Central Michigan University Athletics
Saturday, November 9
East Lansing, Mich.
9:30 a.m.
Central Michigan University
at
Michigan State Open
Photo by: Lauren Verellen '26 - @laurenverellen_photography
Cramer First, 11 Chippewa Wrestlers Place at Michigan State Open
11/9/2024 9:29:00 PM | Wrestling
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Alex Cramer won the 174-pound weight class in the Open Division on Saturday to lead the Central Michigan wrestling team at the Michigan State Open.
Cramer was one of 11 Chippewas to place in the event, which comprised wrestlers representing 30 colleges, universities and wrestling clubs. No team scores were kept.
The Chippewas entertain Indiana at McGuirk Arena on Friday, Nov. 15 (7 p.m.) in their first dual meet of the season.
CMU's Mason Shrader (149), Johnny Lovett (157 pounds) and Adrien Cramer (184) each placed second in the Open Division in their respective weight classes, while Sean Spidle (133) was third, Kellen Aure (141) was fourth, and Chandler Amaker (165) and Cameron Wood (197) each placed sixth.
In the Freshman/Sophomore Division, CMU's Nick Blackburn (141) placed third, Aiden Fockler (285) was fifth, and Cameron Chinavare (133) placed sixth.
Alex Cramer, the defending Mid-American Conference champion at 174, finished 4-0 on the day, capping it with a 4-1 sudden victory win over Garrett Thompson of Ohio in the title bout.
Cramer, who is ranked 21st nationally by InterMat, was dominant en route to the final, scoring a 16-6 major decision in his opening bout, and then winning by technical fall and then by fall in his semifinal.
Shrader posted a 20-4 technical fall to open the tournament, and then won a 15-11 decision and then a 7-0 decision to reach the final, where he lost on a 15-0 technical fall to Jaxon Joy of the Spartan Combat RTC.
Lovett, who is ranked 16th nationally, dropped a 6-4 decision to Ohio's Peyten Keller in the championship match at 157. Keller, an All-American in 2024, is ranked third nationally.
Lovett opened with a 10-6 victory and then scored a 15-6 major-decision victory to reach the semifinals, where he posted a 4-2 victory.
Adrien Cramer reached the final at 184 with an 8-2 victory and a win by medical forfeit. He fell, 5-3, to Oklahoma State's Jersey Robb in the title bout.
Spidle won two matches, his opener and his semifinal bout, in sudden victory. He dropped a major decision in his second-round bout and posted an 8-0 major-decision win over Lucian Brink of Northern Illinois in the third-place match.
Aure posted a pair of 4-1 victories, a major-decision win, and a victory by technical fall en route to the third-place match, where he dropped a 4-2 decision to Joey Butler of Indiana. Earlier in the tournament, Butler handed Aure a 6-3 loss, dropping Aure into the consolation bracket.
Amaker was pinned by 27th-ranked Bryce Hepner of Ohio State in his opening bout, and then won four consecutive matches in the consolation bracket – one by major decision, another on a technical fall – to make his way into the place matches. Having wrestled the maximum six matches on the day, Amaker bowed out of the fifth-place match to finish sixth.
Wood went 3-1 in the four matches he wrestled on the day, posting one victory by major decision and another by technical fall. He lost his final two bouts, including the fifth place match, by medical forfeit.
Blackburn finished 5-1 on the day, posting a 7-2 win over Lucan O'Brien in the third place match.
Fockler won his fifth place match by medical forfeit over Aden Roe of Edinboro.
Chinavare dropped a 9-7 decision to Nate Knowlton of Findlay in his fifth place match.
