Mon Feb 13 2012
The first Mid-American Conference Wrestler of the Week honor for the 2009-10 season has gone to Kent State’s Dustin Kilgore Wednesday. A redshirt sophomore, Kilgore has already claimed the award three times in his career.
Kilgore is off to a 6-0 start, with four pins and three wins over nationally ranked opponents.
This past Saturday, he won the 184-pound championship at the Oklahoma Gold Tournament by defeating 2008 national champion Mike Pucillo of Ohio State in the finals. Kilgore recorded a first-period pin of 18th-ranked Pat Bradshaw (Edinboro) in the semifinals, before defeating the nation’s top-ranked wrestler 5-2.
He totaled three pins on the day and was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Wrestler.
On Nov. 7, with his team trailing Virginia Tech 18-7, Kilgore sparked a KSU comeback victory by defeating 16th-ranked Tommy Spellman 9-6. The Flashes went on win the dual meet 20-18.
The 2009 MAC Freshman of the Year also helped KSU defeat Chattanooga in a dual meet (22-15) later that day. With his team trailing 15-10, Kilgore pinned the Mocs’ Jason McCroskey in the first period to give the Flashes the lead for good.
In this week’s latest polls, the two-time Oklahoma Gold champion is ranked fifth by both Division 1 College Wrestling and InterMat.
Kilgore and the Flashes return to the mat Saturday at the Body Bar Invitational hosted by No. 4 Cornell.
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