NORFOLK, VA (Nov. 21) -- Old Dominion and The Citadel's wrestling teams both placed12 wrestlers in ten weight divisions to lead the way at the Old DominionUniversity Wrestling Invitational. Apprentice School, The Citadel,Howard, Delaware State, Davidson and Old Dominion were competing, with TheCitadel owning four individual champs, ODU three, Howard two andApprentice one.
The Monarchs were led by sophomore Jeff Rusak (Reading, PA), who earnedpins in all three of his matches to win the 165-pound division. With histhree pins today, Rusak now has five pins and one tech-fall in six matchesthis season.
Senior Chip Reyes (Virginia Beach, VA) won two matches in the round-robinstyle competition in the 125-pound class to win the division, whilefreshman Dennis Whitby (Lanoka Harbor, NJ) scored three wins to take the165-pound class.
Senior Chris Harrington (North Ft. Myers, FL) and sophomore George Sable(Middle Island, NY) finished second in their respective divisions (197 and184). Brad Krepps (Dauberville, PA) finished in third at 184.
The Citadel scored wins at 141 with Anthony Brooker, 157 with Rob Bell,184 with Mike Renger and 197 with Pat Hallwood. Howard?s Derek Butts(133) and Milton Yates (174), along with Apprentice?s Derrick Walker(Hwt.) also won their divisions.
The Monarchs return to action on Saturday, November 27, as they travel toLock Haven, PA, to participate in the Mat Town Tournament.
Event Placewinners
125First Place: Chip Reyes (ODU) pinned Andrew Noriss (Cit.), 2:54Second Place: Miles Cox (Dav.) 1-1 record in round robinThird Place: Andrew Noriss (Cit.) 0-2 record in round robin*Reyes was 2-0 in round robin competition
133First Place: Derek Butts (How.) pinned Ruben Waites (App.), 3:15Third Place: Danny McCullough (Cit.) won by injury def. over Charlie Busch (ODU)Fifth Place: Clarence Davis (Cit.) dec. Jason Street (DSU), 14-6
141First Place: Anthony Booker (Cit.) dec. Ian Sellers (Cit.), 9-2Third Place: Shawn Gillispie (App.) dec. Grant Doombos (Dav.), 12-3Fifth Place: N/A
149First Place: Dennis Whitby (ODU) dec. Anthony DelPrior (Cit.), 7-5Third Place: Stevens Carter (How.) won by injury default over Nick Merrick(Cit.)Fifth Place: Geri Miller (How.) dec. Ray Van Nostrand (ODU), 8-5
157First Place: Rob Bell (Cit.) dec. Ian Kaplan (Dav.), 3-2Third Place: John Smith (DSU) dec. Jeff Bender (Dav.), 3-2Fifth Place: Jesse Pearce (ODU) pinned Josh Mau (Cit.), 3:45
165First Place: Jeff Rusak (ODU) pinned Epharin Walker (DSU), 1:36Third Place: Ed Haas (Dav.) dec. Matt Baker (Cit.), 7-4Fifth Place: Josh Braly (Cit.)
174First Place: Milton Yates (How.) dec. Jon Gross (Cit.), 6-3Third Place: Joe Wright (ODU) and Alex Plasencia (ODU)match defaultFifth Place: James Blanton (How.) tech. fall Richard Foley (DSU), 16-1 (4:45)
184First Place: Mike Renger (Cit.) won by injury default over George Sable (ODU)Third Place: Rashaan Torian (DSU) dec. Wes Wooten (Dav.), 6-3Fifth Place:N/A
197First Place: Pat Hallwood (Cit.) dec. Chris Harrington (ODU), 11-5Third Place: Brad Krepps (ODU) dec. Ken Stewart (How.), 6-4Fifth Place: Louverture Jones (ODU) dec. Charles Thebaud (DSU), 4-2
Hwt.First Place: Derrick Walker (App.) pinned Emauch Shaw (App.), 3:45Third Place: Troy Bartges (Cit.) dec. Leevi MacDonald (ODU), 3-2Fifth Place: N/A