Beavers Head East For Navy Classic

CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Oregon State Wrestling team gears up to head east this week for two high-profile meets. The Beavers are set for a dual against George Mason in Fairfax, Va. on Thursday, Nov. 21 before competing in the Navy Classic on Saturday, Nov. 23.

The team is coming off of its first dual of the season where the group rolled to a dominant 40-8 victory against Simon Fraser in Washington. Brandon Kaylor (125), Devan Turner (133), Aaron Olmos (165), Jackson McKinney (184) and J.J. Dixon (197) all won by technical fall for the Beavers.

With a field of 17 teams from across the country, the 2019 Navy Classic will include 15 Oregon State grapplers in competition.

"We'll step up our competition for the Navy Classic," head coach Jim Zalesky. "There'll be a lot of good ranked guys and teams there so we'll just see where we're at. This time of year I like to look individually where we're at and where we have to go."

2019 Navy Classic
Date: Saturday, Nov. 23
Venue: Wesley Brown Field House
Participating teams: Air Force, American, Brown, Bucknell, Campbell, The Citadel, Cleveland State, Edinboro, George Mason, Kent State, Lock Haven, Michigan State, Navy, Ohio, Old Dominion, Rutgers, Virginia Tech
Tickets: Free Admission
Live Scoring: FloArena

Projected session times:
7 am - Preliminary Rounds
9:30 pm – Semifinals
2:00 pm - Finals

The Basics
The Oregon State Wrestling Team visits George Mason (1-0 overall; 1-0 MAC) at 4 p.m. PT on Thursday in its second dual of the season. Two days later, the Beavers travel to Annapolis, Md. for the 2019 Navy Classic which is slated to begin at 7 a.m. PT.

Quick Hits
The 2019-20 Oregon State wrestling lineup boasts returning NCAA Qualifiers in Devan Turner, Hunter Willits and Grant Willits. The team racked up five dual wins last season and Grant Willits (141) claimed an individual title at the Pac-12 Championships,

In The Rankings
A total of five wrestlers on the 2019-20 roster are individually ranked on either FloWrestling, TrackWrestling or Intermat. Redshirt junior Devan Turner is represented on all three lists at 133 pounds with his highest ranking coming at No. 9 (TrackWrestling).

FloWrestling
133 – No. 22 Devan Turner
141 – No. 20 Grant Willits
157 – No. 18 Hunter Willits
TrackWrestling
133 – No. 9 Devan Turner
141 – No. 18 Grant Willits
149 – No. 17 Logan Meek
157 – No. 23 Hunter Willits
174 – No. 25 Colt Doyle
Intermat
133 – No. 11 Devan Turner
141 – No. 19 Grant Willits

Home Sweet Home
The Beavers will host their first of five home duals on Saturday, Jan. 10 as they take on Northern Colorado at 7 p.m. PT. Fans purchase tickets to all five home events here.

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Players Mentioned

J.J. Dixon

Colt Doyle

Brandon Kaylor

Jackson McKinney

Logan Meek

Aaron Olmos

Devan Turner

Grant Willits

Hunter Willits