OSU Wrestling: Dreshaun Ross Takes Silver, Landon Robideau Bronze at U20 World Championships

Two Cowboys were part of a historic U20 American team.

Dreshaun Ross and Landon Robideau took silver and bronze, respectively, at the U20 World Championships in Slovakia, as the Americans medaled at all 10 weights and won the team race.

A freshman heavyweight at Oklahoma State, Ross dropped his world final to Abolfazl Mohammad Nezhad (Iran), 5-3. Ross was in on more of the offensive action, but Nezhad made a couple of heads-up plays on the edge of the mat and was able to defend from there on.

It’s still an excellent showing from Ross, who has yet to wrestle a college match and now has a U20 world silver medal.

Ross could very well be the Cowboys’ starter at heavyweight this season, even with returning fourth-place NCAA finisher Konner Doucet on the roster. Ross was the top-ranked heavyweight and No. 4 pound-for-pound prospect on MatScouts big board for the 2026 class. He was a four-time Iowa state champion, going 146-2 in high school. During his senior season, he won every match by either tech or fall. He won Fargo three times. A blue-chip recruit in every sense.

Reigning 157-pound NCAA champ Landon Robideau took bronze on Sunday morning at 70 kg by beating Zalkarbek Tabaldiev (Kyrgyzstan) 3-1.

Robideau was down 1-0 at intermission, giving up a passivity point, but he controlled the pace and the positioning in the second frame, scoring on two push-outs and a passivity point to win it.

It was a good weekend for Robideau, going 4-1 with his only loss coming to Iran’s Sina Khalili, who won the bracket and is also a U17 world champ and won the Zagreb Open earlier this year. Robideau gave Khalili his closest match.

Robideau went 21-2 as a true freshman last season, avenging both of his losses at the NCAA Championships on his way to winning his title.

Overall it was a dominant showing from the American contingent, as the U.S. took home a medal at all 10 weights — four gold, three silver and three bronze. The U.S. took first in the team race with 205 points, coming ahead of Russia (155), Japan (130) and Iran (103).

Here’s the American team and their college affiliations:

57 kg — Isaiah Cortez (Cornell), silver
61 kg — Aaron Seidel (Virginia Tech), gold
65 kg — Bo Bassett (Virginia Tech), gold
70 kg — Landon Robideau (Oklahoma State), bronze
74 kg — Jayden James (Penn State), silver
79 kg — Ryan Burton (Virginia Tech), bronze
86 kg — Aeoden Sinclair (Missouri), gold
92 kg — Jimmy Mastny (Iowa State), bronze
97 kg — Michael Boyle (Ohio State), gold
125 kg — Dreshaun Ross (Oklahoma State), silver