WHEATON, IL – The Wilkes University men's wrestling team finished competition on day one of the 2026 Pete Willson Invitational on Friday at King Arena.
 
The Colonels finished in 18^th overall following day one competition with two wrestlers remaining alive in the consolation bracket.
 
Full Results
 
At 141-pounds, Ashton Romberger (Chambersburg, PA/Chambersburg) finished 2-1 on the day including an 8-5 decision over Dylan Heater of Cornell College in his opening match. After falling by major decision to No. 8 Sean Conway of the University of Chicago, Romberger battled back with a fall over Adam Sharpley of John Carroll University in 4:19 to keep his hopes alive for third place.
 
At 157-pounds, No. 15 Jaryn Hartranft (Catasauqua, PA/Catasauqua) continued his climb to 100 career wins going 3-1 on the day. Hartranft began the tournament with a 12-9 decision over Concordia College's Christopher Acuna before another decision victory (11-6) over Arcadia's Wyatt Leduc to reach the quarterfinals. There the senior fell in a hard-fought 4-2 decision to Luke Swan of Wisconsin-Whitewater before wrestling back with a fall over Briar Ivey of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in 2:31 to continue his run for a third place finish. Hartranft now stands with 93 career wins, just seven shy of becoming the newest member of the Colonels 100-win club.
 
Ryan Santiago (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty) (149), Omari Watson (Clayton, NJ/Clayton) (174), Patrick Gordon III (South Riding, VA/Freedom) (184) and Trevor Gitski (Alburtis, PA/Emmaus) (285) all finished with two wins before finishing their tournament runs in the consolation rounds.
 
Day two action begins tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. at King Arena.