RESULTS

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Cornell's wrestlers had an enjoyable holiday experience in the Sunshine State, claiming 10 placewinners and one individual champion at the two-day Citrus Invitational that concluded Thursday.
 
Senior Casey Allen captured the 165-pound crown and Killian Perrigon took runner-up at 157, leading the Rams to a solid third-place showing in the 12-team field.
 
Coach Brent Hamm's Rams won all seven of their matches in the first round on Day 2, helping catapult them ahead of sixth-ranked John Carroll in the final team standings, 129-122.5. It marked Cornell's highest Citrus team finish since 2016.
 
Ninth-ranked Augsburg finished first with 215 points, followed by Castleton with 159.     
 
The top-seeded Allen (20-5) became Cornell's first individual Citrus champion since Josh Martin in 2017. Allen scored a 3-2 decision in the finals over 10th-ranked and second-seeded Michael Angers of Castleton.
 
Allen recorded his 12th (1:25) and 13th (1:03) pins of the season in the opening two rounds. He defeated John Carroll's Patrick McGraw in the semifinals, 6-2.
 
Perrigon's 4-1 tournament was highlighted by an impressive fall in 37 seconds over No. 2 nationally-ranked Luke Reicosky of John Carroll in the semifinals. Perrigon (19-8) lost 17-1 to Augsburg's third-ranked Tyler Shilson in the championship bout.
 
Cristian Dixon at 149 and Jacob Sherzer at 174 both came up big for the Rams on the consolation side and took third in their respective weight classes. Dixon (12-5) had two pins and two major decisions during his 5-1 effort, capped by a 6-4 win over Ozarks' Jaylen York in the third-place match.
 
Sherzer (14-10) bounced back with a vengeance from a first-round loss, notching six straight consolation wins. He earned third place with an 11-2 major decision over Castleton's Syrus Colon.
 
At 184, Cael McLaren (21-7) went 5-2 for fourth place while Colin Honderd (22-7) took sixth with a 3-3 mark. Honderd added two more pins to his season total that now stands at 17.
 
The Rams received sixth-place performances from Evan Husko at 133 and Treyten Steffen at 197. Spencer Roth was seventh at 165 and Curtis Green-Saunders eighth at 157.  
 
The Rams compete at the Central Invitational Jan. 8 in Pella.
 
Cornell placewinners
133 – Evan Husko (3-3, 6th). 149 – Cristian Dixon (5-1, 3rd). 157 – Killian Perrigon (4-1, 2nd), Curtis Green-Saunders (3-3, 8th). 165 – Casey Allen (4-0, 1st), Spencer Roth (3-2, 7th). 174 – Jacob Sherzer (6-1, 3rd). 184 – Cael McLaren (5-2, 4th), Colin Honderd (3-3, 6th). 197 – Treyten Steffen (3-3, 6th).