36th annual

New York State Collegiate Wrestling Championships

Collegiate Wrestling Tournament
@ SUNY College at Oneonta
Friday & Saturday, January 21 & 22, 2005

Final Results

ARMY WINS SECOND STRAIGHT NEW YORK WRESTLING TITLE

SOURCE: www.oneonta.edu

Senior Phillip Simpson of Army selected as Outstanding Wrestler of Championships ONEONTA, N.Y.—Army senior Phillip Simpson (Nashville, TN) made history today while leading the Black Knights to its second straight New York State Intercollegiate Wrestling Association Championship hosted by Oneonta State. Army won four of the 10 weight classes and finished second in three others to accumulate 195 points out distancing second place Buffalo by 23 points. Columbia, Brockport and Cornell were third, fourth and fifth respectively with 134, 120.5 and 80.5 points.

In winning the 149 lbs. weight class, Simpson became the first wrestler in the 36-year history of the tournament to be a four-time champion. He was seeded first in his bracket and won his four matches including three by pin. The other three champions for the Black Knights included Simpsonʼs brother Patrick at 141 lbs., junior Chad Marzec (Toledo, OH) at 165 lbs., and classmate Todd Wisman (Harrisonburg, VA) at 197 lbs.

Second place Buffalo had two individual champions in sophomore Mark McKnight at 125 lbs. and Mark Budd at 133 lbs. Sophomore Luke Hogle (Walterville, OR) and junior Dan Miracola (Wading River, NY) of Cornell won the 174 lbs. and 184 lbs. weight classes while freshman Arkidity Levitan (Brooklyn, NY) of Hunter won the 285 lbs. title to complete the group of State Champions.

For the hosts, its highest placewinner was senior Dustin Winn (Bainbridge, NY/BGA) who came in third at 157 lbs. The Red Dragons, who finished in sixth for its best showing ever, had a total of seven All-State wrestlers, which was its most all-time.

The final six wrestlers for Oneonta who earned All-State honors were senior Nick Castellano (East Meadow, NY/East Meadow) who was 5th at 197 lbs., junior Kyle Hauptfleisch (Franklin, NY/Delaware Academy) was 6th at 174 lbs., freshman John Leech (Otego, NY/Unatego) was 4th at 133 lbs., sophomore Scott Gorman (Seaford, NY/Seaford) finished 6th at 125 lbs., sophomore Ryan Higgins (Plainview, NY/Bethpage) placed 8th at 165 lbs., and sophomore Josh Stewart (Fairport, NY/Penfield) was 6th at 285 lbs.