West wins second wrestling title at Augsburg
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. – Freshman Carter West (Burlington, Notre Dame HS) won his second individual championship in as many tournaments with a title in the 133-pound bracket of the Freshman Division at the Augsburg Invitational Saturday.
West was one of 10 place winners for Central. There were no team scores kept.
West was 3-0 on the day en route to his crown. Classmate Dominick Marre (freshman, Bartlett, Ill., Glenbard North HS) also made it to the championship bout of the Freshman 125-pound bracket, settling for second place after a 2-1 day.
“The good part them is they’re sponges,” coach Landon Williams said”They want to learn and incorporate the things we’re putting in place for them to get better when they go out there.”
Kyler Hall (sophomore, Boone, Ames HS) finished third in the 285-pound bracket of the Gold Division with a 3-1 record. He capped his day off with a 1-0 win.
Duncan Delzell (fifth year, Burlington) had a big exclamation point to end his day. In the fifth-place match of Gold 149, he needed just 40 seconds to stick Michael Conklin of The College of New Jersey for a pin. Conklin is No. 7 in the NWCA preseason national rankings.
“Duncan had a few big wins,” Williams said. “We’ve been giving him some things to open up the offense and wrestle for seven minutes. He’s a very talented wrestler and he’s going in the right direction from the feedback that we’ve been going through.”
Six other freshmen earned place finishes in that division of brackets: Carter Cianfrogna (Surprise, Ariz., Shadow Ridge HS) was third at 133 pounds, Tharren Jacobs (Cordova, Ill., Riverdale HS) fourth at 133 pounds, Casey Jackson (Fremont, Calif., John F. Kennedy HS) was sixth at 149 pounds, Chase Greiner (Washington) was fifth at 165 pounds, Garrett Kingery (Altoona, Southeast Polk HS) was third at 174 pounds and Jacob Rystrom (Shenandoah) was fifth at 174 pounds.
Central wrestles at home for the first time next Wednesday against Nebraska Wesleyan University at 6 p.m.
“We’re going to put another good group out there,” Williams said. “It’ll be good to get a dual in before Thanksgiving and hopefully we’ll have a good home crowd.”
