Wrestling Opens Season at Journeyman Collegiate Classic

Sunday, November 9

Bethlehem, Pa.

9:00 AM

Columbia University

Journeyman Collegiate Classic

Wrestling Opens Season at Journeyman Collegiate Classic

11/7/2025 11:16:00 AM | Wrestling

The Lions welcome back a loaded roster expected to compete in 2025-26

NEW YORK – Columbia wrestling launches its 123rd season Sunday at the Journeyman Collegiate Classic, held at Freedom High School in Bethlehem, Pa.

Twenty-three Lions are set to compete in the first tournament of the year. The unique round-robin style tournament will split the 10 weight classes into multiple groups, which are then split into two pools, Pool A and Pool B. Within each pool, wrestlers will face off in a mini round-robin tournament. The wrestler with the best record in each pool will advance to wrestling for that group's championship.

125 - Sulayman Bah
125 - Connor Smith
133 - Evin Gursoy
133 - Boris Witmer
141 - Roman Lermer
141 - Yanni Vines
149 - Richard Fedalen
149 - KJ Monaco
149 - Tyler Barrett
149 - Marco Frinzi
157 - Kai Owen
157 - Marc Maurath
165 - Cesar Alvan
174 - Lindson Turner
174 - Nick Fine
174 - Jeremy Pitcock
174 - Oliver Howard
184 - Aaron Ayzerov
184 - Joe Curtis
184 - *Mark Gray
197 - Jack Wehmeyer
197 - Adam Haselius
285 - Vincent Mueller

HOW TO WATCH/FOLLOW
Fans can watch and follow live coverage on FloWrestling. | Social Media (@culionswr)

BACK FOR 2025-26
The Lions bring back 19 wrestlers from last year's squad, including seven NCAA qualifiers. Highlighting the list of returners are seniors Cesar Alvan, Aaron Ayzerov, Richard Fedalen, Nick Fine, Kai Owen, and Jack Wehmeyer. Key juniors back for the Lions in 2025-25 include Sulayman Bah, Joe Curtis, and Lorenzo Frezza.

IN THE RANKINGS
In the latest rankings from Intermat and FloWrestling, Columbia has six athletes ranked in the top 30. Alvan, Ayzerov, and Wehmeyer also appear in The Open Mat top-20 rankings.

Wrestler	Intermat	FloWrestling	The Open Mat	AWN
Lorenzo Frezza (141)	28	31	--	--
Richard Fedalen (149)	29	31	--	--
Cesar Alvan (165)	23	18	20	--
Nick Fine (174)	26	26	--	--
Aaron Ayzerov (184)	13	11	13	18
Jack Wehmeyer (197)	14	17	16	--

FRESH FACES
The Lions welcomed nine newcomers to the 2025-26 roster. The incoming class features two athletes from New York City, three from Pennsylvania, one from Florida, and one from Minnesota, New Jersey, and Connecticut.

Wrestler	Weight	Hometown	High School
Kingston Daniells Silva	197	New York, N.Y.	Greens Farms Academy
Marco Frinzi	157	Bethlehem, Pa.	Bethlehem Catholic
Mark Gray	174	Leechburg, Pa.	Kiski Area High School
Evin Gursoy	125	Brooklyn, N.Y.	Midwood High School
Roman Lermer	125	Tampa, Fla.	Admiral Farragut Academy
Marc Maurath	165	Newtown, Conn.	Newton High School
Jeremy Pitcock	175	Tenafly, N.J.	Tenafly High School
Charles Scanlan	157	Bethlehem, Pa.	Bethlehem Catholic
Lindson Turner	174	Stillwater, Minn.	Stillwater High school

LOOKING BACK
Year one under the leadership of Andrew F. Barth Head Coach of Wrestling Donny Pritzlaff was a resounding success. The Lions finished the year 6-7 overall and 2-3 in conference action. They took third at the Ivy League Tournament and sent five athletes to the NCAAs, tied for the second-most in program history.

FOLLOWING THE LIONS
Stay up to date on all things Columbia Wrestling by following the Lions on X (@CULionsWR), Instagram (@culionswr) and on Facebook (@ColumbiaAthletics).