2021 Beast of the East Champion TJ Stewart (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com)Last weekend marked the "official, unofficial" start to the high school wrestling season as the Walsh Ironman took place. This weekend marked another notable mega-event on the high school calendar, the Beast of the East. The Beast returned to the University of Delaware to hold this major tournament for the 28th time. Like most other tournaments nationally, the Beast was not held during the 2019-20 season, because of the Covid pandemic.
As always, there were a lot of great individual performances. Some of the biggest stars on the high school level were in attendance and showed why they are so highly regarded, while other unfamiliar faces solidified star-status of their own.
Below are the wrestlers that placed in the top-eight at the Beast of the East and have already committed to wrestle in college.
Army West Point
Dakota Morris (Kingsway Regional, NJ) 5th Place: 160 lbs
Ben Rogers (Wantagh, NY) 5th Place: 152 lbs
Brown
Nick Olivieri (Delbarton, NJ) 8th Place: 195 lbs
Bucknell
Logan Shephard (Massillon Perry, OH) 3rd Place: 220 lbs
Columbia
Richard Fedalen (McDonogh, MD) 4th Place: 152 lbs
Cornell
Ashton Davis (Cleveland, TN) 4th Place: 285 lbs
Drexel
Gabe Giampietro (Smyrna, DE) 2nd Place: 120 lbs
George Mason
Colton Stoneking (Waynesburg, PA) 8th Place: 138 lbs
Harvard
Dante Frinzi (Bethlehem Catholic, PA) 3rd Place: 126 lbs
Navy
Nick Vafiadis (New Kent, VA) 7th Place: 160 lbs
Danny Wask (Blair Academy, NJ) 1st Place: 170 lbs
Ohio State
Nick Feldman (Malvern Prep, PA) 1st Place: 285 lbs
Penn
Andrew Connelly (Malvern Prep, PA) 3rd Place: 195 lbs
Evan Mougalian (Kinnelon, NJ) 2nd Place: 126 lbs
Andy Troczynski (Delbarton, NJ) 2nd Place: 152 lbs
Cross Wasilewski (Delbarton, NJ) 2nd Place: 145 lbs (Class of 2023)
Princeton
Holden Garcia (Notre Dame-Green Pond, PA) 6th Place: 160 lbs (Class of 2023)
Ty Whalen (Clearview Regional, NJ) 3rd Place: 152 lbs
Rider
Damani Almodovar (St. Augustine, NJ) 8th Place: 126 lbs
Rutgers
Brandan Chletsos (Notre Dame-Green Pond, PA) 6th Place: 132 lbs
Virginia
RJ May (Maggie Walker, VA) 8th Place: 182 lbs
Keyveon Roller (Lakeway Christian Academy, TN) 4th Place: 126 lbs
Cooper Rudolph (Robinson, VA) 5th Place: 285 lbs
Virginia Tech
Hunter Mason (Greeneville, TN) 2nd Place: 138 lbs
TJ Stewart (Blair Academy, NJ) 1st Place: 220 lbs
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