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- Year:
- Soph.
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- Hometown:
- Hampton, Iowa
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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.
News Mentions
NIACC sends 5 wrestlers to all-American round
February 25, 2017
NIACC's Pena moves to finals
February 25, 2017
NIACC's Pena aims for national title
February 25, 2017
NIACC's Pena falls in finals
February 25, 2017
NIACC advances 5 to quarterfinals
February 24, 2017
NIACC's quarterfinal round matchups
February 24, 2017
NIACC's Anderly, Pena move to semifinals
February 24, 2017
NJCAA national wrestling tournament starts Friday
February 23, 2017
Pairings released for NJCAA national wrestling tournament
February 14, 2017
Black claims 165-pound district title, Trojans qualify 8 for nationals
February 12, 2017
NIACC wrestling team ranked 12th
February 7, 2017
NIACC competes in NJCAA Central district meet Sunday
February 7, 2017
NIACC wrestlers stop Iowa Western, 35-12
February 2, 2017
No. 17 NIACC stops No. 5 Iowa Lakes, 35-9
February 2, 2017
NIACC wrestlers stop RCTC, 24-16
January 26, 2017
Four NIACC wrestlers go 2-0 at Kearney duals
January 13, 2017
NIACC wrestling team places fifth at Central Invite
January 8, 2017
NIACC wrestlers fall to Iowa Central, 36-14
December 8, 2016
No. 19 NIACC faces No. 2 Iowa Central on mat
December 7, 2016
NIACC wrestlers ranked 19th, Pena ranked 5th
December 6, 2016
NIACC falls to Ellsworth in dual, 38-8
December 2, 2016
NIACC's Sheppard, Pena place sixth at Coe Invitational
November 20, 2016
No. 11 NIACC hosts top-ranked Iowa Western on mat
November 16, 2016
No. 11 NIACC falls to top-ranked Iowa Western, 37-9
November 16, 2016
No. 11 NIACC opens season at Luther College Open
November 11, 2016
Intermat's NJCAA individual rankings
November 9, 2016
NIACC's Pena ranked preseason No. 1 at 285 pounds
November 8, 2016