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1st Annual RIT Wrestling Invitational

Wrestling Tournament
@ Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, New York)
Friday-Saturday, December 2-3, 1966


It's a Pin
It's a Pin
An unidentified Tiger wrestler pins his Clarkson opponent during a Tech Tourney match. This was the first year that wrestling had been incorporated into the tourney. SOURCE: RIT Reporter, Friday, December 9, 1966. Reproduced by armdrag.com with permission.

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Varsity (Level: Collegiate, Style: Folkstyle)
Participating Teams
Case Institute of Technology [OH], Clarkson College of Technology [NY], Rochester Institute of Technology [NY], Thiel College [PA]
Team Final
1. Clarkson College of Technology [NY]  35 points
2. Thiel College [PA]  30
3. Case Institute of Technology [OH]  28
4. Rochester Institute of Technology [NY]  26
Award Winners
Outstanding Wrestler Award: Bob Monks (Clarkson College of Technology [NY], 152 lbs)
Championship Final (1st)
123 lbs: Dennis Riley (Thiel College [PA]), DEC 10-6
130 lbs: John Kline (Case Institute of Technology [OH]) > Stan Plata (Clarkson College of Technology [NY]), FALL 3:30
137 lbs: Earl Fender (Thiel College [PA]) > Tom Parker (Clarkson College of Technology [NY]), FALL 6:55
145 lbs: Bill D'Angelo (Clarkson College of Technology [NY]) > Bob Raines (Rochester Institute of Technology [NY]), DEC 9-8
152 lbs: Bob Monks (Clarkson College of Technology [NY]) > Bruce Robinson (Rochester Institute of Technology [NY]), FALL 7:00
160 lbs: Bob Hartman (Thiel College [PA]) > Pete Wolff (Clarkson College of Technology [NY]), FALL 7:00
167 lbs: John Miller (Rochester Institute of Technology [NY]), DEC 10-1
177 lbs: Neal Mulvenna (Rochester Institute of Technology [NY]) > John Phillipi (Clarkson College of Technology [NY]), DEC 13-0
191 lbs: Alan McCartney (Thiel College [PA]) > Bob Michniewicz (Rochester Institute of Technology [NY]), DEC 9-8
HWT: Tom Engle (Case Institute of Technology [OH]), FALL 3:55
Consolation Final (3rd)
123 lbs: Ken Wood (Clarkson College of Technology [NY]), NA 
137 lbs: John Yask (Case Institute of Technology [OH]), NA 
145 lbs: Mike Master (Thiel College [PA]), DEC 9-6
152 lbs: Mike Tharp (Case Institute of Technology [OH]), DEC 9-6
160 lbs: Chad Hooker (Case Institute of Technology [OH]), DEC 4-2
167 lbs: Bob Waskowitz (Thiel College [PA]) > Steve Sawyer (Clarkson College of Technology [NY]), DEC 8-5
177 lbs: Dan Brandon (Case Institute of Technology [OH]), DEC 2-1
191 lbs: Ed Speca (Clarkson College of Technology [NY]), DEC 2-1
HWT: Roger Breeze (Clarkson College of Technology [NY]), NA 



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