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2024-25 Wrestling Roster

Elsye Jones, NIU Athletics
Scott Walstrom, NIU

Landen Johnson

  • Weight 157
  • Class Redshirt Sophomore
  • Hometown Owatonna, Minn.
  • High School Owatonna
  • Prev School North Dakota State

Biography

2024-25: Took third at the 2025 MAC Championships….Took fifth at Cougar Clash….Competed at 2025 NCAA Championships…..Led the team with seven falls….Three-way tie to lead the team with three technical fall victories….Posted a record of 18-13….Went 6-4 in duals, 4-3 in MAC duals….Claimed one win via major decision….Posted wins over wrestlers from Wisconsin, Oregon State, Princeton, Illinois, Michigan State, Penn, Purdue, and Columbia….Had a four-match win streak in January and February 

Prior to NIU (North Dakota State, 2022-2024):
2023-24 season (R-Freshman): Competed at 157 pounds at the Big 12 Championships at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla. … Compiled an overall record of 11-12 … Finished with a record of 1-6 against ranked opposition … Compiled a 6-7 record in dual matches, including a 5-2 record in Big 12 duals …Spent first year (2022-23) as a redshirt, going 5-3 at 157 and a perfect 8-0 at 165, winning the North Country Open and Don Parker Open … Took second overall at the Bison Open
 
HIGH SCHOOL: No. 152 overall recruit by MatScouts and No. 19 recruit at 160 pounds … Product of Owatonna High School, where he went 43-3 in his senior season … Claimed his second-straight MSHSL AAA State title at 160 pounds in March of 2022 … Took second overall at the 2022 USA Wrestling Northern Plains Regional in May … Prior to back-to-back state titles, took second as a sophomore at 152 pounds ... In May of 2019, claimed the Minnesota Cadet 16U 145-pound freestyle title … Also earned All-State Academic Team honors
 
Overall Dual MAC MD    TF Fall
2022-23* 13-3 0-0 0-0 1 0 8
2023-24* 11-12 6-7 0-0 2 1 2
2024-25 18-13 6-4 4-3 1 3 7
Career 42-28 12-11 4-3 4 4 17

*Prior to NIU