Elizabethtown College’s wrestling team took their talents on the road over the weekend, heading out to Cedar Rapids, Iowa to compete in the Division III National Championships. Two weeks prior to the event, the Blue Jays competed to be a part of the event in the Regional Championships held in New Jersey.
Etown fought hard through all of the weight classes, with two wrestlers finishing as the top two wrestlers, cementing themselves into a spot in the championships. Senior Ganon Smith came out on top of the 184-pound weight class in the regional competition and captured the overall number one seed in the national tournament due to his dominance all season. Junior Justice Hockenberry-Folk battled his way into finishing runner-up in the 165-pound weight class.
Both of the Blue Jay representatives began their wrestling campaign on Friday morning. After finishing the season with a record of 36-6, Hockenberry-Folk wrestled his first match as a play-in match against sophomore Tyler Roe from Stevens Institute of Technology. Hockenberry-Folk took control of the match early on, capturing a few takedowns to secure a decision with a 9-5 victory…