COLLEGE: TROY GRAD SEYMOUR DOES WELL AT DUALS TOURNAMENT (November 16, 2025)

BY BRYAN SEYMOUR
Northern Tier Sports Report
There is plenty of college wrestling happening this weekend. With the Division 1 National Duals and the Shorty Hitchcock Memorial Open. Our local wrestlers were spread across the country. Troy’s graduate Sheldon Seymour wrestling for Lehigh, traveling to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to take part in the National Dual, to North Penn Liberty’s Riley Oakes and Bradyen Pequignot, and Athens Caleb Nason wrestling for Millersville at the Shorty Hitchcock Invitational in Millersville, PA. 
    
In the inaugural event in bringing back the National Duals for Division 1 wrestling, Lehigh took on number 2 by InterMat wrestling, Nebraska, in the opening round. Leading off for Lehigh is Troy graduate Sheldon Seymour at 125 pounds. In a tight match, Seymour secured the takedown before giving up a late reversal to win by decision 4-3 over Alan Koehler. Lehigh as a team lost the dual 35-7. 
    
Dropping to the consolation side of the bracket, Lehigh squared off with Arizona State University. Seymour drew Anee Vigil. Seymour started off Lehigh with the fall in 4:16 to give the Mountain Hawks the 6-0 lead. In the end, Lehigh prevailed 24-18 to move on to the next round.
    
In the second round of consolations, Lehigh faced Illinois. Seymour is again leading off the match. This time against number 23 by InterMat and returning national qualifier Spencer Moore. After a scoreless first period, Seymour secured a takedown to take a 3-2 lead into the third. After an escape and another takedown, Seymour added a ride time point to win by a 7-2 decision to give Lehigh the 3-0 lead. Unfortunately, Seymour’s pin wasn’t enough, as in the end, Lehigh lost the dual 21-13. This lost ended their time at the tournament, going 1-2. Seymour led the team, going 3-0. Lehigh wrestling will be back in action on December 5 when they host Pittsburgh. 
    
Wrestling at the Shorty Hitchcock Memorial Open, our area saw North Penn Liberty’s Riley Oakes and Brayden Pequignot, along with Athens’ Caleb Nason. Brayden Pequignot, wrestling at 149 pounds, faced Joseph Innamorato off Centenary in the round of 32. Pequignot lost by technical fall 17-2 in 3:48. Dropping to the consolation round 16 #1, Pequignot wrestled CJ Ferree from Franklin & Marshall. Pequignot again fell by a technical fall 15-0 in 2:36. This would end Pequignot’s day going 0-2. 
    
Riley Oakes, wrestling at 157 pounds, wrestled Owen Woll unattached in the round of 32, where he dropped a 20-2 technical fall in 5:58. Dropping to the consolation round of 16 #1 Oakes saw Gavin Cohen of American. Oakes dropped the match by fall in 4:00 to end his day with a 0-2 record. 
    
Our last local wrestler is Caleb Nason of Athens wrestling at 285 pounds. In the round of 32, Nason injury defaulted the match after the first period. With the loss, Nason dropped to the consolation round of 16#1, where he medical forfeited his match to end his day 0-2. 

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Photos compliments of Steve Maloney/Lehigh Wrestling

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