BEREA, OHIO – The No. 5 nationally-ranked Baldwin Wallace University wrestling team won the 35th John Summa Invitational on Seniors' Day inside the Lou Higgins Fieldhouse.
BW was the champion of six teams with 377 points. The Yellow Jackets had five champions highlighted by senior All-American 157-pounder Stanley Bleich (North Ridgeville/Elyria Catholic as he became the school's all-time wins leader with 130.
Prior to the championship round, the Yellow Jackets recognized its eight senior wrestlers in Bleich, Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference performer Aidan Cardaman (Geneva), Quinton Kelley (Akron/Archbishop Hoban), All-OAC and Academic All-OAC performer Kevin Kelly (North Olmsted), All-American Dalton Leightner (Ravenna/Rootstown), Jarod Miller (Greenville, Pa./Reynolds) and Dominic Shelley (Mentor).
Junior and No. 2 nationally-ranked 125-pounder Jacob Decatur (Akron/Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy) -Champion
- Won by pinfall in 1:27 over Chase Wolfingbarger of Ohio Wesleyan in the first round
- Won a 12-4 major decision over Blaess of BW in the second round
- Won a 4-1 decision over No. 10 nationally-ranked Matt Caccamise of Brockport (N.Y.) in the third round
Sophomore and No. 4 nationally-ranked 149-pounder Michael Petrella (Reynoldsburg/Bishop Hartley) – Champion
- Won a 16-1 technical fall over Bailey Gibson of Ohio Northern in the first round
- Won a 16-0 technical fall over Kyle Emsley of Ohio Wesleyan in the second round
- Won by pinfall in 52 seconds over Bryce Whittman of Ohio Wesleyan in the third round
No. 13 nationally-ranked 157-pounder Bleich - Champion
- Won a 7-3 decision over Teagan Hendricks of Ohio Northern in the first round
- Won a 5-1 decision over Max Yahre of Brockport (N.Y.) in the second round
- Won a 10-6 decision over West of BW in the third round
- Won a 12-5 decision over Shaun Wagner of Ohio Northern in the fourth round
165-pounder Leightner - Champion
- Won by pinfall in 4:46 over Michael Fronczak of Brockport (N.Y.) in the first round
- Won by pinfall in 2:14 over Jonah Poueriet of Brockport (N.Y.) in the second round
- Won a 1-0 decision over Kelly of BW in the third round
- Won an 8-1 decision over Matthew Kline of Brockport (N.Y.) in the fourth round
184-pounder Cardaman – Champion
- Won by pinfall 4:44 over Zac Dabney of Ohio Northern in the first round
- Won by a 5-4 decision over Christopher Earnes of Brockport (N.Y.)
- Won by medical forfeit
Sophomore 133-pounder Jaden Hinton (Glassboro, N.J.) – Second Place
- Won a 13-2 major decision over Ryan McElwee of Ohio Wesleyan in the first round
- Won a 7-2 decision over Elijah Moshenek of Alfred State in the second round
- Lost by pinfall in 40 seconds to Zach Levey of Brockport (N.Y.) in the third round
Freshman 174-pounder Donovan Palmer (North Ridgeville/Lutheran West) – Second Place
- Had a first round bye
- Won a 4-1 decision over Adam Dillon of Ohio Northern in the second round
- Won a 12-2 major decision over Desmon Perry of Ohio Wesleyan in the third round
- Won a 2-1 decision over Llyod of BW in the fourth round
- Lost a 7-3 decision to Mike Galton of Alfred State (N.Y.) in the fifth round
Junior All-OAC and No. 7 nationally ranked 184-pounder Luke Salmon (Sandusky/Perkins) – Second Place
- Won by pinfall in 2:34 over Abraham Spurlock of Ohio Wesleyan in the first round
- Won by pinfall in 1:33 over Cain of BW in the second round
- Lost by medical forfeit in the third round
285-pounder Miller – Second Place
- Won a 3-1 extra time decision over Joe Yanis of Brockport (N.Y.) in the first round
- Won by pinfall in 38 seconds over Keaton Renfrew of Alfred State (N.Y.) in the second round
- Lost by forfeit in the third round
Sophomore 125-pounder David Panda (Columbia, Md./Atholton) - Third Place
- Won by pinfall in 1:46 over Brendon Tanner of Alfred State (N.Y.) in the first round
- Lost an 8-6 decision to No. 10 nationally-ranked Matt Caccamise of Brockport (N.Y.) in the second round
- Won by pinfall in 6:13 over Donovan Ortiz of Ohio Wesleyan in the third round
