Pioneer Athletes Of The Week
Alfred, NY- This week's Pioneer Athletes of the Week are Men's Wrestling Blake Ilges, Men's Diver Conor Compton, and Oli Knaynik from Field & Field.
Blake Ilges won the 197 bracket after going 3-0. After a first round bye, Ilges got a 20-9 major decision win over Simeon Hunte (Lackawanna College). Then in the semifinals, he notched a second-round fall over Eddie Farrell (Gannon). In the 1st place match, Ilges notched a 12-3 major decision win over Brett Wittmann (Unattached). In the dual agaisnt Williams, Ilges opened the dual with a first period fall over David LaPrade in 1:27 to take a 6-0 lead. Ilges also clinched a 20-2 tech fall victory in 2:47 over Elias Chen.
Conor Compton won both boards at the Dick Comanzo Diving Invite. He broke the school record on both boards and rebroke the conference 3 meter record.
Kraynik notched a six-place finish in the pole vault after jumping 3.00 meters. With that jump, Kraynik set a new school record, the previous record was 2.94 meters.
