Incoming Cowboy signee Albert White and former OSU NCAA champion Coleman Scott both took second place in their respective weight classes at the University Freestyle Championships, with Tyler Shinn placing fifth at the event.
Mocco won three bouts in becoming the only American wrestler to claim gold at the Pan Am games, with two of his victories coming by fall. He opened with a 2-0, 1-0 win over Elier Romero of Cuba and followed that performance up with a first-period pin of the Dominican Republic's Carlos Felix Garcia. In the championship bout, the former Cowboy NCAA champion pinned Michael Neufeld of Canada. Mocco won his first U.S. Nationals title in early April in Las Vegas.
Blanc took the silver after toppling El Salvador's Jose Edgardo Ramos by a 1-0, 3-0 score in the first round and beating Canada's Aso Palani by a convincing 3-0, 5-1 margin in the second round before losing in the finals to Cuba's Luis Ibanez Rojas, 0-2, 2-3.
Wrestling at 60 kilograms, Jordan Oliver won the title bout at the University Freestyle Nationals by forfeit over Coleman Scott. Being Gator Club and Oklahoma State teammates, the two wrestlers never took the mat so it can be argued that Oliver and Scott were in fact co-champions, though Oliver is recognized as the sole winner after Scott chose to forfeit. Oliver was nothing short of dominant on his path to the crown, claiming technical fall victories over each of his first three opponents and pinning his fourth opponent before claiming a comfortable 2-0, 4-0 win over Iowa State's Andrew Long in the semifinals. Sunday's title marked Oliver's second championship of the spring, as he stormed to the title at the FILA Junior National Championships earlier this month.
Competing in his first freestyle event since taking the bronze medal at last year's FILA Junior World Championships, Foster claimed technical fall wins over West Virginia's Ryan Fell and The Citadel's Manuel Camargo in the first and second rounds, respectively. He then dropped Northern Iowa's Dustin Bauman by a 2-0, 2-0 decision before crushing Newberry's Bryant Blanton by a 6-0, 5-1 decision. Foster was a 3-1, 1-0 winner over Dickinson State's Jake Kallestad in the semis before pinning Cornell's Cameron Simaz in the second period of the 96 kilogram championship bout.
Though he was recognized as the second place finisher after agreeing to forfeit the championship bout to Jordan Oliver, Scott had an impressive run through the 60 kilogram bracket. He route was highlighted by a 3-0, 2-1 decision over 2009 NCAA champion Franklin Gomez of Michigan State in the third round. Scott was only scored on twice in his five matches, not counting the forfeit.
Also taking second at the University Freestyle Championships was incoming signee Albert White, who was runner-up at 70 kilos. White, who figures to compete at 149 pounds for the Cowboys, started with a 2-0, 2-0 shutout of Purdue's Nick Bertucci, then followed that up with a 0-1, 3-0, 2-1 victory over Harvard's Walter Peppelman. White then dumped Iowa State's Mitch Mueller by a 2-1, 1-0 decision before handing Michigan's Anthony Jones a 1-3, 2-0, 1-0 defeat. In the semifinals, White was a 2-0, 3-0 winner over Rider's Michael Kessler before he suffered a 0-1, 2-0, 3-1 loss to Northern Iowa's Brett Robbins in the title bout.
Shinn took fifth at the University Freestyle Championships after picking up early wins over Richard Lyon and Northwestern's Eric Metzler before he was bumped into the wrestleback with a 1-0, 2-1 loss at the hands of Bucknell's David Marble in the quarterfinals. Shinn regrouped to beat Boise State's Levi Jones and Lyon a second time before being upended by Minnesota's Mike Thorn. In the fifth-place bout, Shinn pitched a dominating 3-0, 6-0 shutout against Appalachian State's Jacob Earp.
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