ESU Wrestling/EIWA Championships Sunday

BETHLEHEM – East Stroudsburg University’s Brad Kleckner (141) and Dan Roy (174) both lost two matches Sunday and finished sixth in their respective weight classes in the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association Championships at Lehigh University’s Stabler Arena.

Kleckner, the seventh seed at 141, bowed to fifth-seeded Juan Venturi of Princeton, 16-6, in the consolation semi-finals and then lost to eighth-seeded Tristin Boyd of Lehigh, 11-2, in the fifth and sixth place match. He finished with a 19-9 record.

Roy, fifth-seeded at 174, was beaten by third-seeded Jim Stanec of Cornell, 15-4, in his first match and dropped a close decision to seventh-seeded Greg Chivieleis of Lehigh, 10-7, in the battle for fifth place. His final record was 22-11.

Host Lehigh won the team title with Penn second and Cornell third. ESU placed 11th of 13 schools.

Team Scoring: Lehigh 131 1/2, Penn 118, Cornell 114 1/2, Harvard 86 1/2, Brown 65 1/2, Navy 62 1/2, Army 53, Rutgers 52 1/2, Princeton 43 1/2, Columbia 28 1/2, ESU 17 1/2, Bucknell 12 1/2, Franklin and Marshall 10.

Championship Finals:

125 - Travis Lee (Cornell) dec. Mario Stuart (Lehigh), 6-2

133 - Dan Hyman (Lehigh) dec. Alejandro Alvarez (Cornell), 8-4

141 - Mark Conley (Navy) dec. Phillip Simpson (Army), 4-2

149 - Jesse Jantzen (Harvard) pinned Joe Henson (Penn), 1:47

157 - Yoshi Nakamura (Penn) dec. Warren Stout (Lehigh), 9-4

165 - Josh Henson (Penn) dec. Chris Vitale (Lehigh), 9-6

174 - Greg Parker (Princeton) dec. Rick Springman (Penn), 11-4

184 - Clint Wattenberg (Cornell) dec. Rob Rohn (Lehigh), 7-6

197 - Jon Trenge (Lehigh) dec. Matt Greenberg (Cornell), 6-0

285 - Dawid Rechul (Harvard) dec. Brondon Lingamfelter (Brown), 6-5

Outstanding Wrestler - Jesse Jantzen, Harvard