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Three Mountain Hawks Place at Midlands Championships
12/30/2022 8:56:00 PM | Men's Wrestling
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. – Eight members of the Lehigh wrestling program competed at the 58th Midlands Championships, Dec. 29-30 at NOW Arena. Three Mountain Hawks earned podium finishes with first-year Ryan Crookham (133) and sophomore Max Brignola (149) finishing in sixth place and junior Sheldon Seymour (125) claiming seventh place.
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All eight entrants won at least one bout at the two-day event.
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Crookham went 3-0 on Thursday capped by a 2-1 win over Rutgers' Joe Heilman to reach the semifinals. A third period takedown was the difference in a 3-1 loss to Chris Cannon of Northwestern. Crookham then medically forfeited his final two bouts to finish sixth.
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Brignola wrestled a team-high eight bouts, going 5-3. He bounced back from a first round loss to win five straight bouts in the consolations, earning his podium spot with a come-from-behind 6-4 decision over Sam Hillegas from West Virginia. Following a win in the consolation quarterfinals, Brignola dropped his consolation semifinal and fifth place bout, both by decision.
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One of two Mountain Hawks competing unattached, Seymour went 4-2 at 125. He joined Crookham as a championship quarterfinalist before running into top seed and eventual champion Eric Barnett of Wisconsin. He defeated Dylan Shawver of Rutgers to earn a top eight place and closed his tournament with a 15-5 major decision over Jacob Moran of Indiana.
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First-year Killian Delaney went 1-1 at 125, earning an opening round victory before medically forfeiting out of the tournament.
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Sophomores Paul Watkins (157) and Luca Frinzi (165), first-year Thayne Lawrence (174) and unattached junior JT Davis (184) all went 1-2, with Frinzi and Davis winning championship bracket bouts and Watkins and Lawrence earning their victories in the consolations.
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The Mountain Hawks return to dual competition with a visit to Cornell on Saturday, Jan. 14 at 6:30 p.m. and then will face Binghamton the following afternoon at 1 p.m.
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The 2022-23 Lehigh wrestling season is presented by the Historic Hotel Bethlehem.
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125 – Sheldon Seymour (unattached) – 7th place
Major dec. Tristan Mascarenas (ASU) 12-3
Dec. Jack Medley (Michigan) 3-2
L by major dec. Eric Barnett (Wisconsin) 13-4
Dec. Dylan Shawver (Rutgers) 5-3
L by major dec. Diego Sotelo (Harvard) 11-3
Major dec. Jacob Moran (Indiana) 15-5
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125 – Killian Delaney
Dec. Colton Camacho (Pitt) 3-2
L by dec. Brandon Courtney (ASU) 8-3
Medical forfeit out of tournament
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133 – Ryan Crookham – 6th place
Dec. Sean Pierson (Princeton) 10-5
Major dec. Nicolar Rivera (Wisconsin) 9-1
Dec. Joe Heilman (Rutgers) 2-1
L by dec. Chris Cannon (Northwestern) 3-1
Medical forfeit to sixth place
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149 – Max Brignola – 6th place
L by dec. Rocco Camillaci (Princeton) 8-5
Dec. John Wiley (Oklahoma) 10-4
Major dec. Jake Harrier (Illinois) 12-3
Major dec. Jacob Mann (Unattached) 18-4
Dec. Sam Hillegas (WVU) 6-4
Dec. Cade Balestrini (Bloomsburg) 9-4
L by dec. Doug Zapf (Penn) 8-3
L by dec. Tyler Badgett (Pitt) 3-2
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157 – Paul Watkins
L by dec. Loranzo Rajaonarivel (GMU) 10-6
Dec. Brody Hallin (NIU) 6-4
L by dec. Jerrdon Fisher (Missouri) 7-1
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165 – Luca Frinzi
Dec. Adam Thomson (Penn) 8-5
L by dec. Izzak Olejnik (NIU) 4-0
L by dec. Harrison Trajan (Brown) 10-4
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174 – Thayne Lawrence
L by dec. Troy Fisher (Northwestern) 6-4
Tech Fall Martin Larkin (Michigan State) 17-2, 6:54
L by dec. Brody Conley (WVU) 6-3
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184 – JT Davis (unattached)
Dec. James Araneo (Brown) 8-2
L by dec. Jaritt Shinhoster (UW-Whitewhater) 6-0
L by dec. Clayton Whiting (Missouri) 6-2
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All eight entrants won at least one bout at the two-day event.
