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Cruz Aguilar
Cruz Aguilar
  • Weight:
    125
  • Year:
    Soph.
  • Hometown:
    Edmond, Okla.
  • High School:
    Edmond Memorial HS

Bio

2022-23 season: Wrestling unattached, Aguilar placed third in the freshman/sophomore division at 125 pounds at the Luther Hill Open ... Wrestling unattached, Aguilar claimed the 125-pound title in the Elite Division at the Luther College Open. Wrestling unattached, Aguilar claimed NIACC's Battle For The Helmet title at 125 pounds ... Placed 4th at NJCAA Region XI/North Central District Tournament at 125 pounds ... Earned all-American honors by placing third at 125 pounds the NJCAA national championships.

Luther Hill Open (Unattached, Freshman/sophomore division, 125 pounds)

Gabriel Grice (unattached) dec. Aguilar (unattached), 5-4; Aguilar tech fall Ricardo Juarez (Iowa Western), 18-3; Aguilar tech. fall Kentrell Delaney-Kinney (Indian Hills), 19-3; Aguilar pinned Riece Graham (Graceland),: 31; Aguilar pinned Corbin Grace (William Penn), 1:49.

Luther College Open (Unattached, Elite division, 125 pounds)

Aguilar pinned Miguel Garcia (Luther), 7:00; Aguilar tech. fall Jake Jozwiak (Eureka), 19-3; Aguilar pinned Derek Steele (Augsburg), 3:55; Aguilar won by injury default over Nolan McKittrick (Wisconsin-Platteville), 3:00.

NIACC's Battle For The Helmet (unattached, 125 pounds)

Aguilar tech. fall Eduardo Tostado (Bryant & Stratton), 20-5; Aguilar pinned Brian Rea (Harper), 2:09; Aguilar dec. Luqman Masud (Joliet JC), 7-1.

Ellsworth dual (125 pounds)

Aguilar won by forfeit.

Iowa Western dual (125 pounds)

Jakason Burks major dec. Aguilar, 17-5.

Indian Hills dual (125 pounds)

Riley Bettich pinned Aguilar, 4:30.

RCTC dual (125 pounds)

Aguilar major dec. Rocco Visci, 23-9.

NJCAA Region XI/North Central District Tournament (125 pounds)

Osvaldo Ocampo (Iowa Lakes) won by injury default over Aguilar, :01; Aguilar pinned Kaden Karns (Ellsworth), 1:51; Lane Cowell (Iowa Central) won by injury default over Aguilar, :01.

NJCAA national tournament (125 pounds)

Aguilar dec. Bridger Ricks (Western Wyoming), 7-4; Aguilar dec. Riley Bettich (Indian Hills), 11-4; Aguilar dec. Isaiah Gomez (Otero), 9-7; Jett Strickenberger (Northwest Kansas Tech) pinned Aguilar, 5:22; Aguilar dec. Kevin Lopez (Nassau), 15-10; Aguilar dec. Bridger Ricks (Western Wyoming), 13-10.

2022-23 record: 19-6 with 6 falls, 4 technical falls, 1 major decision.

Career record: 26-12 with 13 falls, 5 technical falls, 1 major decision.

2021-22 season: Wrestling unattached, Aguilar placed second at the Coe College Invitational at 125 pounds (11-20-21) ... Placed second at the NJCAA North Central District tournament (2-13-22).

Coe College Invitational (125 pounds)

Aguilar (unattached) pinned Cael Long (Coe), 1:29; Aguilar (unattached) pinned Dillon Witt (Missouri Baptist), 1:01; Alex Friddle (Coe) dec. Aguilar (unattached), 12-7.

Central Under Armour Invitational (Gold division 125 pounds)

Dylan McChesney (Simpson) pinned Aguilar, 3:52; Aguilar pinned Nadhelo Charles-Pierce (unattached-William Penn), 6:00; Aguilar dec. Tanner Cook (Minnesota State-Mankato), 2-1.

Iowa Lakes dual (125 pounds)

Aguilar won by forfeit.

Ellsworth dual (125 pounds)

Aguilar pinned Kaden Karns, 1:54.

Iowa Western dual (125 pounds)

Jakason Burks (IW) major dec. Aguilar, 16-7.

RCTC dual (125 pounds)

Rocco Visci (R) pinned Aguilar, 3:29.

NJCAA North Central District (125 pounds)

Aguilar pinned Kaden Karns (Ellsworth), :34; Jakason Burks (Iowa Western) dec. Aguilar, 6-3; Aguilar pinned Karns (Ellsworth), :43; Aguilar dec. Aidan Harris (Iowa Central), 7-6.

NJCAA national tournament (125 pounds)

Aguilar pinned Robbie Rosser (Cowley), 3:28; Aguilar tech. fall Joey Thompson (Southwestern Oregon), 17-2; Kevin Lopez (Nassau) won by medical forfeit over Aguilar.

2021-22 record: 11-6 with 7 falls and 1 technical fall.