Kwiat joins 100-Win Club as No. 12 Wrestling finishes sixth at Pete Willson-Wheaton (Ill.) Invitational
By: Darren Miller
WHEATON, Ill. — The No. 12 Ohio Northern wrestling team finished sixth overall and placed four individuals at the Pete Willson-Wheaton Invitational on Friday and Saturday.
The Polar Bears placed sixth out of 31 teams, totaling 86 points over the two day tournament.
The Wisconsin-Parkside won the tournament with 117.5 team points.
Junior two-time All-American and No. 3-ranked Kyle Kwiat became the tenth member of ONU's 100-Win Club with a 4-1 record at 174 pounds.
He currently ranks ninth all-time at ONU with a 101-13 record.
Kwait advanced to the 174-pound championship match after winning his first four duals.
The third-ranked junior was handed his first loss of the season in the championship bout, falling to the top-ranked wrester in NCAA Division II 12-5 in the finals to finish in second place in the tournament.
Senior Mich Letcher led the Polar Bears with 24.5 individual points for the tournament.
He tied for the tournament lead with four pins in 8:11 en route to a third-place finish in the 157-pound weight class.
Freshman Cody Lovejoy overcame a second-round loss to advance to the third-place match in the heavyweight division. He lost by a close 4-1 decision, resulting in fourth place for the weekend.
Freshman Cole Cochran defeated three ranked opponents on the way to a fifth-place finish in the 125-pound division.
The Polar Bears will be in action again at the Baldwin-Wallace Invitational on next Saturday.
ONU Individual Results
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#8 Cole Cochran - 5th Place
#8 Cole Cochran (ONU) won by dec. over #9 Tommy Poynter (WC), 8-5
#8 Cole Cochran (ONU) lost by maj. dec. to #1 Nathan Fitzenreider (NC), 17-4
#8 Cole Cochran (ONU) won by fall over Dan Hoberney (MtU), 4:25
#8 Cole Cochran (ONU) won by dec. over #7 Sean Ambrocio (CUW), 6-3
#8 Cole Cochran (ONU) lost by dec. to #2 Robert Bidlingmaier (OC), 7-4
#8 Cole Cochran (ONU) won by med. forfeit over #4 Joshua Kieffer (UI)
133
#8 Jeremy Jones (ONU) lost by med. forfeit to Jake Weisman (HC)
#8 Jeremy Jones (ONU) lost by med. forfeit to Brayan Gonzalez (NC)
141
Nick Pataro (ONU) won by dec. over Jake Rininger (JCU), 6-1
Nick Pataro (ONU) lost by dec. to Joseph Ellis (UC), 3-2
Nick Pataro (ONU) lost by dec. to Colin Sheridan (EC), 6-5
157
#6 Mick Letcher - 3rd Place
#6 Mick Letcher (ONU) won by maj. dec. over Corey Schmidt (UW-W), 12-4
#6 Mick Letcher (ONU) won by fall over Brandon Stradel (UW-EC), 1:04
#6 Mick Letcher (ONU) lost by maj. dec. to #3 Nazar Kulchytskyy (UW-O), 17-8
#6 Mick Letcher (ONU) won by fall over Jon Garrison (MtU), 2:05
#6 Mick Letcher (ONU) won by fall over #7 Joby Bodi (NC), 2:35
#6 Mick Letcher (ONU) won by med. forfeit over #5 Terner Gott (JCU)
#6 Mick Letcher (ONU) won by fall over #8 Thomas Fehring (MSJ), 2:27
165
Dylon Gregg (ONU) lost by fall to Chandler Pogue (MC), 0:53
Dylon Gregg (ONU) lost by maj. dec. to Brennan Kelly (HC), 12-2
174
#2 Kyle Kwiat - 2nd Place
#2 Kyle Kwiat (ONU) won by tech. fall over Mitchell King (MU), 16-0
#2 Kyle Kwiat (ONU) won by tech. fall over Nicholas Manning (MSJ), 15-0
#2 Kyle Kwiat (ONU) won by maj. dec. over Jason Alber (TU), 11-3
#2 Kyle Kwiat (ONU) won by fall over #3 Trevor Tyler (OC), 5:00
#2 Kyle Kwiat (ONU) lost by dec. to #1 Luke Rynish (UW-P), 12-5
184
Dennis Recknagel (ONU) won by maj. dec. over Sean Yaros (UW-P), 10-1
Dennis Recknagel (ONU) lost by dec. to #1 Greg Rhoads (WC), 3-1
Dennis Recknagel (ONU) lost by dec. to Billy Malicote (MSJ), 3-2
197
#4 Michael Pawlitz (ONU) won by fall over Seth Kilkelly (CUW), 0:48
#4 Michael Pawlitz (ONU) won by fall over Mario Palmisano (UC), 0:46
#4 Michael Pawlitz (ONU) lost by dec. to #5 Davion Willis (UW-P), 8-3
#4 Michael Pawlitz (ONU) lost by maj. dec. to Andrew Lovins (HC), 13-0
285
#7 Cody Lovejoy - 4th Place
#7 Cody Lovejoy (ONU) won by fall over Shane Hendrickson (TU), 2:37
#7 Cody Lovejoy (ONU) lost by maj. dec. to #2 Corey Anderson (UW-W), 13-5
#7 Cody Lovejoy (ONU) won by dec. over Jamison Sacco (WNE), 11-6
#7 Cody Lovejoy (ONU) won by fall over Russell Jones (MC), 0:52
#7 Cody Lovejoy (ONU) won by dec. over #4 James Malechek (UW-P), 8-3
#7 Cody Lovejoy (ONU) lost by dec. to #3 William Mayer (UW-L), 4-1