RENO, NEV. – Campbell finished runner-up at the Reno Tournament of Champions behind four individual champs and eight total placers Sunday at the Reno Events Center.
Campbell (147 points) finished runner-up behind Wyoming's 155.5 points. Only the Cowboys had more individual placers than the Camels with nine. Campbell's four champions were a tournament best.
Grand View (75), Oregon State (73.5), Fresno State (73), Utah Valley (69), Cal State Bakersfield (54.5), Colorado Mesa (52.5), Northern Colorado (52.5) and California Baptist (50.5) rounded out the top 10 in the team standings.
Earning individual championships on the day were
Korbin Meink (125 pounds),
Josh Heil (141),
Quentin Perez (165) and
Jere Heino (heavyweight), while
Noah Gonser (133) took runner-up.
Andrew Morgan (184) and
Mason Smith (149) earned third place finishes, and
Austin Kraisser (165) took fifth.
Heino took his second individual title of the season, going 5-0 on the day, including a 3-2 decision over Utah Valley's Chase Trussell in the championship bout. The redshirt senior started the day with a pin over Jase Stokes of Montana-Northern (4:58), and followed with a 12-4 major decision over Western Wyoming's Landon Brown. Heino also topped Grand View's Matt Kent and Zach Schrader from California Baptist, both 3-2, in the tournament.
Heil remained undefeated on the season in tournament action, topping the podium for the third time in 2019-20. Heil, at 141 pounds, defeated Fresno State's Kyle Parco (unattached) 7-1 in the championship match. The redshirt junior also notched a pin over Arkansas Little Rock's Trent Dooley (unattached) (3:28) and a 16-1 tech fall over Adrian Zubin (unattached) of Texas Wesleyan. He also picked up decisions over Fresno State's Durbin Lloren (6-5), Wyoming's Chase Zollmann (2-1) and Oregon State's Conner Noonan (4-0).
Meink earned his first tournament championship of the season, defeating Arizona State's Nick Raimo (unattached) 7-5 in the 125 pound title match. The junior tallied four bonus point wins on the way to the championship, starting with an 18-3 tech fall over Eastern Oregon's Sam Hyde, then a 12-1 major decision over Menlo's Greg Viloria (unattached). He tallied another major decision, 13-2, over Cal Poly's Antonio Lorenzo (unattached), then clinched a spot in Sunday's finals with a pin over Fresno State's Jeremy Trinh (4:35).
Perez also claimed his second tournament title of the season, going 5-0, including a 10-5 decision over Wyoming's Cole Moody in the 165 pound championship round. The redshirt senior registered three tech falls and a major decision on the way to the championship. He topped Oklahoma State's Cade Lindsey (unattached), his opening round opponent, 18-3, then defeated Northern Colorado's Drake Engelking (unattached) 20-4. Perez then defeated North Idaho's Navarro Nanpuya 17-2, as well as Wyoming's Casey Randles with a 14-2 major decision.
Making his third finals appearance of the season,
Noah Gonser finished runner-up at 133 pounds, falling to No. 7 Montorie Bridges of Wyoming 4-1.
Next up for the Camels will be a trip to the Ken Craft Midlands Championships, December 29-30.
