Army West Point Athletics
2025-26 Wrestling Roster
Roster
Gunner Filipowicz
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 5-10
- Hometown:
- Alpharetta, Ga.
- High School:
- Woodward Academy (USMAPS)
2025-26 Third Place Finish at EIWA Championships (165 lbs)
2025-26 NCAA Qualifier (165 lbs)
2025-26: Finished 20-8 on the season, with a 5-3 dual record and a 4-1 record in dual bouts vs. EIWA foes…Made the NCAA Championships for the third time in his career…Named EIWA Wrestler of the Week January 26…Was tied for third on the team in wins with 20…November 2: Had a 4-0 day to successfully defend his Princeton Open title at 165 lbs. In the final, he knocked off Princeton’s Ty Whalen behind a second period takedown in the championship bout…November 7: Took a defeat to LJ Araujo in dual at Nebraska…November 16: Finished second at the Black Knight Invite, dropping the final to Penn State’s Mitchell Mesenbrink…December 6: Was narrowly defeated by Wisconsin’s Cody Goebel in dual bout…January 3-4: Made his third career Southern Scuffle championships bout, going 5-1 and finishing second, knocking off Navy’s Dylan Elmore in the quarterfinals…January 16: Dispatched Cornell’s Louis Cerchio by decision…January 18: Won by technical fall, defeating American’s Austin Craft 17-2…January 24: Pinned Bucknell’s Noah Mulvaney in the second period… February 1…Wrestled in dual vs. Lehigh…February 7: Defeated LIU’s Jack Valentin by technical fall…February 20: Defeated Navy’s Dylan Elmore by major decision as Army took down Navy in the Star Dual…March 6-7: Finished third at EIWA Championships to punch his ticket to the NCAA Championships, going 3-1 at the tournament with his only loss coming in sudden victory…Clinched a spot at NCAAs with a 6-3 win over Navy’s Dylan Elmore in the consolation semifinals…March 19: Wrestled in two matches at the NCAA Championships, his third time at the national tournament.
2024-25 NCAA Qualifier (165 pounds)
2024-25 Sixth Place Finish at EIWA Championships (165 pounds)
2024-25: Finished 25-8 across sophomore season, with five falls, six technical falls and a team-high eight major decisions…Was 9-2 in duals and 6-1 in EIWA duals, while also leading the team in bonus point wins, with 19…November 3: Was Princeton Open Champion at 165 lbs, with 5-0 record and technical fall wins in the Rounds of 32 and 16…November 8: Secured technical fall over Tyler Brignola in Throwdown on the Yorktown dual win vs. Gardner-Webb…November 17: Won twice in bonus point fashion as Army swept tri-meet vs. Purdue and Buffalo…November 24: Took a second place finish at Black Knight Invitational, falling only to Penn State’s Mitchell Mesenbrink in the final…December 13: Secured pin over Cooper Lockhart vs. Morgan State…January 4-5: Won the Southern Scuffle title at 165 lbs, with a dominating six-match run featuring six bonus point wins. Recorded two falls and won by technical fall over Duke’s Aiden Wallace in the title bout…January 12: Defeated Donavan Smith by fall in dual at LIU…January 19: Defeated American’s Kaden Milheim by decision in Army’s dual win…February 1: Recorded 20-6 major decision win over Richie Grungo in dual at Lehigh…February 16: Had a full period ride to score riding time point, and claimed escape point in the third period for a 2-0 win over Navy’s Dylan Elmore in dual win over the Mids…February 23: Won by decision over Binghamton’s Carter Baer in season-closing dual match…March 7-8: Claimed sixth place at EIWA Championships, winning bout over American’s Kaden Milheim…March 20-21: Competed at NCAA Championships in Philadelphia as an at-large, with a consolation bracket win over NC State’s Derek Fields.
2023-24 NCAA Qualifier (165 pounds)
2023-24 Fourth Place Finish at EIWA Championships (165 pounds)
2023-24: Went 25-11 in freshman season, wrestled at 174lb to open the season before reclassifying to 165lb flight in December…Went 3-1 in dual meets in EIWA and 5-3 overall in duals…November 1: Wrestled against Campbell in season opener at Fort Liberty…November 5: Went 4-0 to win the Princeton Open…November 11: Defeated Patrick Jackson of Lock Haven in dual match…November 16: Won by decision over Alex Faison in dual against No. 6 NC State…January 14: Dispatched Andrew Garr in dual win over Columbia…February 16: In dual win at Navy, snapped 15-match win streak of Midshipman Andrew Cerniglia… February 25: Won by major decision over Breon Phifer of American on Senior Night…March 8: Went 4-2 at EIWA Championships to finish in fourth place and punch ticket to NCAA Championships.
Prior to West Point: Graduated from Woodward Academy...Attended USMAPS...2x State Champion...Was a GFC Champion...Doc B placer...NHSCA Finalist...His older brother Jackson is a 2024 West Point graduate and was member of football team...Major undecided...Member of Company G2.