Match-by-match results for Central Michigan wrestlers:
Open Division
125 Grant Stahl, 0-2
L Nolan Wertanen, Michigan, 8-5
L Kaden Chinavare, Central Michigan, 11-6
125 Kaden Chinavare, 1-2
L Christian Tanefeu, Michigan, 12-8
W Grant Stahl, Central Michigan, 11-6
L Sam Smith, Oklahoma State, 11-7
133 Andrew Austin, 2-2
W Andrew Hampton, Michigan State, 20-4 TF
L Zan Fugitt, Wisconsin, 6-1
W Noah Mattin, Northern Oklahoma College, 14-2 MD
L Zach Blankenship, Oklahoma State, 6-1
133 Sean Spidle, 3-1, third place
W Cody Phelps, Michigan State, 10-7, SV-1
L Cael Hughes, Oklahoma State, 11-2, MD
W Zach Blankenship, Oklahoma State, 8-5, SV-1
W Lucian Brink, Northern Illinois, 8-0, MD (third place match)
133 Vince Perez, 0-2
L Markel Baker, Northern Illinois, 6-4
L Cody Phelps, Michigan State, 6-2
141 Kellan Aure, 4-2, fourth place
W Gustavo DeLima, Grand Valley State, 17-2, TF
L Joey Butler, Indiana, 6-3
W Paul Woo, Ohio, 14-3, MD
W Brock Bobzien, Wisconsin, 4-1
W Nathan Jerore, Michigan, 4-1
L Joey Butler, Indiana, 4-2 (third place match)
149 Jimmy Nugent, 1-2
W Aidan Medora, Wisconsin, 7-3
L Jaxon Joy, Spartan Combat RTC, 18-3, TF
L Aiden Davis, Bucknell, 7-3
149 Mason Shrader, 3-1, second place
W Cade Cass, Findlay, 20-4, TF
W Logan Cravatas, Ohio, 15-11
W Aidan Torres, Indiana, 7-0
L Jaxon Joy, Spartan Combat RTC, 15-0, TF (first place match)
157 Johnny Lovett, 3-1, second
W Brody Hallin, Northern Illinois, 10-6
W Ryan Michaels, Edinboro, 15-6, MD
W Caleb Fish, Oklahoma State, 4-2
L Peyten Keller, Ohio, 6-4 (first place match)
165 Chandler Amaker, 4-2, sixth place
L Bryce Hepner, Ohio State, fall, 1:55
W Cody Goebel, Wisconsin, 13-5, MD
W Knick Andrew, Findlay, 18-0, TF
W Tommy Bennett, Northern Illinois, 4-2
W Louis Cerchio, Spartan Combat RTC, 7-2
L Max Mayfield, Northwestern, fall, 8:10
L Jack Haskin, Lake Erie College, no contest
165 Tyler Swiderski, 0-2
L Jack Haskin, Lake Erie College, 10-2, MD
L Kailan Keith, Thomas More, MFF
165 Nick Marienfeld, 1-2
L Jay Nivison, Michigan State, 4-1, SV-1
W Nathan Mansor, Grand Valley State, fall, 4:27
L Brett Smith, Northern Illinois, 5-3
165 Cole Hopkins, 0-2
L Jack Lledo, Ohio, 8-5, SV-1
L Maxwell Kirby, Edinboro, 9-2
174 Alex Cramer, 4-0, first place
W Ryan Boucher, Michigan State, 16-6, MD
W Joseph Martin, Northwestern, 17-2, TF
W Ceasar Garza, Michigan State, fall, 2:09
W Garrett Thompson, Ohio, 4-1, SV-1 (first place match)
174 Mason Alessio, 1-3
L Aiden Vandenbush, Northwestern, 5-4
W Austin Stewart, Northern Illinois, 17-1, TF
L Lucas Condon, Wisconsin, 4-1
184 Brayden Gautreau, 0-2
L Jon Halvorson, Northwestern, 11-3, MD
L Lucas Daly, Michigan State, 8-3
184 Wyatt Ferguson, 2-2
W Lucas Daly, Michigan State, 4-2
L Jay Halvorson, Northwestern, 4-2
W Jack Cummings, Michigan, 22-6, TF
L Codei Khawaja, Michigan, 15-0, TF
184 Adrien Cramer, 2-1, second place
W Brayden Mirjavadi, Grand Valley State, 8-2
W Jon Halvorsen, Northwestern, MFF
L Jersey Robb, Oklahoma State, 5-3 (first place match)
184 Cody Brenner, 1-2
W Codei Khawaja, Michigan, 4-1, SV-1
L Jared McGill, Edinboro, 5-1
L Darion Johnson, McKendree, 9-3
197 Luke Cochran, 1-2
W Karson Tompkins, Air Force, 7-6
L Kael Wisler, Michigan State, 7-3
L Hayden Walters, Michigan, 4-2
197 Cameron Wood, 3-1, sixth place
W Austin Starr, Ohio, 9-0, MD
L Cody Merrill, Oklahoma State, 19-5, MD
W Jackson Punzel, Wheaton, 15-0, TF
