Biography
2022-23 (Senior): Compiled a 22-11 overall record to cap off an impressive wrestling career at Columbia … Went 8-3 in dual matches with a 4-1 record in Ivy League duals and a 6-2 mark in EIWA duals … Finished the season with five wins via fall with the fastest coming at 1:08 against Appalachian State’s Riley Edwards at the Southeast Open (11/5) … Garnered a No. 23 ranking in the NWCA’s final poll of the regular season … Finished in fifth-place at the EIWA Championships … Qualified for the 2023 NCAA Championships … Went 2-2 at the NCAA Championships … Named Second Team All-Ivy.
2021-22 (Senior): Posted a 23-7 overall record … Finished 8-2 in dual matches with a 6-1 mark in EIWA and a 3-0 mark in Ivy League … 2022 141-Pound EIWA Champion … Defeated Penn’s No. 14 CJ Composto in a 6-4 decision to clinch the EIWA Championship … Qualified for the 2022 NCAA Championships … Defeated No. 22 Shannon Hanna (Campbell) in the first round via a 5-2 decision before dropping the second round match and the consolation second round bout … Earned the Nat Pendelton Most Outstanding Wrestler Award.
2020-21 (Junior): Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2019-20 (Sophomore): Went a team-high 26-9 at 141 pounds as the starter ... Finished 7-5 in EIWA dual bouts ... Went 2-3 in Ivy League duals and 8-5 overall in dual matches ... Recorded a team-high eight wins via fall ... Recorded three wins via major decision and technical fall ... Placed second (141) at the 2020 EIWA Championships ... Qualified for the NCAA Wrestling National Championships ... Finished the year ranked as the No. 28 141-pounder according to Trackwrestling ... Began the season winning first nine matches and first 15 out of 16 matches ... Stuck (5:41) Army's Logan Brown at the Princeton Open (Nov. 3) to win the tournament ... Opened dual meet season with a win over Stanford's (Nov. 23) Brandon Kier via fall (2:29) ... Beat then-ranked No. 28 Corey Shie (Army), 3-2, and then-ranked No. 24 Sal Profaci (American), 5-2, to win the Patriot Open (Dec. 7) ... Recorded two wins, 2-1 decision over Anthony Gibson (Northern Illinois) and a 3-2 decision over Marshall Keller (Princeton) at the Midlands Championships (Dec. 29) ... Snagged first EIWA win of the season with a win via fall (2:38) over LIU's (Jan. 31) Michael Blando ... Posted first Ivy dual win with a 6-4 decision over Princeton's (Feb. 8) Marshall Keller ... Won final three dual bouts, including a win via fall (0:48) over Sacred Heart's (Feb. 16) Gerard Daly ... Got three wins at the 2020 EIWA Championships (Mar. 6-7), beginning with a win via fall (1:35) over Vinny Vespa (1:35) ... Beat Keller for the third time, with a 4-0 decision at the EIWA Championships ... Punched ticket to NCAA National Championships with a 9-2 decision over No. 30 Ryan Pomrinca (Lehigh) at the EIWA Championships.
2018-19 (Freshman): Led all freshmen in wins, finishing 18-5 overall while wrestling at 133 pounds ... Went 8-2 in dual matches, 6-1 in EIWA bouts and 3-1 against the Ivy League ... Tied for team lead in wins via fall (five), had four wins by major decision and added two wins via technical fall ... Began collegiate career with three straight wins, and won nine out of first 10 matches through the fall ... Had back-to-back wins via pin to start the season at the Princeton Open (Nov. 4) pinning Tyler Delaware (Old Dominion) at 1:50 and Army's Cole Wyman at 1:45 ... Recorded first-career win by techincal fall with 17-0 win over Princeton's Jonathan Gomez at the Princeton Open to wrap up three match winning streak to start career ... Won the Black Knight Invite (Nov. 18) with wins over Matthew Marino (Army), 3-2; Brandon Loperfido (Lock Haven, DQ and Cal-Poly's Yoshito Funakoshi, 6-5 ... Snagged the 133-pound title at the Mat Town Open (Nov. 25) with a pair of wins over Enrique Sanchez (Nov. 25), via fall (2:20) and a 6-0 rout against Ramazan Attasaouv (Wyosem Prep) ... Finished the fall season with six straight wins and two first-place finishes ... Got first-career dual match win with 11-1 victory over Northern Colorado's Sean Cannon (Dec. 10) ... Won three straight Ivy League matches with an 11-0 (MD) win over Gomez (Feb. 10), a win via fall (5:38) against Brown's Charlie Faber (Feb. 16) and a 8-3 win over Lukus Stricker (Harvard) on Feb. 16 ... Including three straight against Ivy League compeition, finished dual match regular season with five straight wins, taking down Geo Barzona (Bucknell), 10-1 (MD) on Feb. 23 and Bloomsburg's Shawn Orem (15-2 [MD]) on Feb. 23 to wrap up the regular season ... Had 16-1 technical fall victory (2:33) over Mike Simonetti (Franklin & Marshall) in first match at the EIWA Championships (Mar. 8).
Personal: A high school wrestler at St. Edward in Ohio … Earned NHSCA All-American honors … A four-time OHSAA Wrestling State Qualifier, three-time placer and runner-up his senior year … Recorded 133 wins as a prep, with 61 by fall … Team captain in senior year … The son of Kimberly and Edward Kazimir … Older brother Jacob Kazimir ‘14CC wrestled for Columbia, and another brother, Ben, wrestled at Mount Union … Plans on studying electrical engineering at Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Career Records:
2018-19: 18-5, 6-1 EIWA; 3-1 Ivy
2019-20: 26-9, 7-5 EIWA; 2-3 Ivy
2021-22: 23-7, 6-1 EIWA; 3-0 Ivy
2022-23: 22-11, 6-2 EIWA, 4-1 Ivy
Overall: 89-32, 25-9 EIWA; 12-5 Ivy
