Northwestern University Athletics

2000 Midlands Championship Tournament Seedings

12/28/2000 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling

Dec. 28, 2000

EVANSTON, Ill. -

Here is the 2000 Midlands Championship Tournament Seedings.

125 Pounds

1. Jody Strittmatter, Iowa
2. LeRoy Vega, Minnesota
3. Ryan Escobar, Illinois
4. Shaun Williams, Oregon
5. Chris Williams, Michigan State
6. Nathan Navarro, Oregon State
7. Jose Leon, Boston University
8. Ahmad Sanders, Central Michigan
9. Alexis Rivera, Northern Illinois
10. Sean Shea, George Mason

133 Pounds

1. Teague Moore, Sunkist Kids
2. Pat McNamara, Michigan State
3. Roman Fleszar, Hofstra
4. Matt Azevedo, Iowa State
5. Brett Lawrence, Minnesota
6. Cody Sanderson, Sunkist Kids
7. Brian Watson, Oregon
8. David Douglas, Arizona State
9. Jeff Ratliff, Ohio State
10. Ben Richards, Oregon State

141 Pounds

1. Doug Schwab, Iowa
2. Florean Ghinea, Montclair State
3. Mike Castillo, Michigan State
4. Chad Erikson, Minnesota
5. Jason DeBruin, Hofstra
6. Donnie DeFilippis, George Mason
7. Matt Goldstein, Lehigh WC
8. Zach Roberson, Iowa State
9. Shane Cunanan, Oregon State
10. Joe Warren, Wildcat WC

149 Pounds

1. Adam Tirapelle, Illinois
2. Dave Esposito, Lehigh
3. Eric Schmiesing, Hofstra
4. Jared Lawrence, Minnesota
5. Marc Hoffer, American
6. Joe Henson, Penn
7. Billy Maldonado, Iowa State
8. Carl Nadolsky, Michigan State
9. Keaton Anderson, Ohio State
10. Scott Frohardt, Air Force

157 Pounds

1. Chris Bono, Sunkist Kids
2. Gerry Abas, Fresno State
3. Yoshi Nakamura, Penn
4. Luke Becker, Minnesota
5. Cole Sanderson, Iowa State
6. Eric Jorgensen, Oregon State
7. Joe Carr, West Virginia
8. Ryan Bernholz, Lehigh
9. Nathan Vasquez, Fresno State
10. Leo Urbanelli, Cornell

165 Pounds

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

174 Pounds

1. Joe Williams, Hawkeye WC
2. Perry Parks, Iowa State
3. Nathan Coy, Oregon State
4. Matt Kraft, Minnesota
5. Rob Anspach, Hofstra
6. Bill Lowney, Northern Illinois
7. Curtis Owen, Arizona State
8. Louis Taylor, Eastern Illinois
9. Greg Jones, West Virginia
10. Jeff Rusak, Old Dominion

184 Pounds

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

197 Pounds

1. Tim Hartung, Minnesota Storm WC
2. Pat Quirk, Illinois
3. Lee Fullhart, Hawkeye WC
4. Nick Preston, Ohio State
5. Zach Thompson, Iowa State
6. Jon Trenge, Lehigh
7. Chael Sonnen, Oregon
8. Corey Anderson, Cornell
9. Mike Fickell, Penn
10. Ricardo Romero, Rutgers

Heavyweight

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

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