2023-24 Wrestling Roster
Legend Lamer
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 157
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Corvallis, OR
- High School:
- Crescent Valley HS
Two-time NCAA Qualifier (2021, 2022)
Record entering 2024-25 season: Overall: 67-36; Duals: 24-13
2023-24-- In fifth season as a mustang, compiled a 15-10 record placing third at the Pac-12 Championships with a 14-8 mark, facing No.26 Matty Bianchi, Little Rock... Advanced to the second day of the NCAA Championships earned a 1-1 mark...
2022-23 -- In fourth season at Cal Poly, captured third at 165 pounds at Pac-12 Championships with a 3-1 record, earning pins over Cal State Bakersfield's Braden Smelser and Arizona State's Tony Negron ... compiled a 12-11 overall record, including a 7-4 mark in tournaments and a 5-7 record in duals ... placed eighth at Tiger Style Invitational ... went 2-2 at Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational ... won seven matches by decision, two by fall and major decision and one by technical fall.
2021-22 -- A national qualifier for the second time following his second-place finish in Pac-12 Championships ... at NCAAs, lost two close decisions by 3-2 and 5-1 scores ... two falls among his 15 victories, including one in 1:43 against Jaden Abas of Stanford in semifinals of Pac-12 tournament ... won four matches by technical fall en route to 15-7 record ... placed seventh in Las Vegas Invitational 4-2 record ... won his first five matches of season ... first on team with seven four-point near-falls in dual meets.
2020-21 -- Compiled 13-3 mark, second-place Pac-12 finish at 149 pounds and qualified for NCAA Division I National Championships as a redshirt freshman ... ranked No. 10 in final coaches rankings just prior to the nationals ... of his 13 wins, two were by fall, both in the first period, one by technical fall and three by major decision ... won his true-second match against Cory Crooks of Arizona State, a 4-2 decision, to secure a pre-allocated spot to the nationals. ... posted 3-2 mark in NCAA finals as the No. 9 seed ... a perfect 5-0 mark in dual meets with a technical fall, a major decision and three decisions ... edged Jaden Abas of Stanford 4-3 in dual meet before dropping 10-5 decision in Pac-12 finals ... led team with five four-point near falls ... maintains extra year of eligibility moving forward due to COVID-19.
2019-20 -- Redshirt ... compiled 12-5 record in four open tournaments, placing first in Michigan State Open, third in California Collegiate Open and sixth in Roadrunner Open ... also competed in the Midlands ... four of his 12 wins were via fall, all in the first period ... also won two matches by technical fall and a pair via major decision.
High School -- A 2019 graduate of Crescent Valley High School in Corvallis, Oregon, Lamer captured four Oregon state high school championships in Division 5A ... also claimed four district titles ... compiled 186-5 career prep record and led Crescent Valley to a state team title in 2019 ... another Mustang recruit ranked in the Top 100, via FloWrestling, Lamer is a Folkstyle national champion ... member of National Honors Society ... chose to attend Cal Poly because of "its great wrestling team and great school."
Personal -- Son of Chad and Ann Lamer ... father Chad wrestled at South Dakota State from 1991-96, competed in the 2004 Olympic Trials, twice earned a spot on the U.S. Freestyle National Team and was Crescent Valley's wrestling coach during Legend's time there ... mother Ann ran cross country and track, also at South Dakota State, from 1989-94 ... four brothers, Justice, Brawley, Chance and Daschle ... Justice ran cross country and track at Montana State ... Brawley is currently the director of operations for the Mustangs ... Chance is currently a redshirt sophomore on the Cal Poly wrestling team ... Daschle is a freshman for the Mustangs ... born in Iowa City, Iowa ... majoring in business administration.
