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Tyler Bienus
- Position:
- 184
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Flanders, N.J.
- High School:
- Mount Olive
Career: 38-26 overall and 12-7 in duals...2026 NCAA National Championships qualifier...
2025-26 (Sophomore): Represented Bucknell at the NCAA National Championships posting a 0-2 record...Finished fifth at the EIWA Championships...Went 20-16 overall and 12-7 in duals...Placed sixth at the Midlands Championships...Recorded three ranked wins...Posted two falls, one technical fall, and four major decisions...Won the team's Owen Bell Award...
2024-25 (Freshman): Went 18-10 overall at 184 lbs…leads the team in pins with four…leads the team in major decisions with seven…recorded seven decisions…defeated teammate Mikey Bartush by decision 11-6…ended the season with three wins at the Edinboro Open against opponents from Michigan, Cornell and Maryland.
Before Bucknell: Four-year letterwinner in wrestling and golf … two-year team captain for the Mount Olive High School Marauders … two-time New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) placewinner, finishing third and seventh … three-time regional placewinner and 2024 region champion … three-time district champion … helped lead team to three state championship titles … set school record for career pins … also served as a two-year captain for the golf team … placed seventh at the New Jersey Athletic Conference golf tournament.
Personal: Tyler John Bienus … born March 19, 2006 in Morristown, N.J. … son of Tjasa and John Bienus … has two siblings: Brian and Katie … brother, Brian, wrestled at Ithaca College … grandfather wrestled at Penn State … great grandfather attended Bucknell ... majoring in engineering and management for engineers.
2025-26 (Sophomore): Represented Bucknell at the NCAA National Championships posting a 0-2 record...Finished fifth at the EIWA Championships...Went 20-16 overall and 12-7 in duals...Placed sixth at the Midlands Championships...Recorded three ranked wins...Posted two falls, one technical fall, and four major decisions...Won the team's Owen Bell Award...
2024-25 (Freshman): Went 18-10 overall at 184 lbs…leads the team in pins with four…leads the team in major decisions with seven…recorded seven decisions…defeated teammate Mikey Bartush by decision 11-6…ended the season with three wins at the Edinboro Open against opponents from Michigan, Cornell and Maryland.
Before Bucknell: Four-year letterwinner in wrestling and golf … two-year team captain for the Mount Olive High School Marauders … two-time New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) placewinner, finishing third and seventh … three-time regional placewinner and 2024 region champion … three-time district champion … helped lead team to three state championship titles … set school record for career pins … also served as a two-year captain for the golf team … placed seventh at the New Jersey Athletic Conference golf tournament.
Personal: Tyler John Bienus … born March 19, 2006 in Morristown, N.J. … son of Tjasa and John Bienus … has two siblings: Brian and Katie … brother, Brian, wrestled at Ithaca College … grandfather wrestled at Penn State … great grandfather attended Bucknell ... majoring in engineering and management for engineers.
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