University of Wisconsin La Crosse Athletics

Simes won the 174-pound division at the Cornell College (Iowa) Mike Duroe Invite on January 17. He went 5-0, opening with three straight technical falls. Simes won by technical fall (21-6) over Brayden Woods of Luther College (Iowa) in the first round, a technical fall (21-6) over Colton Berg of Wartburg College (Iowa) in the second round followed by a technical fall (24-7) over Max Sokolski in the quarterfinals. He won by sudden victory (4-1) over Hesston Johnson of Wartburg (Iowa) in the semifinals and took the title with a win by decision (5-3) over Nick Alexander of Augsburg University (Minn.).