Army West Point Athletics
2024-25 Wrestling Roster
Roster
Dalton Harkins
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 174
- Hometown:
- West Chester, Pa.
- High School:
- Malvern Prep (USMAPS)
2024-25 NCAA Qualifier (174 pounds)
2024-25 Third Place Finish at EIWA Championships (174 pounds)
2024-25: Finished 23-11 on the season, with four falls, a technical fall and five major decisions…Was 5-5 in duals and 3-3 in EIWA duals…November 3: Won the 174 lb Princeton Open title to commence the season…November 8: Won by major decision in dual vs. Gardner-Webb at Throwdown on the Yorktown…November 17: Split matches in tri-match vs. Purdue and Buffalo…November 24: Claimed third place at Black Knight Invitational, with a 2-1 record…January 4-5: Finished fifth at the Southern Scuffle, going 5-2. Dispatched Lennox Wolak of Virginia Tech in the fifth place bout and pinned Gardener-Webb’s Andrew Wilson…January 12: Knocked off Corey Connolly by technical fall in dual at LIU…January 19: Secured win by sudden victory in dual at American over Caleb Campos...February 1: Opened dual at Lehigh at 174 lbs, winning by decision over Thyne Lawrence…March 7-8: Finished third at the EIWA Championships, claiming an automatic berth to the NCAA Championships at 174 lbs, with three wins coming by major decision…March 20-21: Finished one match away from the blood round at the NCAA Championships, suffering a pair of defeats by sudden victory…Upset No. 8-seed Lenny Pinto of Nebraska in first round, before defeating Brody Baumann of Purdue on last-second takedown in wrestleback bracket match, avenging a regular season bout loss.
2023-24: In 184lb class, was 23-8, wrestled to 2-1 record in EIWA dual matches and 5-2 across all duals…November 1: Won dual on opening night against Campbell at Fort Liberty…November 11: Went 1-1 combined against Lock Haven and Purdue duals…November 16: Won in dual against AJ Kovacs of No. 6 NC State…November 19: Was 3-2 in Black Knight Invitational…December 2: Was 3-1 in Cougar Clash…December 9: Finished as champion of Cleveland State Open, helped guide Black Knights to team title…January 14: Won by decision over Cody Walsh in Drexel dual…February 4: Had major decision victory against Lehigh’s Jake Logan…March 8: Went 2-2 at EIWA Championships...Won the team's Most Dominant Award at postseason banquet.
2022-23 EIWA Sixth Place Finish at EIWA Championships (165 pounds)
2022-23: Wrestled to an 18-14 record at 165 lbs. …6-7 in duals…November 6: Earned his first Tech Fall of the year after defeating Queens’ Sebastian Shered 17-1 (7:00) November 12: Defeated Nebraska’s Jagger Condomitti with an 8-6 decision, Harkins also bested Brandon Teresa of Sacred Heart with a 16-0 (5:33) Tech Fall…December 29: Went 3-2 in the Soldier Salute…January 6: Bested Vladimir Sukhikh of Queens by a 7-0 decision…January 15: Defeated Queens’ Vladimir Sukhikh with a 7-0 decision...February 4: In the dual against Lehigh, Harkins bested Luca Frinzi with a 2-1 decision…February 19: In the annual Star Match vs. Navy, defeated Val Park with a 3-1 decision…March 4: Went 3-3 in the 2023 EIWA Championships…Earned wins against American’s Caleb Campos with a 5-4 decision, Bucknell’s Chase Barlow with a 1-0 major decision, and defeated Lucas Revano with a 3-1 sudden victory...Finished sixth in the EIWA Championships.
2021-22: Went 24-11 as a freshman, competing at 165 lbs. … Went 2-5 in duals … Led the team with 15 bonus point victories throughout the year … Also tallied a team-best four technical falls … Picked up his first collegiate dual victory with an 11-6 decision at Iowa State (Nov. 27) … Also earned a 4-2 decision at No. 12 Rutgers (Dec. 10) … Had a thrilling collegiate debut, going 3-1 at the East Stroudsburg Open with a major of major decisions and one technical fall (Nov. 7) … Was dominant at the Shorty Hitchcock Open, finishing 5-0 with one major decision, one pin, and a technical fall … Went 1-2 at the EIWA Championship, recording his lone victory with a pin at the 0:20 mark (March 4) … Was ranked by InterMat throughout the season, checking in as high as No. 27.Prior to West Point: Graduated from Malvern Prep in 2020...Attended USMAPS...Walsh Jesuit Ironman Champion...Beast of the East Champion...National Prep Champion...Chose West Point for the opportunities provided by the Academy...Majoring in Engineering Management...Company H4.
