INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - No.13 McKendree University men's wrestling finished out the 43rd Midwest Classic on Sunday evening with two individual placers in the 43-team field. 174 Redshirt freshman
Zeke Waltz fired-off in the two-day open with a second place finish in his weight class behind a 5-1 weekend, totaling 21.5 team points. The Bearcats' other placer was 184 senior
Joshua Jones, who grabbed an eighth-place finish with a 3-3 record. McKendree will be back in action at the NWCA National Duals competition on January 6-7 in Louisville, Kentucky at the Kentucky Expo Center.
174 CLASS
Waltz, a native of Jerseyville, Illinois, wrestled into the 174 finals of the largest Division II tournament, beginning with a strong 19-4 tech fall win against Emmanuel's Grady Tisdale. Following the tech fall win, Waltz grabbed a pair of decision victories over Dayton Fields of Newberry (7-4) and Hunter DeLong of Glenville State (7-3), which placed him in the championship quarterfinal. In the championship bracket quarterfinal, the redshirt freshman held a 6-1 lead over Notre Dame College's Hank Carey prior to Carey suffering an injury. Waltz entered the championship semifinal with the quarterfinal victory. Waltz continued his impressive weekend with a semifinal win over Central Oklahoma's Tre'Vaughn Craig with a pinfall at the 2:13 mark. In the title bout, McKendree's Waltz faced #6 Max Bruss of UMary. The redshirt freshman narrowly dropped the first-place matchup on a 4-2 decision, taking second place in his 174 weight class.
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
125 |
Christian Mejia | 4-2, 5.0 Team Points
133 |
Ryan Ripplinger | 1-2, 2.0 Team Points
149 |
Christian Pfeiffer-Laguerre | 1-2, 2.0 Team Points
157 |
Jacob Bornemann | 1-2, 0.5 Team Points
165 |
Cory Peterson | 2-2, 3.5 Team Points
174 | Zeke Waltz | 2nd; 5-1, 21.5 Team Points
184 | Joshua Jones |8th; 3-3, 6.5 Team Points
197 |
Logan Kvien | 2-2, 4.5 Team Points
285 |
Ian Kuehl | 2-2, 3.5 Team Points
TEAM RESULTS
| 1 |
|
Central Oklahoma, OK |
UCO |
10 |
178.5 |
| 2 |
|
Pitt.-Johnstown, PA |
UPJ |
10 |
95.0 |
| 3 |
|
Lander, SC |
LAND |
9 |
92.0 |
| 4 |
|
Colorado Mesa, CO |
CMU |
10 |
87.5 |
| 5 |
|
UW-Parkside, WI |
UWP |
10 |
77.5 |
| 6 |
|
Upper Iowa, IA |
UIU |
10 |
76.5 |
| 7 |
|
Mary, ND |
MARY |
9 |
73.0 |
| 8 |
|
Adams State, CO |
ASU |
9 |
66.0 |
| 9 |
|
Glenville State , WV |
GSU |
9 |
64.5 |
| 9 |
|
Mercyhurst, PA |
MERC |
10 |
64.5 |
| 11 |
|
Colorado School of Mines, CO |
CSM |
10 |
60.0 |
| 11 |
|
Fort Hays State, KS |
FHSU |
8 |
60.0 |
| 13 |
|
Maryville, MO |
MU |
10 |
56.5 |
| 14 |
|
Indianapolis, IN |
UINDY |
10 |
49.5 |
| 15 |
|
McKendree, IL |
MCK |
9 |
48.0 |
UP NEXT
No.13 McKendree men's wrestling is on the road for the NWCA National Duals competition on January 6-7 in Louisville, Kentucky at the Kentucky Expo Center.
