Gardner, a senior heavyweight, went 3-0 with two falls at the Lone Star Duals in Dallas, Texas on January 4. He defeated Central Oklahoma’s Josh Leading Fox, 8-1. Central Oklahoma is ranked #1 in NCAA Division II and defeated Wartburg 18-16. Gardner won by fall over Division I Cal State-Fullerton’s Edgar Hernandez with a pin at 1:05. The Knights defeated Fullerton, 23-22. In Wartburg’s 46-0 victory over Missouri Baptist, Gardner won by fall over Claude Robinson with a pin at 1:05. Gardner is in the midst of an eight match winning streak with five falls in two minutes or less during that span.
