Cleary, a 184-pound junior, finished with a 6-0 record at the Budd Whitehill Division III National Duals at Lycoming College. He opened the tournament with a technical fall victory over Case Western’s Aaron Yoches at 5:39 and followed that with a major decision over Heidelberg’s Joe Kraft (14-5). After a 6-3 victory over University of Chicago’s Bill Kpecky, Cleary recorded his second major decision, this time against Ithaca’s Jeff Edelstein (14-5). In his final two matches of the tournament, Cleary won by decision over Ohio Northern’s Ben Dusina (5-4) and John Carroll’s Dave Lance (8-2). With his performance at the Budd Whitehill Division III National Duals, he improved to 16-4 on the season.
