Indiana Wrestling Leaves Reno with Two Champions and Seven Placers

Sunday, December 18

Reno, Nev.

All Day

Indiana University

Tournament of Champions

BLOOMINGTON, IN - November 18, 2022 - Graham Rooks during the meet between the Princeton Tigers and the Indiana Hoosiers at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Sammy Nance/Indiana Athletics

Indiana Wrestling Leaves Reno with Two Champions and Seven Placers

12/18/2022 8:40:00 PM | Wrestling

Tournament_of_Champions_Results_Final.pdf All Brackets

RENO, Nev. ––––– Indiana Wrestling had a successful outing at the Dollamur Reno Tournament of Champions this Sunday as the Hoosiers had seven placers across the ten weight classes with two first place finishes.

Indiana redshirt senior No. 30-ranked Graham Rooks (149) and senior No. 32-ranked Jacob Bullock (285) both finished in first place in their respective brackets. As a team, Indiana placed in third for the tournament with 134.5 points.

IU had 13 wrestlers compete in the tournament, going up against 19 other teams, including grapplers from No. 13 Oklahoma State, No. 23 Michigan State, Stanford, Wyoming, Cal Baptist, Utah Valley and others.

KEY MOMENTS
• No. 30 Graham Rooks (149) sealed his championship win at 149 in comeback fashion. He was down 12-10 at the end of the third period before getting a late takedown in the closing seconds to force overtime. Rooks got a takedown to win SV-1, 14-12.
• No. 32 Jacob Bullock (285) cruised to his championship at 285 with five wins in the process, including a margin of victory no smaller than four points for each match.
• Indiana junior Jacob Moran (125) got sixth place at 125 with three bonus-point victories today.
• Freshman No. 31 Henry Porter (133) made it all the way to the final before narrowly losing in the title match by a 2-0 decision to Aden Valencia (Unattached).
• Despite a close semifinal loss, junior Derek Gilcher (157) earned third place, including a ranked victory over No. 17 Chase Saldate (Michigan State), in an 8-2 decision.
• No. 14-ranked redshirt junior DJ Washington won three matches by bonus-points (two tech falls and one major decision) en route to a third place finish.
• Senior Nick Willham (197) fought valiantly to a second place finish in his bracket. His only loss was to No. 16 Cam Caffey (Michigan State) by major decision, 12-3.

NOTABLES
• Bullock won his second tournament title of the season after just winning the Cleveland State Open 285 championship last Sunday, Dec. 11.
• Bullock has won 12 straight matches after starting the season 0-1.
• Gilcher picked up his first ranked victory of the season against No. 17 Saldate.
• Rooks won his second tournament title this year. He also won the 149 bracket of the Maryville Open in the first weekend of the season.
• Rooks improved his season record to 16-1 after his five wins today.

UP NEXT
• Indiana Wrestling will have a bit of a break before heading to compete in the prestigious 2022 Midlands Championships on Dec. 29-30 in Hoffman Estates, Ill.

FULL RESULTS:

Jacob Moran – 125 lbs.

R32: Jacob Moran (IU) def. Mick Chagnon (Saint Ambrose): TF, 18-1 (4:17)
R16: Jacob Moran (IU) def. Luciano Fasulo (Eastern Oregon): SV-1, 11-9
R8: Benny Gomez (MSU) def. Jacob Moran (IU): Dec. 4-1
C5: Jacob Moran (IU) def. Yusief Lillie (Utah Valley): MD, 11-2
C6: Jacob Moran (IU) def. Paul Mascarenas (Unattached): TF, 18-3 (6:44)
5^th: Zach Blankenship (Oklahoma State) def. Jacob Moran (IU): Dec. 4-0

Jacob Moran finishes in sixth place in the 125 Bracket

Henry Porter – 133 lbs.

R64: No. 31 Henry Porter (IU) def. Cooper Cook (Montana State Northern): Fall (2:54)
R32: No. 31 Henry Porter (IU) def. Antonio Saldate (Cal Baptist): MD, 14-2
R16: No. 31 Henry Porter (IU) def. Damion Elliott (Unattached): Fall (3:29)
R8: No. 31 Henry Porter (IU) def. Carson Taylor (Grand View): Dec. 6-5
Semi: No. 31 Henry Porter (IU) def. Cody Phelps (Western Wyoming): Fall (4:43)
Final: Aden Valencia (Unattached) def. No. 31 Henry Porter (IU): Dec. 2-0

Henry Porter finishes in second place in the 133 Bracket

Isaac Thornton – 133 lbs.

R32: Anthony Valencia (Unattached) def. Isaac Thornton (IU): MD, 10-2
C1: Isaac Thornton (IU) def. Ricky Bell (Unattached): Dec. 5-2
C2: Jacob Navarro (Unattached) def. Isaac Thornton (IU): Medical Forfeit

Graham Rooks – 149 lbs.

