Burgess Takes First At Millikin University Open

DECATUR, ILLINOIS- Looking to build off a program best season a year ago, Huntingdon men's wrestling found success at the Milikin University Open.

Led by David Burgess, who finished first in the 174 lb class, Nicholas Brashear with a third place finish in the 194 lb class, and Nicholas Nguyen with an 8th place finish in the 125 lb class, the Hawks set an expectation of vast success to come throughout the rest of the season.

See below for the Hawks full results:

Open 125

Nicholas Nguyen's place is 8th and has scored 7.5 team points.

• Champ. Round 1 - Nicholas Nguyen (Huntingdon College) won by fall over Matt Nguyen (Elmhurst University) (Fall 1:58)
• Champ. Round 2 - Nicholas Nguyen (Huntingdon College) won by decision over Kentrell Kinney (Kentucky Wesleyan) (Dec 3-2)
• Quarterfinal - Jayson Stevens (Cornell) won by major decision over Nicholas Nguyen (Huntingdon College) (Maj 12-0)
• Cons. Round 4 - Nicholas Nguyen (Huntingdon College) won by decision over Jacob Lentz (Wabash) (Dec 6-2)
• Cons. Semi - Amari Harden (Campbellsville) won by tech fall over Nicholas Nguyen (Huntingdon College) (TF 16-0)
• 7th Place Match - Trevor Wilcox (Thomas More) won by fall over Nicholas Nguyen (Huntingdon College) (Fall 1:41)

Open 125

Hinds Duncan's place is unknown and has scored 0.0 team points.

• Champ. Round 1 - Adrian Rosas (Adrian College) won by fall over Hinds Duncan (Huntingdon College) (Fall 4:43)
• Cons. Round 1 - Donovin Fields (Elmhurst University) won by major decision over Hinds Duncan (Huntingdon College) (Maj 15-6)

Open 125

Jamal Whittington's place is unknown and has scored 5.5 team points.

• Champ. Round 1 - Jamal Whittington (Huntingdon College) won by fall over Nicholas Hinojosa (Aurora University) (Fall 1:06)
• Champ. Round 2 - Jamal Whittington (Huntingdon College) won by tech fall over Jackson James (Adrian College) (TF 17-0)
• Quarterfinal - David Vukobratovich (Central College) won by fall over Jamal Whittington (Huntingdon College) (Fall 1:15)
• Cons. Round 4 - Rheiner Stahlbaum (Central College) won by fall over Jamal Whittington (Huntingdon College) (Fall 3:52)

Open 141

Hudson Andrews's place is unknown and has scored 1.0 team points.

• Champ. Round 1 - Hudson Andrews (Huntingdon College) won by decision over Mason Weyant (Wabash) (Dec 4-3)
• Champ. Round 2 - Isaac Kuhn (Cornerstone College) won by decision over Hudson Andrews (Huntingdon College) (Dec 8-1)
• Cons. Round 2 - Shane Watson (Campbellsville) won by fall over Hudson Andrews (Huntingdon College) (Fall 5:31)

Open 149

Brady Nardella's place is unknown and has scored 3.0 team points.

• Champ. Round 1 - Brady Nardella (Huntingdon College) won by fall over Liam Totten (Adrian College) (Fall 4:19)
• Champ. Round 2 - Landon Card (Cornell) won by tech fall over Brady Nardella (Huntingdon College) (TF 19-4)
• Cons. Round 2 - Mikey DiBenedetto (Triton) won by decision over Brady Nardella (Huntingdon College) (Dec 17-13)

Open 157

Kyron Sank's place is unknown and has scored 3.0 team points.

• Champ. Round 1 - Kyron Sank (Huntingdon College) won by fall over Bradley Sanders (Millikin University) (Fall 3:22)
• Champ. Round 2 - Brant Widlowski (McKendree) won by decision over Kyron Sank (Huntingdon College) (Dec 10-5)
• Cons. Round 2 - Tyriq Thomas (Triton) won by decision over Kyron Sank (Huntingdon College) (Dec 20-17)

Open 157

Damion Jones's place is 7th and has scored 14.5 team points.

