Eight Wrestlers Compete At Rocky Mountain Open

Photo Courtesy/Carter Hattery/CSC Sports Information

Eight Chadron State College wrestlers entered the Rocky Mountain Open, hosted by Colorado School of Mines, in Golden, on Sunday.

Pacing the group was sophomore Colter Julian, whose 2-2 record in the 133-pound bracket led the CSC contingent. Julian pinned an opponent from CSU-Pueblo, and he majored an Adams State opponent whom he’d beaten previously in the varsity dual lineup. He was on the receiving end of two pins – one against an NCAA Division I opponent and the other from Air Force Preparatory Academy.

Four others went 1-2, with Hunter Gilmore and Javen Palmer each claiming a win over a Division I foe.

This concludes the regular season for the Eagles, who will compete at the NCAA Super Region VI Championships on February 26 in Grand Junction, Colorado.

Individual Results:

125
Tucker Owens (Air Force Prep) TF Yusef Nelson (Chadron State) (TF 20-2)
Yusef Nelson (Chadron State) dec. Paul Garcia (Wyoming) (Dec 7-3)
Yusief Lillie (Utah Valley) dec. Yusef Nelson (Chadron State) (Dec 5-3)

133
Kobe Nelms (Utah Valley) pinned Colter Julian (Chadron State) (Fall 4:37)
Colter Julian (Chadron State) MD Jimmizan Redhorse (Adams State) (Maj 17-4)
Colter Julian (Chadron State) pinned Dimitri Villanueva (CSU-Pueblo) (Fall 3:21)
Brenden Barnes (Air Force Prep) pinned Colter Julian (Chadron State) (Fall 2:50)

141
Dale Van Matre (Adams State) dec. Skyler Geier-Dodson (Chadron State) (Dec 9-2)
Conor Goucher (CSU-Pueblo) TF Skyler Geier-Dodson (Chadron State) (TF 20-3)

Wesley Rayburn (Colorado School of Mines) MD Hunter Gilmore (Chadron State) (Maj 9-1)
Hunter Gilmore (Chadron State) pinned John Masopust (Colorado Mesa) (Fall 4:42)
Dale Van Matre (Adams State) dec. Hunter Gilmore (Chadron State) (Dec 6-4)

165
Grady Funk (Colorado Mesa) MD Stone Durham (Chadron State) (Maj 14-5)
Brigg Hoopes (Utah Valley) dec. Stone Durham (Chadron State) (Dec 8-1)

174
Javen Palmer (Chadron State) dec. Merrill Morley (Utah Valley) (Dec 4-3)
Aidan Funk (Colorado School of Mines) won in sudden victory – 1 over Javen Palmer (Chadron State) (SV-1 3-1)
Levi Farris (Colorado School of Mines) MD Javen Palmer (Chadron State) (Maj 11-1)

184
Guillermo Escobedo (Wyoming) dec. Keegan Gehlhausen (Chadron State) (Dec 4-3)
Parker Gasser (Western Colorado) pinned Keegan Gehlhausen (Chadron State) (Fall 6:13)

285
Dorian Walters (Wyoming) dec. Terry Winstead (Chadron State) (Dec 3-2)
Terry Winstead (Chadron State) dec. Charles Holub (Colorado School of Mines) (Dec 4-2)
Jacob Moore (Western Colorado) won by forfeit over Terry Winstead (Chadron State) (FF)