Clarion's Fleming, ranked #6 in the nation at 157-pounds, was an impressive 6-0 on the day in winning his title. He defeated #11 rated Dylan Alton of Penn State, a red-shirt freshman, in the finals by fall at 2:40. Fleming was trailing 4-1 when he took Alton down and took him to his back for what would have been a 6-4 lead. Fleming cradled Alton and posted the fall.
Fleming opened the open tournament with a pin at 1:42 over Ian Thom, then won a 9-0 major decision over Matt Stephens (Va. Tech), 10-0 over Pierre Frazile (Citadel), 6-2 over John Greisheimer of Edinboro, 1-0 over James Vollrath of Penn State in the semi's before defeating Alton.
CLARION NOTES: James is the son of John Fleming and Regina Fitzhenry… He is a sports Management major at Clarion … Fleming was 31-4 overall and 1-2 at nationals in 2011 … . During the season he was EWL and PSAC individual champion, EWL “Co-OWâ€, and placed 4th at Midlands. He had 11 pins and 5 tech. falls. In 2010 he posted a 28-8 record at 149-pounds, was 2nd at EWL's, 4th at PSAC's and was an NCAA Qualifier with an 0-2 record. He has a career record of 67-12… In the PSAC award – Fleming actually was co-athlete of the week with Edinboro's Chris Honeycutt – who won the Las Vegas open at 197 … Clarion travels to Mercyhurst on Saturday to try and defend its 2010-11 PSAC team title it won at Bloomsburg. The finals will begin at 6pm and be televised live by PCN.
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