COLLEGE WRESTLING: ATHENS GRAD WINTERS WINS TITLE, TIOGA GRAD LAMB SECOND, ATHENS' HORTON THIRD AT RIT INVITATIONAL (2019-12-08)
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Kaidon Winters, a junior on the RIT wrestling team, and Tioga grad
Austin Lamb, a freshman, finished 1-2 in the 157-pound weight class, and Athens grad
Chris Horton, a sophomore, finished third at 133 pounds to help the Tigers to a team title at their RIT Invitational.
At 174 pounds, Athens grad
Nate Bradley, a freshman, won his only bout of the day, but was forced to withdraw from the tournament due to an injury.
Winters, the top seed at 157, opened the day with a 57-second decking of Thiel's Jake Longerman, then pinned Case Western's Thomas Gallagher in 2:50 in the second round
After receiving a medical forfeit in the quarterfinals, Winters pinned fourth-seeded Chase Lind of Worcester Poly in 1:43 in the semifinals.
Winters received a forfeit from Lamb in the finals.
Lamb, the sixth seed, opened, received a bye in the opening round then decked John Carrol's Luke McKeon in 2:01 in the second round.
Lamb blanked Yo Akiyama of Williams College, 4-0, in the quarterfinals, then edged second-seed Austin Boracic of Thiel, 5-3, in overtime to advance to the finals.
Horton, the top seed at 133, opened with a 14-3 major decision over Oswego State's Kaleb Carreon, then decked New England College's Luke Montana in 37 seconds in the quarterfinals.
Horton dropped a 12-4 major decision to New England College's Chris DeRosa in the semifinals.
In the consolation semifinals, Horton earned an 8-2 decision over his teammate Chris Dean.
In the third-place match, Horton forged a 12-4 major decision over fifth-seed Chris Cook of Worcester Poly.
In his only match of the day, Bradley topped Blake Ilges of Alfred State, via major decision, 16-8.
RIT returns to action Jan. 4 when it hosts Oswego State.
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IN PHOTO: Clockwise from top left, Kaiden Winters, Nate Bradley, Chris Horton, and Austin Lamb.