The Navy wrestling team (4-4, 1-1 EIWA) will step away from dual competition this weekend as it battles six competing military institutions - Air Force, The Citadel, Coast Guard, Merchant Marine Academy, Norwich and VMI - in the hopes of capturing its 16th overall All-Academy Championship crown on Saturday. Air Force will play host to the 26th annual event which will begin with the preliminary rounds at 10:00 am MT / 12:00 pm ET at East Gym.
Projected Schedule
8:00 / 10:00 am - Weigh-ins
9:00 / 11:00 am - East Gym open to spectators
10:00 am / 12:00 pm - Preliminary Rounds
12:00 / 2:00 pm - Semifinals / 1st Consolation Round
2:00 / 4:00 pm - Consolation Semifinals / Consolation Finals
4:00 / 6:00 pm - Championship Finals
Multi-Media Platforms:
There are a variety of ways to follow the action for the All-Academy Championship ...
• Live video ($) - Trackwrestling
• Live scoring - Trackwrestling
All-Academy Nuggets
• Navy has been the dominant team, winning 15 of the 25 championships including 12 of the last 16.
• The Mids have won 98 individual crowns in All-Academy Championship history, including 72 of the 160 titles over the last 16 years.
• The Mids won the team title in 1995, `97, `99, `04, `05, `06, `07, `09, '10, '11, '12, '13, '14 and '18, while they claimed five or more individual titles in 1997, `99, `04, `05, `07, `08, '10, '11, '13, '17, '18 and '19.
•
Casey Cobb,
Jared Prince,
Quentin Hovis,
Tanner Skidgel and
Anthony Cable each won individual titles to lead Navy to the 2019 All-Academy Championship crown last year at Norwich's Plumley Armory. It marked the Mids' 15th overall All-Academy Championship victory and their second in a row.
• Four of the 10 individual winners from last year's championship return for their respective teams: 133
Casey Cobb (Navy), 141 Garrett O'Shea (Air Force), 165
Tanner Skidgel (Navy), 174 Neal Richards (VMI).
• Among Navy's 10 placewinners from a year ago, just three -
Casey Cobb (133),
Tanner Skidgel (165),
Spencer Carey (174) - are expected to compete on Saturday.
• Making their All-Academy Championship debut will be
Logan Treaster (125),
Wyatt Long (149),
Scout Skidgel or
Jack Stanton-Taddeo (157),
Andrew Buckley or
Hampton Boyd (184),
Jacob Koser (197),
John Birchmeier (285).
•
Cody Trybus last competed at the All-Academy Championship in 2018 when he placed second at 133 pounds.
All-Academy Championship Team Titles
Team No. Last
Navy 15 2019
Air Force 5 2015
Army 4 2017
VMI 1 2003
Merchant Marine Academy 0 ---
Coast Guard Academy 0 ---
The Citadel 0 ---
Norwich Academy 0 ---
* Army has elected not to participate in this year's tournament
Mids In the Rankings
Intermat // Amateur Wrestling News // FloWrestling // Trackwrestling
125 -
Logan Treaster ... 18 // NR // NR // NR
165 -
Tanner Skidgel ... 8 // 8 // 8 // 10
174 -
Spencer Carey ... 20 // NR // NR // 20
Projected Navy Lineup
Wt - Wrestler (Cl, 2019-20 overall record, dual record)
• 125 - #18
Logan Treaster (Jr, 14-6, 6-2)
• 133 -
Casey Cobb (Jr, 10-9, 2-4)
• 141 -
Cody Trybus (Jr, 14-8, 4-4)
• 149 -
Wyatt Long (Jr, 10-7, 0-3)
• 157 -
Scout Skidgel (Jr, 5-9, 2-5) //
Jack Stanton-Taddeo (Jr, 7-9, 0-1)
• 165 - #8
Tanner Skidgel (Jr, 14-4, 5-2)
• 174 - #20
Spencer Carey (Sr, 11-5, 4-3)
• 184 -
Andrew Buckley (Jr, 5-9, 1-5) //
Hampton Boyd (So, 1-2, 0-0)
• 197 -
Jacob Koser (Fr, 11-5, 6-2)
• 285 -
John Birchmeier (Fr, 11-7, 4-4)
What's Ahead
• Navy returns to dual action next weekend when it faces EIWA foes American and Drexel on back-to-back days.
• The Mids travel to Washington, D.C. on Friday, Feb. 31 to battle American (7:00 pm) and then make the trip on Saturday to Philadelphia, Pa. for a 4:00 pm match at Drexel.
• Navy will also send a handful of wrestlers to compete at the Edinboro Open on Saturday, Feb. 1 (9:00 am).
### Go Navy ###