W Karson Tompkins, Air Force, 9-5
L Kael Wisler, Michigan State, MFF
L Hayden Walters, Michigan, MFF (fifth place match)
285 Simon Lato, 3-2
W Lance Trost, Michigan, 8-2
L Max Vanadia, Michigan State, 14-4, MD
W Charles Hastriter, Oregon State, 4-1, SV-1
W Dzhabrail Khurshidov, Michigan, 10-9
L Brooks Empey, Wisconsin, 6-3, SV-1
285 Bryan Caves, 3-2
W Austin Jordan, Michigan, 3-0
L Carter Blough, Grand Valley State, 8-2
W Jayson Roy, unattached, fall, 6:49
W Ira Jenkins, Michigan, 9-1, MD
L Nicholas Pavlechko, Indiana, 8-4
Freshman/Sophomore Division
133 Cameron Chinavare, 3-3, sixth place
L Luis Bazan, Northwestern, 8-5
W Cooper Rider, Purdue, 7-2
W Parker Sentipal, Edinboro, 8-5, SV-1
W Jak Keller, Grand Valley State, 7-3
L Teddy Flores, Michigan, fall, 5:47
L Nate Knowlton, Findlay, 9-7 (fifth place match)
141 Nick Blackburn, 5-1, third place
W Sammy Agnello, Michigan State, 7-4, SV-1
W Carson Exferd, Wisconsin, 4-2
W Kaden Jett, Ohio, 5-2
L Kolter Burton, Oklahoma State, 7-2
W Cole Solomey, Purdue, 4-2
W Lucan O'Brien, Northern Illinois, 7-2 (third place match)
141 Colin Kacena, 4-2
W Eli Ashcroft, Kent State, 8-0, MD
L Cole Solomey, Purdue, 4-1
W Elijah Bunn, Grand Valley State, fall, 5:23
W Sean Larkin, Michigan State, fall, 2:59
W Giosue Hickman, Northwestern, 7-1
L Coloe Solomey, Purdue, 7-3
285 Aidan Fockler, 4-2, fifth place
W Wyatt Schmitt, Ohio, 2-1, TB-1
L Aden Roe, Edinboro, 7-6, TB-1
W Sean House, Davenport, fall, 1:45
W Dirk Morley, Northwestern, 13-4, MD
L Kade Sottolano, Edinboro, 4-1
W Aden Roe, Edinboro, MFF
Cramer was one of 11 Chippewas to place in the event, which comprised wrestlers representing 30 colleges, universities and wrestling clubs. No team scores were kept.
The Chippewas entertain Indiana at McGuirk Arena on Friday, Nov. 15 (7 p.m.) in their first dual meet of the season.
CMU's Mason Shrader (149), Johnny Lovett (157 pounds) and Adrien Cramer (184) each placed second in the Open Division in their respective weight classes, while Sean Spidle (133) was third, Kellen Aure (141) was fourth, and Chandler Amaker (165) and Cameron Wood (197) each placed sixth.
In the Freshman/Sophomore Division, CMU's Nick Blackburn (141) placed third, Aiden Fockler (285) was fifth, and Cameron Chinavare (133) placed sixth.
Alex Cramer, the defending Mid-American Conference champion at 174, finished 4-0 on the day, capping it with a 4-1 sudden victory win over Garrett Thompson of Ohio in the title bout.
Cramer, who is ranked 21st nationally by InterMat, was dominant en route to the final, scoring a 16-6 major decision in his opening bout, and then winning by technical fall and then by fall in his semifinal.
Shrader posted a 20-4 technical fall to open the tournament, and then won a 15-11 decision and then a 7-0 decision to reach the final, where he lost on a 15-0 technical fall to Jaxon Joy of the Spartan Combat RTC.
Lovett, who is ranked 16th nationally, dropped a 6-4 decision to Ohio's Peyten Keller in the championship match at 157. Keller, an All-American in 2024, is ranked third nationally.
Lovett opened with a 10-6 victory and then scored a 15-6 major-decision victory to reach the semifinals, where he posted a 4-2 victory.
Adrien Cramer reached the final at 184 with an 8-2 victory and a win by medical forfeit. He fell, 5-3, to Oklahoma State's Jersey Robb in the title bout.
