Three Ohio State wrestlers claim freestyle titles at Northeast Senior Regionals in E. Stroudsburg, Pa.
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by Gary Abbott USA Wrestling
Photos of Nathan Tomasello of the OSU RTC winning the FILA Junior Nationals in freestyle by Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors. Tomasello was one of three Ohio State stars to win the Northeast Senior Freestyle Regionals.
EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. – Three wrestlers from Ohio State, competing for the OSU Regional Training Center, claimed gold medals in freestyle at the Northeast Senior Regionals on Saturday.
Their individual champions included Nathan Tomasello (Parma, Ohio/OSU RTC) at 57 kg /125.5 lbs., Josh Demas, (Columbus, Ohio/OSU RTC) at 70 kg/154 lbs. and Jeffrey Jordan (St. Paris, Ohio/OSU RTC) at 74 kg/163 lbs.
Tomasello, a freshman who is redshirting, scored a 10-0 technical fall over Ben Willeford (NEORTC) in the finals. Tomasello is coming off a victory at the FILA Junior Nationals in Las Vegas two weeks ago.
Jordan, also a freshman on redshirt, scored a technical fall of his own, beating Judson Ziegler (Princeton Amateur Wrestling), 12-0 in the finals.
Demas, a redshirt freshman, edged Rutgers wrestler Anthony Ashnault (South Plainfield, N.J./South Plainfield), 7-6 in the finals.
The champions from the Northeast Regional qualify to compete in the U.S. World Team Trials later this season.
NCAA champion Cameron Simaz (Ithaca, N.Y./Titan Mercury Wrestling Club) won the title at 97 kg/213 lbs. with a pin over Abram Ayala (Fort Lauderdale), 2:09.
Two of the other individual champions have been nationally ranked on the Senior level in recent seasons, Kyle Hutter, Norfolk. Va. (Virginia Beach RTC) at 61 kg/134 lbs. and Austin Trotman (Boone, N.C./Titan Mercury Wrestling Club) at 86 kg/189 lbs.
Hutter, the former Old Dominion star, won a six-athlete roundrobin with a 5-0 record. Trotman edged another nationally respected wrestler, Enock Francois (New Windsor, N.Y./West Point Wrestling Club), 2-1 in the finals.
Former Penn State and Iowa State star Nicholas Fanthorpe (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion Wrestling Club) scored a tech fall over Scott DelVecchio (South Plainfield, N.J./SKWC), 14-3 in the finals at 65 kg/143 lbs.
At 125 kg/275 lbs., Army wrestler Trevor Smith (Ripon, Calif./West Point Wrestling Club) won a six-athlete roundrobin with a 4-1 record.
The Greco-Roman competition will be held Sunday.
NORTHEAST SENIOR REGIONALS
At East Stroudsburg, Pa., May 3
Men’s freestyle results
57 kg/125.5 lbs.
1st Place Match - Nathan Tomasello, Parma, Ohio (OSU RTC) tech fall Ben Willeford (NEORTC), 10-0
3rd Place Match - David Terao (DC Athletic Club) tech fall Zack Fuentes, Norristown, Pa. (Drexel), 10-0
5th Place Match - Max Soria, Kings Park, N.Y. (Buffalo Wrestling Club) forfeit Steven Mytych, Bethlehem, Pa. (Lehigh Valley Athletic Club)
61 kg/134 lbs.
