2011-12 Wrestling
Roster
Justin Farmer
- Weight:
- 133
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- New Lenox, IL
- High School:
- Lincoln-Way Catholic
2012-13: Earned the starting role at 133 and finished the season 7-20, 0-6 in dual meets...finished the season with five escapes and three takedowns...Picked up two victories at the Lock Haven Invite (12/29), downing Tyler Ziegler of Gardner-Webb and Sean Walton of Buffalo...beat Tom Davidson of Jamestown CC 21-8 at the NYS Intercollegiate Championships (11/17)...posted a 3-1 victory over Mitch Hrnyak of Central Michigan at the Nittany Lion Open (12/2).
2011-12: Earned the starting role at 133 and finished the season 16-21, 5-13 in dual meets... finished fourth on the team with 19 escapes and second with four reversals in dual meets... placed third at the UB Open, posting a 5-1 record (11/6)... beat Evan Kolb of Lock Haven 7-6 at the Wrestle for a Cure Duals (11/12)... finished fourth at the Storm Open, winning three matches (1/7)... went 2-0 on the first day of the Virginia Duals, beating Bucknell’s Shawn Armato 3-2 and Kent State’s Troy Opfer 3-0 (1/13)... placed fifth at the New York State Championships (1/22)... beat Rob Jilliard 7-1 in Buffalo’s win over Northern Illinois (2/18).
2010-11: Redshirted but had a terrific year, posting a 21-14 record… finished sixth at the UB Open after going 4-2 (11/7)… went 4-2 at the William & Jefferson Open… won the 133-pound ‘B’ bracket of the New York State Championship, going 4-0… finished fourth at the JCC Open (1/29)... participated in the National Collegiate Open.
2009-10: Finished fourth at the UB Open for the 125 weight class... lost to teammate Dan Bishop at 125 to finish second at the Niagara County Community College duals… finished fourth in the “B” bracket of the New York State Championships… won 16 matches overall.
High School: Four-year letterwinner and two-time captain for coach Mark Ruettiger at Lincoln-Way Central High School... posted a career record of 148-17... as a senior, posted an overall record of 24-2 at 130 pounds...three-time conference champion... two-time regional champion... third-place finish at Illinois State Championships in 2007 and 2009... second-place finish at 2008 Illinois State Championship... finished in eighth-place at NHSCA Senior Nationals earning All-American honors.
Personal: Born April 11, 1991... son of Kenneth and Karen Farmer... has a brother, Kenny and a sister, Kalia... favorite athlete and greatest athletic influence is three-time All-American wrestler Mike Poeta... favorite quote is “What doesn''t kill you only makes you stronger”... dream is to be a NCAA national champion... chose to attend UB because of the campus environment and wrestling program... favorite thing about UB and Buffalo is the nice people.
