The first-year coach thought he could advance all 10 of his wrestlers to the NCAA Championships next month while also giving three-time defending tournament champion Lehigh a run for its money in the team race.
Neither of those sky-high goals were reached, but it was still a successful tournament for the Mids. They advanced seven wrestlers to NCAA Championships while senior Cody Trybus secured his second straight 141-pound EIWA title by knocking off Army West Point’s Lane Peters.
In the team race, Navy’s 30-year drought as tournament champions will continue as it totaled 129 points to finish second to the Mountain Hawks, who crowned four champions and finished with 158.