Six Chippewa Wrestlers Remain Alive at Midlands Championships

Monday, December 29

Evanston, Ill.

10:30 a.m. ET

Central Michigan University

Midlands Championships

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Six Chippewa Wrestlers Remain Alive at Midlands Championships

12/29/2025 10:30:00 PM | Wrestling

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Austin, Amaker, Brenner, Cochran, Fockler, Caves will wrestle on Tuesday in consolation brackets

By: Andy Sneddon

EVANSTON, Ill. – Six Central Michigan wrestlers remain alive after the opening day on Monday of the Ken Kraft Midlands Championships at Ryan Fieldhouse on the campus of Northwestern University.

The second and final day of the tournament is scheduled for Tuesday (10:30 a.m.). The Chippewas are 15^th with 18 points in the 30-team field.

CMU's Andrew Austin (133 pounds), Chandler Amaker (165), Cody Brenner (184), Luke Cochran (197), Aidan Fockler (285) and Bryan Caves (285) remain alive in the consolation bracket of their respective weight classes.

Austin, Amaker, Brenner, and Fockler each went 2-1 on Monday, while Cochran and Caves each went 1-1.

• Austin opened with a 10-1 major decision loss to Northwestern's Sean Spidle and then posted back-to-back wins, the first a 9-4 decision over Jackson Blum of Indiana, and the second a 17-4 major decision over Stanford's Wyatt Richter. He is scheduled to wrestle Dylan Shawver of Rutgers on Tuesday.

• Amaker opened with a 7-2 win over Michigan State's Owen Segorski and then defeated Brock Woodcock of SIUE, 7-3, before falling on an 18-3 technical fall to Ohio State's e'Than Birden. Amaker is scheduled to wrestle Ryan Ford of Rutgers on Tuesday.

• Brenner opened the tournament on Monday with a 5-0 win over Ian Smith of Northern Illinois and then followed with a 7-3 victory over Luke Daly of Pitt. He then dropped a 9-2 decision to Chris Moore of Illinois and is slated to wrestle Indiana's Roman Rogatze on Tuesday.

• Cochran received a first-round bye and then posted a 21-5 technical fall of Demond Harrison of Michigan State. He fell on a 12-5 decision to Jude Correa of Spartan Combat Regional Training Center and is set to face Stanford's Luke Duthe on Tuesday.

• Fockler fell on a 4-2 decision to Sean Carroll of Northern Illinois in his opening bout and then rebounded with a 4-1 sudden-victory win over Dirk Morley of Northwestern and a pin at 4:18 of Michigan's Lance Trost. He is set to face Josh Harkless of Rochester Institute of Technology on Tuesday.

• After a first-round bye, Caves posted a 5-1 win over Morley before dropping a 17-2 technical fall to Trevor Toinker of Cal Poly. Caves is scheduled to wrestle Bryson Buhk of Northern Illinois on Tuesday.

Monday match-by-match results for Central Michigan wrestlers with their record (a wrestler is eliminated from the tournament after two losses):

133 Andrew Austin, 2-1
L Sean Spidle, Northwestern, 10-1 MD
W Jackson Blum, Indiana, 9-4 dec.
W Wyatt Richter, Stanford, 17-4 MD

133 Cameron Chinavare, 2-2
W Luis Bazan, Northwestern, 8-5 dec.
L Isaiah Cortez, Spartan Combat, 8-3 dec.
W Joe Ruzic, Illinois, 7-2 dec.
L Markel Baker, Northern Illinois, 10-2 MD

141 Nick Blackburn
L Billy Dekraker, Northwestern, 8-2 dec.
L Alec Peralta, SIUE, 5-4 dec.

149 Jimmy Nugent, 0-2
L Owen Reinsel, Lehigh, 15-0 TF, 1:41
L Noah Tapia, Hofstra, fall, 1:41

149 Colin Kacena, 1-2
W Anthony Evanitsky, Lehigh, 8-1 dec.
L Joey Buttler, Indiana, 5-4 dec.
L Noah Tapia, Hofstra, 11-4 dec.

157 Seth Larson
L Conner Harer, Rutgers, 19-3 TF, 5:37
L Hayden Whidden, SIUE, 8-3 dec.

157 Mason Shrader, 1-2
L Anthony Berg, Cal Poly, fall, 5:46
W PJ Murphy, SIUE, 9-4 dec.
L Gunnar Myers, Northwestern, MFF

165 Chandler Amaker, 2-1
W Owen Segorski, Michigan State, 7-2 dec.
W Brock Woodcock, SIUE, 7-3 dec.
L e'Than Birden, Ohio State, 18-3 TF, 7:00

174 Brayden Gautreau, 1-2
L Myles Takats, Bucknell, Fall, 1:37
W Ben Smith, Harvard, 8-5 dec.
L Caleb Neal, SIUE, 3-0 dec.

174 Nick Marienfeld, 1-2
L Caleb Neal, SIUE, fall, 4:12
W Andre Rocker, Northwestern, fall, 6:14
L Orlando Cruz, Indiana, 4-1 dec.

184 Cody Brenner, 2-1
W Ian Smith, Northern Illinois, 5-0 dec.
W Luke Daly, Pitt, 7-3 dec.
L Chris Moore, Illinois, 9-2 dec.

184 Adrian Cramer, 1-2
W Ali Adel, Northern Illinois, 15-0 TF, 7:00
L Joseph Walker, Michigan, 4-1 dec.
L Roman Rogotzke, Indiana, 2-1 dec.

184 Wyatt Ferguson, 0-2
L Shane Cartegena-Walsh, Rutgers, 20-5 TF, 7:00
L Amare Overton, SIUE, 19-12 dec.

197 Luke Cochran, 1-1
W Demond Harrison, Michigan State, 21-5 TF, 5:50
L Jude Correa, Spartan Combat RTC, 12-5 dec.

285 Aidan Fockler, 2-1
L Sean Carroll, Northern Illinois, 4-2 dec.
W Dirk Morley, Northwestern, 4-1 SV dec.
W Lance Trost, Michigan, fall, 4:18

285 Bryan Caves, 1-1
W Dirk Morley, Northwestern, 5-1 dec.
L Trevor Tinker, Cal Poly, 17-2 TF, 6:08

285 Simon Lato, 2-2
W Logan Shephard, Bucknell, 7-5 dec.
L Josh Harkless, Rochester Institute Technology, 5-2 dec.
W Caleb Marzolino, Indiana, 7-1 dec.
L Bryson Buhk, SIUE, 2-0