R32: No. 30 Graham Rooks (IU) def. Michael Murphy (Corban): MD, 13-4
R16: No. 30 Graham Rooks (IU) def. Bryant Avila (Vanguard): Fall (3:39)
R8: No. 30 Graham Rooks (IU) def. Blake Gonzalez (Grand View): MD, 12-3
Semi: No. 30 Graham Rooks (IU) def. Victor Jacinto (Unattached): Dec. 3-1
Final: No. 30 Graham Rooks (IU) def. Jack Latimer (Grand View): SV-1, 14-12

Graham Rooks finishes in first place in the 149 Bracket

Nico Bolivar – 149 lbs.

R64: Nico Bolivar (IU) def. Jax Coburn (Western Wyoming): Fall (0:59)
R32: Nico Bolivar (IU) def. Joshua Brown (Unattached): SV-1, 3-1
R16: Nico Bolivar (IU) def. Gabriel Cortez (Vanguard): MD, 13-5
R8: Chase Zollmann (Wyoming) def. Nico Bolivar (IU): Dec. 7-1
C5: Nico Bolivar (IU) def. Martin Wilkie (Montana State Northern): Dec. 9-6
C6: Josh Brown (Unattached) def. Nico Bolivar (IU): Fall (4:34)

Derek Gilcher – 157 lbs.

R32: Derek Gilcher (IU) def. Joseph Mora (Cal Baptist): TF, 18-1 (4:30)
R16: Derek Gilcher (IU) def. Diego Machado (Saint Ambrose): Fall (2:45)
R8: Derek Gilcher (IU) def. Daniel Manibog (Oklahoma State): MD, 11-1
Semi: Jacob Wright (Wyoming) def. Derek Gilcher (IU): Dec. 2-1
3^rd: Derek Gilcher (IU) def. No. 17 Chase Saldate (Michigan State): Dec. 8-2

Derek Gilcher finishes in third place in the 157 Bracket

Mason Alley – 157 lbs.

R64: Cooper Voorhees (Unattached) def. Mason Alley (IU): Fall (4:32)
C1: Joseph Mora (Cal Baptist) def. Mason Alley (IU): Dec. 7-3

Nick South – 165 lbs.

R32: Nick South (IU) def. Miles Hoey (Michigan State): Dec. 2-0
R16: Nick South (IU) def. Zachary Rowe (Cal Baptist): Dec. 4-3
R8: Marty Margolis (Grand View) def. Nick South (IU): Dec. 3-1
C5: Steele Starren (Clackamas) def. Nick South (IU): Medical Forfeit

Clayton Fielden – 165 lbs.

R32: Clayton Fielden (IU) def. Mateo De La Pena (Cal Baptist): Fall (4:06)
R16: Caleb Fish (Michigan State) def. Clayton Fielden (IU): Dec. 6-1
C2: Clayton Fielden (IU) def. Sam Beckett (Stanford): Fall (2:28)
C3: Michael Goldfeder (Unattached) def. Clayton Fielden (IU): Dec. 7-6

DJ Washington – 174 lbs.

R32: No. 14 DJ Washington (IU) def. Matthew Bartlett (Corban): TF, 16-1 (1:38)
R16: No. 14 DJ Washington (IU) def. Louis Rojas (Cal Baptist): TF, 18-3 (3:00)
R8: No. 14 DJ Washington (IU) def. Mason Christiansen (Unattached): MD, 21-11
Semi: Isaiah Luellen (Grand View) def. No. 14 DJ Washington (IU): Fall (6:33)
3^rd: No. 14 DJ Washington (IU) def. Cesar Garza (Michigan State): Dec. 3-2

DJ Washington finishes in third place in the 174 Bracket

Drayton Harris – 184 lbs.

R32: Drayton Harris (IU) def. JR Scott (Southwest Oregon CC): Fall (3:41)
R16: Sam Osho (Marian) def. Drayton Harris (IU): Dec. 7-4
C2: Drayton Harris (IU) def. Fabian Miranda-Walls (Southern Oregon): Dec. 8-2
C3: Jack Darrah (Stanford) def. Drayton Harris (IU): Fall (0:48)

Nick Willham – 197 lbs.

R32: No. 33 Nick Willham (IU) def. John White (Unattached): Fall (2:27)
R16: No. 33 Nick Willham (IU) def. Tyce Raddon (Wyoming): Dec. 8-2
R8: No. 33 Nick Willham (IU) def. Stephen Little (Unattached): Dec. 4-2
Semi: No. 33 Nick Willham (IU) def. Caden Gerlach (Cal Baptist): Dec. 10-3
Final: No. 16 Cam Caffey (Michigan State) def. No. 33 Nick Willham (IU): MD, 12-3

Nick Willham finishes in second place in the 197 Bracket

Jacob Bullock – 285 lbs.

R32: No. 32 Jacob Bullock (IU) def. Jacob Vincent (Simpson): MD, 14-3
R16: No. 32 Jacob Bullock (IU) def. Garrette Branson (Embry Riddle): Fall (2:13)
R8: No. 32 Jacob Bullock (IU) def. Josh Terrill (Michigan State): MD, 12-1
Semi: No. 32 Jacob Bullock (IU) def. Terren Swartz (Wyoming): Dec. 6-2
Final: No. 32 Jacob Bullock (IU) def. Ryan Vasbinder (Michigan State): Dec. 6-2