Wrestling: King finishes second at 285, Olivet places ninth at Pete Willson Invitational

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Wrestling: King finishes second at 285, Olivet places ninth at Pete Willson Invitational
January 27, 2024

WHEATON, Ill. – The University of Olivet wrestling team finished ninth at the Wheaton (Ill.) College / Pete Willson Invitational inside King Arena.

  • The Comets had 66.5 points.
  • University of Wisconsin-La Crosse edged University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire by one point for the team title, 144.5 to 143.5.
  • Senior Donovan King was Olivet's best finisher, as he placed second in the 285-pound bracket. He won his first three matches by pin before winning 2-0 in the semifinals. King was pinned in the championship match.
  • At 149 pounds, senior Tyler Herrema finished fifth.
  • At 174 pounds, senior Mitchell Reynolds had a 4-3 record to place sixth.
  • At 141 pounds, senior Dylan Phelps was seventh.

  • 141: Dylan Phelps – 4-2 record – 7th-place – won 9-1 MD over Gabriel Bellefeuille (Concordia-Moorhead, Minn.), won 19-3 TF over Cooper Peterson (Wisconsin-Stevens Point), lost 17-0 TF to Josiah Gehr (Messiah, Pa.), won 10-4 over Bo Niewiadomski (Wis.-Eau Claire), lost 9-3 to Sean Conway (Chicago, Ill.), won by medical forfeit over Joshua Robison (North Central, Ill.).
  • 149: Tyler Herrema – 4-2 record – 5th-place – won 18-1 TF over Noah Orser (Cortland State, N.Y.), won 17-1 TF over Claude Buckmaster (Heidelberg, Ohio), won 15-1 MD over Jalin Conner (Wisconsin-Whitewater), pinned by Zach Soto (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) in 1:57, pinned by Talan Schutte (Wisconsin-La Crosse) in 2:37, won by medical forfeit over Dalton Monger (Messiah, Pa.).
  • 174: Mitchell Reynolds – 4-3 record – 6th-place – lost 16-1 TF to Xavier Preston (Roanoke, Va.), won 11-2 MD over Nick Campbell (Ohio Northern), won 3-2 over Simon Bishop (Case Western Reserve, Ohio), won 10-5 over Payton Geigner (North Central, Ill.), won 9-4 over David Reinhart (Mount Union, Ohio), lost 7-2 to Carson Trotzer (Wisconsin-Stevens Point), lost 13-4 MD to Xavier Preston (Roanoke, Va.).
  • 285: Donovan King – 4-1 record – 2nd-place – pinned Steven Marra (Mount Union, Ohio) in 0:46, pinned Cameron Mercer (Concordia, Wis.) in 1:27, pinned Edison Guarcas (Rhode Island) in 6:57, won 2-0 over Josh Woodrey (Augustana, Ill.), pinned by Rayshawn Dixon (Ferrum, Va.) in 1:31.

  • The Comets resume their Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association schedule next Thursday, February 1, when it travels to wrestle Albion College at 7 p.m.