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LWC Wrestling finishes in fifth at Championship

By Christopher Coombs

Park City, KS - Brandon Reed claimed his second straight NAIA National Championship in the heavyweight class as the Lindsey Wilson wrestling team finished in fifth place. The Blue Raiders totaled 76.5 points throughout the two-day championship.

Reed (No. 1 at HW) squared off with Tanner Farmer (No. 2 at HW) of Concordia (NE) in the championship bout. After a scoreless first period, Farmer managed the first points of the night with an escape after starting the period down. Reed wasted no time responding as he bullied his opponent into a two-point takedown which nearly resulted in near fall points but the pair transitioned out of bounds.



Farmer managed a takedown of his own in the third period to take a 3-2 lead with a minute left but Reed was awarded one stalling point with six seconds remaining to force the extra period. Reed made quick work of claiming his second straight national title in the sudden victory period scoring a takedown to win on a 5-3 decision just over 20 seconds in.

Reed opened his second day of competition and his championship run with a close 3-2 decision win over Nick Fowler (No. 5 at HW) of Calumet St. Joseph (Ind.).

Trevor Lawson wrestled in the championship bracket semifinals where he was pinned by Riley Jaramillo (No. 7 at 184) of Saint Mary (Kan.) to fall to the consolation semifinals. Lawson closed out his championship with two straight wins to take third place. He defeated Colton Gonzalez (No. 4 at 184) 2-1 in the top-bottom overtime one period. Lawson then produced a 2-1 decision win over Antonio Stewart (No. 2 at 184) of Reinhardt (Ga.) to take third place.

Trent Johnson (No. 12 at 141) took home fourth place at the national championship after a 2-1 record on the final day of action. He opened his day with a 6-4 decision win over Jody Mcalister (No. 9 at 141) of Reinhardt (Ga.). In the consolation semifinals, Johnson willed his way to a 3-2 decision against Trent Leon (No. 10 at 141), also of Reinhart. Johnson was pinned by Brandon James (No. 4 at 141) of Marian (Ind.) to take fourth.

Derrick Smallwood also finished in fourth place at the championship. He opened his day with a pin over Beau Blackham of Embry Riddle (Ariz.) at the 4:30 mark out the match. He then added a 14-3 major decision over Dalton Jenson (No. 4 at 157) of Grand View (Iowa) to advance to the third-place contest. Smallwood lost on an 8-6 sudden victory one-period loss to Nolan Saxton (No. 7 at 157) of Reinhardt (Ga.) to finish in fourth place.

All four Blue Raiders earned NAIA All-American honors for their performances at the championship. The four All-Americans bring the Lindsey Wilson wrestling total to 45 student-athletes in the program's history.

Grand View (Iowa) took home the team championship with 157 total points.


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