Wrestlers Earn Top 10 Preseason Rankings
6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
April 1, 1999
EAST LANSING, Mich. - InterMat wrestling released its preseason team and individual rankings for the 1999-2000 season this past week. Michigan State, which finished 22nd at the 1999 NCAA Championships, is ranked as the eighth-best tournament team and ninth-best dual meet team.
In the individual rankings, 1999 All-American Nick Muzashvili (Unadilla, N.Y.) is the top seed at 197 pounds. 1998 All-American Pat McNamara (Jordan, Minn.) is ranked fourth at 133. Other ranked Spartans include 11th-ranked Greg DeGrand (Ann Arbor, Mich.) at 165 and 10th-ranked Will Hill (Indianapolis, Ind.) at 174.
Chris Williams (Fowlerville, Mich.) at 125, Gray Maynard (Las Vegas, Nev.) and Cory Posey (Westfield, N.J.) at 157 and Matt Lamb (Pine Hill, N.J.) at 285 were also listed as other wrestlers to watch.
1999-2000 team rankings T, D Team 1,1 Iowa State 2,5 Iowa 3,3 Minnesota 4,2 Illinois 5,4 Oklahoma 6,7 Nebraska 7,6 Oklahoma State 8,9 Michigan State 9,8 Edinboro 10,10 MichiganT= Tournament team ranking D= Dual Meet team ranking
125 1. Stephen Abas (Fresno St., Jr.) 2. Jeremy Hunter (Penn St., Sr.) 3. LeRoy Vega (Minnesota, So.) 4. Moses Delfin (CS Bakersfield, Sr.) 5. Jason Silverstein (Purdue, So.) 6. Jeremy Sluyter (E. Stroudsburg, Sr.) 7. Steve Garland (Virginia, Sr.) 8. Paul Gomez (Nebraska, Sr.) 9. Chuckie Conner (North Carolina, Sr.) 10. Pat Cassidy (Indiana, Sr.) 11. Matt Azevedo (Arizona St., Jr.)/Michael Kawamura (Arizona State, Sr.) 12. Trap McCormack (Lock Haven, So.)/Mike Kusick (Lock Haven, Jr.) 13. Justin Bravo (Penn, Jr.) 14. Kevin Black (Wisconsin, So.) 15. Steve Doerrer (Illinois, Sr.) 16. Jeff Regan (Oklahoma St., Sr.)/Matt Holman (Oklahoma St., So.) 17. Mike Mercado (Virginia Tech,Jr.) 18. Nathan Navarro (Oregon St., So.) 19. Marty Kusick (Coppin St., Sr.) 20. Jason Gabrielson (Edinboro, Jr.)
Others: Lee Carroll (North Carolina St., Sr.) Kenny Cox (Oregon, So.) Rich Delgado (Rider, Sr.) Eric Dunmire (Northern Iowa, Fr.) Jose Enriquez (BYU, Sr.) Bruce Kelly (Lehigh, So.) Ben Kritsonis (Iowa, Sr.) Brian LeGarth (Pittsburgh, So.) Phil Mansueto (Cleveland St., So.) Bo Maynes (Oklahoma, Fr.) Pete Poretta (Brown, Sr.) K.C. Rock (Boise St., Sr.) Rudy Ruiz (Stanford, Sr.) Ahmad Sanders (CMU, Jr.) Chris Williams (Michigan St., So.) Russ Witt (Bloomsburg, Jr.) Angelo Zegarelli (West Virginia, Sr.)
133 1. Cody Sanderson (Iowa St., Sr.) 2. Eric Juergens (Iowa, Jr.) 3. Eric Larkin (Arizona St., So.) 4. Pat McNamara (Michigan St., Jr.) 5. Joe Warren (Michigan, Sr.) 6. Aaron Holker (BYU, So.) 7. Roman Flezar (Hofstra, Jr.) 8. Robert Sessley (Ohio St., Jr.) 9. Bobby Hanson (Chattanooga, Sr.) 10. Shawn Amistade (Pittsburgh, Jr.) 11. Zach Zimmerer (Stanford, Sr.) 12. Todd Beckerman (Nebraska, Jr.) 13. Nate Parker (Penn St., So.) 14. Bob Patnesky (West Virginia, Sr.) 15. Brett Lawrence (Minnesota, Jr.) 16. Brandon York (Maryland, So.) 17. Ryan Egan (N. Illinois, Jr.) 18. David Stoltz (Illinois, So.) 19. Dave Vollmer (James Madison, Sr.) 20. Evan Robinson (Purdue, Jr.)
