LAKELAND, FLA. - Freshman Charles Robinson lost his championship
match at 184 pounds to lead three National Collegiate Wrestling
Association All-Americans for the Apprentice School as they
finished tied for tenth out of 75 teams in the 2008 Nationals on
Saturday.
Robinson received a bye in the first round and won three in a
row before falling to Brendan Lund of Kansas State in the finals by
fall. He ended his freshman season with a 25-9 record.
Senior Justin Gilliard ended his career a three-time
All-American as he finished fourth at 165 pounds. The
Virginia Beach native went 4-2 in the event and ended his senior
season with a team best 34 wins. He also ended his career
tied with teammate Eric Lybarger for third place on the modern era
career wins list with 92.
Freshman Thad Lloyd took fifth place at 184 pounds to earn his
first All-American honor. He finished 4-2 in the tournament
scoring victories by decision, major decision, technical fall and
one by pin.
NCWA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Lakeland Center
Lakeland, Fla.
TOP 10 TEAMS OUT OF 75: 1. Grand Valley 120.5; 2. Newman 115; 3.
Central Florida 114.5; 4. US Naval Acad. Prep 102; 5. Marion
Military Institute 69; 6. New Hampshire 60; 7. US Military Acad.
Prep/Kansas State 55.5; 9. Williamson Trade 53; 10. Northampton
CC/Apprentice School 51.5.
Apprentice Results
125: First Round: Travis Coffey (US Military Acad. Prep School)
p. Jeff Jiron (A) 2:54; First Round Consolation: Shane Porter (Ohio
State) maj. dec. Jiron 9-0.
141: First Round: Reco Simmons (Marion Military) p. Josh Flint
(A) 2:07; First Round Consolation: Flint p. Allen McMillan (Mott
CC) 2:09; Second Round Consolation: Flint maj. dec. Scott Allen
(Southern Va.) 15-5; Third Round Consolation: TJ Gillin (UCF) p.
Flint 6:25.
149: First Round: Morgan DeFresne (Florida) dec. Matt Perry (A)
3-1; First Round Consolation: Perry def. Thomas Raabe (Ohio)
forfeit; Second Round: Perry maj. dec. Corey Wilson (Darton) 12-2;
Third Round Consolation: Russell Bettencourt (Blair) p. Perry 4:15
157: First Round: Steven Feeley (Ga.) dec. Austen Damico
(Apprentice) 9-7; First Round Consolation: Damico p. Shawn Toomey
(New Hampshire) 4:38; Second Round Consolation: Jacob Johnston
(Newman) p. Damico 1:30.
165: First Round: Justin Gilliard (A) p. Devin Slick
(Texas-Arlington) 3:15; Second Round: Gilliard dec. Chad Cook
(Southern Indiana) 5-1; Quarterfinals: Gilliard dec. Steven Sprague
(Newman) 5-4; Semifinals: Michael Gorman (US Military Acad. Prep
School) dec.Gilliard 6-5; Consolation Semifinals: Gilliard dec.
Cook 7-3; Third Place: Brendan Lund (Kansas State) dec. Gilliard
3-2.
174: First Round: Eric Lybarger (A) tech fall Chris Alva (San
Jose St.) 19-4; Michael Bard (Delaware) tech fall Daniel Hare (A)
23-6; Second Round: Derek Stanley (US Military Acad. Prep School)
dec. Lybarger 6-4; First Round Consolation: Darin Kwilinski
(UW-Milwaukee) p. Hare 1:23; Second Round Consolation: Lybarger p.
David Spoonhauer 1:10; Third Round Consolation: Lybarger dec.
Thomas Kiefer (Toledo) 11-5; Fourth Round Consolation: Ricky Rieck
(Florida) dec. Rieck 5-3.
184: Second Round: Charles Robinson (A) dec. Jacob Pomeroy
(Marion Military) 9-8; Thad Lloyd (A) tech fall Luke Culver (US
Military Acad. Prep) 21-4; Quarterfinals: Robinson maj. dec. John
Stariha (Grand Valley) 14-5; Josh Fansler (Newman) dec. Lloyd 5-2;
Consolation Fourth Round: Lloyd maj. dec. Zac Gallagher (Williamson
Trade) 16-5; Consolation Quarters: Lloyd p. Phillip Lanni (Grand
Valley) :51; Consolation Semis: Zach Sanford (UCF) dec. Lloyd 9-8;
Semifinals: Robinson dec. Sanford 6-4; Finals: Fansler p. Robinson
2:22; Fifth Place: Lloyd dec. Russ Korbul (Northampton CC)
6-2.
197: First Round: Kendall Ridenour (A) dec. Tim Cinq-Mars (Rhode
Island) 8-4; Second Round: Daryn Whitefield (Grand Valley) p.
Ridenour 6:16; Second Round Consolation: Ridenour dec. Derik
Belanger 13-10; Third Round Consolation: Zachary McGill (Kansas St)
dec. Ridenour 6-4, SV4.
285: First Round: Ryan Schwalbenberg (New Hampshire) tech fall
Josh Seal (A) 15-0; First Round Consolation: Seal p. Jsutin Seow
(South Fla.) 4:24; Second Round Consolation: Jared Westbroek
(Mercer) p. Seal 1:02.
