Carrington went 5-0 in January for Belmont Abbey, taking one win each by pin, major decision and technical fall. All five wins came in Conference Carolinas action as he started with a 10-2 win over Mount Olive's Brock Christian and a 1:00 pin over Coker's Weston Bare. He followed that with a 22-6 technical fall win over Josiah Canales Maldonado of Ferrum. What might have been his biggest win of the month, he defeated sixth-ranked Logan Robinson of UNC Pembroke 15-12 before closing the month with a 13-9 win over Newberry's Caiden Pelc.