44th Far East Wrestling Tournament
Monday-Wednesday at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan.
Format — Combined individual freestyle and dual-meet tournament, freestyle bouts the first 1½ days, dual meets the last 1½ days. Team scoring by division; individual bouts inter-division.
Participating teams
Division I: Nile C. Kinnick, St. Mary’s, American School In Japan, Humphreys, Kadena, Kubasaki.
Division II: Robert D. Edgren, Zama, Yokota, Matthew C. Perry, E.J. King, Christian Academy Japan, Osan, Daegu.
Team championships
Combined, Division I
Kubasaki Dragons 28
St. Mary's Titans 17
Nile C. Kinnick Red Devils 12
Kadena Panthers 6
American School In Japan Mustangs 4
Seoul American Falcons 3
Zama Trojans 2
Yokota Panthers 2
Division II
Robert D. Edgren Eagles 11
Yokota Panthers, Japan 6
Zama Trojans 3
Christian Academy Japan 1
Osan Cougars 1
Team Champions, coaches
Combined, Division I
1977, Kubasaki Dragons, Okinawa, Japan, Ed Davies
1978, Yokota Panthers, Japan, Charles Capps
1979, Zama Trojans, Japan, Bruce Derr
1980, Nile C. Kinnick Red Devils, Japan, James Feller
1981, No tournament
1982, Zama and St. Mary's Titans, Tokyo, Bruce Derr and Ed Paradis
1983, Kubasaki, James Feller
1984, Kubasaki and St. Mary's, James Feller and Ed Paradis
1985, Kubasaki, James Feller
1986, Kubasaki, Jerry Weekes
1987, St. Mary's, John Hohenthaner
1988, Kubasaki, Jeff Pellaton
1989, American School In Japan Mustangs, Tokyo, John Hohenthaner
1990, American School In Japan, John Hohenthaner
1991, Kubasaki, Jeff Pellaton
1992, Kubasaki, Jeff Pellaton
1993, American School In Japan, John Hohenthaner
1994, Kubasaki, Jeff Pellaton
1995, American School In Japan (dual-meet), John Hohenthaner; Kubasaki (individual freestyle), Jeff Pellaton
1996, Nile C. Kinnick (dual-meet and individual freestyle), John Leinard
1997, St. Mary's (dual-meet), Jon Rhodes; Kubasaki (individual freestyle), Jeff Pellaton
1998, Kubasaki (dual-meet and individual freestyle), Jeff Pellaton
1999, Kubasaki (dual-meet and individual freestyle), Jeff Pellaton
2000, Kubasaki (dual-meet and individual freestyle), Jeff Pellaton
2001, Nile C. Kinnick (dual-meet and individual freestyle), Scott Smith
2002, Kubasaki (dual meet), Jeff Pellaton; Nile C. Kinnick (individual freestyle), Scott Smith
2003, Yokota (individual freestyle), Mark Hanssen; St. Mary's (dual meet), Jon Rhodes
2004, St. Mary's (individual freestyle), Jon Rhodes; Seoul American (dual meet), Julian Harden
2005, Kubasaki (dual-meet and individual freestyle), Terry Chumley
2006, Kadena Panthers, Okinawa (dual-meet and individual freestyle), Steve Schrock
2007, Seoul American (dual-meet and individual freestyle), Julian Harden
2008, Kadena (dual-meet and individual freestyle), Steve Schrock
Division I
2009, Kubasaki (individual freestyle), Terry Chumley; Kadena (dual-meet), Steve Schrock
2010, Nile C. Kinnick (individual freestyle), Gary Wilson; Kadena (dual-meet), Steve Schrock
2011, St. Mary’s (dual-meet and individual freestyle), Ian Harlow
2012, St. Mary’s (dual-meet and individual freestyle), Ian Harlow
