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1903-1915Coach(es) Unknown1903-04..................... 0-0-11904-05..................... 0-1-11905-06.........................2-21906-07 ........................1-31907-08 ........................0-41908-09 ........................0-51909-10 ........................1-51910-11 ........................4-21912-13 .......................2-51913-14 ........................1-61914-15 ........................3-6Gus Peterson1915 - 1948All-Time Results1915-16 ........................0-41916-17 ........................1-41917-18 ........................0-41918-19 ........................1-31919-20 ........................3-41920-21 ........................1-71921-22 ........................6-21922-23 ........................4-31923-24 ........................6-31924-25 ........................5-41925-26 ........................2-61927-28 ........................5-51928-29 ........................2-61929-30 .................... 1-7-21930-31 ........................8-31931-32 ........................5-31932-33 ........................9-01933-34 ........................3-51934-35 ........................3-51935-36 ........................4-61936-37 ........................3-51937-38 ........................5-31938-39 ........................6-41939-40 ........................3-71940-41 ........................3-61941-42 ........................3-51942-43 ........................5-41943-44 .................... 1-6-11944-45 ........................4-61945-46 ........................2-61946-47........................ 3-61947-48 .......................1-9Richard “Dick” Waite1948-19601948-49 ........................2-81949-50 ................... 2-9-11950-51 ....................... 3-71951-52 ................... 6-2-21952-53 .................... 2-6-11953-54 ........................5-61954-55 .................... 2-7-11955-56 ................... 3-8, 1-51956-57 ................ 3-8, 1-51957-58.......... 2-8-1, 0-5-11958-59.............. 2-9-1, 1-51959-60 ............. 5-5-1, 2-4Stan Thornton1960-19681960-61 ................ 9-2, 6-01961-62 ............... 7-4 , 4-21962-63 ................ 5-7, 0-61963-64 ................ 6-4, 3-31964-65 ................ 8-4, 5-11965-66 ................ 2-9, 1-51966-67 ...............0-11, 0-61967-68 ................ 2-9, 2-4Jerry Seckler1968-19731968-69 ............. 1-8-1, 1-51969-70 ............. 3-8-1, 1-51970-71 .............. 1-10, 0-61971-72 .............. 12-3, 3-21972-73 ................ 9-5, 4-3Ron Russo1973-19911973-74 ................ 6-6, 4-31974-75 ................ 3-8, 3-31975-76 ................ 4-9, 3-31976-77.............. 3-10, 1-41977-78................ 6-8, 3-21978-79................ 5-7, 2-31979-80 ...............11-3, 5-01980-81.............. 14-1, 5-01981-82 ..........9-3-1, 4-0-11982-83 ................ 8-6, 2-41983-84 ...............11-5, 2-41984-85 ................ 7-4, 4-21985-86 ............. 9-2-1, 5-11986-87................. 8-4, 3-31987-88 .............. 10-5, 4-21988-89 ............. 7-3-1, 5-11989-90................ 5-5, 2-41990-91................ 7-3, 3-3Lou Montano1991-19991991-92 ................ 5-7, 1-41992-93 ................ 7-7, 3-21993-94 ................ 8-7, 2-31994-95.............. 10-4, 2-31995-96................ 7-4, 2-31996-97 .............. 12-6, 1-41997-98................. 5-4, 1-41998-99 .............. 10-6, 1-41999-00 ............. 5-6-1, 1-4Brendan Buckley2000-Present2000-01 ...............4-11, 0-52001-02 ................ 6-7, 1-42002-03 ................ 5-6, 2-32003-04 ................ 6-6, 3-22004-05 ................ 8-4, 3-22005-06 ................ 8-8, 2-32006-07................ 7-5, 3-22007-08 ................ 7-7, 3-22008-09............... 3-14, 1-4Program history1912-13................ A.W. Carruthers1913-14..................... E.M. Gardner1914-15.................... Nat Pendleton1915-16 .......................... unknown1916-17........................... unknown1917-18 .......................... unknown1918-19 .......................... unknown1919-20 ...................Thomas Barish1920-21 ........................ S. Kirkland1921-22.......................... W. J. Pauli1922-23 .......................... unknown1923-24 .......................... unknown1924-25................. Timmy Brennan1925-26 ...............Waldemar Aulick1927-28 ...............Carlos Henriquez1928-29 ..............Thomas Simmons1929-30 ....................... Orrin Clark1930-31 ................... Hubert Relyea1931-32 ..............Bernard Queneau1932-33.............. Wheaton Johnson1933-34.............. Wheaton Johnson1926-27 .......................Myron Sesit1927-28 ...............Carlos Henriquez1928-29 ..............Thomas Simmons1929-30 ........................ Orrin Clark1930-31.................... Hubert Relyea1931-32 ..............Bernard Queneau1932-33 ............. Wheaton Johnson1933-34 ............. Wheaton Johnson1934-35 .......................... unknown1935-36 ......................... Ken Elmes1936-37 ......................... Ken Elmes1937-38 ......................... Bob Taylor1938-39 ......................... Bob Taylor1939-40 ...................... Charles Holt1940-41 ...................William Morris1941-42..............................Vic Zaro1942-43................... Donald Kuntze1943-44 ....................Everett Roach1944-45 ................... John Dreyers1945-46........................... unknown1946-47 ......................Jack Keenan1947-48 ...... Henry O’Shaughnessy1948-49 .......................... unknown1949-50 ..........................Bill Baron1950-51..................William Malone1951-52 ............... Robert Hartman1952-53...................Mike Gvardijan1953-54...................Mike Gvardijan1954-55.........................Harry Scott1955-56.........................Harry Scott1956-57........................ Dave Kinne1957-58 ........................ Dave Clark1958-59......................... Dave Clark1959-60 ......................... Phil Suraci1960-61 ....................... Brien Milesi1961-62 ...................James Balquist1962-63....................Stan Yancovitz1963-64 ..............Mike Marcantano1964-65 .................... Arnold Lesser1965-66........... Charles Christensen1966-67 ....................David Morash1967-68 .................. Wayne Darling1968-69 .................. Wayne Darling1969-70..................Robert Wingate1970-71 ..................... Jeff Wingate1971-72 ..Sal Lanuto, Bob Sacavage1972-73.....Sal Lanuto, Bob Sacavage1973-74 ...Sal Lanuto,Larry Trowbridge1974-75 .......................... Jamie Fee1975-76 ....................... Andy SamaAll-Time Captains1976-77 ............................... Jim Mullin1977-78 ...........Kevin McHugh, Jerry Reid1978-79.......Bill Kenney, Steve McKenna1979-80 ... Jay Craddock, Pat Gemperline1980-81.............................Jay Craddock1981-82 ............ Dave Galdi, Bob Jaecke1982-83..................... Stefan Antonsson,Andy Barth, Dan Pepin1983-84 ..........Ed Gaudreau, Larry Kane1984-85 .................. Rich Pilkington, JeffRoylance, Don Wallace1985-86 ...... Rich Pilkington, Don Wallace1986-87 ............ Dave Barry, Chris Kane,Joe Rojas1987-88 ......Steve Hasenfus, Rob Monaco1988-89 Ken Gaudreau, Steve Hasenfus1989-90 ....... Toby Johnson, Tom Yankanich1990-91 ........................... Chuck Boyle,Adam Condo, Khari Freeman1991-92 ............................ Mike Fischer,Corey McCaslin, Bruce Wacha1992-93....... Khari Freeman, Nick Szerlip1993-94....................Steve Cumbie, NickSzerlip,Bruce Wacha1994-95....... Paolo Custodio, Todd Gilmore,Tim Mulrooney, Jeremy Szerlip,Nick Szerlip, Bruce Wacha1995-96.......Grady Brumbaugh,Joe Zilcosky1996-97 ..........................Brian Maguire,Tyler McMaster, Tom O’Neill,Mike Savini, Chip Watson1997-98........ Arkee Allen, Brad Clement1998-99....... Brad Clement, Aaron Greco,Aaron Newman1999-00 ............ Ari Dolid, T.J. Francisco,Bryan Melgar2000-01.............. Ari Dolid, T.J. Francisco2001-02......... Chris Felicetta, Steve Popovitch2002-03 ...............Steve Popovitch, MikeGerstl, Erik Norgaard2003-04....... Erik Norgaard, Daniel Green2004-05....................... Kirk Davis, DevinMesanko, Matt Palmer2005-06 ................ Eric Amstutz, DustinTillman, Ricky Turk, Jeff Sato2006-07 .....Justin Barent, Devin Mesanko,Dustin Tillman, Ricky Turk2007-08..........Brandon Kinney, AnthonyConstantino, Derek Sickles, Nick Sommerfeld2008-09................Kenji Porter, Derek Sickles,Cary Aldrich2009-10................. Cary Aldrich, Matt Dunn,................................................ Nick StandishColumbia - 23 - wrestling