1st Place - Kyle Hutter of Virginia Beach RTC
2nd Place - James Nicholson of Virginia Beach RTC
3rd Place - Mizammizam Tamaradze of Nieves
4th Place - Bryan Heller of Nittany Lion Wrestling Club
5th Place - Jalen Ramos, Bayville, N.J. (SKWC)
6th Place - Sean McCabe, Connectquot, N.Y. (SKWC)
Round 1 - Kyle Hutter (Virginia Beach RTC) dec. Mizammizam Tamaradze (Nieves), 14-11
Round 1 - James Nicholson (Virginia Beach RTC) tech fall Bryan Heller (Nittany Lion Wrestling Club), 15-3
Round 1 - Jalen Ramos (SKWC) forfeit Sean Mccabe (SKWC) (FF)
Round 2 - Jalen Ramos (SKWC) won by tech fall over Mizammizam Tamaradze (Nieves), 12-1
Round 2 - James Nicholson (Virginia Beach RTC) tech fall Sean Mccabe (SKWC), 10-0
Round 2 - Kyle Hutter (Virginia Beach RTC) dec. Bryan Heller (Nittany Lion Wrestling Club), 6-5
Round 3 - Mizammizam Tamaradze (nieves) pin Sean Mccabe (SKWC) (Fall 2:58)
Round 3 - Kyle Hutter (Virginia Beach RTC) forfeit James Nicholson (Virginia Beach RTC)
Round 3 - Bryan Heller (Nittany Lion Wrestling Club) tech fall over Jalen Ramos (SKWC), 17-7
Round 4 - Mizammizam Tamaradze (nieves) tech fall Bryan Heller (Nittany Lion Wrestling Club), 11-1
Round 4 - James Nicholson (Virginia Beach RTC) tech fall Jalen Ramos (SKWC), 11-0
Round 4 - Kyle Hutter (Virginia Beach RTC) won by tech fall over Sean Mccabe (SKWC), 10-0
Round 5 - James Nicholson (Virginia Beach RTC) dec. Mizammizam Tamaradze (Nieves), 13-8
Round 5 - Bryan Heller (Nittany Lion Wrestling Club) dec. Sean Mccabe (SKWC), 12-6
Round 5 - Kyle Hutter (Virginia Beach RTC) tech fall Jalen Ramos (SKWC), 10-0
65 kg/143 lbs.
1st Place Match - Nicholas Fanthorpe, State College, Pa. (Nittany Lion Wrestling Club) tech fall Scott DelVecchio, South Plainfield, N.J. (SKWC), 14-3
3rd Place Match - Brett Robbins, Cedar Falls, Iowa (Panther Wrestling Club Of NE I) tech fall Jordan Laster (Princeton Amateur Wrestling So), 14-3
5th Place Match - Jason Estevez, Livingston, N.J. (Buffalo Wrestling Club) pin Tom Page (DC Athletic Club), 0:42
70 kg/154 lbs.
1st Place Match - Josh Demas, Columbus, Ohio (OSU RTC) dec. Anthony Ashnault, South Plainfield, N.J. (South Plainfield), 7-6
3rd Place Match - Matthew Fittery (Lancaster Alliance Wrestling C) dec. Kevin Tao (Sooner Wrestling Club), 10-6
5th Place Match - Geoffrey Verallis, East Granby, Conn. (Drexel) and Matt Cimato, Yardley, Pa. (Drexel), double disqualification.
74 kg/163 lbs.
1st Place Match - Jeffrey Jordan, St. Paris, Ohio (OSU RTC) tech fall Judson Ziegler (Princeton Amateur Wrestling So), 12-0
3rd Place Match - Quint Eno (Lancaster Alliance WC) tech fall Jahlani Callender (Blue & Gold Wrestling Club), 10-0
5th Place Match - Austin Rose, Dauphin, Pa. (Drexel) injury default over Wally Maziarz, North Tonawanda, N.Y. (Buffalo Wrestling Club)
86 kg/189 lbs.
1st Place Match - Austin Trotman, Boone, N.C. (Titan Mercury Wrestling Club) dec. Enock Francois, (West Point Wrestling Club), 2-1
3rd Place Match - Richard Perry (Buffalo Wrestling Club) tech. fall Anthony Locke, Pioneer, N.Y. (Buffalo Wrestling Club), 10-0
5th Place Match - Taylor Jackson, Lady Lake, Fla. (SKWC) forfeit Alex Deciantis, Mars, Pa. (Drexel)
97 kg/213 lbs.
1st Place Match - Cameron Simaz, Ithaca, N.Y. (Titan Mercury Wrestling Club) pin Abram Ayala (Fort Lauderdale), 2:09
3rd Place Match - James Benjamin, Vestal, N.Y. (Buffalo Wrestling Club) tech fall over RP Norley (Pennridge), 18-7
5th Place - Padric Lynch (Rutgers) and Andrew Campolattano (SKWC), no match
125 kg/275 lbs.
