an. 10, 2015 Air Force Wrestling Dominant At Borah Duals GUNNISON, Colo. - Air Force wrestling had its best outing of the season, sweeping head-to-head competition at the 25th annual Tracy Borah Duals at Paul Wright Gym on the campus of Western State Colorado University. Junior Josh Martinez was named Outstanding Wrestler for the duals. Air Force improved to 3-2 on the season with wins over CSU-Pueblo, Western State and Cal Baptist. The Falcons defeated CSU-Pueblo 48-0, Western State 33-7 and Cal Baptist 35-7. Martinez, ranked ninth in the nation (InterMat) at 125 pounds, earned Outstanding Wrestler honors by going undefeated and not allowing a single point over three bouts. The junior opened the day with a win by technical fall (15-0) over Aaron Carrera of CSU-Pueblo and then a fall (2:55) over Trenton Piatt of Western State in the second bout. The Colorado Springs native capped the day with major decision (12-0) over Christian Betancourt of Cal Baptist. At 133 pounds, senior Carter McElhany went 1-1 on the day. At 141 pounds, the trio of Conor O’Hara (major vs. CSU-Pueblo), Anthony McHugh (dec., SV-1, 3-1 over Western State), David Walker (dec.) swept the competition. Sophomore Gerry McGinty went 3-0 on the day at 149 pounds. McGinty won an 8-2 decision over Jake Messink of CSU-Pueblo, a 7-3 decision over Devon Zavala of Wester State and won by forfeit against Cal Baptist. At 157 pounds, Sam Kreimier went 2-1. Kreimier earned a fall and decision. Senior Jesse Stafford, ranked 19th in the nation (InterMat) and freshman Michael Billingsley combined to sweep the competition at 165 pounds. Billingsley earned a major over Jakob Lund of CSU-Pueblo. Stafford, who returned to competition after missing several events due to injury, earned back-to-back falls vs. Western State and Cal Baptist. At 174 pounds, Scott Reilly and Konner Witt went 3-0. Reilly earned a fall (0:35) over CSU-Pueblo’s Steven Ullman and earned a fall vs. Western State and a decision over Cal Baptist. Zen Ikehara and Reilly, moving up to 184 for a bout, combined to go 1-2. Ikehara earned a tech fall over CSU-Pueblo and dropped a match to Cal Baptist. Reilly was downed by Kyle Piatt of Western State. Senior Jack Carda and Marcus Malecek swept their three bouts at 197 pounds and HWT, respectively. Carda earned a fall, sudden victory and decision in his three bouts. Malecek earned a TB-1, decision and major decision in his three wins. Air Force returns to action next weekend with road duals at Cal Poly and Stanford. The Falcons take on Cal Poly on Friday, Jan. 16. Air Force then takes on Stanford on Sunday, Jan. 18 in a nationally televised dual.
Posted on: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 05:46:48 +0000
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