Casey Hunt took the Pacific-10 Conference one step at a time.
After wrestling four matches during his first season, Hunt went 13-14 in his sophomore year. Toward the end of the season the Pendleton High School graduate overcame injuries to finish fifth in the Pac-10 tournament by pinning his opponent.
Last season, Hunt qualified for the NCAA tournament with a fourth-place finish in the Pac-10 at 149. He then lost in the first round at nationals.
Now in his senior campaign, Hunt moved up the Pac-10 one more step with a third-place finish at the conference tournament, going 3-1 at 141. He finished the regular
season with a 14-9 record, including his first collegiate major decision.
Now Hunt will try to take one big step by placing in the national tournament in his last season as a Duck.

In-state rivals
Oregon State had eight wrestlers place in the top six for their weight class, while three Portland State wrestlers earned a place in the top six.
Beaver wrestler Jed Pennell took second at 184. Three Beavers — Matt Ellis at 165, Jake Huffman at 174 and Andy Bowlby at heavyweight — earned third place.
Michael Delaney took fourth at 125 while Tony Hook earned fourth place through the conference’s “true fourth place” challenge rule.
Beaver wrestlers Mike Unger at 141 and Jason Lovell at 197 both earned fifth place.
Of the Vikings, only Eric Arbogast will be traveling to the national tournament. Arbogast took second at 165. Quinn Collett finished fifth at 174 while Randy Davidson earned sixth place at 197.

Top of the Pac-10
The top four wrestlers from each weight class earned trips to the NCAA Championships. Arizona State and Boise State are each sending eight wrestlers.
Arizona State also had six individual champions — Mike Simpson at 133, Eric Larkin at 149, Nick Frost at 165, Curtis Owen at 174, Ryan Bader at 197 and Kellan Fluckiger at heavyweight.
Boise State was the only other school with multiple individual titles. Both Ben VomBaur at 125 and Gabe Vigil at 141 won their weight class.
Cal Poly’s Ryan Halsey won the 184 title while Jeremiah Jarvis of Cal Davis won the 157 weight class.

Final Pac-10 finishes
At the Pac-10 tournament, Arizona State won first place with 134 points, while defending Pac-10 champion Boise State finished second with 127 points.
Oregon State took third with 93.5 points, at least a 20-point margin behind and ahead of the closest schools. Cal Poly took fourth place with 73.5 points.
Oregon finished fifth with 68 points, just ahead of sixth-place Cal State-Bakersfield’s 66.5 points. Cal Davis took seventh with 46.5 points and Cal State-Fullerton took eighth with 44.5 points.
Stanford finished ninth with 37.5 points while Portland State rounded out the conference with 32.5 points.