- Won a 5-3 decision over Blaess of BW in the fourth round
Freshman 157-pounder Tyler Wittreich (Painesville/Riverside) – Third Place
- Lost a 13-3 major decision to Shaun Wagner of Ohio Northern in the first round
- Won by pinfall in 1:06 over Max Ebanks of Brockport (N.Y.) in the second round
- Won a 11-3 major decision over Holt Reed of Brockport (N.Y.) in the third round
- Won by pinfall in 2:05 over Sam Grey of Brockport (N.Y.) in the fourth round
- Won by a 13-5 major decision over Teagan Hendricks of Ohio Northern in the fifth round
Freshman 174-pounder Carter Lloyd (Brecksville/Brecksville-Broadview Heights) – Third Place
- Had a first round bye
- Won a 14-4 major decision over Connar Davis of Ohio Northern in the second round
- Won a 5-1 decision over Cale Bartosh of Alfred State (N.Y.) in the third round
- Lost a 2-1 decision to Palmer of BW in the fourth round
- Won by pinfall in 9:00 over Haas of BW in the fifth round
- Won a 6-4 decision over Hopkins of BW in the sixth round
Freshman 125-pounder Brett Blaess (Jackson, N.J./Jackson Memorial) – Fourth Place
- Won a 5-0 decision over Donovan Ortiz of Ohio Wesleyan in the first round
- Lost a 12-4 major decision to Decatur of BW in the second round
- Won a 12-2 major decision over Novak of BW in the third round
- Lost a 5-3 decision to Panda of BW in the fourth round
165-pounder Kelly - Fourth Place
- First round bye
- Won by pinfall in 1:09 over Noah Williamson of Ohio Northern in the second round
- Lost a 1-0 decision to Leightner of BW in the third round
- Won by pinfall in 6:51 over Michael Fronczak of Brockport (N.Y.) in the fourth round
- Lost by pinfall in 6:11 to Benjamin Rivera of Alfred State (N.Y.) in the fifth round
Junior Academic All-OAC 174-pounder Luke Hopkins (Cuyahoga Heights) – Fourth Place
- Had a first round bye
- Won an 8-2 decision over Adam Myers of Ohio Northern in the second round
- Won a 10-5 decision over Tyler Bodovetz of Ohio Wesleyan in the third round
- Lost a 9-5 decision to Mike Galton of Alfred State (N.Y.) in the fourth round
- Won a 16-0 technical fall over Desmon Perry of Ohio Wesleyan in the fifth round
- Lost a 6-4 decision to Lloyd of BW in the sixth round
Sophomore 125-pounder Johnny Novak (Cleveland/St. Ignatius) – Fifth Place
- Lost a 16-0 technical fall to No. 10 nationally-ranked Matt Caccamise of Brockport (N.Y.) in the first round
- Lost by pinfall in 2:10 to Brendon Tanner of Alfred State (N.Y.) in the second round
- Lost a 12-2 major decision to Blaess of BW in the third round
- Won an 8-3 decision over Donovan Ortiz of Ohio Wesleyan in the fourth round
Freshman 141-pounder Max Miller (Cleveland/North Royalton)- Fifth Place
- Won by pinfall in 5:00 over Max Beard of Ohio Wesleyan in the first round
- Lost by pinfall in 4:29 to Sean Peterson of Alfred State (N.Y.) in the second round
- Won a 14-6 major decision over Brandon Lee of Ohio Northern in the third round
- Lost a 5-3 decision to Francis Whitehouse of Brockport (N.Y.) in the fourth round
- Won a 6-2 decision over Max Beard of Ohio Wesleyan in the fifth round
Freshman 157-pounder Tommy West (Avon Lake/St. Edward) – Fifth Place
- Won by pinfall in 7:00 over Austin Reed of Brockport (N.Y.) in the first round
- Won by pinfall in 2:57 over Holt Reed of Brockport (N.Y.) in the second round
- Lost a 10-6 decision to Bleich of BW in the third round
- Won by pinfall in 4:43 over Sam Grey of Brockport (N.Y.) in the fourth round
Junior All-OAC 285-pounder Drew Levis (Elyria) – Fifth Place
- Lost by pinfall in 2:26 to Ben DePrest of Ohio Northern in the first round
- Had a second round bye
- Won by pinfall in 6:46 over Jadon Brownlee of Ohio Northern in the third round
- Won by medical forfeit in the fourth round
- Lost a 6-3 decision to Ben DePrest of Ohio Northern in the fifth round
- Won an 14-0 major decision over DeGuzman of BW in sixth round
BW is back in action on Tuesday, February 8 when i travels to Tiffin for its final OAC match of the season against Heidelberg University in the Sieberling Gymnasium at 7 p.m.