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3rd Annual RIT Wrestling Invitational
Wrestling Tournament
@ Clark Gym, RIT (Rochester, New York)
Friday-Saturday, December 6-7, 1968

Nearing a Pin
Nearing a Pin
RIT's Dawson Raymo reaches around the leg of Gene Szuch, Case, in the final match of the 191-pound class at the RIT Tech Wrestling Tournament. SOURCE: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, December 8, 1968. Reproduced by armdrag.com with permission.

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Varsity (Level: Collegiate, Style: Folkstyle)
Participating Teams
Case Western Reserve University [OH], Clarkson College of Technology [NY], Ithaca College [NY], Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute [NY], Rochester Institute of Technology [NY], University of Notre Dame [IN]
Team Final
1. University of Notre Dame [IN]  109 points
2. Case Western Reserve University [OH]  84
3. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute [NY]  82
4. Ithaca College [NY]  74
Rochester Institute of Technology [NY]  74
6. Clarkson College of Technology [NY]  43
Award Winners
Outstanding Wrestler Award: Jim Hansen (University of Notre Dame [IN], 152 lbs)
Championship Final (1st)
118 lbs: Gary Jones (University of Notre Dame [IN]) > Marty Lefler (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute [NY]), DEC 10-5
123 lbs: John Yash (Case Western Reserve University [OH]) > Bob Jones (Ithaca College [NY]), FALL 7:03
130 lbs: John Kline (Case Western Reserve University [OH]) > Keith Giron (University of Notre Dame [IN]), DEC 11-4
137 lbs: Terry Habecker (Ithaca College [NY]) > Mike Duell (University of Notre Dame [IN]), FALL 4:30
145 lbs: Ken Baer (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute [NY]) > Ken Ryan (University of Notre Dame [IN]), DEC 5-3
152 lbs: Jim Hansen (University of Notre Dame [IN]) > Tom Hochfelder (Ithaca College [NY]), DEC 12-4
160 lbs: Bill Meisner (Ithaca College [NY]) > Norm Alston (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute [NY]), DEC 9-2
167 lbs: Lester Cuff (Rochester Institute of Technology [NY]) > Dan Jones (Case Western Reserve University [OH]), DEC 10-4
177 lbs: Jay Robinson (Clarkson College of Technology [NY]) > Bill Hasbrook (University of Notre Dame [IN]), DEC 5-0
191 lbs: Dawson Raymo (Rochester Institute of Technology [NY]) > Gene Szuch (Case Western Reserve University [OH]), FALL 3:12
HWT: Pat Mudron (University of Notre Dame [IN]) > Steve Ritter (Rochester Institute of Technology [NY]), FALL 5:49
Consolation Final (3rd)
123 lbs: Charles Classen (Rochester Institute of Technology [NY]) > Ken Wood (Clarkson College of Technology [NY]), DEC 9-2
130 lbs: Gerardo Brown (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute [NY]) > Rudy Foschi (Rochester Institute of Technology [NY]), FALL 1:58
137 lbs: Eric Blair (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute [NY]) > Jim Miller (Case Western Reserve University [OH]), FALL time?
145 lbs: Larry Wennogle (Ithaca College [NY]) > Joel Kupperstein (Clarkson College of Technology [NY]), DEC 3-1
152 lbs: Larry DeCiantis (Rochester Institute of Technology [NY]) > Greg Sigworth (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute [NY]), FALL 2:40
160 lbs: Mike Higgins (University of Notre Dame [IN]) > Pete Chehayl (Case Western Reserve University [OH]), DEC 5-0
167 lbs: Cliff Libby (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute [NY]) > John Meyers (Clarkson College of Technology [NY]), DEC 2-1
Consolation Final (5th)
123 lbs: Don Road (University of Notre Dame [IN]), NA 
137 lbs: Terry McNamara (Clarkson College of Technology [NY]), NA 
145 lbs: Charles McColgan (Rochester Institute of Technology [NY]) > Cliff LaPlatrey (Case Western Reserve University [OH]), DEC 4-2
152 lbs: Chris Clautice (Case Western Reserve University [OH]) > Al Bowen (Clarkson College of Technology [NY]), FALL 5:45
160 lbs: Chas Carey (Rochester Institute of Technology [NY]), NA 
167 lbs: Greg Abrams (University of Notre Dame [IN]), NA 



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