1st Place - Trevor Smith, Ripon, Calif. (West Point Wrestling Club)
2nd Place - Michael Hughes of Blue & Gold Wrestling Club
3rd Place - Kostadinos Karageorge of OSU RTC
4th Place - Stephen Snyder of West Point Wrestling Club
5th Place - Donavan Lozada of Nieves
6th Place - Cole Lampman of Princeton Amateur Wrestling So
Round 1 - Kostadinos Karageorge (OSU RTC) won by decision over Donavan Lozada (nieves) (Dec 8-6)
Round 1 - Stephen Snyder (West Point Wrestling Club) won by decision over Trevor Smith (West Point Wrestling Club) (Dec 2-1)
Round 1 - Michael Hughes (Blue & Gold Wrestling Club) won by tech fall over Cole Lampman (Princeton Amateur Wrestling So) (TF 11-0)
Round 2 - Michael Hughes (Blue & Gold Wrestling Club) won by decision over Kostadinos Karageorge (OSU RTC) (Dec 5-4)
Round 2 - Trevor Smith (West Point Wrestling Club) won by tech fall over Cole Lampman (Princeton Amateur Wrestling So) (TF 18-7)
Round 2 - Stephen Snyder (West Point Wrestling Club) won by decision over Donavan Lozada (nieves) (Dec 2-1)
Round 3 - Kostadinos Karageorge (OSU RTC) won by tech fall over Cole Lampman (Princeton Amateur Wrestling So) (TF 14-4)
Round 3 - Trevor Smith (West Point Wrestling Club) won by fall over Donavan Lozada (nieves) (Fall 1:32)
Round 3 - Michael Hughes (Blue & Gold Wrestling Club) won by tech fall over Stephen Snyder (West Point Wrestling Club) (TF 10-0)
Round 4 - Kostadinos Karageorge (OSU RTC) won by decision over Stephen Snyder (West Point Wrestling Club) (Dec 5-0)
Round 4 - Trevor Smith (West Point Wrestling Club) won by fall over Michael Hughes (Blue & Gold Wrestling Club) (Fall 2:16)
Round 4 - Donavan Lozada (nieves) won by fall over Cole Lampman (Princeton Amateur Wrestling So) (Fall 0:34)
Round 5 - Trevor Smith (West Point Wrestling Club) won by decision over Kostadinos Karageorge (OSU RTC) (Dec 11-7)
Round 5 - Stephen Snyder (West Point Wrestling Club) won by decision over Cole Lampman (Princeton Amateur Wrestling So) (Dec 6-2)
Round 5 - Michael Hughes (Blue & Gold Wrestling Club) won by fall over Donavan Lozada (nieves) (Fall 1:46)
EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. – Three wrestlers from Ohio State, competing for the OSU Regional Training Center, claimed gold medals in freestyle at the Northeast Senior Regionals on Saturday.
Their individual champions included Nathan Tomasello (Parma, Ohio/OSU RTC) at 57 kg /125.5 lbs., Josh Demas, (Columbus, Ohio/OSU RTC) at 70 kg/154 lbs. and Jeffrey Jordan (St. Paris, Ohio/OSU RTC) at 74 kg/163 lbs.
Tomasello, a freshman who is redshirting, scored a 10-0 technical fall over Ben Willeford (NEORTC) in the finals. Tomasello is coming off a victory at the FILA Junior Nationals in Las Vegas two weeks ago.
Jordan, also a freshman on redshirt, scored a technical fall of his own, beating Judson Ziegler (Princeton Amateur Wrestling), 12-0 in the finals.
Demas, a redshirt freshman, edged Rutgers wrestler Anthony Ashnault (South Plainfield, N.J./South Plainfield), 7-6 in the finals.
The champions from the Northeast Regional qualify to compete in the U.S. World Team Trials later this season.
NCAA champion Cameron Simaz (Ithaca, N.Y./Titan Mercury Wrestling Club) won the title at 97 kg/213 lbs. with a pin over Abram Ayala (Fort Lauderdale), 2:09.
Two of the other individual champions have been nationally ranked on the Senior level in recent seasons, Kyle Hutter, Norfolk. Va. (Virginia Beach RTC) at 61 kg/134 lbs. and Austin Trotman (Boone, N.C./Titan Mercury Wrestling Club) at 86 kg/189 lbs.
Hutter, the former Old Dominion star, won a six-athlete roundrobin with a 5-0 record. Trotman edged another nationally respected wrestler, Enock Francois (New Windsor, N.Y./West Point Wrestling Club), 2-1 in the finals.
