MARYVILLE, TENN. - For the fourth straight year, the wrestling
team won the National Collegiate Wrestling Association Mid-Atlantic
Conference championship held at Maryville College on Saturday.
All but two wrestlers qualified for the NCWA Nationals March
8-10 in Dallas, Texas where the Builders finished second last year.
The Builders scored 133.5 points to easily outdistance University
of Maryland-Baltimore County (60.5) and the host Maryville College
(58.5).
Six wrestlers won their weight classes:
- Kevin Hill scored two wins by pin to take the 125 pound title
defeating Joe Jellison of Lee University in 4:57 and Brandon Flood
of Southern Virginia in 3:27.
- Micah Amrozowicz won the 133 pound bracket by advancing to the
finals on a bye and defeating teammate Charles Owusu 15-3.
- Freshman Jeremiah Jones scored two wins at 141 pounds to take
that title. He started with a pin over Tom Vigliotti of UMBC in 62
seconds and then defeated Nick Demianovich also of UMBC 10-4 for
the title.
- Junior Eric Lybarger advanced to the 174 pound final following
a bye where he defeated Kevin Nolan of Maryville 15-7.
- Junior Justin Gilliard scored a major decision over Gwo Shih of
UMBC 13-4 before defeating Kyle Chewning of Maryville 3-2 in the
finals at 184 pounds.
- Junior Cecil Lee scored a pin over Thomas Green of Shepherd
University in 4:40 to take the heavyweight crown.
NCWA MID-ATLANTIC CONFERENCE
TEAM SCORES: Apprentice School 133.5; UMBC 60.5;
Maryville 58.5; Catawba 38; Shepherd 31, Southern Va. 26.5; Va.
Tech 21; Clemson 9.5; Lee 7; Glenville State 4.5.
APPRENTICE RESULTS
- 125: Kevin Hill (A) p. Joe Jellison (Lee) 4:57; Hill p. Brandon
Flood (SVU) 3:27
- 133: Charles Owusu (A) p. Brady Miller (Maryville) 2:58; Micah
Amrozowicz (A) maj. dec. Owusu 15-3
- 141: Jeremiah Jones (A) p. Tom Vigliotti (UMBC) 1:02; Josh
Flint (A) maj. dec. Zach Winters (Shepherd) 10-0; Nick Demianovich
(UMBC) p. Flint 5:41; Jones dec. Demianovich 10-4; Flint p.
Vigliotti :52; Flint maj. dec. Winters 9-1.
- 149: Matt Perry (A) tech fall Bryan Bush (Glenville) 23-7; Mike
Hornzell (UMBC) maj. dec. Perry 18-9
- 174: Eric Lybarger (A) maj. dec. Kevin Nolan (Maryville) 15-7
- 184: Justin Gilliard (A) maj. dec. Gwo Shih (UMBC) 13-4;
Gilliard dec. Kyle Chewning (Maryville) 3-2.
- 197: Tommy Arnold (A) p. Scott Gillespie (Maryville) 4:38; Bo
Noah (Catawba) dec. Arnold 14-9
- 235: Jim Campbell (A) p. Irvin Lilly (Lee) 1:47; Elliot Freed
(VT) p. Campbell 4:58; Adawi Revels (Catawba) p. Kendall Ridenour
(A) 6:22; Ridenour p. Lilly 1:01; Campbell def. Dusty Cole
(Maryville) forfeit; Ridenour dec. Campbell 3-2
- 285: Cecil Lee (A) p. Thomas Green (Shepherd) 4:40
