The #6 ranked Grand Valley State wrestling team tied Ashland for second place at the NCAA DII Super Region III Tournament with 126.5 points. Glenville State won the tourney with 129.0 points. The Lakers advanced five wrestlers to the NCAA DII National Championships that will be held in Indianapolis, Indiana March 14-15.
#1-ranked
Chris Donathan (149) and #3 ranked
Carter Blough (285) both captured NCAA Super Region III titles, while defending National Champion and #5 ranked
Josh Kenny (174) and #5
Brayden Mirjavadi (184) both finished second. Returning All-American
Wyatt Miller captured two wins in the consolation bracket to finish third and punch his ticket back to the NCAA National Championships.
Sophomore
Jak Keller and redshirt freshman
CJ Poole finished fourth,
Maclain Morency (165) was fifth and
Orion Wilson (125) was sixth. Redshirt freshman
Maddox Simcoe (157) finished with a 1-2 mark.
"I am proud of how our 10 wrestlers competed today," said GVSU second-year head coach
Joey Simcoe. "We are a young team with no seniors and when you crown two champions, have two more in the finals and three in the third-place match you have a gritty bunch of kids. For our program to be in its second year as varsity sport after a 32-year hiatus and finish second at NCAA Super Regional you have a special program," added Simcoe.
Orion Wilson – 6
th 2-3
125 #14 Luke Acuna (Ashland) L-MD 17-6
125 Braden Hahlan (Lake Erie) W-TF 16-1
125 Nicholas Ammirati (Davis & Elkins) W-D 7-4
125 #9 Logan Davis (West Liberty) L-D 10-5
125 Wyatt Nemitz (Findlay) L-D 5-3
Jak Keller – 4
th 2-2
133 Jacob Harris (Davenport) W-Fall 2:43
133 Anthony Segaris (Lake Erie) L-D 10-7 SV
133 #15 Ashton Anderson (Findlay) W-Fall 2:59
133 #2 Max Shore (Tiffin) L-MD 13-5
CJ Poole – 4
th 3-2
141 Richard Davis (Davis & Elkins) W-Fall 2:21
141 Brock Durban (Ashland) L-TF 17-2
141 Riley Curran (Salem) W-TF 20-5
141 Caleb Brooks (Glenville State) W-D 14-7
141 Brock Durbin (Ashland) L-TF 19-3
#1
Chris Donathan – 1
st (4-0) NCAA Regional Champion
149 Cole Karinski (Davenport) W-Inj. Def.
149 Bret Minnick (Tiffin) W-TF 17-2
149 Anthony Wood (West Liberty) W-TF 18-2
149 #10 Gabriel Onorato (Glenville State) W-D 4-2
Maddox Simcoe – 1-2
157 Toby Abbott (West Liberty) L-D 7-3
157 Gary Nilson (Findlay) W-D 3-2
157 Seth Thomas (Salem) L-Fall 1:33
Maclain Morency – 5
th (3-2)
165 Nolan Gessler (Tiffin) L-D 4-2
165 Moses Eads (Bluefield State) W-Fall :35
165 Wiley Houser (Glenville State) W-D 14-9
165 #9 Nate Barrett (Ashland) L-D 10-3
165 Andrew Knick (Findlay) W-Fall 5:27
#5
Josh Kenny – 2
nd (2-1)
174 Iran Love (Salem) W-MD 14-3
174 #5 Sevriano Garza (Ashland) W-D 5-1
174 #1 Hayden Pummel (Glenville State L-Fall 3:19
#5
Brayden Mirjavadi – 2
nd (2-1)
184 David Davis (Tiffin) W-D 10-4
184 #6 Kyle Homet (Glenvill State) W-8-2
184 #1 Ty McGeary (West Liberty) L-D 5-3
#14
Wyatt Miller – 3
rd (3-1)
197 Garrett Eddy (Davis & Elkins) W-Fall 2:18
197 Nicholas Johnson (Glenville State) L-D 4-1 SV
197 Evan Wakefield (Davenport) W-MD 11-3
197 Devon Bell (West Liberty) W-D 7-3
#3
Carter Blough – 1
st (4-0) NCAA Regional Champion
285 Gregory Dennard (Bluefield State) W-TF 18-2
285 Andrew Dupree (Davenport) W-Fall 3:35
285 Wyatt Bailey (Ashland) W-D 2-1
285 #10 Isaiha Casto (Glenville State) W-MD 15-3