Mario Pena
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- Hometown:
- Hampton, Iowa
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- Year:
- Soph.
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- Class:
- 285
Bio
2016-17 season: Placed 6th at Coe College Turkey Invitational (285 pounds) ... Placed 3rd at Central College Invitational (285) ... Placed 2nd at NJCAA Central district tournament (2-12-17) ... Placed 2nd at NJCAA national tournament.
2016-17 record: 18-10 with 3 falls, 3 major decisions.
Career record: 39-20 with 7 falls, 4 major decisions.
Luther College Open (Elite Division) (285 pounds)
Pena major dec. Nichael Yeatman (Wartburg), 11-2; Brennan Koerperich (Coe) dec. Pena, 5-3; Tyler Ortmann (Cornell) dec. Pena, 5-2.
Iowa Western dual (285 pounds) (11-16-16)
Stephen Boone (IW) dec. Pena, 3-1 (OT).
Coe College Turkey Invitational (285 pounds) (11-19-16)
Colby Vlieger (Simpson) dec. Pena, 3-1; Pena (N) major dec. Ryan Fessler (Cornell), 12-1; Pena (N) dec. Kendale McCoy (Cornell), 2-0; D'Andre Johnson (Wisconsin-Platteville) pinned Pena' Chris Lyons (Cornell) dec. Pena, 3-1 (OT).
Ellsworth dual (285 pounds) (12-1-16)
Pena dec. Gary Whitaker (E), 3-2 (OT).
Iowa Central dual (285 pounds) (12-7-16)
Thomas Petersen (IC) dec. Pena, 12-5.
Central College Invitational (285 pounds)
Pena major dec. Jacob Pinedo (Waldorf), 11-0; Pena dec. David Tooley (Davenport), 3-0; Pena pinned Jameer Anderson (University of the Ozarks), 5:31; Colby Vlieger (Simpson) dec. Pena, 5-1; Pena dec. Jaime Miranda (Central), 3-2; Pena dec. Ashton Mutuwa (Truman State), 2-1.
Otero Junior College dual (285 pounds)
Pena pinned Riley Hall, 4:34.
Barton County CC dual (285 pounds)
Pena dec. Brix Brickey, 3-2.
RCTC dual (285 pounds)
Pena dec. Chase Nottestad, 3-2.
Iowa Western dual (285 pounds)
Pena won by forfeit.
Iowa Lakes dual (285 pounds)
Pena dec. Caeylon Barton, 7-2.
NJCAA Central District tournament (285 pounds)
Pena dec. Stephen Boone (Iowa Western), 2-1; Thomas Petersen (Iowa Central) dec. Pena, 9-3.
NJCAA national tournament (285 pounds)
Pena pinned Wade French (Western Wyoming), 6:17; Pena dec. Mathew Kent (Lincoln), 4-0; Pena dec. Shawn Beeson (NE Oklahoma), 3-1 (OT); Semifinals - Pena dec. Odgerel Batkhishig (Northwest Kansas), 1-0; Championship match - Thomas Petersen (Iowa Central) pinned Pena, 2:33.
2015-16 season highlights: Won the freshman division (285) at Luther College Open ... Placed third at 285 pounds at NJCAA North Central district (2-14-16) ... Placed 4th at 285 pounds at NJCAA national tournament.
2015-16 record: 21-10 with 4 falls, 1 major decison.
2015-16 season:
Luther College Open (freshman division, 285 pounds)
Pena dec. Logan Lindergaum (Minnesota State), 4-0; Pena dec. Avery Jacobs (Upper Iowa), 2-1 (OT); Pena dec. Alex Harmes (Iowa Lakes), 5-0; Pena pinned Jordan Festge (Wisconsiin-Whitewater), 5:15.
Buena Vista Open (285 pounds)
Pena pinned Jovan Ignacio (Iowa Lakes), 3:41; Jackson Ryan (Southwest Minnesota State) dec. Pena, 9-7; Colby Vlieger (Simpson) dec. Pena, 5-3.
Central College Invitational (285 pounds)
Jay Pike (Central) dec. Pena, 7-4; Pena dec. Jaime Miranda (Central), 4-3; Pena dec. Drew Aho (Graceland), 3-1; Pena pinned Raiden MaCleod (Davenport, Mich.), 2:32; Kaleb Staack (Wartburg) dec. Pena, 3-0.
Iowa Western dual, 285 pounds (1-14-16)
Stephen Boone (IW) dec. Pena, 3-2.
Northeast Oklahoma dual, 285 pounds (1-15-16)
Blake Andrews (NEO) dec. Pena, 6-1.
Colby CC dual, 285 pounds (1-15-16)
Pena dec. DeVante Ragland (C), 3-1.
Northwest Kansas Tech dual, 285 pounds (1-15-16)
Pena won by forfeit.
Pratt CC dual, 285 pounds (1-15-16)
Pena pinned Tommy Vu (P), 4:33.
Regional duals (Rochester, Minn.) (1-23-16)
Iowa Central dual, 285 pounds
Pena (N) dec. Quelton Toliver, 2-0.
RCTC dual, 285 pounds
Chase Nottestad (RCTC) dec. Pena, 3-2.
Augsburg JV dual, 285 pounds
Pena (N) dec. Mitch Nelson, 7-3.
Iowa Lakes dual, 285 pounds (1-27-16)
Guy Henson (IL) dec. Pena, 5-3.
NJCAA North Central district, 285 pounds (2-14-16)
Quarterfinals - John Wittman (Ridgewater) dec. Pena (N), 1-0. Consolation round one - Pena (N) dec. Quelton Toliver (Iowa Central), 6-0. Consolation semifinals - Pena dec. Stephen Boone (Iowa Western), 3-2. Third-place match - Pena major dec. Wittman (Ridgewater), 10-2.
NJCAA national tournament (285 pounds) (Feb. 27-18)
Pena (N) dec. Devante Ragland (Colby), 3-1 (OT); Pena dec. Robert Carson (Triton), 2-1; Pena (N) dec. Jenard Rosemond (Nassau), 3-2 (OT); Guy Henson (Iowa Lakes) dec. Pena (N), 3-2; Pena (N) dec. Ben Aquilina (Middlesex), 4-1; Dalonte Holland (Ellsworth) dec. Pena (N), 5-2.
