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Harer scores 100th career win at Briar Cliff Open

Jordan Harer

MITCHELL, S.D. – Jordan Harer’s wrestling career at Dakota Wesleyan University has been filled with honors and milestones, and the senior from Gettysburg, S.D., added another one to his extensive resume at Saturday’s Briar Cliff Open in Sioux City, Iowa. Harer won his first two matches, and became the first wrestler in Tiger history to record 100 career victories.

Harer finished 2-2 at the tournament and reached the fifth-place match at 141 pounds, but that match wasn’t wrestled due to time constraints. Harer didn’t waste any time getting to his latest career milestone. He opened by pinning Garth Ginder (unattached) in just 3:59, and his historic 100th victory came in the form of an 8-1 decision over Dana College’s Aaron Ely. Harer lost his semifinal match 3-1 to Jason Jermiason (AC) and withdrew from his consolation semifinal match.

The 100th victory is the latest milestone in a season and career filled with accolades. Harer is now 100-62 overall, he was an NAIA All-American last season, he’s a two-time All-GPAC Second Team selection and a three-time NWCA-NAIA Academic All-American. Harer has qualified for the NAIA National Championships in all four of his seasons, and his records were 29-26 as a freshman, 20-17 as a sophomore, 26-11 as a junior and he’s 25-8 this season.

Harer was the only Tiger wrestler to win more than one match at the Briar Cliff Open. Malik Stewart (133), Ray Rickenbach (149), Noah Ruml (157), Tanner LaValliere (165) and Blake Hodne (174) all went 1-2 at the tournament and Nick Hutcheson, wrestling unattached, was 0-2. Dakota Wesleyan was 7-14 as a team.

The Tigers will travel right back to Sioux City this week to take on Briar Cliff in a GPAC dual on Thursday night. The dual will start at 7 p.m. on the Chargers’ campus. DWU’s season is winding down, as only the dual at BCU, the NAIA North Qualifier (Feb. 20) and the NAIA Wrestling National Championships remain (March 4-6).