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2010 NAIA Wrestling Championships - CLICK HERE
Senior Jake Kallestad leads Blue Hawk Wrestling Team to a sixth place finish at the NAIA National Tournament. The Dickinson State University Blue Hawks finished the day with 105.5 total points and had a large total of seven All Americans named.
Kallestad, 32-1 for the season took second place (Wt 197) after suffering a painful knee injury during his championship match. Strength of will pushed Kallestad to finish his match and deciding to decline a forfeit.
Despite only being a freshman Frank Lopez finished in third place (Wt 285), Angel Olea in fourth place (Wt 125), Cameron Schrempp in fourth (Wt 174), Brett Owen fifth place (Wt 184), Blake Hunter in sixth place (Wt 133), and Shane Bennett in eighth place (Wt 174). Blue Hawks Win 5th Consecutive Regional Championship and Have 7 Individual Champions Crowned
It was another dominating performance this weekend by the Blue Hawk Wrestling Team as they won the NAIA Qualifying Tournament in Sioux City, IA. This was the teams fifth consecutive regional championship and the team scored a record 194 total points. The next closest DAC wrestling program was more than 100 points behind the champions. The Blue Hawks also had seven individual champions over the weekend. The Blue Hawks will finish their season at the NAIA National Tournament March 4-6, in Oklahoma City, OK.
Blue Hawk Champions: Angel Olea at 125 Jordan Ewen at 149 Nick Zumwalt at 157 Cameron Schrempp at 174 Brett Owen at 184 Jake Kallestad at 197 Frank Lopez at 285 UGF Topples DSU in Last Dual Before National Qualifying, 19-12
Complete Dual Results -- CLICK HERE
Dickinson State was upended tonight at Scott Gym by the University of Great Falls (Mont.), 19-12. It was the first time in six years of their program that UGF defeated the Blue Hawks in a dual competition.
The Argonauts are the NAIA’s #2 ranked team while the Hawks came into the battle ranked #11. Neither team gave much to the other with nine of the ten bouts ending by decision and six of those were one or two point affairs. In fact the competitive tone was set early when the 125-lb bout was decided in overtime.
In that match, Angel Olea defeated Akmal Adilov 7-5 earning a take-down in the opening moments of the extra session. Olea forced the overtime by virtue of his riding time advantage, knotting the bout at 5-5 when time expired.
Other wins were posted by Cameron Schrempp (174), Jake Kallestad (197) and Frank Lopez (285). Edgar Mercado (141) and Jordan Ewen (149) were edged in their bouts by a single point. Robert Carothers (165) the North Region’s #1 ranked wrestler at 157-lbs, competed one weight class up, presumably in an effort to help the overall team score, but he was on the short end of a 4-2 score against Noah Hatton.
Schrempp’s 5-3 win was a key for the Hawks. His foe, Brendon DeCock, entered the night as the NAIA’s #3 ranked wrestler. Schrempp, the North Region #2 wrestler, had plenty to say about DeCock’s status and ended up with the two-point win. It also was a timely victory because with three matches remaining, DSU was able to close the team score to 16-6.
Kallestad wore-down Alex Calvi to win 6-5. There was action throughout the match and much scoring early, but eventually Kallestad proved to be the better grappler.
Lopez had an important win in the last match of the night against Eric Hinebauch, 9-4. Hinebauch'S #4 national ranking was superior to Lopez’s #11, but of course that is on paper. On the mat, the freshman from Pahrump, Nev., showed why he was a top recruit because he was never in serious danger and controlled the match from the opening whistle.
DSU moves onto the national qualifying competition in Sioux City, Iowa next Saturday, February 20. |
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