PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Frank Celorrio won the 133 pound weight class and Appalachian State University wrestling took third overall at the Keystone Classic held at the University of Pennsylvania.
With the third place team finish, ASU finished just behind Liberty and American and improved from last season's sixth place finish.
Seeded No. 2 at 133, Celorrio cruised to the first place finish, going the full three rounds in only one of his matches. The senior pinned VMI's Luke Todd in the first period of his first match and dropped Brown's Cortland Choate 6-0 in the semifinals. In the finals, Celorrio pinned top seed Bryan Ortenzio with eight seconds remaining in the first round.
After winning the 174 pound weight class to open the season last week,
Austin Trotman had another strong outing, finishing in second place. The redshirt sophomore breezed through his first three matches, winning by a combined 32-8. In the first round, Trotman beat Cory Beaver by a 13-2 major decision before dropping Brad Clark 9-3 in the second round. The Winston-Salem native continued his dominance, defeating Duke's Voris Tejada 10-3 to reach the finals. Trotman fell to Penn's Scott Griffin 7-2 in the final to suffer his first loss of the year. It was the second-straight year that Trotman has earned a second place finish at the Keystone Classic. Last season he lost to American's Mike Cannon, who took first place this year at 184.
Kyle Blevins, Dylan Temple and
Paul Glover brought home third place finishes. Blevins opened his first round with a 5-2 win over Penn's Thomas Timothy 5-2. After a semifinal loss to Penn's Gabriel Burak, Blevins reeled off two-straight wins to capture third place.
Temple lost a close first match to Brown's Bran Crudden, 4-2, but followed that with four-straight wins. He beat Vincent Gallo by a technical fall score of 17-2 in his first wrestleback match. He dropped Boston's John Hall 6-2 and followed that with a 12-5 win over Diego Bencomo to reach the third place match where he defeated Princeton's Kurt Brendel 9-6.
Glover started his day off well with a 7-4 decision over Liberty's Brandon Lawrence. He lost his next match but bounced back with a 3-1 decision over Charles Fox. Glover then pinned Larry Otsuka in the second period to claim third place.
Mike Kessler and
Ken Altarac added fourth place finishes while
Jacob Earp finished fifth at 133 and
Travis Puckett took sixth at 157.
The Apps are back in action on Saturday, Nov. 28 when they travel to Troy, N.Y. to compete in the Northeast Duals.