Others: Steven Bradley (Oklahoma St., Fr.) Brad Byers (North Carolina, So.) Livio DiRubbo (Brown, Sr.) Wilt Durden (Oklahoma, Fr.) John Giacche (Northwestern, So.) Sean Meakim (Duke, Jr.) Matt_Picarsic (Harvard, Jr.) Kelly Revells (Eastern Illinois, Sr.) Ben Richards (Oregon St., Jr.) Sean Shea (George Mason, Sr.) Juan Venturi (Princeton, Jr.) Chris Walker (Wyoming, Jr.) Brad Wright (Ohio, Jr.)
141 1. Doug Schwab (Iowa, Jr.) 2. Michael Lightner (Oklahoma, Jr.) 3. Mark Angle (Clarion, Sr.) 4. Damion Logan (Michigan, Jr.) 5. Carl Perry (Illinois, Sr.) 6. Sonny Marchette (Iowa St., So.) 7. Brett Tullo (Bloomsburg, Sr.) 8. Sean Gray (Virginia Tech, So.) 10. Mark Perryman (Arizona St., Sr.)/David Douglas (Arizona St., So.) 11. Scott Schatzman (Northwestern, Sr.) 12. Keaton Anderson (Ohio St., Fr.) 13. Ben New (Cornell, Sr.) 14. Jon Archuleta (CS Bakersfield, Sr.) 15. Jason Debruin (Hofstra, Jr.) 16. Rob Loper (Pittsburgh, Jr.) 17. Charles Walker (Oklahoma St., Jr.)/Jamill Kelly (Sr.) 18. Jared Lawrence (Minnesota, So.) 19. Tommy Davis (NC St., Jr.) 20. Derek Jenkins (Rider, So.) dec. Debruin, 11-4
Others: Carlos Blanco (Purdue, So.) P.J. Bory (Virginia, Sr.) Chad Caros (Edinboro, So.) Bobby Cook (Chattanooga, Jr.) Mike Coyle (James Madison, Sr.) Matt Goldstein (Wisconsin, Jr.) James Gross (Cal Poly, Sr.) Jeremy Hart (Appalachian St., Jr.) Shane Hartzler (Ohio, Jr.) James Torres (Indiana, Sr.) Raphael Vega (Edinboro, Sr.)
149 1. Jamarr Billman (Penn St., Jr.) 2. Adam Tirapelle (Illinois, Jr.) 3. Reggie Wright (Oklahoma St., Jr.) 4. Brett Matter (Penn, Sr.) 5. Dave Esposito (Lehigh, Jr.) 6. Billy Maldonado (Iowa St., So.) 7. Jared Frayer (Oklahoma, So.) 8. John Marc Bentley (North Carolina, Jr.) 9. Marc Hoffer (American, Jr.) 10. Joe Henson (Nebraska, So.) 11. Eric Schmiesing (Hofstra, Sr.) 12. Chad Erickson (Minnesota, So.) 13. Ryan Shapert (Edinboro , Sr.) 14. Mike Zadick (Iowa, So.) 15. Jeff Urban (Missouri, Sr.) 16. Quinn Foster (Arizona St., Jr.) 17. George Carter (Bloomsburg, So.) 18. Keith Blose (Rider, So.) 19. Nick Flach (Northern Iowa, Jr.) 20. Chris Elliott (Slippery Rock, Sr.)
Others: Sidney Billups (Coppin St., Sr.) Joe Carr (West Virginia, So.) Malik Elliot (Northwestern, Jr.) John Forster (Rutgers, Jr.) Jason Grant (George Mason, Sr.) Jeremy Hardman (Central Michigan, Sr.) Cedric Haymon (Cal Poly, Jr) RJ Haynes (Rider, So.) John Pozniak (Virginia, Sr.) Stan Spoor (Clarion, Sr.)
157 1. T.J. Williams (Iowa, Jr.) 2. Tony Davis (Northern Iowa, Sr.) 3. Larry Quisel (Boise St., Sr.) 4. Brian Snyder (Nebraska, So.) 5. Ben Boozer (Edinboro, Sr.)/Shaun Shapert (Edinboro, Jr.) 7. Todd Buckland (Iowa St., Jr.)/Cole Sanderson (Iowa St., Jr.) 8. Eric Jorgenson (Oregon St., Sr.) 9. Kevin Stanley (Indiana, Jr.) 10. Griff Powell (Illinois, So.) 11. David Kjeldgaard (Oklahoma, Jr.) 12. Ryan Bernholz (Lehigh, Jr.) 13. Ed Hockenberry (Bloomsburg, Jr.) 14. Mike Ziska (Pittsburgh, Sr.) 15. Cory Wallman (Wisconsin, Sr.) 16. Kevin Kurtz (Harvard, Sr.) 17. Yoshi Nakamura (Penn, Jr.) 18. Heath Eslinger (Chattanooga, Sr.) 19. Nathan Vasquez (Cal St. Bakersfield, Jr.) 20. Luke Becker (Minnesota, Fr.)/Brad Pike (Minnesota, Jr.)