Spidle won two matches, his opener and his semifinal bout, in sudden victory. He dropped a major decision in his second-round bout and posted an 8-0 major-decision win over Lucian Brink of Northern Illinois in the third-place match.
Aure posted a pair of 4-1 victories, a major-decision win, and a victory by technical fall en route to the third-place match, where he dropped a 4-2 decision to Joey Butler of Indiana. Earlier in the tournament, Butler handed Aure a 6-3 loss, dropping Aure into the consolation bracket.
Amaker was pinned by 27th-ranked Bryce Hepner of Ohio State in his opening bout, and then won four consecutive matches in the consolation bracket – one by major decision, another on a technical fall – to make his way into the place matches. Having wrestled the maximum six matches on the day, Amaker bowed out of the fifth-place match to finish sixth.
Wood went 3-1 in the four matches he wrestled on the day, posting one victory by major decision and another by technical fall. He lost his final two bouts, including the fifth place match, by medical forfeit.
Blackburn finished 5-1 on the day, posting a 7-2 win over Lucan O'Brien in the third place match.
Fockler won his fifth place match by medical forfeit over Aden Roe of Edinboro.
Chinavare dropped a 9-7 decision to Nate Knowlton of Findlay in his fifth place match.
Match-by-match results for Central Michigan wrestlers:
Open Division
125 Grant Stahl, 0-2
L Nolan Wertanen, Michigan, 8-5
L Kaden Chinavare, Central Michigan, 11-6
125 Kaden Chinavare, 1-2
L Christian Tanefeu, Michigan, 12-8
W Grant Stahl, Central Michigan, 11-6
L Sam Smith, Oklahoma State, 11-7
133 Andrew Austin, 2-2
W Andrew Hampton, Michigan State, 20-4 TF
L Zan Fugitt, Wisconsin, 6-1
W Noah Mattin, Northern Oklahoma College, 14-2 MD
L Zach Blankenship, Oklahoma State, 6-1
133 Sean Spidle, 3-1, third place
W Cody Phelps, Michigan State, 10-7, SV-1
L Cael Hughes, Oklahoma State, 11-2, MD
W Zach Blankenship, Oklahoma State, 8-5, SV-1
W Lucian Brink, Northern Illinois, 8-0, MD (third place match)
133 Vince Perez, 0-2
L Markel Baker, Northern Illinois, 6-4
L Cody Phelps, Michigan State, 6-2
141 Kellan Aure, 4-2, fourth place
W Gustavo DeLima, Grand Valley State, 17-2, TF
L Joey Butler, Indiana, 6-3
W Paul Woo, Ohio, 14-3, MD
W Brock Bobzien, Wisconsin, 4-1
W Nathan Jerore, Michigan, 4-1
L Joey Butler, Indiana, 4-2 (third place match)
149 Jimmy Nugent, 1-2
W Aidan Medora, Wisconsin, 7-3
L Jaxon Joy, Spartan Combat RTC, 18-3, TF
L Aiden Davis, Bucknell, 7-3
149 Mason Shrader, 3-1, second place
W Cade Cass, Findlay, 20-4, TF
W Logan Cravatas, Ohio, 15-11
W Aidan Torres, Indiana, 7-0
L Jaxon Joy, Spartan Combat RTC, 15-0, TF (first place match)
157 Johnny Lovett, 3-1, second
W Brody Hallin, Northern Illinois, 10-6
W Ryan Michaels, Edinboro, 15-6, MD
W Caleb Fish, Oklahoma State, 4-2
L Peyten Keller, Ohio, 6-4 (first place match)
165 Chandler Amaker, 4-2, sixth place
L Bryce Hepner, Ohio State, fall, 1:55
W Cody Goebel, Wisconsin, 13-5, MD
W Knick Andrew, Findlay, 18-0, TF
W Tommy Bennett, Northern Illinois, 4-2
W Louis Cerchio, Spartan Combat RTC, 7-2
L Max Mayfield, Northwestern, fall, 8:10
