Notes: Heads into his senior campaign as one of the top performers in Gettysburg wrestling history…Two-time national qualifier and former All-American at heavyweight…Two-time regional runner-up and two-time Centennial Conference champion…Heads into season with career record of 88-15 with 12 falls and 13 major decisions…Member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and the Barbeque Club…Worked as an assistant to the operations director at TGR…Serves as an intramural supervisor for Gettysburg…Competed at nose tackle for the Bullets football team in his first two seasons, finishing with 17 tackles and three tackles for a loss in 11 games.
2017-18: Compiled a 30-7 record before suffering a season ending injury in the final dual meet of the season against York College of Pennsylvania…Finished with the second most wins on the team and among the top five on the contingent in scoring takedowns and bonus points…Collected runner-up finishes at the Messiah Invitational and Ursinus Fall Brawl…Won the Messiah Petrofes over eventual National Champion, Jake Evans of Waynesburg…Won the Centennial Conference Championship…Recorded 11 bonus point victories.
2016-17: Finished 28-4 with five pins and two major decisions at heavyweight…Won the Centennial Conference championship with a fall and two decisions…Finished runner-up at the NCAA Division III East Regional for the second year in a row with an overtime decision loss to the top-ranked wrestler in the country…Won opening match at the NCAA Division III Championship before dropping a pair of close decisions…Won the Messiah Petrofes Tournament in season debut…Claimed the title at the Washington and Lee University Jim Crytzer Invitational…Started the season 20-0 before losing first match in overtime.
2015-16: Placed fifth as heavyweight at the NCAA Division III Championship to finish the season as Gettysburg’s first freshman All-American in four decades and first heavyweight All-American ever…Went 30-4 on the season, marking the second-most wins by a heavyweight in program history…Started his collegiate career with a 21-match win streak…Took first in both the Messiah Petrofes Invitational and the Washington and Lee Invitational, becoming the first Bullet in 18 years to win the former event…Posted a third-place finish in the Centennial Conference Championship…Finished in second place in the NCAA Division III East Regional to clinch a spot at the national championships…Three of four losses came to wrestlers ranked among the top four in the country…Went 10-0 in overtime bouts…Tied program record with a 14-second pin against Penn College…Won four matches at the NCAA championships, including two in overtime.
Prior to Gettysburg: Competed in wrestling and football at Georgetown Prep…Three-year starter and captain of the wrestling team…Earned All-America accolades with a third-place finish at the National Prep Championships…Finished third at the state tournament as a senior…Also earned All-Met and All-Gazette accolades…Won I.A.C. title at 220 pounds and led Hoyas to their 11th consecutive I.A.C. title in 2015…Three-year starter and team captain on the football team.
Major: English (Neuroscience Minor).
| Paul Triandafilou |
Wt |
Win |
Loss |
Win% |
Falls |
TF |
MD |
Dec |
T2 |
R2 |
E1 |
NF2 |
NF4 |
| 2015-2016 |
285 |
30 |
4 |
0.882 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
20 |
44 |
4 |
41 |
4 |
2 |
| 2016-17 |
285 |
28 |
4 |
0.875 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
19 |
36 |
0 |
39 |
5 |
2 |
| 2017-18 |
285 |
30 |
7 |
0.811 |
4 |
2 |
5 |
17 |
45 |
2 |
27 |
3 |
11 |
| Totals |
|
88 |
15 |
0.854 |
12 |
2 |
12 |
56 |
125 |
6 |
107 |
12 |
15 |
