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Six from @MizzouWrestling Win Titles at Roger Denker Open Over Weekend

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Wrestling sent 15 wrestlers to the Roger Denker Open over the weekend and six Tiger grapplers earned tournament titles. Earning event titles were freshman Cevion Sevarado (125), freshman Allan Hart (141), junior Alex Butler (149), freshman Jeremiah Kent (174), freshman Cordell Duhart (184) and sophomore Rodrigo Diaz (HWT). Below is a complete look at the results:

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Wrestling sent 15 wrestlers to the Roger Denker Open over the weekend and six Tiger grapplers earned tournament titles. Earning event titles were freshman Cevion Sevarado (125), freshman Allan Hart (141), junior Alex Butler (149), freshman Jeremiah Kent (174), freshman Cordell Duhart (184) and sophomore Rodrigo Diaz (HWT). Below is a complete look at the results:

Cevion Sevarado – First Place – Open 125

  • Quarterfinal - Severado won by fall over Giancarlo Facio (Concordia) (Fall 0:56)
  • Semifinal - Severado won by major decision over Erik Vargas (Central Missouri) (Maj 12-1)
  • 1st Place Match - Severado by decision over Cameron Valdiviez (Mizzou) (Dec 7-3)

Cameron Valdiviez – Second Place – Open 125

  • Quarterfinal - Valdiviez received a bye
  • Semifinal - Valdiviez won by major decision over Omeed Chamanzad (Grand View) (Maj 11-2)
  • 1st Place Match - Cevion Severado (Mizzou) won by decision over Valdiviez (Dec 7-3)

Weston Diblasi – Third Place – Open 133

  • Champ. Round 1 - Diblasi received a bye
  • Quarterfinal - Diblasi won by decision over Mike Brown (Unattached) (Dec 8-2)
  • Semifinal - Shea Ruffridge (Grand View) won by decision over Diblasi (Dec 3-1)
  • Cons. Semi - Diblasi won by fall over John Feeney (Central Missouri) (Fall 5:32)
  • 3rd Place Match - Diblasi won by decision over Mike Brown (Unattached) (Dec 9-2)

Nick Nasenbeny – Second Place – Open 141

  • Champ. Round 1 - Nasenbeny won by fall over Jordan Sanders (Central Missouri) (Fall 2:19)
  • Quarterfinal - Nasenbeny won by decision over Sam Loyd (Grand View) (Dec 6-2)
  • Semifinal - Nasenbeny won by decision over Reese Cokeley (Fort Hays State) (Dec 7-0)
  • 1st Place Match - Allan Hart (Mizzou) won by decision over Nasenbeny (Dec 7-0)

Allan Hart – First Place – Open 141

  • Champ. Round 1 - Hart won by fall over Aaron Baker Jr. (Fall 0:34)
  • Quarterfinal - Hart won by tech fall over Matt Robertson (Grand View) (TF 20-2)
  • Semifinal - Hart won by major decision over George Benoit (Grand View) (Maj 8-0)
  • 1st Place Match - Hart won by decision over Nick Nasenbeny (Mizzou) (Dec 7-0)

Sam Ritchie – Sixth Place – Open 149

  • Champ. Round 1 - Ritchie received a bye
  • Quarterfinal - Trevor Anderson (Grand View) won by decision over Ritchie (Dec 5-2)
  • Cons. Round 2 - Ritchie received a bye
  • Cons. Round 3 - Ritchie won by forfeit over Carson West (Central Oklahoma Univeristy) (FF)
  • Cons. Semi - Malik Johnson (Mizzou) won by decision over Ritchie (Dec 7-3)
  • 5th Place Match - Killyan Green (Grand View) won by decision over (Dec 4-3)

Alex Butler – First Place – Open 149

  • Champ. Round 1 - Butler received a bye
  • Quarterfinal - Butler won by major decision over Zach Willey (Grand View) (Maj 18-6)
  • Semifinal - Butler won in tie breaker - 1 over Malik Johnson (University of Missouri - Columbia) (TB-1 5-2)
  • 1st Place Match - Butler won by major decision over Trevor Anderson (Grand View) (Maj 15-5)

Malik Johnson – Third Place – Open 149

  • Champ. Round 1 - Johnson received a bye
  • Quarterfinal - Johnson won by decision over Chase McLaughin (Grand View) (Dec 11-8)
  • Semifinal - Alex Butler (Mizzou) won in tie breaker - 1 over Johnson (TB-1 5-2)
  • Cons. Semi - Johnson won by decision over Sam Ritchie (Dec 7-3)
  • 3rd Place Match - Johnson won by decision over Chase McLaughin (Grand View) (Dec 13-11)

Derek McDaniel – No Place – Open 157

  • Champ. Round 1 - Tanner Abbas (Grand View) won by decision over McDaniel (Dec 8-1)
  • Cons. Round 1 - McDaniel received a bye
  • Cons. Round 2 - Jonny Trowbridge (Northeast Oklahoma) won by decision over McDaniel (Dec 1-0)

Peyton Mocco – Second Place – Open 165

  • Champ. Round 1 - Mocco won by fall over Brayden Ebbs (Grand View) (Fall 4:34)
  • Quarterfinal - Mocco won by fall over Gabriel Crawford (Concordia University ) (Fall 4:30)
  • Semifinal - Mocco won by tech. fall over Charley Genisio (Drury University) (TF4 18-3)
  • 1st Place Match - Isaiah Luellen (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Mocco (Dec 11-4)

Martell Boone – Third Place – Open 165

  • Champ. Round 1 - Boone won by major decision over Colin Harper (Drury University) (Maj 13-2)
  • Quarterfinal - Boone won by decision over Xavier Miller (Grand View) (Dec 4-2)
  • Semifinal - Isaiah Luellen (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Boone (Dec 9-5)
  • Cons. Semi - Boone won by major decision over Gabriel Crawford (Concordia University ) (Maj 12-4)
  • 3rd Place Match - Boone won by decision over Charley Genisio (Drury University) (Dec 5-3)

Jeremiah Kent – First Place – Open 174

  • Quarterfinal - Kent won by fall over Chris Guest (Grand View) (Fall 2:12)
  • Semifinal - Kent  won by major decision over Gabriel Rangel (Grand View) (Maj 14-4)
  • 1st Place Match - Kent won by major decision over Blake Joiner (Grand View) (Maj 11-1)

Cordell Duhart – First Place – Open 184

  • Round 1 - Duhart  won by fall over Martin Brunnert (Central Missouri) (Fall 1:33)
  • Round 2 - Duhart won by medical forfeit over Tanner Vermaas (Grand View) (MFF)
  • Round 3 - Duhart won by decision over Domo Hampton (Central Missouri) (Dec 10-4)

Rodrigo Diaz – First Place – Open 285

  • Quarterfinal - Diaz received a bye
  • Semifinal - Diaz won by decision over Matt Kent (Grand View) (Dec 5-1)
  • 1st Place Match - Diaz won by decision over Jacob Bohlken (Mizzou) (Dec 3-1)

Jacob Bohlken – Second Place – Open 285

  • Quarterfinal - Bohlken received a bye
  • Semifinal - Bohlken  won by fall over Jules Joseph (Truman State) (Fall 1:50)
  • 1st Place Match - Rodrigo Diaz (Mizzou) won by decision over Bohlken (Dec 3-1)

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