2019 Budd Whitehill National Duals
Friday and Saturday, January 11-12
Start Time: 9:00 a.m. both days
Lamade Gymnasium – Lycoming College – Williamsport, Pa.
 
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• The Wilkes University wrestling team will compete at the 2019 Budd Whitehill National Duals hosted by Lycoming College for the first time since the 2010 edition of the tournament when the Colonels placed fourth of 20 teams. This year's 16-team event will take place over two days with the Colonels scheduled to wrestle three dual matches on Friday and two more Saturday. Wilkes will open with Springfield College (3-1) at 10:30 a.m. Friday and then face off with Ohio Northern University (4-2) at 1:30 p.m. Day one will conclude with a big matchup for the Colonels against No. 21 Washington and Lee University (5-0) at 4:30 p.m.
 
• On Friday, the 16 teams will be split into four 4-team groups and each group will compete in a round robin competition. Results from Friday's round robin action will place the four group winners together to wrestle for first through fourth place on Saturday. The four second-place teams, four third-place teams and four fourth-place teams from Friday's round robin group results will be placed together Saturday to determine the rest of the team results for places five through 16.
 
• All-Tournament Team honors are awarded at each weight to the undefeated wrestler that earned the most team points per match, not including wins by default, injury default or disqualification. The Most Outstanding Wrestler is awarded to the wrestler that earned the most points per match on the championship team in the tournament.
 
• Last Saturday the Colonels went 3-1 at the North/South Duals in Collegeville, Pa. to improve their dual match record to 10-2 on the season. The Colonels opened the day with a tight 18-17 victory against the University of Southern Maine before pulling off an upset of No. 19 Stevens Institute of Technology by a 27-24 margin as Moustafa Almeky (Shavertown, PA/Dallas) converted a key fall in the 197-pound match. Wilkes won five of 10 bouts against No. 25 Messiah but fell by a 26-16 score. The Colonels finished the duals with a convincing 54-0 victory over Camden County College. Nicholas Racanelli (West Creek, NJ/Southern Regional) went 3-0 in his matches with a pin and two major decisions and was named the MAC Wrestler of the Week on Monday for his third award of the season.
 
• Racanelli placed second at 165-pounds at the Ned McGinley Invitational to open the 2018-19 season on November 3. Thomas Stokes (Bensalem, PA/Bensalem) placed third at 141-pounds and Ashton Gyenizs (Madison, CT/Daniel Hand) placed fourth at 174-pounds. Wilkes finished fifth of 16 teams.
 
• Racanelli wrestled his way to the 165-pound title at the Gettysburg Invitational on November 10. Nicholas Bauer (Coplay, PA/Wyoming Seminary) won the 125-pound title and Jessie Lopez (Everett, WA/Everett) captured the 141-pound championship. Kyle Medrow (West Chester, PA/West Chester Henderson) (141), Gyenizs (174) and Almeky (197) placed second while Dylan O'Connor (Somerset, NJ/Bishop George Ahr) (133) and John Ritter (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty) (157) placed third. Wilkes finished second out of six teams.
 
• Wilkes went 4-0 at the Southeast Duals with wins against Otterbein, Averett, Greensboro and Bluefield on November 17. Racanelli and Gyenizs went a perfect 4-0 on the day.
 
• Wilkes finished with a 2-1 record at the McDaniel Duals on December 1 with victories against Southern Virginia and McDaniel while suffering a close 20-15 loss to Ferrum. Stokes led the way with a 3-0 record. Racanelli picked up a pair of pins in his two matches while Ritter and Almeky were also 2-0.
 
• The Colonels defeated Elizabethtown by a 24-10 margin with wins in seven of the 10 bouts on December 8.
 
• Racanelli is ranked at No. 4 in the 165-pound weight class of the latest edition of the NWCA Individual Rankings and has an 18-1 overall record this season.
 
Weighing-In
125 – N. Bauer (10-6)
125 – D. Sweeney (2-9)
125 – K. Trout (9-9)
133 – B. Horton (8-9)
133 – P. Miko (1-8)
133 – D. O'Connor (7-5)
141 – J. Lopez (4-0)
141 – M. Shaffer (10-6)
141 – T. Stokes (12-5)
149 – C. Dix (7-7)
149 – K. Medrow (13-5)
157 – M. Brown (10-8)
157 – A. Kokilananda (6-8)
157 – J. Ritter (10-5)
165 – N. Racanelli (18-1)
165 – C. Walters (6-6)
174 – B. Belfonti (6-4)
174 – A. Gyenizs (16-4)
184 – J. DeBoard (4-4)
184 – H. Lowe (4-7)
184 – A. Santana-Quintana (5-9)
197 – M. Almeky (11-6)
197 – A. Cominsky (7-9)
285 – R. Horton (8-8)