Meeks Wins Title at Aloha Open
December 31, 2014 | Wrestling
Honolulu, Haw. – Senior 184-pounder Taylor Meeks won all three of his matches on Tuesday to win his weight class at the Aloha Open.
Meeks edged Minnesota's Brett Pfarr 4-3 in the deciding bout to earn OSU's lone title at the four-team, round-robin event, which also featured No. 2 Minnesota, Oklahoma and American.
Redshirt freshmen Jack Hathaway (125), Abraham Rodriguez (149) and Cody Crawford (197) each took second place. Hathaway and Rodriguez were 2-1; Crawford went 3-1.
The Beavers are now idle until a Jan. 10 home dual with Pacific-12 Conference rival Stanford. It starts at 5 p.m. and will be televised by Pac-12 Networks.
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Tuesday's results:
RONNIE STEVENS (125): Lost 7-0 to Jordan Bremer, Minnesota; lost 7-2 to David Terao, American; lost 3-0 to Ryan Millhof, Oklahoma; dec. Sean Williams, Oklahoma, 7-6. Fourth place.
JACK HATHAWAY (133): Pinned Jordan Kingsley, Minnesota, 4:43; lost 3-1 to Christopher Dardanes, Minnesota; major dec. Josh Tarao, American, 12-3. Second place.
JARED REIS (141): Lost 9-2 to Conrad Rangell, Minnesota; dec. Michael Sprague, American, 9-5; lost 8-5 to Trae Blackwell, Oklahoma. Third place.
ABRAHAM RODRIGUEZ (149): Dec. Tom Page, American, 9-5; dec. Shayne Tucker, Oklahoma, 6-3; lost by injury default to Jake Short, Minnesota. Second place.
JOEY DELGADO (157): Pinned by Dylan Ness, Minnesota, 6:12; lost 4-3 to Justin DeAngelis, Oklahoma; lost 10-0 to Alex Elder, Oregon State; lost 5-3 to John Boyle, American. Fifth place.
ALEX ELDER (157): Lost 5-4 to Dylan Ness, Minnesota; lost 6-5 to Justin DeAngelis, Oklahoma; major dec. Joey Delgado, Oregon State, 10-0; lost 7-4 to John Boyle, American. Fourth place.
SETH THOMAS (165): Dec. Clark Glass, Oklahoma, 5-4; lost 7-6 to Nicholas Wanzek, Minnesota; lost 9-4 to Brandon Kingsley, Minnesota; major dec. Brad Mutchnik, American, 11-0. Fourth place.
JOE LATHAM (174): Lost 5-2 to Logan Storley, Minnesota; lost 14-7 to Matt Reed, Oklahoma; major dec. Nicholas Carey, American, 11-3. Third place.
TAYLOR MEEKS (184): Dec. Jason Grimes, American, 5-1; major dec. Brooks Climmons, Oklahoma, 11-1; dec. Brett Pfarr, Minnesota, 4-3. First place.
CODY CRAWFORD (197): Dec. Andrew Dixon, Oklahoma, 4-1; major dec. Brett Dempsey, American, 8-0; major dec. Brad Johnson, Oklahoma, 11-0; lost 17-6 to Scott Schiller, Minnesota. Second place.
NATE KEEVE (Hwt.): Lost 10-2 to Michael Kroells, Minnesota; pinned by Ross Larson, Oklahoma, 2:03; dec. Michael Brown, Oklahoma, 4-2; lost 6-0 to Zach Merrill, Oklahoma; dec. Scot Augustine, American, 3-0. Sixth place.
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