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Wrestling Finishes With Three Top-Five Places At Annual CSU Open

Wrestling Finishes With Three Top-Five Places At Annual CSU Open
Posted: Dec 12, 2015

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Cleveland State wrestling team hosted its annual CSU Open on Saturday afternoon, an all-day open tournament format that drew 260 wrestlers from numerous schools throughout the country.

While there were no team scores from the event, the Vikings turned in three separate top-five finishes by the end of the night. Cleveland State head coach Ben Stehura has continually acknowledged the competition of the tournament and its growing popularity over the last several years. According to Stehura, there was a wait list of competitors due to such popularity.

In all for the Vikings, nine wrestlers competed on Saturday, three of which were unattached. Jonathan Martin (125), Mike Kostandaras (133), Jayce Carr (141), John Vaughn (157), Gabe Stark (174) and Sam Wheeler (197) all wrestled for Cleveland State while Grant Turnmire (149), Ryan Montgomery (149) and Nick Corba (184) all wrestled unattached. CSU did not wrestle the 165 pound or heavyweight weight classes.

UP NEXT:
The open was the third-straight home meet for CSU, part of a four-meet stretch at Woodling Gym that will conclude next Saturday (Dec. 19) at 7:00 p.m. when the Vikings welcome EWL rival Edinboro to Woodling Gym. The showdown with Edinboro will be the first EWL meet of the season for CSU and the last chance for Viking fans to catch Cleveland State at home in the 2015 calendar year.

RESULTS:

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125
Jonathan Martin (1-2) // Martin's lone win came in a 8-2 decision over Kent State's Drew Dickson.

133
Mike Kostandaras (1-2) // Kostandaras' win came over Alfred Shavers of Shorter U., 12-6.

141
Jayce Carr (2-2) // Carr picked up a 14-6 major decision win in his first win of the day.

149
Grant Turnmire (UNATTACHED) (3-2, 8th place) // Turnmire's three wins all came in a row and two losses were both at the hands of Ohio University's Zach Wilson.

Ryan Montgomery (UNATTACHED) (0-2)

157
John Vaughn (2-2) // Vaughn picked up a 16-6 major decision win over Kent State's Jacob Spino

174
Gabe Stark (3-2, 4th place) // Stark's first two wins both came by fall (1:01 and 0:48).

184
Nick Corba (UNATTACHED) (3-1, 3rd place) // Corba's first win came by major decision before his final win in the third-place match came by fall in 4:53.

197
Sam Wheeler (4-1, 5th place) // All four of Wheeler's wins came by decision. Wheeler's loss was one round too soon as he fell to the fifth/sixth place match as opposed to the third/fourth place match in the consolation bracket.