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2000 Midlands - Official Pre-Tournament Seeds

12/18/2000 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling

Dec. 20, 2000

EVANSTON, Ill. -

If the tournament seedings (unofficial) hold true, Illinois, Iowa State and Minnesota have the inside track on the team championship. In all, the wrestlers below have compiled 24 Midlands titles and 14 NCAA Division I championships.

125
1. Jody Strittmatter, Iowa
2. LeRoy Vega, Minnesota
3. Ruben DeLeon, Cal. St.-Bakersfield
4. Jason Silverstein, Purdue
5. Ryan Escobar, Illinois
6. Chris Williams, Michigan State
7. Nathan Navarro, Oregon State
8. Jose Leon, Boston Univ.
9. Alex Rivera, Northern Illinois
10. Sean Shea, George Mason

133
1. Teague Moore, Sunkist WC
2. Pat McNamara, Michigan State
3. Roman Flezar, Hofstra
4. Matt Azevedo, Iowa State
5. Brett Lawrence, Minnesota
6. Cody Sanderson, Sunkist WC
7. David Douglas, Arizona State
8. Evan Robinson, Purdue
9. Jeff Ratliff, Ohio State
10. Ben Richards, Oregon State

141
1. Doug Schwab, Iowa
2. Florian Ghinea, Montclair State
3. Eric Larkin, Arizona State
4. Mike Castillo, Michigan State
5. Chad Erickson, Minnesota
6. Jason DeBruin, Hofstra
7. Donnie DeFilippis, George Mason
8. Matt Goldstein, Lehigh
9. Zach Roberson, Iowa State
10. Shane Cunanan, Oregon State

149
1. Bill Zadick, Hawkeye WC
2. Adam Tirapelle, Illinois
3. Dave Esposito, Lehigh
4. John Fisher, Sunkist WC
5. Eric Schmeising, Hofstra
6. Jared Lawrence, Minnesota
7. Marc Hoffer, American Univ.
8. Joe Henson, Penn
9. John Marc Bentley, North Carolina
10. Billy Maldonado, Iowa State

157
1. Chris Bono, Sunkist WC
2. Gerry Abas, Unattached
3. Kirk White, Boise State
4. Yoshi Nakamura, Penn
5. Luke Becker, Minnesota
6. Cole Sanderson, Iowa State
7. Eric Jorgenson, Oregon State
8. Gray Maynard, Michigan State
9. Joe Carr, Virginia
10. Ryan Bernholz, Lehigh

165
1. Joe Heskett, Iowa State
2. Steve Blackford, Arizona State
3. Brad Pike, Minnesota
4. Matt Lackey, Illinois
5. Joel Walker, Ohio State
6. Noel Thompson, Hofstra
7. Chris Vitale, Lehigh
8. Ian Nelms, Cal. St.-Bakersfield
9. Carl Fronhofer, Pittsburgh
10. Clint Wattenberg, Cornell

174
1. Joe Williams, Hawkeye WC
2. Mike Feeney, Eastern Michigan
3. Perry Parks, Iowa State
4. Ben King, Illinois
5. Nathan Coy, Oregon State
6. John Hardy, Minnesota
7. Rob Anspach, Hofstra
8. Bill Lowney, Northern Illinois
9. Curtis Owen, Arizona State
10. Louis Taylor, Eastern Illinois

184
1. Cael Sanderson, Iowa State
2. Nate Patrick, Illinois
3. Damion Hahn, Minnesota
4. Lionel Halsey, Schultz WC
5. Victor Sveda, Indiana
6. Rob Rohn, Lehigh
7. Cash Edwards, Boise State
8. Francis Volpe, Harvard
9. Shawn Scannell, Rider
10. Isaac Weber, Oregon State

197
1. Tim Hartung, Minnesota Storm
2. Pat Quirk, Illinois
3. Lee Fullhart, Hawkeye
4. Nick Preston, Ohio State
5. Zach Thompson, Iowa State
6. Raphael Davis, Schultz WC
7. Jon Trenge, Lehigh
8. Corey Anderson, Cornell
9. Marc DeFrancesco, Rider
10. Mike Fickell, Penn

Hvt
1. Steve Neal, Schultz WC
2. Mitch Clark, Ohio International WC
3. Tommy Rowlands, Ohio State
4. John Lockhart, Illinois
5. Ryan Kehler, West Virginia
6. Mark Knauer, Iowa State
7. Jason Cooley, Oregon State
8. Chad Lamer, Hawkeye
9. Matt Lamb, Michigan State
10. Shawn Laughlin, Lehigh

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