• Champ. Round 1 - Eli Roberts (Unattached) won by decision over Damion Jones (Huntingdon College) (Dec 9-7)
• Cons. Round 1 - Damion Jones (Huntingdon College) won by tech fall over Jeremiah Crisp (Blackburn College) (TF 19-4)
• Cons. Round 2 - Damion Jones (Huntingdon College) won by tech fall over Brady Metz (McKendree) (TF 21-6)
• Cons. Round 3 - Damion Jones (Huntingdon College) won by tech fall over Gage Sweckard (Cornell) (TF 19-4)
• Cons. Round 4 - Damion Jones (Huntingdon College) won by medical forfeit over Brant Widlowski (McKendree) (MFFL)
• Cons. Semi - Logan Rathjen (McKendree) won by decision over Damion Jones (Huntingdon College) (Dec 7-3)
• 7th Place Match - Damion Jones (Huntingdon College) won by medical forfeit over Christian Pfeiffer-Laguerre (McKendree) (MFF)

Open 157

Crisjaniel Martinez-Antonetty's place is unknown and has scored 1.5 team points.

• Champ. Round 1 - Bentley Wise (Triton) won by major decision over Crisjaniel Martinez-Antonetty (Huntingdon College) (Maj 14-6)
• Cons. Round 1 - Crisjaniel Martinez-Antonetty (Huntingdon College) won by major decision over Ethan Smith (Thomas More) (Maj 16-3)
• Cons. Round 2 - Eli Roberts (Unattached) won by decision over Crisjaniel Martinez-Antonetty (Huntingdon College) (Dec 6-4)

Open 165

Gabriel Sweat's place is 4th and has scored 14.0 team points.

• Champ. Round 1 - Gabriel Sweat (Huntingdon College) won by decision over Jacob Wolfe (Mount St. Joseph) (Dec 18-12)
• Champ. Round 2 - Gabriel Sweat (Huntingdon College) won by fall over Coy Hall (Cornerstone College) (Fall 2:47)
• Quarterfinal - Gabriel Sweat (Huntingdon College) won by decision over Ike O`Neill (Wabash) (Dec 15-13)
• Semifinal - Casey Olszowka (McKendree) won by major decision over Gabriel Sweat (Huntingdon College) (Maj 17-4)
• 3rd Place Match - Sam Richardson (McKendree) won by fall over Gabriel Sweat (Huntingdon College) (Fall 0:54)

Open 174

David Burgess's place is 1st and has scored 27.0 team points.

• Prelim - David Burgess (Huntingdon College) won by fall over Brady Jarvis (Campbellsville) (Fall 5:28)
• Champ. Round 1 - David Burgess (Huntingdon College) won by decision over Jaylen Young (Wabash) (Dec 10-3)
• Champ. Round 2 - David Burgess (Huntingdon College) won by major decision over Josue Salgado (Cornerstone College) (Maj 14-0)
• Quarterfinal - David Burgess (Huntingdon College) won by fall over Emanuel Diaz (Aurora University) (Fall 5:26)
• Semifinal - David Burgess (Huntingdon College) won by fall over Devin Top (Millikin University) (Fall 0:36)
• 1st Place Match - David Burgess (Huntingdon College) won by decision over Shadrick Slone (Campbellsville) (Dec 8-6)

Open 184

Nick Kendrick's place is 5th and has scored 12.0 team points.

• Champ. Round 1 - Nick Kendrick (Huntingdon College) received a bye () (Bye)
• Champ. Round 2 - Bobby Conroy (Illinois Wesleyan) won by decision over Nick Kendrick (Huntingdon College) (Dec 8-2)
• Cons. Round 2 - Nick Kendrick (Huntingdon College) won by major decision over Shamon Handegan (McKendree) (Maj 11-3)
• Cons. Round 3 - Nick Kendrick (Huntingdon College) won by decision over Gabe Willett (McKendree) (Dec 7-3)
• Cons. Round 4 - Nick Kendrick (Huntingdon College) won by fall over Alton Mullinax (Aurora University) (Fall 5:34)
• Cons. Semi - Nick Kendrick (Huntingdon College) won by decision over Zach Wagner (Wabash) (Dec 6-5)
• 5th Place Match - Nick Kendrick (Huntingdon College) won by no contest over Sammy Saunders (Wabash) (NC)

Open 184

Thomas Seglio's place is unknown and has scored 0.0 team points.

• Champ. Round 1 - Alton Mullinax (Aurora University) won by tech fall over Thomas Seglio (Huntingdon College) (TF 18-2)
• Cons. Round 1 - Maddox Vernon (Kentucky Wesleyan) won by fall over Thomas Seglio (Huntingdon College) (Fall 5:39)

Open 184

Kevin Shaw's place is unknown and has scored 5.0 team points.

