Meeks - Aloha Open Champion - Dec 30, 2014

The inaugural Aloha Open in Honolulu, Hawaii, is in the books, and Taylor Meeks has etched his name forever as the first champion at 184 pounds! Congratulations, Taylor!!

Taylor was not the only one to place, here are the others (keep in mind there were more than 10 members to a team so in some cases there were more than 4 wrestlers at a weight):

Placing 2nd -

133 - Jack Hathaway

149 - Abraham Rodriguez

197 - Cody Crawford

Placing 3rd -

141 - Jared Reis

174 - Joe Latham

Placing 4th -

125 - Ronald Stevens

157 - Alex Elder

165 - Seth Thomas

285 - Nate Keeve

Placing 5th -
157 - Joey Delgado

I'm not quite sure how it worked, as the results from Trackwrestling don't always seems to match the wins with the placing, but this is how the team results read from their site:
Aloha Open Results for Oregon State
Aloha Open 125 - Ronald Stevens's place is 4th and has scored 1.00 team points.
Round 1 - Jordan Bremer (Minnesota) won by decision over Ronald Stevens (Oregon State) (Dec 7-0)
Round 3 - David Terao (American) won by decision over Ronald Stevens (Oregon State) (Dec 7-2)
Round 4 - Ryan Millhof (Oklahoma) won by decision over Ronald Stevens (Oregon State) (Dec 3-0)
Round 5 - Ronald Stevens (Oregon State) won by decision over Sean Williams (Oklahoma) (Dec 7-6)

Aloha Open 133 - Jack Hathaway's place is 2nd and has scored 10.00 team points.
Round 1 - Jack Hathaway (Oregon State) won by fall over Jordan Kingsley (Minnesota) (Fall 4:43)
Round 2 - Jack Hathaway (Oregon State) won by major decision over Josh Terao (American) (Maj 12-3)
Round 3 - Christopher Dardanes (Minnesota) won by decision over Jack Hathaway (Oregon State) (Dec 3-1)

Aloha Open 141 - Jared Reis's place is 3rd and has scored 4.00 team points.
Round 1 - Conrad Rangell (Minnesota) won by decision over Jared Reis (Oregon State) (Dec 9-2)
Round 2 - Jared Reis (Oregon State) won by decision over Michael Sprague (American) (Dec 9-5)
Round 3 - Trae Blackwell (Oklahoma) won by decision over Jared Reis (Oregon State) (Dec 8-5)

Aloha Open 149 - Abraham Rodriquez's place is 2nd and has scored 7.00 team points.
Round 1 - Abraham Rodriquez (Oregon State) won by decision over Tom Page (American) (Dec 9-5)
Round 2 - Abraham Rodriquez (Oregon State) won by decision over Shayne Tucker (Oklahoma) (Dec 6-3)
Round 3 - Jake Short (Minnesota) won by injury default over Abraham Rodriquez (Oregon State) (Inj. 2:41)

Aloha Open 157 - Alex Elder's place is 4th and has scored 2.00 team points.
Round 1 - John Boyle (American) won by decision over Alex Elder (Oregon State) (Dec 7-4)
Round 2 - Dylan Ness (Minnesota) won by decision over Alex Elder (Oregon State) (Dec 5-4)
Round 3 - Justin DeAngelis (Oklahoma) won by decision over Alex Elder (Oregon State) (Dec 6-5)
Round 4 - Alex Elder (Oregon State) won by major decision over Joey Delgado (Oregon State) (Maj 10-0)

Aloha Open 157 - Joey Delgado's place is 5th and has scored 0.00 team points.
Round 1 - Dylan Ness (Minnesota) won by fall over Joey Delgado (Oregon State) (Fall 6:12)
Round 2 - Justin DeAngelis (Oklahoma) won by decision over Joey Delgado (Oregon State) (Dec 4-3)
Round 4 - Alex Elder (Oregon State) won by major decision over Joey Delgado (Oregon State) (Maj 10-0)
Round 5 - John Boyle (American) won by decision over Joey Delgado (Oregon State) (Dec 5-3)

Aloha Open 165 - Seth Thomas's place is 4th and has scored 2.00 team points.
Round 1 - Seth Thomas (Oregon State) won by decision over Clark Glass (Oklahoma) (Dec 5-4)
Round 2 - Nicholas Wanzek (Minnesota) won by decision over Seth Thomas (Oregon State) (Dec 7-6)
Round 3 - Brandon Kingsley (Minnesota) won by decision over Seth Thomas (Oregon State) (Dec 9-4)
Round 4 - Seth Thomas (Oregon State) won by major decision over Brad Mutchnik (American) (Maj 11-0)

Aloha Open 174 - Joe Latham's place is 3rd and has scored 5.00 team points.
Round 1 - Matt Reed (Oklahoma) won by decision over Joe Latham (Oregon State) (Dec 14-7)
Round 2 - Logan Storley (Minnesota) won by decision over Joe Latham (Oregon State) (Dec 5-2)
Round 3 - Joe Latham (Oregon State) won by major decision over Nicholas Carey (American) (Maj 11-3)

Aloha Open 184 - Taylor Meeks's place is 1st and has scored 11.00 team points.
Round 1 - Taylor Meeks (Oregon State) won by decision over Jason Grimes (American) (Dec 5-1)
Round 2 - Taylor Meeks (Oregon State) won by major decision over Brooks Climmons (Oklahoma) (Maj 11-1)
Round 3 - Taylor Meeks (Oregon State) won by decision over Brett Pfarr (Minnesota) (Dec 4-3)

Aloha Open 197 - Cody Crawford's place is 2nd and has scored 8.00 team points.
Round 2 - Cody Crawford (Oregon State) won by decision over Andrew Dixon (Oklahoma) (Dec 4-1)
Round 3 - Cody Crawford (Oregon State) won by major decision over Brett Dempsey (American) (Maj 8-0)
Round 4 - Cody Crawford (Oregon State) won by major decision over Brad Johnson (Oklahoma) (Maj 11-0)
Round 5 - Scott Schiller (Minnesota) won by major decision over Cody Crawford (Oregon State) (Maj 17-6)

Aloha Open 285 - Nate Keeve's place is 4th and has scored 7.00 team points.
Round 1 - Michael Kroells (Minnesota) won by major decision over Nate Keeve (Oregon State) (Maj 10-2)
Round 2 - Ross Larson (Oklahoma) won by fall over Nate Keeve (Oregon State) (Fall 2:03)
Round 3 - Nate Keeve (Oregon State) won in sudden victory - 1 over Michael Brown (Oklahoma) (SV-1 4-2)
Round 4 - Zach Merrill (Oklahoma) won by decision over Nate Keeve (Oregon State) (Dec 6-0)
Round 5 - Nate Keeve (Oregon State) won by decision over Scot Augustine (American) (Dec 3-0)

Some of the matches were very close, some near upsets, keep working, guys!

You can also read the article at the Oregon State site for  more information.

The Beavers now have some time off to celebrate the New Year and then get reacquainted with their classes for winter term. Wrestling resumes with a home meet on January 10 at 5:00 pm versus Stanford. We need everyone there to help cheer on the Beavs. It will also be televised live on the Pac-12 network.

On behalf of "The FALL" Board - Happy New Year, everyone! Go Beavs!