2025-26 Wrestling Roster
Lachlan McNeil
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Position:
- 149
- Hometown:
- Toronto, Ontario
- High School:
- Wyoming Seminary
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Graduate Student (2025-26)
• Academic All-Big Ten, NWCA Scholar All-American
• NCAA All-American, 149 Pounds
• Claimed third place at the NCAA Championships (March 19-21) with a 5-1 record
• Pinned Penn's #3 Cross Wasilewski (5:54) in the quarterfinals; also earned a 5-3 decision over SIU Edwardsville's #6 Caleb Tyus and defeated Nebraska's #20 Chance Lamer, 10-5, in the third-place match
• Placed third at the Big Ten Championships (March 7-8) with a 4-1 record; earned two wins over Maryland's #4 Carter Young, including a 1-0 decision in the medal round
• Posted a 22-7 season record, including an 11-3 mark in dual meets
• Scored bonus points in seven of 22 wins, earning three pins, 10 technical falls and five major decisions
• Earned back-to-back ranked wins over Rutgers' #20 Andrew Clark (4-2, Jan. 16) and Illinois' #28 Michael Gioffre (10-4, Jan. 18)
• Posted a 2-2 record at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (Dec. 5-6)
• Went 2-1 at the National Duals Invitational (Nov. 15), including a 7-4 decision against Missouri's #6 Josh Edmond
• Earned a 7-2 decision over VMI's Patrick Jordon in Michigan debut and season opener (Nov. 9)
Prior to Michigan
• Graduated from the University of North Carolina (2025)
• Three-time NCAA All-American at 141 and 149 pounds
• Placed fifth at 149 pounds at the 2025 NCAA Championships; claimed fourth (2023) and sixth (2024) at 141 pounds
• Posted an 82-25 record over four seasons; posted 49 bonus wins with seven falls, 14 tech falls and 28 major decisions
• Posted three straight top-three finishes at the ACC Championships, including a runner-up effort in 2025
• Also earned top-three finishes at the 2023 CKLV and 2024 Soldier Salute
• Represented Canada at 65kg freestyle at the 2022 and 2022 Senior World Championships
• Claimed 65kg silver at the 2022 Commonwealth Games; also claimed bronze at the 2022 Grand Prix of Spain
• Three-time NWCA Scholar All-American; two-time Academic All-ACC Academic Team (2024, '25) and ACC Academic Honor Roll (2022, '24)
Prep
• Graduated from Wyoming Seminary Academy (2020)
• Captured the 145-pound title at the 2020 National Preps; named the Outstanding Wrestler
• Posted a 36-8 record in two seasons at Wyoming Sem, including a 22-1 mark as a senior
• Claimed the 65kg freestyle title at the 2021 Junior Pan American Championships
• Two-time Pan American cadet champion (2016, '17) and runner-up (2018)
• Ranked as the No. 5 overall recruit by FloWrestling and the No. 1-ranked 145-pound wrestler
Personal
• Enrolled in Rackham Graduate School, pursuing a graduate certificate in real estate development
• Earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from North Carolina in spring 2025
• Born on January 19, 2001
• Son of Calum and Renee McNeil
• Father represented Great Britain at 68kg freestyle at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, claimed bronze at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
• Has three siblings, Alec, Michiela and Gregor
• Brother Gregor currently wrestles at McMaster University
| Year | Overall | Dual | Tourney | Falls | TF | MD | Conf. | NCAA |
| 2021-22 (RS) | 6-1 | 0-0 | 6-1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2022-23 | 27-9 | 11-4 | 16-5 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3rd | 4th |
| 2023-24 | 24-8 | 10-3 | 14-5 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 3rd | 6th |
| 2024-25 | 25-6 | 12-2 | 13-4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2nd | 5th |
| 2025-26 | 22-7 | 11-3 | 11-4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3rd | 3rd |
| Totals | 104-31 | 44-12 | 60-19 | 10 | 15 | 31 |
