WHEATON, IL – The Wilkes University men's wrestling team concluded competition at the 2026 Pete Willson Invitational on Saturday as the Colonels finished in 15^th place with two wrestlers earning podium finishes.

Full Results
 
Wilkes finished with a team score of 36 points in the 31-team field with 10 nationally ranked programs. Roanoke College earn the title with 154 team points while Wisconsin-Lacrosse was second with 148.5 points.
 
Jaryn Hartranft (Catasauqua, PA/Catasauqua) and Ashton Romberger (Chambersburg, PA/Chambersburg) each claimed podium finishes at the 31-team event with Hartranft finishing in fourth place at 157-pounds while Romberger claimed eighth at 141-pounds.
 
Romberger opened his second day of competition with a hard-fought loss to regionally ranked Casper Calzzo of Ohio Northern University before falling in the seventh place bout to regionally ranked Wisconsin Eau-Claire's Ty Fink in a back-and-forth 11-8 decision. For the tournament, the first year finished with two wins including a win over regionally ranked Adam Sharpley of John Carroll in the blood round.
 
Hartranft started off the day with a pair of regionally ranked wins over John Penchi of Wisconsin LaCrosse (fall in 1:06) and Londen Murphy of Ohio Northern (7-4 decision) to reach the third place bout. There Hartranft would meet No. 9 nationally Casey Smith of Roanoke where the senior fell settling for fourth place. For the tournament, Hartranft ended his weekend 4-2 with three regionally ranked wins and moved to 94 career victories in the process.
 
The Colonels return home to host a tri-match on Thursday with matches against Kean University at 6:00 p.m. and the University of Scranton at 7:30 p.m. in the Marts Center.