Five Earn All-American Honors at NCAA Div. III Wrestling Championships

Five Earn All-American Honors at NCAA Div. III Wrestling Championships

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Five Earn All-American Honors at NCAA Div. III Wrestling Championships

 

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Five have earned All-American honors at the NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The top eight finisher in each weight class earn All-American honors.

Jesse Gunter-Baldwin Wallace, 125 -pound sophomore, Akron, OH/ Coventry (Third Place)

Gunter finished third with a 5-1 record. Gunter, the No. 5 seed, advance to the consolation final. In that match, Gunter pinned the No.6-seed, Olivet's Robert Bidlingmaier, in 1:36 to earn third place.

Jeremy Border-Mount Union, 133-pound sophomore, Caldwell, OH (Third Place)

Border, the No. 5 seed in the bracket, started with a 14-3 major decision victory over Andrew Taylor of Baldwin Wallace then grabbed a 5-3 overtime win over No. 4 seed Evan Obert of Luther (Iowa) in the quarterfinals. He fell 9-1 in the semifinals to No. 1 seed Kenny Anderson of Wartburg (Iowa). Border then took two wins in the consolation bracket -- a 2-0 win over Jimmy Nehls from Wisconsin-Whitewater and a 15-6 major decision against Ryan O'Boyle to finish third.

Dan Mirman-John Carroll, 149-pound sophomore, Wadsworth, OH/Medina Highland (Sixth Place)

In the consolation semifinals with the third-place match in sight Mirman, the fourth seed, squared off against the No. 7 149-pounder in Delaware Valley's Vincent Fava. In another close match Mirman fell 3-2.

In a rematch with Elroy Perkin from Wisconsin-Whitewater, Mirman was unable to gain any momentum falling 8-5 to finish in sixth place. Mirman had beaten Perkin 4-3 on Friday night in the second round.

Jon Garrison-Mount Union, 157-pound junior, Copley, OH (Sixth Place)

In the consolation bracket, he rallied in the third period for an 8-2 win over Kyle LeDuc of Concordia-Moorehead (Minn.) to make sure he placed. Garrison scored a 4-2 overtime win against Richard Jasinski of Ursinus (Pa.) before a 5-2 loss in the consolation semifinals to Jorge Lopez of Williams (Mass.) He finished sixth with an 11-2 major decision loss to Everet Desilets of Johnson & Wales (R.I.) in the fifth place match.

Ohio Northern HWT-junior Cody Lovejoy, Harrod, OH/AllenEast (Seventh Place)

Lovejoy, the No. 5 seed, defeated Rick Caruso (42-8) of Bridgewater State (Mass.) in the seventh place match by a 4-0 decision to finish the Championships with a 3-2 record.