L Jack Haskin, Lake Erie College, no contest
165 Tyler Swiderski, 0-2
L Jack Haskin, Lake Erie College, 10-2, MD
L Kailan Keith, Thomas More, MFF
165 Nick Marienfeld, 1-2
L Jay Nivison, Michigan State, 4-1, SV-1
W Nathan Mansor, Grand Valley State, fall, 4:27
L Brett Smith, Northern Illinois, 5-3
165 Cole Hopkins, 0-2
L Jack Lledo, Ohio, 8-5, SV-1
L Maxwell Kirby, Edinboro, 9-2
174 Alex Cramer, 4-0, first place
W Ryan Boucher, Michigan State, 16-6, MD
W Joseph Martin, Northwestern, 17-2, TF
W Ceasar Garza, Michigan State, fall, 2:09
W Garrett Thompson, Ohio, 4-1, SV-1 (first place match)
174 Mason Alessio, 1-3
L Aiden Vandenbush, Northwestern, 5-4
W Austin Stewart, Northern Illinois, 17-1, TF
L Lucas Condon, Wisconsin, 4-1
184 Brayden Gautreau, 0-2
L Jon Halvorson, Northwestern, 11-3, MD
L Lucas Daly, Michigan State, 8-3
184 Wyatt Ferguson, 2-2
W Lucas Daly, Michigan State, 4-2
L Jay Halvorson, Northwestern, 4-2
W Jack Cummings, Michigan, 22-6, TF
L Codei Khawaja, Michigan, 15-0, TF
184 Adrien Cramer, 2-1, second place
W Brayden Mirjavadi, Grand Valley State, 8-2
W Jon Halvorsen, Northwestern, MFF
L Jersey Robb, Oklahoma State, 5-3 (first place match)
184 Cody Brenner, 1-2
W Codei Khawaja, Michigan, 4-1, SV-1
L Jared McGill, Edinboro, 5-1
L Darion Johnson, McKendree, 9-3
197 Luke Cochran, 1-2
W Karson Tompkins, Air Force, 7-6
L Kael Wisler, Michigan State, 7-3
L Hayden Walters, Michigan, 4-2
197 Cameron Wood, 3-1, sixth place
W Austin Starr, Ohio, 9-0, MD
L Cody Merrill, Oklahoma State, 19-5, MD
W Jackson Punzel, Wheaton, 15-0, TF
W Karson Tompkins, Air Force, 9-5
L Kael Wisler, Michigan State, MFF
L Hayden Walters, Michigan, MFF (fifth place match)
285 Simon Lato, 3-2
W Lance Trost, Michigan, 8-2
L Max Vanadia, Michigan State, 14-4, MD
W Charles Hastriter, Oregon State, 4-1, SV-1
W Dzhabrail Khurshidov, Michigan, 10-9
L Brooks Empey, Wisconsin, 6-3, SV-1
285 Bryan Caves, 3-2
W Austin Jordan, Michigan, 3-0
L Carter Blough, Grand Valley State, 8-2
W Jayson Roy, unattached, fall, 6:49
W Ira Jenkins, Michigan, 9-1, MD
L Nicholas Pavlechko, Indiana, 8-4
Freshman/Sophomore Division
133 Cameron Chinavare, 3-3, sixth place
L Luis Bazan, Northwestern, 8-5
W Cooper Rider, Purdue, 7-2
W Parker Sentipal, Edinboro, 8-5, SV-1
W Jak Keller, Grand Valley State, 7-3
L Teddy Flores, Michigan, fall, 5:47
L Nate Knowlton, Findlay, 9-7 (fifth place match)
141 Nick Blackburn, 5-1, third place
W Sammy Agnello, Michigan State, 7-4, SV-1
W Carson Exferd, Wisconsin, 4-2
W Kaden Jett, Ohio, 5-2
L Kolter Burton, Oklahoma State, 7-2
W Cole Solomey, Purdue, 4-2
W Lucan O'Brien, Northern Illinois, 7-2 (third place match)
141 Colin Kacena, 4-2
W Eli Ashcroft, Kent State, 8-0, MD
L Cole Solomey, Purdue, 4-1
W Elijah Bunn, Grand Valley State, fall, 5:23
W Sean Larkin, Michigan State, fall, 2:59
W Giosue Hickman, Northwestern, 7-1
L Coloe Solomey, Purdue, 7-3
285 Aidan Fockler, 4-2, fifth place
W Wyatt Schmitt, Ohio, 2-1, TB-1
L Aden Roe, Edinboro, 7-6, TB-1
W Sean House, Davenport, fall, 1:45
W Dirk Morley, Northwestern, 13-4, MD
L Kade Sottolano, Edinboro, 4-1
W Aden Roe, Edinboro, MFF
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