Team co-captain…An athletic and powerful wrestler…One of the top returning performers in a loaded heavyweight division in the Centennial Conference…A two-time conference place-winner…Enters final season third on Gettysburg’s all-time wins list by a heavyweight with a career record of 64-32…Also ranks 11th in school history in pins with 20.
2009-10: Led the team in wins, posting a 22-7 record… Finished the season with 41 takedowns, leading the Bullets… Seven of team-leading 10 pins took less than a minute …Posted four wins, including a pair of pins, to earn his first collegiate title at the King’s College Monarch Invitational…Placed third at the Messiah Petrofes Tournament with a 27-second pin in the consolation final…Set a school record with a 14-second pin against Elizabethtown…Won his first six bouts of the season...Notched six consecutive pins around mid-season…Three losses came in sudden victory, including two in the Centennial Conference Championships.
2008-09: Won the heavyweight consolation bracket of the Centennial Conference Championships, finishing third overall...Posted a record of 18-5, including an 8-1 mark against conference opposition...Polished off third-place finish at conferences with a pair of falls totaling 2:06...Finished second on the team with seven victories by pin....Totaled 38 takedowns and was only taken down a dozen times...Was injured mid-season and missed three weeks, but returned to win seven consecutive matches, including four by pin.
2007-08: Finished fourth at heavyweight in first conference championship meet...Ranked third on the team in wins with a record of 24-20...Tallied three pins and two major decisions...Finished third on the team with 50 takedowns...Won each of first three matches of the season en route to a fourth-place finish at the Ithaca Invitational...Defeated the eventual CC heavyweight champion 9-3 at the King’s Monarch Invitational...Earned his first collegiate pin in just 33 seconds in opening bout of Monarch Invite...Earned a pin in 3:36 in the fourth-place match of the conference championships.
High School: Won the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) Class 1A heavyweight championship in 2007 en route to an undefeated senior season (42-0)...Posted four victories in state championships, including two pins (1:41, 1:19) and one technical fall (21-6)...Served as captain of the wrestling team and also played football.
Personal: Born Nov. 25, 1988...Son of John Christopher...Older brother, John, wrestled four years (2005-09) at Washington & Lee University...Majoring in philosophy and religious studies.
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Year
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Wins
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Losses
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Fall
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Tech. Fall
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Maj. Dec.
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Dec.
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Takedowns
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Escapes
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Reversals
|
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2007-08
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24
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20
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3
|
0
|
2
|
17
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50
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32
|
10
|
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2008-09
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18
|
5
|
7
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0
|
0
|
10
|
38
|
17
|
4
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| 2009-10 |
22 |
7 |
10 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
41 |
13 |
3 |
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Total
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64
|
32
|
20
|
0
|
3
|
35
|
129
|
62
|
17
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