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Don Stoner

Auggies open season at Auggie-Adidas Open

AUGGIE-ADIDAS OPEN RESULTS
TRACKWRESTLING BRACKETS
FINAL BRACKETS (PDF):
125 | 133 | 141 | 149 | 157 | 165 | 174 | 184 | 197 | 285

MINNEAPOLIS -- Claiming one champion, a runner-up and eight placewinners in Gold division brackets, the Augsburg College wrestling team opened its season at its Auggie-Adidas Open, held on Saturday at Si Melby Hall. Augsburg had 18 overall placewinners at the event. No team results were kept at the open meet.

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Defending heavyweight national champion Donny Longendyke (JR, Vadnais Heights, Minn./White Bear Lake HS) opened his season with a championship in his weight class. He claimed three pins en route to the finals, including two sub-two-minute pins. The top-ranked wrestler in the latest National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III national poll at heavyweight, Longendyke scored a 2-0 win over Southwest Minnesota State's Cole Wilson, ranked No. 5 in the D2wrestle.com Division II national poll, in the finals. Longendyke is now 88-23 in his collegiate career (48-2 at Augsburg), with 48 career pins (25 at Augsburg).
• Grant Parker (JR, Onalaska, Wis.) finished second at 157 pounds, going 3-1 on the day. Gable Frandsen (SO, Ellsworth, Wis.), ranked No. 8 nationally at 157, finished fifth in the weight class, also with a 3-1 record. Tone Fuenffinger (SO, Hibbing, Minn.) went 1-1 to place fourth.
• Anthony Luft (SO, Worthington, Minn.), a transfer from Southwest Minnesota State making his Auggie debut, went 3-1 to place third at 125 pounds, collecting a pin and technical fall in the process.
• Bryce Zdanovec (SO, Little Chute, Wis.) went 2-1 with a major decision to place fifth at 149 pounds.
• Sebastian Larson (SO, River Falls, Wis.) went 3-1 to claim fifth place at 184 pounds.
• Ten Auggies earned honors in the Silver division, including weight-class titles for Sam Bennyhoff (FY, Mound, Minn./Mound-Westonka HS) at 133, Brady McFarland (FY, Windlake, Wis./Muskego HS) at 165 and Wyatt Richardson (FY, Grand Meadow, Minn.) at 197.
• A.J. Riley (SO, Chatfield, Minn.) finished second at 149 Silver, while Ronny Ponick (FY, Stanley, Wis./Stanley-Boyd HS) finished third at 174 Silver and Aaron Wilson (FY, Oak Grove, Minn./St. Francis HS) at 141 Silver. Placing fourth in Silver divisions was Alex Wilson (FY, Oak Grove, Minn./St. Francis HS) at 149 and Mitch Nelson (FY, Burnsville, Minn./Apple Valley HS) at 197. Zach Ferguson (FY, St. Paul, Minn./Central HS) finished sixth at 125 Silver, and Gavin Baade (FY, Brodhead, Wis.) earned consolation honors at 184 Silver.
• As a team, Augsburg is ranked No. 10 in the latest NWCA Division III national poll.

AUGSBURG RESULTS BY WEIGHT CLASS
• 125 Gold: Anthony Luft 3-1, 3rd place; James Goman 1-2.
• 125 Silver: Zach Ferguson 1-2, 6th place.
• 133 Silver: Sam Bennyhoff 3-0, 1st place.
• 141 Gold: Dylan Lesar 0-2; Blake Miller 0-2.
• 141 Silver: Aaron Wilson 3-1, 3rd place; Mike Hayes 1-2.
• 149 Gold: Bryce Zdanovec 2-1, t-5th place; Marcus Hamer 2-2.
• 149 Silver: A.J. Riley 3-1, 2nd place; Alex Wilson 2-2, 4th place; Nickolaus Borchert 0-2.
• 157 Gold: Grant Parker 3-1, 2nd place; Tone Fuenffinger 1-1, 4th place; Gable Frandsen 3-1, 5th place.
• 157 Silver: Boone Young 1-2; Dwayne Williams 0-2.
• 165 Silver: Brady McFarland 4-0, 1st place.
• 174 Gold: Austin Boniface 2-2, 4th place.
• 174 Silver: Ronny Ponick 3-1, 3rd place.
• 184 Gold: Sebastian Larson 3-1, 5th place; Niko Anderson 1-2.
• 184 Silver: Gavin Baade 3-1, conosolation winner; Cole Durbin 0-2.
• 197 Gold: Logan Hortop 1-2.
• 197 Silver: Wyatt Richardson 3-0, 1st place; Mitch Nelson 1-2, 4th place.
• HWT Gold: Donny Longendyke 4-0, 1st place.
• HWT Silver: Robert Caudillo 0-2.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg hosts St. Olaf in a dual meet on Tuesday (11/24) at 7 p.m. at Si Melby Hall.
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