SALEM, Va. – Washington and Lee wrestling sent a team of reserves to compete in the Star City Tournament on Sunday, placing four individuals atop the podium en route to a sixth-place team finish.
Host Roanoke College tallied 373.0 points to take home the team title. Mount Olive was second with 222.0 points and Newport News Apprentice was third with 99.5 points. Ozarks was fourth (73.0), followed by Liberty (66.5) and W&L (61.0).
Individually, the Generals were led by sophomore
John Ryan Sedovy (Lexington, Va. / Rockbridge County), who took first-place in the 197-pound weight class. He began the tournament with an 11-0 major decision over William Headley of Liberty and then logged a 5-2 victory over Cruz Partain of the University of the Ozarks in the semifinals. In the championship match, Sedovy took a 4-3 decision over Caleb Hartung of the Apprentice School.
Sophomore
Jack Bosco (Irvington, N.Y. / Hackley School) finished fifth in the 125-pound bracket, while first-year
Declan Treacy (Issaquah, Wash. / Issaquah) registered a fifth-place finish at 174 pounds. Sophomore
Harrison Kelly (Berkeley Heights, N.J. / Governor Livingston) added a seventh-place showing at 165 pounds.
Bosco went 3-1 overall and registered a 9-5 win over Ferrum's Trent Proctor in the fifth-place match. Treacy went 1-2 and picked up a forfeit in the fifth-place match. Kelly was 3-2 overall and downed Joaquin Bautista from Ozarks in the seventh-place match, pinning him in 33 seconds.
Washington and Lee will return to action on December 3-4, when it competes in the New Standard Invitational hosted by York College of Pennsylvania.
125 Pounds
Nathan Rankin (Ozarks) d.
Jack Bosco (W&L); Fall 3:48
Jack Bosco (W&L) d. John Dodge (Shenandoah); Fall 1:44
Jack Bosco (W&L) d. John Raymundo (Ozarks); Fall 4:17
Jack Bosco (W&L) d. Trent Proctor (Ferrum); 9-5 (Fifth-Place Match)
133 Pounds
Cintrell Johnson (SWVCC) d.
Brad Singer (W&L); Fall 7:00
Jacob Seale (NNA) d.
Brad Singer (W&L); 7-2
149 Pounds
Jarrod Pominville (Roanoke) d.
Harper Meacham (W&L); Fall 1:49
Patrick Coffron (Shenandoah) d.
Harper Meacham (W&L); TF 20-2 (4:05)
Cooper Johnson (W&L) d. Raekwon Jackson (NNA); Fall 6:13
Will Kennedy (Roanoke) d.
Cooper Johnson (W&L); 14-7
Dylan Wilman (Mount Olive) d.
Cooper Johnson (W&L); MD 19-8
157 Pounds
Andru Boyd (Roanoke) d.
Jud Cummings (W&L); MD 8-0
Jud Cummings (W&L) d. Tyler Vinson (Mount Olive); 7-5 (OT)
Ryan Foutz (Roanoke) d.
Jud Cummings (W&L); MD 15-2
165 Pounds
Harrison Kelly (W&L) d. Colson Pritchard (Ferrum); Fall 1:06
Dimitri Naimi (Mount Olive) d.
Harrison Kelly (W&L); Fall 3:36
Harrison Kelly (W&L) d. Darek Dabbs (NNA); Fall 1:49
Ndayambaje John (Ozarks) d.
Harrison Kelly (W&L); MD 19-6
Harrison Kelly (W&L) d. Joaquin Bautista (Ozarks); Fall 0:33 (Seventh-Place Match)
174 Pounds
Declan Treacy (W&L) d. Dylan Weaver (Shenandoah); Fall 4:41
Sawyer Dereszynski (Roanoke) d.
Declan Treacy (W&L); MD 11-2
Steven Martinos (Roanoke) d.
Declan Treacy (W&L); Fall 1:32
Declan Treacy (W&L) won by forfeit (Fifth-Place Match)
197 Pounds
John Ryan Sedovy (W&L) d. William Headley (Liberty); MD 11-0
John Ryan Sedovy (W&L) d. Cruz Partain (Ozarks); 5-2
John Ryan Sedovy (W&L) d. Caleb Hartung (NNA); 4-3 (First-Place Match)
285 Pounds
Trent Ray (Ferrum) d.
Tade Omisore (W&L); Fall 5:46
Brady Elswick (Roanoke) d.
Tade Omisore (W&L); MD 13-3