Wrestlers finish in second place at Baldwin-Wallace (Ohio) Tournament

The Olivet College wrestling team finished in second place (out of nine teams) today at the 18th Annual John Summa Memorial Invitational hosted by Baldwin-Wallace College. The Fighting Comets tallied 111.5 team points. SUNY-Brockport won the team title with 169.5 points.

Individually, sophomore 125-pounder Kefentse Mandisa (Westland/John Glenn High School), sophomore 133-pounder Robert Dodson (Elsie/Ovid-Elsie High School), junior 174-pounder Todd Miller (Casnovia/Kent City High School) and sophomore 197-pounder Jeff Wright (Rock/Escanaba High School) finished second for the Comets.

Finishing in third were sophomore 165-pounder Mike Andrews (Swartz Creek High School), sophomore 184-pounder Ryan Newberry (South Haven High School) and Junior heavyweight Charlie Walker (Romeo High School).

Walker also earned the quickest pin award (:13) and most pins in least time award (three pins in 10:19).

In addition, sophomore 149-pounder Ken Andrews (Swartz Creek High School) and junior 157-pounder Tyler Hubert (Grand Ledge High School) were fifth and sixth, respectively.

The wrestlers will next compete on Saturday, Feb. 14, when it hosts the Mid-States Conference Tournament.