FRANKLIN, SPRINGS, Ga. – Campbellsville University crowned
Jasitin Kubwimana and
Wiley Suskawicz as champions and collected nine top-seven finishes Sunday across the Gold and Silver divisions of the Georgia Open.
- Kubwimana went 4-0 in the Gold 165-pound bracket, generating bonus points in his first three matches before defeating Haylen Buell of Reinhardt University (GA) 10-8 in the final.
- Suskawicz dominated the Silver 174-pound bracket with two technical falls and a pin. He outscored his opponents 39-5 in the two matches that went the distance and finished the championship bout in 4:48.
- Randall Sliger reached the Silver 157-pound final with four consecutive victories, including a fall and a technical fall, before finishing runner-up.
- Wyatt Hinton responded to a one-point quarterfinal loss by winning four straight consolation matches to place third in the Gold 141-pound bracket.
- The Tigers placed two wrestlers in both the Gold 141-pound and Gold 157-pound brackets. Malachi Kapenga joined Hinton with a seventh-place finish at 141, while Anthony Joseph placed fourth and Cal Beadling finished seventh at 157.
- Aluma Enwa added a fifth-place result in the Silver 125-pound bracket, giving Campbellsville University placements from 125 through 174 pounds.
- Campbellsville University accumulated 495 total match points, fifth-most among the 33 teams and clubs listed in the event statistics.
Kubwimana opened the Gold 165-pound bracket with a 17-2 technical fall over Kristiyan Georgiev of Treehouse Wrestling in 1:48. He followed with a 1:35 fall over Julian Gonzales of Keiser University and pinned Zion Smith of Life University NCWA at 5:20 in the semifinal. In the championship match, Kubwimana held off Buell for a 10-8 decision to complete his unbeaten run.
Suskawicz received a first-round bye before scoring a 20-2 technical fall over Zachary Wallace of Life University NCWA at 6:29 in the Silver 174-pound quarterfinal. He pinned Donovan Hawthorne of Newberry at 4:28 in the semifinal, then defeated Jowell Jones of Lander by a 19-3 technical fall to claim the title.
Sliger began his Silver 157-pound run by pinning James Howard of Newberry at 4:13 and followed with a 19-3 technical fall over Tayvon Reid. He edged Joshua Brown of Keiser University 9-8 in the quarterfinal and advanced to the title bout with a 13-6 decision over Daniel Gonzalez of Lander. Johan Lund of Lander defeated Sliger 12-9 in the final.
In the Gold 141-pound bracket, Hinton pinned Colm Ellis of Life University NCWA at 3:36 before dropping an 8-7 quarterfinal decision to Ryder Gibson of Life University NCWA. Hinton worked through the consolation bracket with a 19-3 technical fall over Riley McElligott, a medical-forfeit victory over Brayden Gibson of Shorter, and a 14-2 major decision over Jasper Croom of Sons of Thunder. He secured third place with a 16-4 sudden-victory decision over Collin Oden of Lander.
Joseph placed fourth in the Gold 157-pound bracket, while Beadling finished seventh in the same division. Kapenga added a seventh-place finish at Gold 141, and Enwa placed fifth at Silver 125 to complete Campbellsville's group of nine placers.