Indiana Wrestling Impresses at Maryville Open

Saturday, November 5

Saint Louis, Mo.

All Day

Indiana University

Maryville Kaufman/Brand/Bayly Open

BLOOMINGTON, IN - January 21, 2022 - Jacob Moran during the match between the Maryland Terrapins and the Indiana Hoosiers at Wilkinson Hall in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Sammy Nance

11/6/2022 9:41:00 AM | Wrestling

Results (PDF)

SAINT LOUIS, Mo. –––– A day after their first dual and win of the season, Indiana Wrestling competed in its first open of the year where a number of Hoosiers excelled on the mat.

The tournament featured an elite and amateur bracket for each weight class and Indiana had at least one wrestler in about every bracket. Many Hoosiers made deep runs in their respective bracket with nine wrestlers taking home first place finishes. Most of anyone who didn't finish in first had a long run and top-four placing.

KEY MOMENTS
• The elite bracket participants of Jacob Moran (125), Henry Porter (133), Graham Rooks (149), Derek Gilcher (157), Donnell Washington (174) and Jacob Kaminski (285) plus the amateur bracket participants of Danny Sheen (149), Magnus Kuokkanen (165) and Gabe Sollars (197) won first place in their respective brackets.
• In the finals of the Elite 149, Elite 174 and Amateur 165 brackets, two Hoosiers faced off in the championship match.
• Sollars won his tournament by pinning all four opponents he faced in his bracket.
• In his semi-finals matchup, Washington pinned John Ward (Ozarks) in just 26 seconds.
• Three Hoosier freshmen went undefeated to start their collegiate career with their performance today: Magnus Kuokkanen, Danny Sheen and Jacob Kaminski.

NOTABLES
• Eight Indiana freshmen made their collegiate debuts in the Maryville Open. They were Kaminski, Sheen, Kuokkanen, Ben Phillips, Liam McDermott, Cole Rhemrev, Blaine Frazier and Mason Alley.
• As a team, Indiana had a combined 18 wins by fall for the tournament.
• Including matches from the SIUE dual on Friday, Indiana has nine wrestlers who are undefeated after this opening weekend.
• Washington's path to being the 174 lbs. champion featured all bonus point victories with one pin, one tech fall and one win by major decision.

UP NEXT
• Indiana Wrestling will be off for nearly two weeks until they host Princeton for their first home dual of the season. The match will be held in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, which will be the first time the venue has hosted wrestling competition since the 2017 Big Ten Championships.