history and recordsEIWA ChampionsJoseph Howell (145): 1905, 1906Ward Tolbert (Hwt.): 1905Albert Lindo (145): 1907Frederick Narganes (158): 1907Frank Saunders (Hwt.): 1910Anthony Caruthers (135): 1911Lee McCanliss (125): 1911Ivy LeagueWrestlers of the YearSteve Hasenfus: 1989Nick Szerlip: 1995Ivy League Rookieof the YearChris Kane: 1984Nat Pendleton (175): 1914, 1915Philip Hart (135): 1921William Johnson (158): 1922Myron Sesit (175): 1927Orrin Clark (155): 1931William Chilvers (126): 1935Ed King (175): 1935Henry O’Shaughnessy (Hwt.): 1947Steve Hasenfus (177): 1989Nick Szerlip (190): 1995Ryan Flores (Hwt.) 2009Bob Hartman ‘52Columbia’s First Wrestling All-American1951Dave Galdi ‘82SEASAll-American1982Columbia’sAll-AmericansBob Hartman: 1951, fourthJerry Reid: 1976, sixthDave Galdi: 1982, eighthMatt Palmer: 2005, eighth.Matt Palmer: 2007, eighthIvy League Champions1960-611979-801980-811981-82Did You Know?Did you know that ColumbiaUniversity has the nation’soldest wrestling program,dating back to1903?Nick Szerlip ‘95CCEIWA Champion, Ivy League Wrestler of the Year1995Matt Palmer ‘07CCTwo Time All-American2005, 2007New York StateChampionsJay Craddock (HWT): 1980, 1981Steve Hasenfus (190): 1988, 1989.Bill Lubell (167): 1984Nick Szerlip (190): 1993, 1994, 1995Erik Norgaard (149): 2001, 2003Daniel Green (125): 2003Jeff Sato (125): 2004.Justin Barent (184): 2007.Matt Dunn (149): 2007.Kevin Lester (Hwt): 2007.Matt Palmer (174): 2007.Derek Sickles (157): 2007, 2009.Nick Sommerfeld (197): 2007, 2008.Ricky Turk (165): 2007Anthony Constantino (149): 2008Matt Dunn (157): 2008Ryan Flores (Hwt.): 2009Columbia - 24 - wrestling

andrew f. barth head coach of wrestling:a fully endowed positionIn September 2005, Columbia University announced the establishment of a newly endowedvarsity head coaching position, thanks to a gift from Andrew F. Barth ‘83CC ‘85BUS. The officialtitle of Columbia’s head wrestling coaching position is now the Andrew F. Barth Head Coach ofWrestling. Brendan Buckley, who is entering his 10th season as Columbia’s head coach, is thefirst coach to assume the new title.“Wrestling taught me many valuable lessons about life, lessons I use every day,” said Barth.“Discipline, persistence and hard work really do make a difference. Some of the best timesin my life and some of my best memories are due to wrestling and being a part of this team.Columbia was a wonderful experience and I received a great education. I hope this gift ensuresthat future generations of Columbia wrestlers will have even better opportunities and an evenmore positive experience than I did.”Dr. M. Dianne Murphy, Columbia’s Director of Intercollegiate Athletics and Physical Education, said, “Andy’s gift to the wrestlingprogram at Columbia benefits the entire athletics program. His commitment and dedication to Columbia Athletics are fine examplesof how passionate Columbians are for Columbia. We thank him for this significant and generous gift.”“I remain honored to be a part of Columbia wrestling, the nation’s oldest intercollegiate wrestling program,” said Buckley, the 2005Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) Coach of the Year. “Our continual and improved success over the last severalyears has been, in part, thanks to the outpouring of support our team has received from our alumni and friends. It is with sinceregratitude that I thank Andy and his family.”“Our student-athletes are amazing people who are future global leaders,” said Murphy. “Andy’s generosity will touch the lives ofour more than 800 current student-athletes and head coaches, and all those who follow their path.”Wrestling is one of the oldest sports at Columbia, dating back to 1903, and Columbia was the first school to host an intercollegiatewrestling match. Although the sport has enjoyed several eras of great success, none has been greater than the first three yearsof the 1980s, when Columbia won three consecutive Ivy League championships, during which time Barth was a key member ofthe team.