Others: Trey Burlingame (Cornell, Jr.)/John Fogarty (Cornell, Sr.) Brian Burrows (Oklahoma St., So.) Tim Cornish (Fresno St., Sr.) Matt Erwin (VMI, So.) Deuce Harris (Duke, Sr.) Ian Kaplan (Davidson, Sr.) Gray Maynard (Michigan St., Fr.) Matt Merrill (E. Michigan, Sr.) Zachary Miller (Hofstra, Jr.) Tyrone Neal (Navy, So.) Burt Pierson (UC Davis, So.) Cory Posey (Michigan St., Jr.) Neil Posmer (Marquette, Sr.) Brian Roskovich (Ohio St., Sr.) Jeff Ruzak (Old Dominion, So.) Steve Strange (Cal Poly, So.)
165 1. Kirk White (Boise St., Jr.) 2. Joe Heskett (Iowa St., So)/Todd Buckland (Iowa St., Jr.) 3. Don Pritzlaff (Wisconsin, Jr.) 4. Steve Blackford (Arizona St., Jr.) 5. Joey Killar (Harvard, Jr.) 6. Rick Springman (Penn, Jr.) 7. Rangi Smart (Brigham Young, Sr.) 8. Andy Varner (CS Bakersfield, Sr.) 9. Chris Martin (Virginia Tech, Jr.) 10. Bill Zeman (Illinois, Jr.)/Matt Lackey (Illinois, Fr.) 11. Greg DeGrand (Michigan St., Sr.) 12. Troy Yegge (Army, Sr.) 13. Travis Doto (Lehigh, Sr.) 14. Robbie Waller (Oklahoma, Fr.) 15. Shane Roller (Oklahoma St., Fr..) 16. Brian Pitzer (Bucknell, Sr.) 17. Peter Rogers (Ohio St., Sr.) 18. Dave Dietrich (Drexel, So.) 19. Carl Fronhofer (Pittsburgh, Fr.) 20. Peter Butville (Marquette, Jr.)
Others: Quentin Bell (North Carolina, Fr.) Ryan Bonfiglio (Princeton, Sr.) Jake Clark (Minnesota, Fr.) Vince DeAugustine (Buffalo, So.) Alan Grasso (Millersville, Jr.) Nate Lawrenz (UNI, So.) Warren McPherson (Stanford, Sr.) Dennis Papadatos (Hofstra, Jr.) Drew Pariano (Northwestern, Sr.) Josh Weidman (Maryland, So.) Brian Wood (Wyoming, Sr.) Isaac Wood (Oregon State, Sr.)
174 1. Otto Olson (Michigan, Jr.) 2. Byron Tucker (Oklahoma, Sr.) 3. Josh Koscheck (Edinboro, So.) 4. Kole Clauson (Wisconsin, Sr.) 5. Gabe McMahan (Iowa, Jr.) 6. Maurice Worthy (Army, Jr.) 7. Ryan Cunningham (Central Michigan, Sr.) 8. Mike Feeney (Eastern Michigan, Jr.) 9. Eric Hall (Virginia Tech, Jr.) 10. Will Hill (Michigan St., Sr.) 11. Nick Mengerink (Pittsburgh, Jr..) 12. Kevin Boross (NC St., Jr.) 13. Brad Harris (Clarion, Jr.) 14. Randy Pugh (UNI, Sr.) 15. Delaney Berger (Minnesota, Sr.) 16. Jason Webster (CS Fullerton, Sr.) 17. Perry Parks (Iowa St., Jr.)/Joe Heskett (Iowa St., So) 18. Ty Wilcox (Oklahoma St., So.) 19. Joe Tucceri (Cornell, Sr.) 20. John Kopinsky (Missouri, So.)
Others: David Cobb (UC Davis, Sr.) Mark Dufresne (Lehigh, Sr.) Jamie Groudle (North Carolina, Sr.) Dan Jackson (Fresno St., Jr.) Bo James (Ohio St., Jr.) Ben King (Illinois, Jr.) Kyle Klonizos (Boise St., So.) Brad McDonald (Brown, Sr) Charles McTorry (Nebraska, Jr.) Mack Rohaly (Duquesne, Jr.) Jeremy Sells (Wyoming, Sr.) Tom Tanis (Rutgers, Jr.)
