Super Regional 1 champs: Coreno’s title, 8 national qualifiers highlight Gannon’s team championship
Nick Coreno’s (Willoughby, Ohio/Lake Catholic) title at 165 pounds and Gannon’s team championship highlighted a big day for the GU men’s wrestling team at Super Regional 1.
Coreno placed first to lead a group of eight national qualifiers who finished among the Top 3 in the super regional on Saturday at Kutztown’s Keystone Arena.
Coreno will make the trip to the NCAA Division II Championships on March 15-16 in Park City, Kan., joined by teammates Jose Diaz (Valparaiso, Ind./Wheeler) (second place at 125 pounds),
Jerry Echevarria (Long Beach, N.Y./Long Beach) (third at 133), Jimmy Ryan (Staten Island, N.Y./Monsignor Farrell) (third at 149), Ethan Richner (Bellefonte, Pa./Bellefonte Area High) (second at 157), Cole Hivnor (Painesville, Ohio/Lake Catholic) (second at 174), Cole Casilio (Wilcox, Pa./Johnsonburg Area) (second at 184), and Matt Long (Corry, Pa./Union City) (second at 285).
In the process, first-year head coach Tom Boyd‘s Gannon squad claimed the team title in a remarkably close race. Gannon finished with 145 team points, edging powerhouse Pitt-Johnstown (144.5) by half a point. UPJ had edged Gannon for the Super Regional 1 team title each of the past two seasons as GU settled for second place.