Wheaton College Alumni Magazine Winter 2014 | Page 13

Wheaton Thunder Winter Sports Schedule
Men’s Basketball

1/4

at Millikin

11/15

Blackburn

1/8

at Elmhurst

Men’s and Women’s
Swimming

11/16

Lee Pfund Classic

1/11

Augustana

11/1

UW-Milwaukee

at Loras

1/15

Carthage

11/2

U. of Chicago

1/18

at Illinois Wesleyan

11/9

at Calvin

(Wooster, OH)

1/22

at North Park

11/22-23 at U. of Chicago Invite

U. of Chicago

1/25

North Central

12/6-7

Wheaton Invite

12/6

*vs. Hope

1/29

Ill. Institute of Technology

1/11

Wheaton Quad Meet

12/7

*at Calvin

2/1

at Augustana

1/18

at Carthage

12/14

Alma

2/5

at Carthage

1/25

at U. of Illinois-Chicago

12/20

Northwestern (WN)

2/8

Millikin

1/31

at Olivet Nazarene

1/2

at Washington U.-St Louis

2/12

North Park

2/1

Illinois Wesleyan and

1/4

at Millikin

2/15

at North Central

1/8

Elmhurst

2/19

Elmhurst

2/13

at CCIW Champ.

1/11

Augustana

2/22

Illinois Wesleyan

3/19-22

at NCAA Div. III Champ.

1/15

at Carthage

2/28-3/1 at CCIW Tournament

1/18

at Illinois Wesleyan

11/19

11/22-23 at Al Van Wie/Rotary Classic
12/4

class and was recognized as Wheaton’s first
wrestling All-American since 2009.
In May 2013 Dan participated in
the 2013 ASICS University National
Championship in Akron, Ohio. He
finished in second place in the 84KG
weight class of the Greco-Roman
Championship. The winner of the weight
class chose to represent the United States
at the FILA Junior World Championships,
and as a result Dan was selected to
represent the United States at the World
University Games in July. Dan earned a
3-1 victory against Alaev Manukchekhr
of Tajikistan in the opening round of the
tournament.
“I decided to just get after it and put
pressure on my first opponent,” Dan says.
“I ended up getting a headlock on him,
and I didn’t pin him, but it got me some
points. I just kept on him and won my
first international match.”
He then lost a 4-1 decision in the
quarterfinals to Javid Hamzatau of
Belarus. Hamzatau would go on to earn
the bronze medal.
“Dan’s greatest strength is being a
competitor—he has proven himself to be
a warrior on the mat. He is also mentally
tough, physical, and coachable,” says
Coach Gruenwald. “He very definitely has
the potential to be a Division III National
Champion and to have a successful
international Greco-Roman career.”

1/22

North Park

1/25

North Central

** George Fox Tip-Off Tournament
(Newberg, OR)

North Central

Men’s and Women’s
Indoor Track & Field
1/31

at Carthage College

2/7-8

at Keck Invitational

2/14

at Chicagoland Women’s

at Augustana

Wrestling

Carthage

11/2

at Messiah Invite

2/8

Millikin

11/7

at U. of Chicago

2/12

at North Park

11/9

at Knox Invite

Championships

at North Central

11/14

at Alma (MI)

(Bloomington, IL)

at Elmhurst

11/19

Elmhurst

Illinois Wesleyan

11/23

at Concordia (WI) Open

12/7

at Milwaukee School

2/1
2/5

2/15
2/19
2/22

2/28-3/1 CCIW Tournament

of Engineering

* MIAA/CCIW Challenge

(Bloomington, IL)

2/15

at Chicagoland Men’s
Championships (Naperville, IL)

2/21

at North Central
Cardinal Classic

at North Central Invite

12/20

(Grand Rapids, MI)

12/14

at Concordia (WI)

Championships

at Lakeland (WI)

(Bloomington, IL)

Women’s Basketball

1/4

11/15

**vs. Linfield

1/11

at Spartan Mat Classic (IN)

11/16

**at George Fox

1/18

Wheaton Duals

11/19

at Aurora

1/21

North Central

11/22

Whittier

1/31-2/1 Pete Willson-Wheaton

11/23

St. Mary’s (IN)

2/28-/31 CCIW Indoor T&F

11/30

UW-Whitewater

12/4

Invite
2/18

U. of Chicago

at U. of Dubuque
Jim Fox Open

12/7

Roosevelt

2/20

12/14

at Clarke

3/1

at NCAA Midwest Champ.

at Loras

3/14-15

at NCAA Div. III Champ.

12/31

at CCIW Champ.

(Cedar Rapids, IA)

Home contests are in
bold. Fo r a complete
listing of radio, video, and
cable broadcast schedules
for all Thunder sports, visit
http://www.wheaton.edu/
WETN/WETN-Live. For live
in-game statistics and the
latest news in Wheaton
Athletics, visit http://
athletics.wheaton.edu

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