and two losses on the day competing yet again in the 157 weight class. His final placement is not known, however he improved upon his performance last year and ended his season with twenty wins and six losses.
This article originally appeared on page 16 of the March 2026 edition of The Gettysburgian magazine.