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Crookham went 3-0 on Thursday capped by a 2-1 win over Rutgers' Joe Heilman to reach the semifinals. A third period takedown was the difference in a 3-1 loss to Chris Cannon of Northwestern. Crookham then medically forfeited his final two bouts to finish sixth.
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Brignola wrestled a team-high eight bouts, going 5-3. He bounced back from a first round loss to win five straight bouts in the consolations, earning his podium spot with a come-from-behind 6-4 decision over Sam Hillegas from West Virginia. Following a win in the consolation quarterfinals, Brignola dropped his consolation semifinal and fifth place bout, both by decision.
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One of two Mountain Hawks competing unattached, Seymour went 4-2 at 125. He joined Crookham as a championship quarterfinalist before running into top seed and eventual champion Eric Barnett of Wisconsin. He defeated Dylan Shawver of Rutgers to earn a top eight place and closed his tournament with a 15-5 major decision over Jacob Moran of Indiana.
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First-year Killian Delaney went 1-1 at 125, earning an opening round victory before medically forfeiting out of the tournament.
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Sophomores Paul Watkins (157) and Luca Frinzi (165), first-year Thayne Lawrence (174) and unattached junior JT Davis (184) all went 1-2, with Frinzi and Davis winning championship bracket bouts and Watkins and Lawrence earning their victories in the consolations.
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The Mountain Hawks return to dual competition with a visit to Cornell on Saturday, Jan. 14 at 6:30 p.m. and then will face Binghamton the following afternoon at 1 p.m.
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The 2022-23 Lehigh wrestling season is presented by the Historic Hotel Bethlehem.
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125 – Sheldon Seymour (unattached) – 7th place
Major dec. Tristan Mascarenas (ASU) 12-3
Dec. Jack Medley (Michigan) 3-2
L by major dec. Eric Barnett (Wisconsin) 13-4
Dec. Dylan Shawver (Rutgers) 5-3
L by major dec. Diego Sotelo (Harvard) 11-3
Major dec. Jacob Moran (Indiana) 15-5
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125 – Killian Delaney
Dec. Colton Camacho (Pitt) 3-2
L by dec. Brandon Courtney (ASU) 8-3
Medical forfeit out of tournament
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133 – Ryan Crookham – 6th place
Dec. Sean Pierson (Princeton) 10-5
Major dec. Nicolar Rivera (Wisconsin) 9-1
Dec. Joe Heilman (Rutgers) 2-1
L by dec. Chris Cannon (Northwestern) 3-1
Medical forfeit to sixth place
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149 – Max Brignola – 6th place
L by dec. Rocco Camillaci (Princeton) 8-5
Dec. John Wiley (Oklahoma) 10-4
Major dec. Jake Harrier (Illinois) 12-3
Major dec. Jacob Mann (Unattached) 18-4
Dec. Sam Hillegas (WVU) 6-4
Dec. Cade Balestrini (Bloomsburg) 9-4
L by dec. Doug Zapf (Penn) 8-3
L by dec. Tyler Badgett (Pitt) 3-2
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157 – Paul Watkins
L by dec. Loranzo Rajaonarivel (GMU) 10-6
Dec. Brody Hallin (NIU) 6-4
L by dec. Jerrdon Fisher (Missouri) 7-1
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165 – Luca Frinzi
Dec. Adam Thomson (Penn) 8-5
L by dec. Izzak Olejnik (NIU) 4-0
L by dec. Harrison Trajan (Brown) 10-4
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174 – Thayne Lawrence
L by dec. Troy Fisher (Northwestern) 6-4
Tech Fall Martin Larkin (Michigan State) 17-2, 6:54
L by dec. Brody Conley (WVU) 6-3
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184 – JT Davis (unattached)
Dec. James Araneo (Brown) 8-2
L by dec. Jaritt Shinhoster (UW-Whitewhater) 6-0
L by dec. Clayton Whiting (Missouri) 6-2
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