RENO, Nev.—Arizona State wrestling’s sixth-year senior Chace Eskam placed fifth at heavyweight at the Reno Tournament of Champions on Sunday at the Reno Events Center.
Eskam bounced back from an opening-round, 2-1 loss to Illinois’ Brooks Black with a 17-3 major decision over Stanford’s Trevor Rasmussen. Eskam picked up his second major decision of the day, 12-3, over Cal Poly’s Cortes Morales, before he picked up a pair of decisions in the consolation round of eight, 5-2 over Newton Smerchek (Central Michigan), and SV 3-1 over Garrett Goldman (Indiana).
In the consolation round of four, Eskam defeated Central Michigan’s Adam Robinson, 3-2, before falling to Stanford’s Nathan Butler in a 6-0 decision in the consolation semifinals.
In the fifth-place match, Eskam bounced back with a 5-3 win over Campbell’s Jere Hino, whom freshman Tanner Hall defeated, 5-4, in ASU’s dual opener against Campbell on Nov. 8.
At 125 pounds, redshirt freshman Mikel Perales earned the first bonus-point victory of his career, taking down Campbell’s Collin Stewart, 15-7, while Christian Pagdilao scored an 11-2 major decision over Kyle Gilva in the 149 pound Round of 64.
Also in action this weekend, Anthony Valencia (74kg, 2-2), Zahid Valencia (86kg, 2-2), Lance Benick (97kg, 0-2) competed in the freestyle tournament at the U.S. Senior National and Olympic Trials Qualifier in Las Vegas, Nev.
Alumni Kevin Radford placed fifth at 85kg in the Greco-Roman competition and Kelsey Campbell was the runner-up at 58kg in the women’s freestyle competition, and will compete at the 2016 Olympic Trials in April in Iowa. Current Sun Devil Arian Carpio, placed sixth at 58kg and will also compete at the upcoming trials.
Up next for the current Sun Devils is the Midlands Championships, Dec. 29-30, in Evanston, Iowa.
Reno Tournament Of Champions Results
125 (Mikel Perales, 1-2)
Round of 32: Chasen Tolbert (Utah Valley) def. Mikel Perales (ASU): Tech 16-0
Conso Round of 16-1: Mikel Perales (ASU) def. Collin Stewart (Campbell): Maj 15-7
Conso Round of 16-2: Aaron Assad (Missouri-Unat) def. Mikel Perales (ASU): Tech 16-1
149 (Christian Pagdilao, 2-2)
Round of 64: Christian Pagdilao (ASU) def. Kyle Gilva (North Dakota St.): Maj 11-2
Round of 32: Christian Pagdilao (ASU) def. Trevor Moody (Indiana): Dec 7-0
Round of 16: Paul Fox (Stanford) def. Christian Pagdilao (ASU): Dec 5-3
Conso 16-2: Grant LaMont (Utah Valley-Unat) def. Christian Pagildo (ASU): Med Forf.
157 (Oliver Pierce, 2-2)
Round of 32: Oliver Pierce (ASU) def. Jacob Danishek (Indiana): Dec 9-5
Round of 16: Oliver Pierce (ASU) def. Jason Buhr (Colorado Mesa): Tech 19-2
Quarters: Joe Smith (Oklahoma State-Unat) def. Oliver Pierce (ASU): Maj 9-1
Conso Round of 8-2: LeRoy Barnes (Missori-Unat) def. Oliver Pierce (ASU): Fall 7:00
165 (Preston McCalmon, 2-2)
Round of 32: Lorenzo De La Riva (CSUB-Unat) def. Preson McCalmon (ASU): Dec 6-2
Conso Round of 16-2: Preston McCalmon (ASU) def. Tyler McNutt (North Dakota St): Dec 6-0
Conso Round of 8-1: Preston McCalmon (ASU) def. Tyler McLean (Simon Foster): Dec 3-2
Conso Round of 8-2: Kyle Pope (Wyoming) def. Preston McCalmon (ASU): Dec 12-6
HWT (Chace Eskam, 6-2, Fifth Place)
Round of 32: Brooks Black (Illinois) def. Chace Eskam (ASU): Dec 2-1
Conso Round of 16-1: Chace Eskam (ASU) def. Trevor Rasmussen (Stanford-Unat): Maj 17-3
Conso Round of 16-2: Chace Eskam (ASU) def. Cortes Morales (Cal Poly): Maj 12-3
Conso Round of 8-1: Chace Eskam (ASU) def. Newton Smerchek (Central Michigan): Dec 5-2
Conso Round of 8-2: Chace Eskam (ASU) def. Garret Goldman (Indiana): Dec 3-1
Conso of 4: Chace Eskam (ASU) def. Adam Robinson (Central Michigan): Dec 3-2
Consolation Semis: Nathan Butler (Stanford) def. Chace Eskam (ASU): Dec 6-0
Fifth Place Match: Chace Eskam (ASU) def. Jere Hino (Campbell): Dec 5-3