Former Penn State and Iowa State star Nicholas Fanthorpe (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion Wrestling Club) scored a tech fall over Scott DelVecchio (South Plainfield, N.J./SKWC), 14-3 in the finals at 65 kg/143 lbs.
At 125 kg/275 lbs., Army wrestler Trevor Smith (Ripon, Calif./West Point Wrestling Club) won a six-athlete roundrobin with a 4-1 record.
The Greco-Roman competition will be held Sunday.
NORTHEAST SENIOR REGIONALS
At East Stroudsburg, Pa., May 3
Men’s freestyle results
57 kg/125.5 lbs.
1st Place Match - Nathan Tomasello, Parma, Ohio (OSU RTC) tech fall Ben Willeford (NEORTC), 10-0
3rd Place Match - David Terao (DC Athletic Club) tech fall Zack Fuentes, Norristown, Pa. (Drexel), 10-0
5th Place Match - Max Soria, Kings Park, N.Y. (Buffalo Wrestling Club) forfeit Steven Mytych, Bethlehem, Pa. (Lehigh Valley Athletic Club)
61 kg/134 lbs.
1st Place - Kyle Hutter of Virginia Beach RTC
2nd Place - James Nicholson of Virginia Beach RTC
3rd Place - Mizammizam Tamaradze of Nieves
4th Place - Bryan Heller of Nittany Lion Wrestling Club
5th Place - Jalen Ramos, Bayville, N.J. (SKWC)
6th Place - Sean McCabe, Connectquot, N.Y. (SKWC)
Round 1 - Kyle Hutter (Virginia Beach RTC) dec. Mizammizam Tamaradze (Nieves), 14-11
Round 1 - James Nicholson (Virginia Beach RTC) tech fall Bryan Heller (Nittany Lion Wrestling Club), 15-3
Round 1 - Jalen Ramos (SKWC) forfeit Sean Mccabe (SKWC) (FF)
Round 2 - Jalen Ramos (SKWC) won by tech fall over Mizammizam Tamaradze (Nieves), 12-1
Round 2 - James Nicholson (Virginia Beach RTC) tech fall Sean Mccabe (SKWC), 10-0
Round 2 - Kyle Hutter (Virginia Beach RTC) dec. Bryan Heller (Nittany Lion Wrestling Club), 6-5
Round 3 - Mizammizam Tamaradze (nieves) pin Sean Mccabe (SKWC) (Fall 2:58)
Round 3 - Kyle Hutter (Virginia Beach RTC) forfeit James Nicholson (Virginia Beach RTC)
Round 3 - Bryan Heller (Nittany Lion Wrestling Club) tech fall over Jalen Ramos (SKWC), 17-7
Round 4 - Mizammizam Tamaradze (nieves) tech fall Bryan Heller (Nittany Lion Wrestling Club), 11-1
Round 4 - James Nicholson (Virginia Beach RTC) tech fall Jalen Ramos (SKWC), 11-0
Round 4 - Kyle Hutter (Virginia Beach RTC) won by tech fall over Sean Mccabe (SKWC), 10-0
Round 5 - James Nicholson (Virginia Beach RTC) dec. Mizammizam Tamaradze (Nieves), 13-8
Round 5 - Bryan Heller (Nittany Lion Wrestling Club) dec. Sean Mccabe (SKWC), 12-6
Round 5 - Kyle Hutter (Virginia Beach RTC) tech fall Jalen Ramos (SKWC), 10-0
65 kg/143 lbs.
1st Place Match - Nicholas Fanthorpe, State College, Pa. (Nittany Lion Wrestling Club) tech fall Scott DelVecchio, South Plainfield, N.J. (SKWC), 14-3
3rd Place Match - Brett Robbins, Cedar Falls, Iowa (Panther Wrestling Club Of NE I) tech fall Jordan Laster (Princeton Amateur Wrestling So), 14-3
5th Place Match - Jason Estevez, Livingston, N.J. (Buffalo Wrestling Club) pin Tom Page (DC Athletic Club), 0:42
70 kg/154 lbs.
1st Place Match - Josh Demas, Columbus, Ohio (OSU RTC) dec. Anthony Ashnault, South Plainfield, N.J. (South Plainfield), 7-6
3rd Place Match - Matthew Fittery (Lancaster Alliance Wrestling C) dec. Kevin Tao (Sooner Wrestling Club), 10-6
5th Place Match - Geoffrey Verallis, East Granby, Conn. (Drexel) and Matt Cimato, Yardley, Pa. (Drexel), double disqualification.
