Now, for 174. Numbers 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7 all return at this weight, as do several other 2007 qualifiers, making 174 one of the deeper weights in terms of returning athletes. Chelf is the odds on favorite to repeat his 2007 championship after steamrolling his way to the title last year, but a strong group of challengers will look to knock him off his perch.
1. Chelf (LX)
2. Vanderhyde (Oliv)
3. Bath (WSP)
4. Gotreau (Aug)
5. Winfield (McD)
6. LeBlanc (Cort)
7. Van Patten (Brk)
8. Plowman (ONU)
9. Osgoody (TCNJ)
10. Larson (Dub)
Contender
Miller (Euc)
Branchen (JC)
Jon Henry (Heid)
Murray (BV)
Hoover (Man)
Newcomers
Brekke (LX) WI Champ
Diesel (KP) 3rd New York
Benko (Urs) 6th Maryland
McCarthy (Will) 4th Nat. Prep
Sundwall (Spri) 3rd CT
Rocky Mantella, PA state champ, and former Indiana wrestler transfered to NYU this year. He will be wrestling at 174 and deserves to be ranked in the top 5.
There seems to be a somewhat “rocky” start to Mantella’s entrance at NYU. Apparently he didn’t even make it out of the proverbial gate. An inside source has revealed Rocky has been kicked off the team and will not wrestle for the Violets this season.
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