WINCHESTER, Va. - The Shenandoah University men's wrestling team placed fourth at the 2026 ODAC Wrestling Championships. Sean Rinebolt and Hunter Ballantine earned All-ODAC Third Team honors following their showing on Saturday. Rinebolt's Third Place Match victory was also his 100th career win for the Hornets, becoming the fastest wrestler to hit the century mark and the second to hit 100 following Dylan Weaver.

Six other wrestlers would place in the top six at the ODAC Championships. Elliot Rivera would take 4th at 125, Anakin Burks placed 4th at 133, Daiveon Barlow, who wrestled up two weight classes, also finished 4th at 184, and Rives Hargis, making his season debut, took 4th in the heavyweight division. William Hudson took home a 5th place finish at 165, while Tyler-Nicholas Ritz rounded out the place-winners with a 6th place finish at 174.

Full Results

125 Pounds
Champ. Semis - Adrian Samano (AU) def. E. Rivera (SU) TF 2:20 (23-3)
3rd Place - J. Wellington (SVU) def. E. Rivera (SU) TF 5:32 (19-4)

133 Pounds
Champ Quarters - A. Burks (SU) BYE
Champ Semis - V. Ziccardi (WLU) def. A. Burks (SU) Dec 6-0
Cons. Semis - A. Burks (SU) def. T. Woodard (GC) Fall 2:21
3rd Place - A. Orlando (AU) def. A. Burks (SU) Dec 6-0

141 Pounds
Champ Quarters - S. Rinebolt (SU) BYE
Champ Semis - S. Hickman (WLU) def. S. Rinebolt (SU) MD 9-1
Cons. Semis - S. Rinebolt (SU) def. P. Kinne (SVU) Dec 3-1
3rd Place - S. Rinebolt (SU) def. J. Yowell (RC) Dec 6-0

157 Pounds
Champ Quarters - H. Ballantine (SU) def. K. North (SVU) Fall 2:34
Champ Semis - L. Flanagan (WLU) def. H. Ballantine (SU) TF 6:32 (17-0)
Cons. Semis - H. Ballantine (SU) def. C. Gardner (GC) TF 3:57 (21-4)
3rd Place - H. Ballantine (SU) def. C. Shupert (AU) Dec 12-8

165 Pounds
Champ Quarters - T. Williams (RC) def. W. Hudson (SU) TF 3:53 (16-0)
Cons. Semis - C. Comer (AU) def. W. Hudson (SU) MD 10-2
5th Place - W. Hudson (SU) def. W. Kinne (SVU) TF 3:43 (18-3)

174 Pounds
Champ Quarters - T. Ritz (SU) def. T. Giatras (SVU) Fall 4:03
Champ Semis - K. Lee (RC) def. T. Ritz (SU) Dec 4-2
Cons. Semis - E. Kring (GC) def. T. Ritz (SU) Dec 5-0
5th Place - T. Giatras (SVU) def. T. Ritz (SU) Fall 4:02

184 Pounds
Champ Quarters - W. Martin (RC) def. D. Barlow (SU) TF 7:00 (21-6)
Cons. Semis - D. Barlow (SU) def. S. Tignor (WLU) M. For.
3rd Place - H. Hoopes (SVU) def. D. Barlow (SU) Fall 6:26

197 Pounds
Champ Quarters - J. Santowski (WLU) def. C. Johnson (SU) Fall 2:12
Cons. Quarters - I. Manning (GC) def. C. Johnson (SU) MD 11-3

285 Pounds
Champ Quarters - R. Hargis (SU) def. M. Richardson (SVU) Dec 10-7
Champ Semis - C. Stack (WLU) def. R. Hargis (SU) Fall 1:07
Cons. Semis - R. Hargis (SU) def. E. Frizzell (RAND) Fall 5:00
3rd Place - C. Erickson (AU) def. R. Hargis (SU) TF 7:00 (17-2)

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