Wrestling Tours Golden State for Weekend

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point wrestling team travels to California for a dual against Cal Poly and the Roadrunner Open, hosted by CSU Bakersfield, this weekend.

The dual against Cal Poly will take place Friday at 4 p.m. ET in the Union Plaza on the Mustangs' campus. Sunday's tournament will be held at Clovis High School and is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. ET.

HOW TO FOLLOW
LIVE STATS • Cal Poly
LIVE STATS • Roadrunner Open
TWITTER • ArmyWP_Wres

ARMY (0-2, 0-1 EIWA)
• The Black Knights will compete in their first road dual of the 2016-17 by taking on the Mustangs for the first time since 1972-73.
• Four Cadets are at .500 in dual meets, led by senior 157-pounder Russ Parsons, who earned a technical fall against Drexel's Mike Comunale.
• Parsons ranks tied for second on the team in overall wins with six, behind freshman Cael McCormick who has nine.
• Last time out, senior Samson Imonode earned his 50th-career victory with an 8-3 decision over Alex DeCiantis of Drexel, while rookie Ben Harvey earned the first dual victory of his career in a 2-0 decision over Nick Elmer.

CAL POLY (3-3, 0-1 PAC-12)
• The Mustangs are 2-0 against Army all-time.
• After starting the season 2-0, Cal Poly has dropped three of its last four duals, falling to Stanford, Northwestern and Rutgers.
• Senior Colt Shorts is tied for the team lead in victories with four, all of which have come in duals.
• Joshy Cortez, Spencer Empey, Yoshito Funakoshi, J.T. Goodwon and Shorts have all competed in every dual meet for Cal Poly.

PROBABLE LINEUPS
ARMY WEST POINT
125: Trey Chalifoux
133: Austin Harry
141: #17 Logan Everett
149: Matt Kelly
157: #14 Russ Parsons
165: Andrew Mendel
174: Ben Harvey or Jack Wedholm
184: Samson Imonode
197: #15 Rocco Caywood
285: David Farr or Trevor Smith

CAL POLY
125: Isaac Blackburn
133: Yoshito Funakoshi
141: Connor Pollock
149: Joshy Cortez
157: Colt Shorts
165: Blake Kastl
174: Matt Wilhelm
184: Thomas Lane
197: J.T. Goodwin
285: Spencer Empey

ROADRUNNER OPEN
THE FIELD
• The 11-team field is comprised of six California schools, highlighted by 13th-ranked Stanford.
• Other teams at the event include Boise State, Cal Poly, Cal Baptist, CSU Bakersfield, Menlo, Oregon State, Purdue, San Francisco State and Utah Valley.
• The field has of 12 ranked wrestlers, including Army's senior co-captains Logan Everett (17th at 141 lbs.) and Russ Parsons (14th at 157 lbs.), along with sophomore Rocco Caywood (15th at 197 lbs.).

RANKED WRESTLERS BY WEIGHT CLASS
125 – #7 Connor Schram (Stanford)
141 – #2 Joey McKenna (Stanford); #17 Logan Everett (Army); #19 Joey Palmer (Oregon State)
157 - #14 Russ Parsons (Army)
165 – #11 Keaton Subjeck (Stanford)
174 – #14 Jim Wilson (Stanford)
184 – #16 Corey Griego (Oregon State)
197 – #15 Rocco Caywood (Army); #17 Cody Crawford (Oregon State)
285 – #10 Nathan Butler (Stanford); #20 Dustin Dennison (Utah Valley)

For more information on Army West Point wrestling, visit GoArmyWestPoint.com and follow @ArmyWP_Wres on Twitter.

Wrestling Tours Golden State for Weekend

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Players Mentioned

Rocco Caywood

Trey Chalifoux

Logan Everett

David Farr

Austin Harry

Ben Harvey

Samson Imonode

Matt Kelly

Cael McCormick

Andrew Mendel

Russ Parsons

Trevor Smith

Jack Wedholm

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