Chance Lamer

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Chance Lamer, NCAA Quarterfinals, 032224

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Chance Lamer Session 1, NCAA Championships, 032124

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Height:
5-9
Weight:
149
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Corvallis, OR
High School:
Crescent Valley HS

2023 NCAA Qualifier, Round of 12, 149 pounds
Record entering 2024-25 season: Overall: 47-21; Duals: 13-7

2023-24-- During first season at Cal Poly compiled a 19-6 record... Placed first at the Tiger Style Invite, earning a 10-4 decision over Missouri's No.15 Logan Gioffre by technical fall (19-3, 5:52) and fall (4:59)... Marks the second straight year winning the 149-pound title at the Tiger Style Invite... Competed at the Pac-12 Championships placing second against No.3 ranked Arizona state wrestler, Kyle Parco... Advanced to the NCAA Chamionships... Defeated No. 23 Drew Roberts from Minnesota by a 7-2 decision in a first round match... followed up with a 7-2 decision against Stanford's No. 26 Jaden Abas...

2021-23 (Michigan) -- Wrestled at Michigan for two years, compiling a 32-11 overall record and qualifying for the 2023 NCAA Championships at 149 pounds as a redshirt freshman ... went 3-2 at NCAA Championships, narrowly falling to No. 8 Max Murin of Iowa 3-2 in the bloodround ... beat three higher-seeded opponents at NCAAs to advance to the Round of 12, winning a 4-3 decision against No. 11 Doug Zapf of Penn in the first round and a first-period wrestleback pin (43 seconds) over Wisconsin's Austin Gomez ... placed seventh at 2023 Big Ten Championships ... during 2022-23 season posted 15-9 overall record and 6-3 mark in duals ... defeated No. 14 Colin Realbuto of Northern Iowa 18-2 to secure seventh place at 2022 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational ... during redshirt season in 2021-22 went 17-2 across four open tournaments at 141 and 149 pounds, winning the 149-pound title at the Edinboro Open with a 6-0 record and securing the 141-pound title in his collegiate debut at the Michigan State Open by defeating Cal Poly's Lawrence Saenz ... also won 149-pound title at Purple Raider.

Prep -- While competing for Crescent Valley High (Corvallis, Ore.) won four Oregon state titles, winning at 145 (2021), 126 (2020), 113 (2019) and 106 pounds (2018) ... posted a 146-6 record in high school, helping Crescent Valley capture three straight team state titles (2019-21) ... recipient of Oregon's 2021 Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award ... represented the U.S. at the 2018 Cadet freestyle world championship in Zagreb, Croatia, taking fifth place at 45kg ... double Fargo cadet finalist in 2017, winning the Greco title while placing second in freestyle ... ranked as the No. 7 overall recruit by FloWrestling and No. 2-ranked 138-pound wrestler ... member of National Honor Society.

Personal -- Son of Chad and Ann Lamer ... has four brothers, Justice, Brawley, Legend and Daschle ... Justice ran cross country and track at Montana State (2016-19) ... Brawley recently wrapped up his wrestling career at Cal Poly (2017-23) and is currently the director of operations ... Legend is a redshirt junior on the Cal Poly wrestling team ... Daschle is a freshman on the Cal Poly wrestling team ... dad wrestled at South Dakota State (1991-96), where he was a three-time Division II national champion ... mom ran cross country and track at South Dakota State (1989-94), where she was a 10,000-meter national champion and six-time All-American ... majoring in interdisciplinary studies at Cal Poly.