Five Trinity College Wrestlers Close Careers

Hartford, Conn., March 25, 2008 - The Trinity College wrestling team, coached by Steve Makein (1st Season), finished the 2007-08 season with a 3-18 overall record and a 14th-place finish in the New England Wrestling Association (NEWA).  Bantam sophomore tri-captain Jacob Gire (Union City, Calif.) earned All-New England honors in the 141-pound weight class at the NEWA Championships, winning three out of his five matches to place fourth in the bracket.

Gire led Trinity with a 25-6 record this season and recorded a team-high seven pins, while senior tri-captain 149-pounder Derek Cohen (Sharon, Mass.) was 13-5, junior 197-pounder Patrick Kumf (Milford, Mass.) was 13-13, and senior 157-pounder Ralph Fedele (Verbank, N.Y.) was 5-6. Sophomore Max Walk (Paoli, Pa.) was 8-23 predominantly at 125 pounds, while junior Keith Hernandez (Brooklyn, N.Y.) went 7-21 at 133 pounds, and freshmen Nick Stewart (Sharon, Mass.) and Ben Speicher (Boston, Mass.) posted 6-18 records, mostly at 157 and 174 pounds, respectively. Senior tri-captain Max Weisz (Belmont, Mass.) went 4-13 at 165 pounds and classmate Joe Hern (Quincy, Mass.) finished 2-11 at 174 pounds.  Freshman 184-pounder Chuk Kanu (Bronx, N.Y.) won twice in 20 matches at 184 pounds and senior tri-captain Nikolai Harovas (West Hartford, Conn.) won two times in 23 matches in heavyweight bouts.  Freshman Jason Orloff (Goshen, N.Y.) was 2-7 at 184 pounds and fellow rookie Cameron Reed (Elgin, Ill.) was 1-8 at several weight classes.  Cohen and Fedele each pinned three opponents during the year.

Cohen closes his solid career with a 31-46 record and five pins, while Fedele finishes at 21-36 with seven pins, Weisz ends his career at 13-30 with two pins, Hern closes his career with a 19-49 mark and one pin, and Harovas winds up his collegiate career with a 21-52 record and two pins.