Wrestling Competes at Kaloust Bearcat Open

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. – The American International College wrestling team competed at the Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open Sunday hosted by Binghamton University.

For the second straight weekend, the Yellow Jacket grapplers sought out some of the toughest competition on the east coast and even the nation.

Leading the way for AIC was senior heavyweight Soslan Khamitcaev (St. Petersburg, Russia) who after receiving a first round bye, downed his opponent 2:18 into the first period to secure a second round championship. After the win, Khamitcaev pulled out of the competition with a nagging injury.

AIC freshman Caleb Thompson (Springfield, Mass.) also received a first round bye before falling to the 2015 NCAA Division I National Champion, Gabe Dean from Cornell University in the 184-pound weight class. Thompson won by injury default and the true-freshman currently leads the team in wins early in the season.

Two Yellow Jacket seniors, Michael Schulze (Ehningen, Germany) and Nick Demore (North Attleboro, Mass.) made their season debuts up a weight. Schulze, competing at 174-pounds, lost a championship round decision to an opponent from Old Dominion and fought well against his counterpart from Navy. Schulze was tied 1-1 after regulation, but an eight second riding time differential gave the decision to Navy.

AIC sophomore Chris Hunter (North Attleboro, Mass.) fell at 165-pounds in bouts with opponents from Cornell and the University of Pennsylvania, while freshman Nick Kushner (Springfield, Mass.) fell at the hands of Princeton and Bucknell. Classmate Brian LaValley also dropped bouts at 125-pounds to SUNY-Sullivan and host Binghamton.

AIC travels to the East Stroudsburg University Open Sunday, Nov. 15.


Complete Results:
http://www.trackwrestling3.com/tw/opentournaments/MainFrame.jsp?newSession=false&sport=wrestling&TIM=1447040326318&pageName=&ie=false&frameSize=955