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SJSU Wrestling Archives The Spartan Daily 12-5-78 |
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Grapplers Do Well In Tourney |
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by Mike Barnhart |
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| All-America hopeful Robert McDowell successfully defended his crown and a trio of freshmen did a "helluva
job" leading SJSU's wrestling team to third place in the 22nd annual Mumby Invitational Saturday in Spartan
Gym. SJSU, which travels to San Francisco State 7:30 pm tomorrow for a dual meet with the Gators, totaled 40 points in the 10-team tourney. Winner CSU Bakersfield finished with 60 and Cal Poly-SLO was second with 43. The expected field of 13 was reduced when Hayward, Stanford, and Stanislaus never arrived. McDowell, who claimed the 150-pound division in 1977, had little problem retaining his title. He pinned his first three opponent with relative ease and registered lopsided decisions over two of his other three foes. The toughest match for the senior was against freshman John Peregrina, who placed fourth. McDowell edged the upstart 8-4. McDowell progressively took less time in recording the pins. He slammed UC Berkeley's Mike Wignot to the mat 1:15 into the second period, disposed of CSU Sacramento's Travis Townsy 25 seconds into the match, and toppled CSU Chico's Dan Magnuson in 17. Spartan Duane Harris captured second in the 190 division. He lost to champion Steve Draper of Bakersfield 4-3 in his final match. Harris pinned Clayton Cone of Cal, and Stuart Felker of Cal Poly, and he decisioned Jesus Aboytes of SFS, Jarl Grunsetti of Sacramento, and third placer Brent Causey of Biola. Marty Lockwood (118) and Ken Klein (177) took thirds and Eddie Baza (126), Brian Strock (142), Peregrina, and Mike Bowron (167) garnered fourths to aid the SJSU effort. Spartan fifth placers were Wayne Jones (118), Matt Crawford (126), Mike Snipes, and Guy Heath (hwt). James Rey was sixth at 177. "I thought our freshmen did one helluva job," SJSU head coach T.J. Kerr said of Jones, Baza, and Peregrina. "That's the best job i've seen by freshmen in quite a while." Jones sandwiched losses to Bakersfield's John Smithson who ended second and Lockwood around a pair of super superior decisions. He pounded Biola's Peter Martin 22-1 and decked Chico's Perry Watson 22-5. Baza scored pins in his first two matches before dropping decisions to Stanislaus State's Frank Clementi (sixth place) and Cal Poly's Ted Overmire (second). Before his loss to McDowell, Peregrina notched three straight decisions. He would have finished third if he had beaten Bakersfield's Martin Maciel, who eventually took third. Peregrina lost 8-2. Klein, a junior, was a surprise at 177 according to Kerr. "That's probably the best he's ever wrestled," Kerr said. Klein won three of four matches before losing to winner Randy Coste of Cal and runnerup Bill Choate of Bakersfield. |
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