74 kg/163 lbs.
1st Place Match - Jeffrey Jordan, St. Paris, Ohio (OSU RTC) tech fall Judson Ziegler (Princeton Amateur Wrestling So), 12-0
3rd Place Match - Quint Eno (Lancaster Alliance WC) tech fall Jahlani Callender (Blue & Gold Wrestling Club), 10-0
5th Place Match - Austin Rose, Dauphin, Pa. (Drexel) injury default over Wally Maziarz, North Tonawanda, N.Y. (Buffalo Wrestling Club)
86 kg/189 lbs.
1st Place Match - Austin Trotman, Boone, N.C. (Titan Mercury Wrestling Club) dec. Enock Francois, (West Point Wrestling Club), 2-1
3rd Place Match - Richard Perry (Buffalo Wrestling Club) tech. fall Anthony Locke, Pioneer, N.Y. (Buffalo Wrestling Club), 10-0
5th Place Match - Taylor Jackson, Lady Lake, Fla. (SKWC) forfeit Alex Deciantis, Mars, Pa. (Drexel)
97 kg/213 lbs.
1st Place Match - Cameron Simaz, Ithaca, N.Y. (Titan Mercury Wrestling Club) pin Abram Ayala (Fort Lauderdale), 2:09
3rd Place Match - James Benjamin, Vestal, N.Y. (Buffalo Wrestling Club) tech fall over RP Norley (Pennridge), 18-7
5th Place - Padric Lynch (Rutgers) and Andrew Campolattano (SKWC), no match
125 kg/275 lbs.
1st Place - Trevor Smith, Ripon, Calif. (West Point Wrestling Club)
2nd Place - Michael Hughes of Blue & Gold Wrestling Club
3rd Place - Kostadinos Karageorge of OSU RTC
4th Place - Stephen Snyder of West Point Wrestling Club
5th Place - Donavan Lozada of Nieves
6th Place - Cole Lampman of Princeton Amateur Wrestling So
Round 1 - Kostadinos Karageorge (OSU RTC) won by decision over Donavan Lozada (nieves) (Dec 8-6)
Round 1 - Stephen Snyder (West Point Wrestling Club) won by decision over Trevor Smith (West Point Wrestling Club) (Dec 2-1)
Round 1 - Michael Hughes (Blue & Gold Wrestling Club) won by tech fall over Cole Lampman (Princeton Amateur Wrestling So) (TF 11-0)
Round 2 - Michael Hughes (Blue & Gold Wrestling Club) won by decision over Kostadinos Karageorge (OSU RTC) (Dec 5-4)
Round 2 - Trevor Smith (West Point Wrestling Club) won by tech fall over Cole Lampman (Princeton Amateur Wrestling So) (TF 18-7)
Round 2 - Stephen Snyder (West Point Wrestling Club) won by decision over Donavan Lozada (nieves) (Dec 2-1)
Round 3 - Kostadinos Karageorge (OSU RTC) won by tech fall over Cole Lampman (Princeton Amateur Wrestling So) (TF 14-4)
Round 3 - Trevor Smith (West Point Wrestling Club) won by fall over Donavan Lozada (nieves) (Fall 1:32)
Round 3 - Michael Hughes (Blue & Gold Wrestling Club) won by tech fall over Stephen Snyder (West Point Wrestling Club) (TF 10-0)
Round 4 - Kostadinos Karageorge (OSU RTC) won by decision over Stephen Snyder (West Point Wrestling Club) (Dec 5-0)
Round 4 - Trevor Smith (West Point Wrestling Club) won by fall over Michael Hughes (Blue & Gold Wrestling Club) (Fall 2:16)
Round 4 - Donavan Lozada (nieves) won by fall over Cole Lampman (Princeton Amateur Wrestling So) (Fall 0:34)
Round 5 - Trevor Smith (West Point Wrestling Club) won by decision over Kostadinos Karageorge (OSU RTC) (Dec 11-7)
Round 5 - Stephen Snyder (West Point Wrestling Club) won by decision over Cole Lampman (Princeton Amateur Wrestling So) (Dec 6-2)
Round 5 - Michael Hughes (Blue & Gold Wrestling Club) won by fall over Donavan Lozada (nieves) (Fall 1:46)
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