Blacksburg – The Virginia Tech wrestling team will send multiple competitors to this year's Southeast Open (formerly the Hokie Open) set for Sunday at the Cregger Center in Salem, Virginia. Doors open at 8 a.m. and wrestling will begin at 9 a.m.
Streaming, live-scoring and results for the one-day tournament can be found on FloArena via FloWrestling.com. Fans can also follow action throughout the day by following the Hokies on Twitter at Hokies Wrestling.
KEY WRESTLERS FOR TECH
- Returning NCAA qualifiers Sam Latona, Korbin Myers, Connor Brady, Mekhi Lewis, Hunter Bolen, Dakota Howard, and Nathan Traxler will all be in action for the Hokies.
- Latona, Brady, and Howard were first-time qualifiers, with Latona, Myers, and Bolen earning All-American honors for the first time in their careers.
- Bolen enters his senior season looking to become the 16th four-time NCAA qualifier in program history.
- Traxler, a four-time qualifier and Pac-12 champion at Stanford, will be making his first appearance for the Hokies.
- Mekhi Lewis, Tech's first national and world champion, returns to action after withdrawing from the 2021 national championships due to injury upon reaching the quarterfinals. He returns to the line-up at 174-pounds.
The Hokies will send the following wrestlers in the freshman/sophomore and open divisions:
Freshman/Sophomore
Eddie Ventresca, 125 – unattached
Cooper Flynn, 125 – unattached
Caden Hagler, 125
Jake Keeling, 133
Andrew Wert, 133 – unattached
Kylan Montgomery, 149
Ty Finn, 157 – unattached
Jackson Spires, 157 – unattached
Trey Kibe, 174 – unattached
James Brown, 174
AJ Dempsey, 184 – unattached
Simeone Holmes, 184
Open
Sam Latona, 125
Korbin Myers, 133
Brandon Wittenberg, 133
Collin Gerardi, 141
Connor Brady, 157
Jake Hart, 157
Clayton Ulrey, 165
Mekhi Lewis, 174
Hunter Bolen, 184
Dakota Howard, 197
Hunter Catka, 285 – unattached
Nathan Traxler, 285