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Wrestling Builders Lead After Day Two Of NCWA Nationals
HAMPTON, VA. -- After day two of the 2009 National Collegiate Wrestling Association National Championships at the Hampton University Convocation Center, the host Apprentice School currently are sitting in first place out of 84 teams with 79.5 points. Three-time defending champion Grand Valley State is in second place with 79 points, followed by Marion Military Institute (Ala.) with 74.
The Builders had six wrestlers advance to Saturday's final rounds to earn All-American honors. Those six raise the schools total to 63 NCWA All-Americans since the Builders joined the association for the 1998-99 wrestling season. Three Builders are in the championship semifinals, while three wrestlers won bouts in the last session on Friday night to join them on the All-American stand.
Making the championship semifinals included freshman Marcus Chevres who recorded his ninth victory by fall this season scoring a pin with 17 seconds left in the match over Nathan Jones of Southern Indiana. He will face Joey Heersche of Kansas State in Saturday's 9 am semifinals. Chevres, a freshman outside machinist from Norfolk, now has a 24-16 record heading into his 133 pound semifinal.
Fellow freshman Charles Mills earned his 16th win by fall and second in the tournament with a win over Ahsha Abu-Ali of Kansas State in 4:17. Mills, a freshman welder apprentice from Republic, Washington, sports a 27-12 record heading into his semifinal match against Richard Doherty of Grand Valley State Saturday morning in a 174 pound semifinal.
Senior Cecil Lee advanced with a medical forfeit over Nicholas Miller of Toledo in his quarterfinal matchup. That win makes Lee the Builders' first four-time NCWA All-American as he now advances to the semifinals where he'll face Chris DeSanctis of the University of Pittsburgh. Lee, a senior from Portsmouth, now sports a 44-9 record.
Advancing to the consolation quarterfinals include senior Ty Holley recorded a 12-6 decision over Tim Dunham of Kansas State to advance to the consolation quarterfinals on Saturday morning. His victory raised the native of Erwin, N.C. record to 21-15 heading into his match Saturday morning at 141 pounds.
Joining him in the consolation quarterfinals are sophomore Will Harcum (165 lbs.) after a pin in 4:44 over Adam Roberts of Vermont. Harcum, who has 17 wins by fall, has a 32-16 record and is a sophomore molder apprentice from Williamsburg.
Junior Matt Perry joined the crowd with a 7-4 decision over Frank Perillo of Albany at 149 pounds to earn his second All-American honor. Perry, from Chesapeake and an electrician apprentice, is 22-17 on the season.
Wrestling begins at 9 am on Saturday with the championship semifinals and the consolation quarterfinals. Consolation semifinals will wrestle at approximately 11:30 and the final round begins at 4 pm at the Hampton University Convocation Center. You can follow the action online at www.ncwa.net/nationals.
2009 NCWA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Hampton, Va. - HU Convocation Center
Day Two Top 10 Team Scores (out of 84 teams): Apprentice School 67; Grand Valley State 66.5; US Naval Academy Prep 62.5; Marion Military 52.5; Northampton CC 45; Kansas State 44; US Air Force Prep 40.5; Mott CC 38.5; US Military Prep 35.5; Central Florida 31.5.
Apprentice Results
125: Todd Gular (Apprentice) def. Matthew Lumkins (Florida A&M) forfeit; Jonathan Murray (Grand Valley State) def. Gular 6-4.
133: Will Sexton (Apprentice) p. Harrison Billig (Central Florida) 4:42; Sexton maj. dec. Dave Crown (Pitt) 15-2; Marcus Chevres (Apprentice) p. Nathan Jones (So. Indiana) 6:43; Gavin Shoemo (Marion Military) dec. Sexton 5-4, SV5.
141: Mike Giordano (Northampton CC) dec. Ty Holley (Apprentice) 3-2; Holley dec. Tim Dunham (Kansas State) 12-6.
149: Dillon Evans (West Chester) dec. Matt Perry (Apprentice) 6-3; Perry dec. Frank Perillo (Albany) 7-4.
157: Ricky Anderson (Apprentice) p. Michael Land (Winona State) 1:12; Steve Ross (Edwards) p. Anthony Damico (Apprentice) 6:57; Anderson p. John Vaughn (Cincinnati Tech) 3:29; Ryan Witzel (Central Florida) def. Anderson inj. default
165: Steve Bauer (Mott CC) p. Will Harcum (Apprentice) 3:49; Harcum p. Adam Roberts (Vermont) 4:44
174: Thomas O'Connor (US Military Acad Prep) maj. dec. Austen Damico (Apprentice) 10-3; Charles Mills (Apprentice) p. Ahsha Abu-Ali (Kansas State) 4:17
184: Daniel Hare (Apprentice) p. Greg Magee (Marion Military) 5:19; Greg Cormier (UMass) maj. dec. Hare 7-0
285: Cecil Lee (Apprentice) def. Nicholas Miller (Toledo) inj. default