“I hope that we are at the beginning of a brand new chapter in our history,” said Barth. “We hope that this chapter includes moreIvy League Championships, more EIWA placewinners and more All-Americans.”Beyond their direct impact on the program, endowments such as Barth’s strengthen Columbia University academically andfinancially, ensuring the long-term vitality of the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and Physical Education. Gifts towardsendowment provide donors with the opportunity to channel their resources into a secure financial investment, and to perpetuatethe charitable organizations that have had meaning in their lives. Columbia Athletics is planning for the future to ensure thatstudent-athletes have enhanced athletic opportunities while earning a world-class education.andrew f. barth wrestling roomThanks to the generosity of AndrewF. Barth, the Columbia wrestlingteam got a new and improvedtraining facility in August 2008.The Andrew F. Barth WrestlingRoom received brand new matsand a new ceiling with improvedlighting.Columbia - 25 - wrestling

columbia in the newsCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY WRESTLING LIONS--ON THE RISEBy Wayne Catan (appears courtesy of Amateur Wrestling News May 2007 Vol. 52 No. 11)Matt Palmer got it done this year. The high school All-America went into the2006-2007 season with a goal to become Columbia University’s first two-timeAll-American, and when he defeated Josh Weitzel of Oklahoma he reached thatgoal in Auburn Hills, Michigan on March 17.Columbia’s last All-American was Dave Galdi (and that was 1982). The Lionshad two other All-Americans (Jerry Reid in 1976; Bob Hartman1951).Columbia is rich in history:Lou Gehrig attended Columbia….The Pulitzer Prize is awarded from Columbia…George Stephanopoulos, the former Sr. Political Advisor and CommunicationsDirector to President Clinton (and now talk show host) wrestled forColumbia…Matt Palmer became the first Columbia two-timeAll-American in 2006-07…Nat Pendleton was a two-time EIWA champion for the Lions and won an Olympic silver medal at the 1920 Olympic Games inAntwerp, Belgium. Furthermore, Mr. Pendleton was an actor with supporting roles in several high profile movies including theMarx Brothers’ “Horse Feathers.”Located in the gentrified section of Manhattan known as Morningside Heights, Columbia is a university that offers a real lifeexperience. Columbia is eight stops from Wall Street, a mile or so from Madison Avenue; MTV and VH-1’s studios are right downBroadway. And it gets better: the Fashion Industry is there too on Broadway. You want to work for Sports Illustrated? Just walk afew blocks and knock on the company door! Lincoln Center is a quick stroll as is Carnegie Hall, where you can catch Bob Dylansinging “Brownsville Girl.” Take another 15 minute train ride to SoHo and you can reconnoiter Andy Warhol’s Magnum Opuses.“Coming here you will get the best of both worlds. We provide a dynamic experience for the Ivy League student-athlete andwe don’t forget about you when you leave us as we have a vast alumni network that will help you in your future professionalendeavors,” said Brendan Buckley, The Andrew F. Barth Head Coach of Wrestling. “You will have instant cachet with a Columbiadegree.”And here’s the kicker, the wrestling coach’s position is fully-endowed. That’s correct. It will never go away. Trust me, that’s a bigkicker. I went to Syracuse and that program is gone.Brendan Buckley has done something special at Columbia, the nation’s oldest wrestling program. He had four NCAA qualifiersand an All-America this year. Last year, the team had two and five made it to the “Big Show” in 2005, the year Buckley was votedEIWA Coach of the Year. His supporting cast is comprised of Tim Foley an All-America for the University of Virginia, Victor Sveda,a two-time All-American for the University of Indiana, Karl Roessler, a two-time All-American for the University of Illinois and YeroWashington, a collegiate All-American and Olympic alternate.This year, Buckley’s squad earned its first-ever top 25 national ranking. They did it by beating Penn, American, Cal-State Bakersfield,Stanford, and UC-Davis, to name just a few top-ranked teams. (That was the first win over Penn in 14 years.) Moreover, the Lionswon The New York State Collegiate Wrestling Championships and the Keystone Invitational.“We had four NCAA Qualifiers and I am proud of the way the team performed. We are starting to get the recognition of a toptierteam. This is a springboard for things to come here at Columbia,” Buckley continued.And the future belongs to Ryan Flores a two-time California state champion and nationally ranked heavyweight; Eren Civan ofMaryland, who was a double cadet champ in Fargo and Asics Jr. National All-American. Add Travis Creagan of Tennessee and PaulVaeth of Islip, NY and Columbia should keep up its winning ways.Matt Palmer started it for Coach Buckley and the above named student-athletes must take it from here! Start working…”TheLions’ Roar is Quiet No More.”Columbia - 26 - wrestling

