Fort Hays State had three wrestlers place at the Midwest Wrestling Classic in Indianapolis, Ind., on Monday afternoon . Walker Clarke (184 pounds) and Dustin Dooley (141 pounds) each finished sixth in their respective weight classes, while Derek Koehn (157 pounds) finished seventh. Fort Hays State finished 15th out of 25 in the team competition.

Fort Hays State finished with 50.5 points. The Tigers were ninth after the first day of competition, but dropped six spots on day two. Newberry (S.C.) won the team competition with 117.0 points, edging Upper Iowa, which had 115.5.

Clarke went unbeaten on the first day of competition, but suffered his first loss of the season to start the second day, losing in the semifinals to Kyle Reid of McKendree by a 14-4 major decision. He then defaulted out of the tournament, which gave him sixth place. He is now 11-1 overall to start the year.

Dooley won his first match on Monday by a 15-0 tech fall before losing in the consolation semifinals by a 9-4 decision. He then lost the fifth-place match by a 10-3 decision to BJ Young of Newberry.

Koehn lost his first match on Monday by a 6-1 decision, but his seventh-place match opponent defaulted out of the tournament, giving him seventh.

– FHSU Sports Information –