• Champ. Round 1 - Sammy Saunders (Wabash) won by decision over Kevin Shaw (Huntingdon College) (Dec 12-7)
• Cons. Round 1 - Kevin Shaw (Huntingdon College) received a bye () (Bye)
• Cons. Round 2 - Kevin Shaw (Huntingdon College) won by fall over David Navarra (Millikin University) (Fall 0:36)
• Cons. Round 3 - Drayden McKerrow (Kentucky Wesleyan) won by decision over Kevin Shaw (Huntingdon College) (Dec 4-2)

Open 184

Micah Woods's place is unknown and has scored 8.0 team points.

• Champ. Round 1 - Micah Woods (Huntingdon College) won by fall over Jesus Bautista (Adrian College) (Fall 2:13)
• Champ. Round 2 - Tate Crowell (Millikin University) won by major decision over Micah Woods (Huntingdon College) (Maj 23-10)
• Cons. Round 2 - Micah Woods (Huntingdon College) won by fall over Isaiah Unger (Elmhurst University) (Fall 1:11)
• Cons. Round 3 - Micah Woods (Huntingdon College) won by fall over Hugo Hernandez (Adrian College) (Fall 1:16)
• Cons. Round 4 - Henry Williams (Campbellsville) won by tech fall over Micah Woods (Huntingdon College) (TF 16-0)

Open 197

Nicholas Brashear's place is 3rd and has scored 17.0 team points.

• Champ. Round 1 - Nicholas Brashear (Huntingdon College) won by tech fall over Daxton Looney (Adrian College) (TF 20-3)
• Champ. Round 2 - Nicholas Brashear (Huntingdon College) won by major decision over Landen Schemmel (Cornell) (Maj 11-3)
• Quarterfinal - Nicholas Brashear (Huntingdon College) won by tech fall over Zach Eaton (Unattached) (TF 21-5)
• Semifinal - Treyten Steffen (Cornell) won by decision over Nicholas Brashear (Huntingdon College) (Dec 9-3)
• 3rd Place Match - Nicholas Brashear (Huntingdon College) won by decision over Austin Roos (Central College) (Dec 7-3)

Open 197

Brock Johnson's place is unknown and has scored 5.0 team points.

• Champ. Round 1 - Jim Amatore (Triton) won by decision over Brock Johnson (Huntingdon College) (Dec 5-2)
• Cons. Round 1 - Brock Johnson (Huntingdon College) received a bye () (Bye)
• Cons. Round 2 - Brock Johnson (Huntingdon College) won by fall over Kamron Powell (Kentucky Wesleyan) (Fall 2:48)
• Cons. Round 3 - Landen Schemmel (Cornell) won by decision over Brock Johnson (Huntingdon College) (Dec 8-3)

Open 285

Jacob Clark's place is unknown and has scored 0.0 team points.

• Champ. Round 1 - Ryan Boersma (Triton) won by tech fall over Jacob Clark (Huntingdon College) (TF 17-2)
• Cons. Round 1 - Remington Hiser (Blackburn College) won by fall over Jacob Clark (Huntingdon College) (Fall 2:33)

Open 285

Blake Palmer's place is unknown and has scored 3.0 team points.

• Champ. Round 1 - Blake Palmer (Huntingdon College) won by fall over Quinn Wilcoxen (Cornell) (Fall 0:46)
• Champ. Round 2 - Cam`ron Harper (Aurora University) won by major decision over Blake Palmer (Huntingdon College) (Maj 14-5)
• Cons. Round 2 - Gabe Craig (Campbellsville) won by fall over Blake Palmer (Huntingdon College) (Fall 1:17)

Open 285

Tommy Hires's place is unknown and has scored 5.5 team points.

• Champ. Round 1 - Tommy Hires (Huntingdon College) won by decision over Jason Rominger (Mount St. Joseph) (Dec 5-2)
• Champ. Round 2 - Johnathan Gressett (Central College) won by decision over Tommy Hires (Huntingdon College) (Dec 5-1)
• Cons. Round 2 - Tommy Hires (Huntingdon College) won by tech fall over Scott Smith (Adrian College) (TF 21-6)
• Cons. Round 3 - Tommy Hires (Huntingdon College) won by fall over Shan Swank (Adrian College) (Fall 1:51)
• Cons. Round 4 - Hayden Hearne (Central College) won in tie breaker - 1 over Tommy Hires (Huntingdon College) (TB-1 3-1)

Open 285

Tristan Williams's place is unknown and has scored 0.0 team points.

• Champ. Round 1 - Spencer Watson (Wabash) won by fall over Tristan Williams (Huntingdon College) (Fall 2:26)
• Cons. Round 1 - Gabe Craig (Campbellsville) won by fall over Tristan Williams (Huntingdon College) (Fall 0:28)

The Hawks look to carry their momentum into a dual with Montevallo on November 15th. Matches are set to begin at 7:00 PM CT.