BOONE, N.C. — Three App State wrestlers have been seeded first in their weight class for Sunday's SoCon Championships at the Holmes Center in Boone.
Codi Russell (125 pounds),
Jonathan Millner (149) and
Will Formato (165) all went 8-0 in their SoCon duals this season. The No. 2 seeds from App State are
Sean Carter (6-1 at 133 with no head-to-head meeting against the No. 1 seed),
Anthony Brito (7-1 at 141),
Cody Bond (7-1 at 157) and
Thomas Flitz (7-1 at 174).
Mason Fiscella (197) and
Michael Burchell (285) are seeded fourth in their weight classes, while
Julian Gorring is fifth at 184.
This year's conference championship tournament begins Sunday at 10 a.m. The prelims and the 7 p.m. finals will all be streamed on ESPN+. In accordance with state, local and campus COVID-19 safety measures, there will be no general ticket sales for the event.
For detailed information on the event, visit App State's Championship Central by
clicking HERE. The SoCon is now a nine-team league, but first-year member Bellarmine will not compete Sunday, and Davidson has paused team activities, so most of the brackets will feature seven wrestlers.
Each champion in the 10 weight classes at the SoCon Championships will qualify automatically for the NCAA Championships. The SoCon's second-place finishers at 149 pounds, 184 pounds and 285 pounds have also been pre-allocated to qualify automatically, If the runner-up and third-place finisher at those three weights did not meet in the bracket, they would contest a true second-place match after the finals to determine the second automatic qualifier.
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The 2020-21 wrestling season is presented by Hungry Howies and Penn Station.
125
#1 C. Russell, App State
#2 F. Gutierrez, UTC
#3 Z. Storm, Campbell
#4 B. Gomez, Presbyterian
#5 J. White, The Citadel
#6 A. Concepcion, Gardner- Webb
#7 C. Conway, VMI
133
#1 J. Rotunda, The Citadel
#2 S. Carter, App State
#3 C. Landers, UTC
#4 G. Hixenbaugh, Campbell
#5 D. Chavez, Presbyterian
#6 T. Carter, Gardner-Webb
#7 C. Chicella, VMI
141
#1 F. Valdes, UTC
#2 A. Brito, App State
#3 T. Majette, Gardner-Webb
#4 S. Hanna, Campbell
#5 J. Brasseur, Presbyterian
#6 T. Seeley, The Citadel
#7 F. Junko, VMI
149 (2 pre-allocations)
#1 J. Millner, App State
#2 J. Heil, Campbell
#3 J. Chishko, VMI
#4 S. Porter, The Citadel
#5 A. Murphy, UTC
#6 B. Bright, Gardner-Webb
#7 R. Stewart, Presbyterian
157
#1 B. Barton, Campbell
#2 C. Bond, App State
#3 W. Wichman, UTC
#4 T. Parks, Gardner-Webb
#5 B. Showers, VMI
#6 Z. Phillips, Presbyterian
#7 G. Speer, The Citadel
165
#1 W. Formato, App State
#2 R. Mosley, Gardner-Webb
#3 D. Nicholson, UTC
#4 D. Casto, The Citadel
#5 A. Kraisser, Campbell
#6 J. Hoover, VMI
#7 M. Ramirez, Presbyterian
174
#1 A. Murphy, Campbell
#2 T. Flitz, App State
#3 E. Schenk, Gardner-Webb
#4 C. Burke, The Citadel
#5 C. Tarter, UTC
#6 V. Tello, Presbyterian
#7 E. Carpenter, VMI
184 (2 pre-allocations)
#1 C. Hopkins, Campbell
#2 J. Anderson, Gardner-Webb
#3 M. Waddell, UTC
#4 Z. Brown, VMI
#5 J. Gorring, App State
#6 K. Kretzer, The Citadel
No Entry for Presbyterian
197
#1 C. Kober, Campbell
#2 T. Mousaw, VMI
#3 L. Andrew, UTC
#4 M. Fiscella, App State
#5 S. Mora, Gardner-Webb
#6 Ben Stemmet, The Citadel
No Entry for Presbyterian
285 (2 pre-allocations)
#1 M. McAleavey, The Citadel
#2 A. Perrine, Gardner-Webb
#3 T. Ghadiali, Campbell
#4 M. Burchell, App State
#5 G. Walthall, UTC
#6 A. Spell, Presbyterian
#7 G. Ramos, VMI
| Weight Class |
Automatic NCAA allotments out of 33 spots |
Automatic SoCon allotments |
SoCon wrestlers ranked in top 33 |
| 125 |
26 of 33 (7 at-large) |
1 |
2 |
| 133 |
27 of 33 (6 at-large) |
1 |
0 |
| 141 |
27 of 33 (6 at-large) |
1 |
1 |
| 149 |
27 of 33 (6 at-large) |
2 |
3 |
| 157 |
27 of 33 (6 at-large) |
1 |
2 |
| 165 |
26 of 33 (7 at-large) |
1 |
3 |
| 174 |
26 of 33 (7 at-large) |
1 |
2 |
| 184 |
27 of 33 (6 at-large) |
2 |
2 |
| 197 |
26 of 33 (7 at-large) |
1 |
2 |
| 285 |
27 of 33 (6 at-large) |
2 |
1 |