184 1. Cael Sanderson (Iowa St., So.) 2. Brandon Eggum (Minnesota, Sr.) 3. Vertus Jones (West Virginia, Sr.) 4. Brad Vering (Nebraska, Jr.) 5. Victor Sveda (Indiana, So.) 6. Ed Mosley (Harvard, Jr.) 7. Andy Hrovat (Michigan, So.) 8. Mark Munoz (Oklahoma State, Jr.) 9. Kevin Welsh (Edinboro, Sr.) 10. Ross Thatcher (Penn St., Sr.) 11. Doug Lee (Oregon, Jr.) 12. Rost Aizenberg (Cornell, Jr.) 13. Nate Patrick (Illinois, Jr.) 14. Tom Grossman (Oklahoma, So.) 15. Cassidy Shults (Bloomsburg, Jr.) 16. Lionel Halsey (Cal. St. Bakersfield, Sr.) 17. Sean Salmon (Ohio St., So.) 18. Rob Rohn (Lehigh, So.) 19. Todd Palmasano (Rider, Sr.) 20. David Potter (N. Illinois, Jr.)
Others: Ali Abri (Boston University, So.) Corey Bell (North Carolina, Jr.) Scott Coleman (Brigham Young, So.) Josh Didion (Cleveland St., Jr.) Scott Finnicum (Air Force, Jr.) Nathan Funk (Chattanooga, Jr.) Mike Gadsby (Penn, Sr.) Kyle Hanson (Northern Iowa, So.) Paul Jenn (Iowa, Jr.)/ Jessie Smith (Iowa, Fr.) Jason Moore (Missouri, Jr.) Dave Murray (Lock Haven, Sr.) Rick Romero (Rutgers, Jr.) Steve Schenk (Wyoming, Jr.)
197 1. Nick Muzashvilli (Michigan State, Sr.) 2. Chris Vike (Central Michigan, Sr.) 3. Zach Thompson (Iowa State, Jr.) 4. Orville Palmer (Oklahoma, Sr.) 5. Pat Quirk (Illinois, Jr.) 6. Chael Sonnen (Oregon, Sr.) 7. Owen Elzen (Minnesota, So.) 8. Pat Popolizio (Oklahoma State, Jr.) 9. Craig Fenstermaker (Virginia, Sr.) 10. Tony Wieland (Northern Iowa, Sr.) 11. Bob Greenleaf (Cornell, Sr.) 12. Babek Nejadmoghaddan (CS Fullerton, Sr.) 13. Shawn Scannell (Rider, Jr.) 14. Brett Calabretta (Penn St., Sr.)/ Jeff Knupp (Penn St., So.) 15. Mike Schneider (Marquette, Sr.) 16. Joel Goeden (Northwestern, Jr.) 17. Damien Craighton (Drexel, Sr.) 18. Frank Lodeserto (Michigan, Sr.) 19. Dan Stine (Pittsburgh, So.) 20. Ryan LaGrange (Wisconsin, So.)
Others: Zdravko Divjak (Brown, Jr.) Mike Fickell (Penn, Sr.) Brandon Ruiz (BYU, Sr.) Craig Rumsey (Wyoming, Jr.) Josh Schroeder (American, Sr.) Brad Soltis (Harvard, Sr.) Elliot Williams (James Madison, Sr.) Justin Woodruff (Navy, Sr.) Shane Zajac (Oregon State, Jr.)
285 1. Brock Lesnar (Minnesota, Sr.) 2. Trent Hynek (Iowa St., Sr.) 3. Bandele Adeniyi-Bada (Penn, Sr.) 4. J.R. Plienis (Nebraska, Jr.) 5. Dave Anderton (Oklahoma St., Sr.) 6. Sean Hage (West Virginia, Sr.) 7. Wes Hand (Iowa, Sr.) 8. Mike Russow (Eastern Illinois, Sr.) 9. Mark Janus (Penn St., Sr.) 10. Rusty Cook (Boise St., Jr.) 11. Gan McGee (Cal Poly, Sr.) 12. Antonio Garay (Boston College, So.) 13. John Lockhart (Illinois, So.) 14. Matt Kenny (N. Carolina, So.) 15. Bronson Lingamfelter (Brown, So.) 16. AJ Johnson (Edinboro, Sr.) 17. Lee Sandoval (Portland St., Sr.) 18. Seth Charles (Cornell, Sr.) 19. Tim Courtad (Ohio, Jr.)/Neal Harvey (Ohio, Sr.) 20. Shawn Laughlin (Lehigh, So.)
Others: Jason Cooley (Oregon St., So.) Marc DeFrancesco (Rider, Jr.) Mike Dixon (Indiana, Jr.) John Eschenfelder (Buffalo, Sr.) Todd Hockenbroch (Bloomsburg, Jr.) Matt Lamb (Michigan St., Jr.) Dawid Rechul (Harvard, So.)/James Lewis (Harvard, So.) Chris Miller (BYU, Jr.) Jason Payne (Northern Iowa, So.)/Paul Hynek (Northern Iowa, Fr.) Tom Petko (Rutgers, Sr.) Craig Stephenson (The Citadel, Sr.) Jacob Vercelli (Purdue, So.)