Freshman heavyweight
Nick Gibson won his weight class at the William Penn Open in Oskaloosa, Iowa Saturday. There were no team scores in the meet.
meet results
Gibson , the number three seed in the tourney, defeated Karl Spain of William Penn 6-4 in the first round. He then topped sixth-seeded Paul Parsley of Waldorf Community College with a 1:31 second round fall, and followed that with a pin in 6:07 over number seven Bobby Proffitt of William Penn. Gibson continued to run through the William Penn lineup, defeated Ryan Groom of WP 6-4 in the championship match. Gibson raised his record to 11-6, with four wins coming by fall.
UW-W's
Andrew Pettit earned a second place finish at 174 pounds, going 2-1. He won his first two matches by pin, then lost to Nate Stirgus (unattached) 11-5 in the title match. Pettit evened his season mark to 9-9.
Dayton Yu went 1-2 at 133 and
Brian Lewis 1-2 at 141 to wrap up the Warhawk contingent.
UW-W will compete in the Ursinus Homecoming Invitational in Collegeville, Pennsylvania Saturday, January 16. The next home meet for the Warhawks will be January 21 with UW-Parkside visiting Williams Center for a 7:00 start.
For additional information:
Tim Fader, UW-W coach