The #14 ranked Wrestling places 2nd at the Washington & Lee (Va.) Invitational.
January 4, 2025
LEXINGTON (Va.) — The 14th-ranked Polar Bear wrestlers placed 2nd out of 11 teams today at the Washington and Lee Invitational. Caizzo and Greco placed 1st in their weight classes for the Polar Bears.
The Basics
- Records: #14 Ohio Northern (9-4 Overall).
- Roanoke College (Va.) placed 1st with 181 points, Shenandoah University (Va.) placed 3rd with 146 points, and Marymount College (Va.) placed 4th with 115 points.
- Venue: Holekamp Gym - Lexington, Va.
ONU Individuals
- Freshman Casper Caizzo (Norwalk/St. Paul) placed 1st and went 4-0 at 149.
- Freshman Jovanni Greco (Ross) went 5-0 and placed 1st at 165.
- Freshman Hunter Buckland (Wadsworth) placed 2nd and went 4-1 at 165.
- Senior Jadon Brownlee (Powell/Olentangy Liberty) went 4-1 and placed 2nd at 285.
- Senior Dylan Le (Dublin/Scioto) placed 3rd and went 5-1 at 141.
- Sophomore Flint Guerra (Lebanon) placed 3rd and went 4-1 at 165.
- Freshman Brock Blankenhornn (Mount Vernon) went 3-2 and placed 5th at 125 lbs
- Junior Gabe Hansen (Richwood/North Union) went 3-2 and placed 5th at 141.
- Sophomore Anthony Lahoski (Peninsula/Woodridge) went 3-2 and placed 5th at 174.
- Freshman Ethan Bartlett (Newbury/West Geauga) placed 6th and went 2-3 at 157
Notables
- 2 Polar Bear wrestlers placed 1st in their weight class.
- 10 wrestlers placed for ONU.
- Brownlee led his weight class with 2 pins.
- Junior Teagan Hendricks (Jamestown/Greeneview) is now 96-40 in his career and is just 4 wins away from 100 career wins.
- Freshman Myles Johnson (Springboro) 20-2 and leads the team with 7 tech falls.
- Senior All-American Jacob Reed (Canal Winchester/Lancaster) is 19-0 on the season at 141 pounds.
- Reed is 3rd all-time in ONU wrestling history in career wins with a 135-7 record.
- Ohio Northern head coach Ron Beaschler is in his 37th season and has a 400-261-4 dual meet record, a winning percentage of .605.
Up Next
- The Polar Bears will return to action on the road again in the Lycoming (Pa.) Duals on January 10th and 11th.