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Wrestling

Pair of Champs

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Shane Griffith and Nathan Traxler secured titles for Stanford as the Cardinal had seven placers overall, Sunday, at the Roadrunner Open in the Icardo Center.

Griffith improved to 11-0 on the season, recording three falls and a major decision in the tournament at 165 pounds. Ranked eighth in the nation, Griffith pinned Fresno State's Adam Kemp in 6:41 in the finals. He now has six falls on the season.

Traxler also registered a fall in the finals, defeating Fresno State's Ryan Reyes in 1:56. Traxler, who is ranked 10th nationally at 197 pounds, went 4-0 in the tournament, posting a technical fall in the opening round and then three consecutive falls. Traxler is now 10-1 on the year. 

Redshirt sophomore Dalton Young also reached the finals, finishing as the runner-up at 133 pounds. He went 3-1 in the tournament is now 8-3 on the season. 

Redshirt freshman Tyler Eischens took third at 157 pounds with a 5-1 record. Eischens reached the semifinals and then posted back-to-back falls in the consolation bracket. He now has four falls on the year. 

Fifth-year senior Trevor Rasmussen also finished third with a 5-1 record. The heavyweight registered three falls in the tournament and is now 8-4 overall. 

True freshman Jackson DiSario went 5-1, reaching the NCAA maximum for number of matches that can be wrestled in a day, finishing with no contests in his final two matches to take sixth. 

Freshman Jaden Abas was also in action, placing fifth at 149 pounds while wrestling unattached.

Stanford is back in action on December 19 against Drexel. The dual will be held at Mott Gym in San Luis Obispo, California.

Jackson DiSario, 125 pounds | 5-1 (6th)

OpponentResult
maj. dec. Keanu Perez (California Baptist)16-3
lost to Edward Flores (CSU Bakersfield)4-2
fall Josh Nira (Embry Riddle)F4:16
dec. Antonio Lorenzo (Cal Poly - una)10-6
dec. Gregory Viloria (Menlo College - una)5-2
fall Cody Cabanban (Menlo College)F2:36

 

Logan Ashton (unattached), 125 pounds | 1-2

OpponentResult
lost to Joe Manchino (Columbia)7-6
dec. Caleb Norman (Embry Riddle)11-5
lost to Destin Summers (Fresno State - una)7-4

 

Dalton Young, 133 pounds | 3-1 (2nd)

OpponentResult
dec. Blaysen Terukina (Menlo College)2-1
dec. Collin Anderson (Embry Riddle)3-2
dec. Isaiah Perez (Fresno State - una)4-3
lost to Gary Joint (Fresno State)2-1

 

Jaden Abas (unattached), 149 pounds | 4-2 (5th)

OpponentResult
maj. dec. Sebastian Marin (Menlo College)17-5
lost to Legend Lamer (Cal Poly - una)16-0
dec. Daniel Vizcarra (Cal Poly - una)6-1
dec. Andrew Garr (Columbia)8-3
lost to Russell Rohlfing (CSU Bakersfield)10-5
won by medical forfeit over Legend Lamer (Cal Poly - una)MFF

 

Tony Williams, 149 pounds | 1-2

OpponentResult
lost to Legend Lamer (Cal Poly - una)16-3
dec. Sebastian Marin (Menlo College)7-4
lost to Eduardo Penha (unattached)8-6

  

Tyler Eischens, 157 pounds | 5-1 (3rd)

OpponentResult
maj. dec. Hunter Balk (Arizona State - una)16-6
maj. dec. David Berkovich (Columbia)10-1
tech. fall Beau Colombini (Fresno State)16-0
lost to Wyatt Gerl (CSU Bakersfield)4-2
fall Riley Jacobs (Columbia)F4:41
fall Kalani Tonge (CSU Bakersfield)F6:20

 

Gabe Dinette, 157 pounds | 2-0

OpponentResult
dec. Taylor Parks (Gardner-Webb)4-2
dec. Keller Rock (unattached)5-2

 

Dawson Sihavong (unattached), 157 pounds | 3-2

OpponentResult
lost to Jacob Wright (Fresno State)15-4
dec. David Berkovich (Columbia)6-3
maj. dec. Joseph Valdez (CSU Bakersfield)13-5
won by medical forfeit over Gabe Dinette (Stanford)MFF
lost to Riley Jacobs (Columbia)9-6

 

#8 Shane Griffith, 165 pounds | 4-0 (1st)

OpponentResult
fall Gerl Bradford (unattached)F1:17
fall Beau Blackham (Embry Riddle)F4:55
maj. dec. Ricky Padilla (Fresno State)13-3
fall Adam Kemp (Fresno State)F6:41

 

Foster Karmon, 174 pounds | 1-1

OpponentResult
fall Joshua Nummer (Arizona State - una)F0:57
lost to Daniel Butler (Embry Riddle)8-3

 

#10 Nathan Traxler, 197 pounds | 4-0 (1st)

OpponentResult
tech. fall Jeff Roman (unattached)18-1
fall Dan Salas (Fresno State)F1:11
fall Arick Lopez (California Baptist)F4:39
fall Ryan Reyes (Fresno State)F1:56

  

Trevor Rasmussen, 285 pounds | 5-1 (3rd)

OpponentResult
fall Garrette Carpenter-Brans (Embry Riddle)F1:20
fall Jacob Smith (California Baptist)F2:21
dec. Victor Jaquez (Cal Poly - una)2-1
lost to Colton Schultz (Arizona State - una)5-2
fall Jarrod Snyder (CSU Bakersfield)F0:22
dec. Dan Conley (Columbia)5-0

 

David Showunmi, 285 pounds | 2-1

OpponentResult
lost to Dan Conley (Columbia)3-1 (SV)
dec. Brayden Ray (CSU Bakersfield)3-2
dec. Antonio Gomez (San Francisco State)3-0