2013, Kubasaki (dual-meet and individual freestyle), Ron Geist
2014, Nile C. Kinnick (dual-meet), Gary Wilson; St. Mary’s (individual freestyle), Shu Yabui
2015, Nile C. Kinnick (dual-meet), Gary Wilson; St. Mary’s (individual freestyle), Shu Yabui
2016, St. Mary’s (dual-meet and individual freestyle), Shu Yabui
2017, St. Mary’s (dual-meet and individual freestyle), Shu Yabui
2018, Nile C. Kinnick (dual-meet and individual freestyle), Gary Wilson
2019, Kubasaki (individual freestyle), Brent Cook; St. Mary’s (dual-meet), Shu Yabui
2020, Kubasaki (dual-meet and individual freestyle), Brent Cook
Division II
2009, Osan, South Korea (individual freestyle), David Hemmer
2010, Robert D. Edgren, Japan (dual-meet and individual freestyle), Justin Edmonds
2011, Zama (dual-meet and individual freestyle), Chris Iredale
2012, Robert D. Edgren, Japan (dual-meet and individual freestyle), Justin Edmonds
2013, Zama, Japan (dual-meet and individual freestyle), Steve Scott
2014, Robert D. Edgren, Japan (dual-meet and individual freestyle), Justin Edmonds
2015, Robert D. Edgren, Japan (dual-meet and individual freestyle), Justin Edmonds
2016, Robert D. Edgren, Japan (individual freestyle), Justin Edmonds; Yokota, Japan (dual-meet), Ty Gaume
2017, Christian Academy Japan (individual freestyle), Morris Yaegashi; Yokota (dual-meet), Ty Gaume
2018, Yokota, Japan (dual-meet and individual freestyle), Kristina O’Grady
2019, Robert D. Edgren, Japan (dual-meet and individual freestyle), Justin Edmonds
2020, Yokota, Japan (dual-meet and individual freestyle), Kristina O’Grady
Outstanding Wrestler Award Winners
1977, Mike Lewis, Nile C. Kinnick.
1978, Masaru Yamada, Kubasaki.
1979, Dennis Higdon, Seoul American.
1980, Clint Yamaoka, Yokota.
1981, no tournament.
1982, Brian Webb, Seoul American.
1983, Ariel Morano, Kubasaki.
1984, Robert Westberg, Kubasaki.
1985, John Higa, Kubasaki.
1986, Antonio Pacheco, Kubasaki.
1987, Brian Hughes, Kubasaki.
1988, David Fish, American School In Japan.
1989, Elbert Bailey, Kubasaki.
1990, Mike Greeson, Zama.
1991, Jens Larsson, St. Mary's.
1992, Chris Gunderson, Nile C. Kinnick.
1993, Tom Chavez, Kubasaki.
1994, Evan Moore, Christian Academy Japan.
1995, Sam Colby, Seoul American.
1996, Kento Omori, St. Mary's.
1997, Eduardo Ayala, St. Mary's.
1998, Casey Vulcan, Seoul American.
1999, Ken Nagao, St. Mary's.
2000, Randall Hull, Seoul American.
2001, Ray Lamb, Seoul American.
2002, Mundre Fleming, Kadena; and Bernam Tapang, Kubasaki.
2003, Zolboo Enkhbayar, Brent International.
2004, Zolboo Enkhbayar, Brent International.
2005, David Burnett, Zama.
2006, Steve Courtney, Kubasaki.
2007, Carlos Albaladejo, Osan.
2008, Cameron Butts, Nile C. Kinnick.
2009, Scott Wood, Kubasaki.
2010, Harry Bloom, Kadena.
2011, Michael Spencer, Zama.
2012, Chad Wilder, Zama.
2013, Kalik Battle, Yokota.
2014, Kaleb Atchison, Robert D. Edgren, and Jeff Koo, St. Mary’s.
2015, Christian Fernandez, Kubasaki.
2016, Kazuho Kawashima, St. Mary’s.
2017, Hunter Lane, Daegu
2018, Hunter Lane, Daegu
2019, Rin Zoot, American School In Japan.
2020, Marshall China, Matthew C. Perry.