2015 NCAA Wrestling Championships Qualifier
2015 NCAA West Region 141 Champion
2015 All-Western Wrestling Conference First Team
2017-18 SEASON (Senior): Compiled 12-4 record including 0-1 in duals at 149 pounds … Recorded seven pins … Placed second at the Bison Open (11-11-17) with a 3-1 record … Went 5-1 at the Reno Tournament of Champions (12-17-17) … Finished career with 51-28 record including 13-7 in duals with 21 pins.
2016-17 SEASON (Junior): Did not compete due to an injury ... Has 39-24 career record including 13-6 in duals with 14 pins.
2015-16 SEASON (Sophomore): Compiled a 16-12 record including 4-2 in duals wrestling at 141 and 149 pounds ... Record included five pins and one major decision ... Placed sixth at the Big 12 Championships (3-5/6-16) in Kansas City ... Placed fourth at 149 pounds at the Warren Williamson/Daktronics Open (11-1-15) with 4-2 record ... Went 4-3 and finished sixth at 141 pounds at the Reno Tournament of Champions (12-20-15) ... Has 39-24 career record including 13-6 in duals with 14 pins.
2014-15 SEASON (Freshman): NCAA qualifier at 141 pounds and finished 0-2 at the 2015 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in St. Louis … NCAA West Region/Western Wrestling Conference champion at 141 pounds after posting a pair of overtime wins … Posted a 23-12 record overall including 9-4 in duals with nine pins, three major decisions and one tech fall … Earned all-Western Wrestling Conference first team honors … Won the Warren Williamson/Daktronics Open (11-2-14) and placed second at the Bison Open (11-8-14).
2013-14 SEASON (Redshirt): Redshirt in the Bison program ... Won three of five tournaments entered competing unattached at 141 pounds ... Compiled 19-3 record with five pins, a pair of major decisions and one tech fall ... Reeled off 15 straight wins after loss in final match at Bison Open (11-9-13), where he placed second ... Captured the Finn Grinaker Cobber Open (11-16-13) with 4-0 record ... Marched to 4-0 record and Minnesota State Moorhead Dragon Open (12-7-13) title ... Placed first after going 4-0 at the North Country Open (2-1-14).
HIGH SCHOOL: Rated as national Top 100 recruit out of St. Cloud Apollo High School ... Four-time Minnesota state champion under head coach and father Tim Bengston ... Ranks second all-time in Minnesota prep history with 265-6 record ... Finished career with 195 varsity pins ... Had a stretch of 179 consecutive wins ... Three-time All-American and reached finals once at the USA Wrestling Greco-Roman Junior National Championships held at the Fargodome ... All-American at USA Wrestling Freestyle Junior National Championships ... Placed second at USA Wrestling Greco-Roman Cadet National Championship and third at the Freestyle Cadet National Championship ... Also ran cross country for the Eagles.
PERSONAL: Son of Timothy Bengtson and Tammy Klassen-Bengtson ... Has two sisters Danielle and Breezy ... University studies major.