Columbia ATHLETICS hall of famersNat Pendelton 1916Although Columbia has boasted several standout wrestlers, no one ever captured the spotlight likeNathaniel Greene Pendleton.Pendleton was a powerful, handsome athlete who instantly became one of the most recognized figureson campus. He won the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) championship at 175pounds in 1914, and followed it with another in 1915. Shortly after his 1916 graduation, he won theNational AAU Wrestling Championship, representing the New York Athletic Club.In 1920, Pendleton reached a level that no other Columbia wrestler has achieved. Competing in the1920 Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium, Pendleton won the silver medal.About a year after his return, he journeyed to Hollywood in the hope of beginning an acting career. Itwould see him make more than 100 films and appear in several dramatic productions.His first was a silent film called The Hoosier Schoolmaster, in which he utilized his wrestling ability. He continued to appear in silent filmsas an athlete or a simple-minded “heavy.”When sound came to movies, Pendleton was in demand for his Brooklyn accent and comic portrayals. Often cast as the amiable oaf,he acted as a comic foil for such stars as the Marx Brothers and Abbott and Costello.Among his credits are Horse Feathers, At the Circus, Buck Privates, Buck Privates Come Home, Lady for a Day, Manhattan Melodrama,The Great Ziegfeld (as Sandor the strongman), Northwest Passage, and Death Valley. He had key roles as Detective Guild in The ThinMan and Another Thin Man, and as ambulance driver Joe Wayman in the Dr. Kildare/Dr. Gillespie films of the late 1930’s. Pendletonhad the lead in Top Sergeant Mulligan and played a wrestler in Deception, which he wrote.Pendleton’s heroics probably prompted Columbia to hire its first full-time wrestling coach, Gus Peterson, who would go on to coachmore than 30 years and 268 dual meets.Born on August 9, 1895, Pendleton was married to Margaret E. Carse. He died in 1967 in San Diego at the age of 72.Dave Galdi ‘82SEASColumbia’s most dominant period in Ivy League wrestling extended from 1979 to 1982. The Lions wonthree consecutive Ivy League titles and posted records of 34-7-1 overall, 14-0-1 in the Ivy League.Some of Columbia’s greatest wrestlers starred in that three-season stretch, none more dominant thanDave Galdi.Wrestling at 150 pounds, the New Jersey native was third in the Easterns in 1980-81, his junior season,finishing with a 44-12 record, the best ever by a Columbia wrestler. As a senior, Galdi earned dualmeet All-American honors and a spot among the East Top 50. He won the East Stroudsburg, CoastGuard and Central Jersey tournaments and the C.W. Post Christmas Tournament, where he earnedOutstanding Wrestler.A fourth-place finisher in the Easterns, he went on to finish eighth in the NCAAs, making All-American,while compiling an overall 38-7 record. He is one of only four Columbia wrestlers to achieve All-American status in the program’sstoried history. Galdi ended his career with a record of 125-41-4, the Lions’ most wins ever.“My fondest memories of Columbia revolve around the fellowship and camaraderie as a member of the wrestling team, traveling tomeets and tournaments, learning from my coaches and having the opportunity to teach and lead my teammates as their captain. Myfondest memory, though, was the week I spent at the NCAAs in Iowa, where I spent quality time with my wrestling coach and friend,Ron Russo. It all culminated in my placing eighth at 150 pounds and standing up on the NCAA All-American awards podium.”Columbia - 27 - wrestling