CLARION, Pa. --- Will Feldkamp won the title at 184 pounds and three of his teammates finished in the top-three, highlighting the season-opening Clarion Open held in Tippin Gymnasium on Sunday. Clarion finished fourth among the teams present in this year's field.
 
Feldkamp made a splash in his first year as a Golden Eagle by placing second in the 197-pound bracket at the 2021 Clarion Open. His encore performance in 2022 was even better, as Feldkamp racked up one major decision and three consecutive wins by fall, including first period pins in both the semifinal and finals rounds to take the 184-pound championship.
 
The day started with an 11-2 major decision over Kent State's Michael Caniglia, pushing Feldkamp to the quarterfinal round against Pitt's James Lledo. The two were tied 2-2 after three minutes of action, but Feldkamp quickly dispatched his opponent in the second period. He caught Lledo on a fireman's carry and brought him to his back for extra points. Lledo nearly fought out but Feldkamp corralled him for the pin at 4:16. Feldkamp pinned his second Panther in the semifinal round, breaking down Nicholas Meglino and turning him over for the fall at 1:01.
 
He turned the proverbial hat trick in the finals against Pitt's Reece Heller, doing so in less than two minutes. Feldkamp slapped a front headlock on Heller and then reached for his left leg, extending Heller before rolling him to his back. Feldkamp got the pin in just 1:41 for his first Clarion Open title.
 
Ty Bagoly and John Worthing reached the finals at 197 and 174 pounds, respectively, but both ultimately fell in their championship bouts. Bagoly started the day by setting a school record, posting the fastest pin in school history. He took down Maryland's Larry Vola off the whistle and turned him to his back in just 10 seconds, breaking the previous record of 12 seconds set by Gavin Park in 2018. Bagoly followed up with decisions over Brown's Aaron Wolk, Navy's Jacob Lucas and Bucknell's Mason McCready, earning a spot in the final against Pitt's Maclane Stout. Stout built an early lead and was able to hold off Bagoly for the win.
 
Worthing, meanwhile, was putting together a day nearly as impressive as Feldkamp did, at least as far as wins by fall go. He opened the day with a win over Kent State's Sean Billups, pinning him at literally the last possible second for a fall at 7:00. Worthing downed Pitt's Carson Miller by a 6-3 decision and then stacked up back-to-back wins by fall, defeating Pitt-Johnstown's Jacob Sabol and Bucknell's Samuel Barnes with first period wins by fall. Things took an unfortunate turn in the final, though, when Worthing sustained an apparent injury in the first period against Edinboro's Jared McGill. He attempted to compete through the injury but was ultimately forced to withdraw, losing by medical forfeit.
 
Rounding out the top-three finishers for the Golden Eagles was Seth Koleno, who rebounded from a defeat in the 141-pound semfinals to take third place at the weight. The senior put up high-scoring performances in his first two bouts of the day, beating Bucknell's Trevor Nugent by 14-3 major decision and his own teammate Alex Blake by an 11-6 score. Koleno defeated Brown's Justin Bierdumpfel by an 8-4 decision before falling to Navy's Joshua Koderhandt in a major, but he went on to wrap up the day with a 7-3 decision over Bucknell's Dylan Chappell in the third-place match.