ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WRESTLING
Saturday, December 1, 2007

Elizabethtown Takes Fifth at Spartan Invitational

YORK, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College wrestling team finished eighth out of 11 schools at the Spartan Invitational at York College on Saturday, scoring 43.5 points.

Sophomore Terry Bartholomew (Point of Rocks, MD/Brunswick) was the top individual finisher for the Blue Jays, as he took second at 141 pounds. Sophomore Deron Sharp (Millville, NJ/Millville) was fourth at 197 pounds and sophomore Tim Katzaman (Wyomissing, PA/Wyomissing) finished fourth at 285 pounds.

Bartholomew opened competition with a 7-0 win over Justin Krop of Liberty University, then defeated Josh Flint of Apprentice School 17-6 in quarterfinal action. Bartholomew moved to the finals by pinning Jon Stillo of Centenary College in 1:18, but fell to Colon Lewis of Liberty by an 11-2 score.

Sharp posted a 10-5 win over Kendall Ridenour of Apprentice School in his opening match, before being pinned by eventual weight class winner Joe West of Delaware Valley College. Sharp was defeated in the third-place match by Shawn Vanwingerden of College of New Jersey 6-1.

Katzaman picked up an 8-5 win over Drew Mackay of Delaware Valley in his initial bout, then pinned Shane Cooley of York in 3:20 to advance to the semifinals, where eighth-ranked Kyle Bilquist of Delaware Valley won 4-0. In his third-place bout, Katzaman dropped a 4-2 decision to 10th-ranked Steve Carbone of College of New Jersey.

Delaware Valley won the team championship after winning five of the 10 weight classes. York College's Kyle Flickinger was named Outstanding Wrestler.