Christian Minto

Weight:

165
Hometown:

Cape Coral, Fla.
Year:

So.

Bio

2021 season: Placed first at NJCAA Central District tournament at 165 pounds (3-7-21); Was selected as the ICCAC wrestler of the week for the the week for the week of March 1-7; Placed first at NJCAA National Tournament at 165 pounds (April 21-22); Was selected as the ICCAC co-wrestler of the year.

Iowa Lakes dual (165 pounds)

Minto tech. fall Dallas Horne, 18-3.

Iowa Western dual (165 pounds)

Minto major dec. Fabian Padilla, 10-2.

Iowa Central dual (165 pounds)

Minto tech. fall Keaton Geerts, 16-1.

NJCAA North Central District (At Council Bluffs) (165 pounds)

Minto tech. fall Fabian Padilla (Iowa Western), 16-1; Minto tech. fall Neal Larson (Indian Hills), 21-2.

Indian Hills dual (165 pounds)

Minto major dec. Mohamadou Sene, 11-3.

Iowa Lakes dual (174 pounds)

Minto won by forfeit.

RCTC dual (165 pounds)

Minto major dec. Seth Brossard, 17-8.

NJCAA national tournament (165 pounds)

Minto pinned Stephan Duffy (Barton), 2:01; Minto dec. Austin Raby (Southwestern Oregon), 9-5; Minto dec. Cooper Mosier (Cloud County), 5-1; Minto major dec. Collin Smith (Western Wyoming), 15-1; Minto dec. Keaton Geerts (Iowa Central), 13-6.

2021 record: 13-0 with 1 pin, 4 technical falls and 4 major decisions.

Career record: 35-1 with 5 pins, 7 technical falls and 8 major decisions.

2019-20 season: Placed first at the Luther College Open (Silver division 165 pounds) ... Placed first at the University of Dubuque Invite (174 pounds) ... Placed first at the Central College Under Armour Invitational (Gold division 165 pounds) ... Placed first at NJCAA Central District tournament at 165 pounds to qualify for national tournament (2-16-20) ... Minto was selected as the ICCAC wrestler of the year ... Minto was selected as the ICCAC wrestler of the week for the week of Feb. 10-16. ... Placed 2nd at NJCAA National Tournament at 165 pounds (March 6-7, 2020).

Ellsworth dual (174 pounds)

Minto dec. Justin Henry, 7-2.

Luther College Open (Silver division 165 pounds)

Minto pinned Jayden Sundstrom (Unattached), 2:58; Minto major dec. Ryker Kurimski (Coe), 13-4; Minto dec. Kyler Rieck (Minnesota State-Mankato), 8-5; Minto major dec. Michael Smith (Minnesota State-Mankato), 16-3.

Iowa Western dual (165 pounds)

Minto tech. fall Noah Rutjens, 19-3 (6:03).

Iowa Central dual (174 pounds)

Minto dec. Ashton Eyler, 7-6.

University of Dubuque Invite (174 pounds)

Minto tech. fall Logan Sears (Dubuque), 19-4 (3:22); Minto pinned Stone Durham (Dubuque), 2:21.

Central College Under Armour Invitational (Gold division 165 pounds)

Minto pinned Marco Guzman (Unattached - William Penn), :43; Minto dec. Devan VandenBush (Wisconsin-Platteville), 11-4; Minto dec. Brennan Swafford (Graceland), 7-6; Minto dec. Drew Sams (Graceland), 5-3.

Iowa Lakes dual (165 pounds)

Minto won by forfeit.

Ellsworth dual (165 pounds)

Minto tech. fall Cameron Nesbitt, 20-5.

Minnesota West dual (165 pounds)

Minto major dec. Braydon Johnson, 14-3.

Iowa Lakes dual (174 pounds)

Minto pinned Austin Hinzman, 4:31.

NJCAA Central District (At Estherville) (165 pounds)

Minto dec. Cameron Nesbitt (Ellsworth), 8-3; Minto dec. Ashton Eyler (Iowa Central), 9-6.

NJCAA National Tournament (At Council Bluffs) (165 pounds)

Minto dec. Andrew Dearmond (Barton), 10-4; Minto major dec. Paul Illicete (Nassau), 15-3; Minto dec. Seth Brossard (Rochester), 12-10; Isaiah Crosby (Iowa Western) dec. Minto, 6-4.

2019-20 record: 22-1 with 4 pins, 3 technical falls and 4 major decisions.