Tough Start Tough Start
Tim Elliott
WARRENSBURG, Mo. (Nov. 16) – It was a tough day for Central Oklahoma in the first tournament of the early season, with the Bronchos placing five individuals in the top-six while suffering a couple of key injuries at the Central Missouri Open here Sunday.
Tommy McCarty, wrestling unattached at 174 pounds, was the top finisher with a third-place showing,
while 133 Tim Elliott and 165 Mikey Morgan both took fourth and 149 Colby Robinson and
197 Jarrett Edison each finished sixth.
Edison, a returning national qualifier, was on his way to an easy win in the consolation semifinals before suffering an injury that forced him to medical forfeit that match and his placement bout.“We had a pretty rough day,” UCO coach David James said. “This was the toughest competition we’ve seen at this tournament and we had some hard losses. We got some guys banged up that we’re going to have to get checked out and then we’ll go from there.
“We had a lot of guys get some good mat time, but we’ve got to get a little more physical and a little tougher.”
Elliott opened the tournament with a third-period fall, an 18-5 major decision and a 4-2 victory before dropping a 4-1 decision to OSU’s Chris Notte in the semifinals. The senior came back with a first-period fall in the consolation semis, but was pinned in the third-place match by McKendree’s Wade Lowe. Edison had close 7-6 and 5-2 wins in his first two matches and then lost a 3-1 sudden-victory decision to OU’s Kyle Bergstedt in the quarterfinals. The sophomore came back with 9-0 and 8-2 wins and had a sizeable lead in the consolation semis before suffering the injury that forced him to forfeit. UCO continues its early-season tournament schedule next Sunday at the Missouri Open.
Central Missouri Open (UCO Results)
Consolation Finals
133: Wade Lowe, McKendree, pinned
Tim Elliott, UCO, 3:49.
165: Alex Meade, OSU, dec. Mikey Morgan, UCO, 6-2.
174: Tommy McCarty, UCO (Unattached), dec. Josh Bryant, McKendree, 5-3.
Fifth Place
149: Quinten Fuentes, OSU, pinned Colby Robinson, UCO, 0:27.
197: Josh Fansler, Newman, by medical forfeit over
Jarrett Edison, UCO.
