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d3wrestle Preseason Rankings: 157

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We’re halfway home with the rankings, as 157 is up today.  Last year’s champ returns, but 2, 3, 4, and 5 have graduated.  Wernimont had a win over Anderson last year in a dual meet.   Of the newcomers, Renaut was 2nd at the NHSCA Senior Nationals, and Bressler is a 5x National Prep placewinner.  Bressler, however, faces an uphill battle just to make the starting lineup at Messiah.

1. Anderson (Aug)
2. Wernimont (Wart)
3. McCauley (Corn)
4. Spence (MSJ)
5. Herwig (DV)
6. Forness (BV)
7. Brew (Oliv)
8. Goldstein (Getty)
9. Milks (Platt)
10. Niedrich (Y)

Contender

Coleman (ONU)
Katz (Elm)
Nagel (WW)
Burkle (Coe)
Savenok (Wheat)
Jon Henry (Heid)
Elers (WJ)
Moyer (USM)

Newcomers

Renaut (KP)    2nd SR Nationals
Bressler (Mess)    5X Nat. Prep pl.
Murray (Chi)    2nd MI
Stanley (JH)    SC Champ
Serboucek (Luth) 3rd KS
Hamilton (NC)    2X 3rd IL
Meyers (LX)    WI Champ
Mickley (JC)    2X OH Placer
Creutz (LX)    Transfer-1st WI

d3wrestle Preseason Rankings: 149

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Next up is the always tough 149 lb. class.  Pflug was the 157 champ in 2006 while taking 3rd at 149 last season.  Osborn may move up to 149 as the defending 141 lb. champ.  Naig was the runner up at this weight in 2006 before missing last season.  He is expected to be back this year, however.  The notable newcomers are a pair of 3x state champs in Pyle from Kansas (Luther) and Lahar from Michigan (Olivet).

1. Pflug (Heid)
2. Osborn (Aug)
3. Naig (Wart)
4. Higgins (Platt)
5. LeBlanc (Cort)
6. Shank (Getty)
7. Cammissa (BSC)
8. Gardella (CW)
9. Steinbacher (DV)
10. Barber (Simp)

Contender

Paramski (Corn)
Malone (WSP)
Reid (WW)
Smith (Wilkes)
Biango (NJ)
Massaman (ConcW)
Mercer (Coe)
Croswell (ET)

Newcomers

Pyle (Luth)    3X KS Champ
Lahar (Oliv)    3X MI Champ
Buenafuente (USM) 2X NJ Placer
Maurer (Lyc)    2X PA Placer
Ellingwood (NC)    2X IL Runner-up
Turtle (Urs)    2nd DE

SUNY-Maritime Article on TheWrestling Mall

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Please click the link below to read more about the decision to suspend wrestling at SUNY-Maritime.  Matt Krumrie contacted me for some comments, but the interview with former head coach Jason O’Hara makes it worth checking out.

SUNY-Maritime Wrestling: Temporarily Suspended or Permanently Dropped?

d3wrestle Preseason Rankings: 141

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Here are your 141 preseason rankings. Last year’s champ is expected to be at 149 (though that could change).  If Osborn moves up, that would mean the top five at this weight are all gone for 2007-2008.

1. Bonora (RIC)
2. Grawin (Luth)
3. Branham (NJ)
4. Vanier (Aug)
5. Manoogian (CW)
6. McKray (Wart)
7. Batsukh (St.J)
8. Hall (DV)
9. Smith (Osw)
10.Baum (RIT)

Contender

Sanchez (Heid)
Marsh (BSC)
Bautista (WW)
Kein (Muhl)
Rohowetz (LX)
Horwath (Ith)
Spitalieri (JC)
Rose (Thiel)

Newcomers

Widrick (Cort)    3rd New York
Resnick (ET)    2nd Nat Prep ’06
Newland (Heid)    2nd OH
Bain (Oliv)    4X MI Placer
Wilson (LX)    1st, 3rd WI
Jaramillo (BSC)    2nd New Engl.
Ryan (WW)    VA Champ

d3wrestle Preseason Rankings: 133

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Here are the d3wreste.com preseason rankings from 133.  As with any of these rankings, if you know a wrestler is out of eligibility, is not wrestling, or is at a different weight class, please leave a comment or start a discussion in the forum.  Defending champ Morgan is back at this weight as is 2007 3rd place finisher Johnson.  University of Minnesota transfer Lang may be here if 2007 runner up Vanier moves up to 141 for Augsburg.

1. Morgan (K)
2. Lang (Aug)
3. Johnson (NC)
4. Helvey (Wart)
5. Hulegaard (BV)
6. Kolinski (LX)
7. Seifried (Ith)
8. Hjerleid (Coe)
9. Polashuk (Y)
10. Sarinelli (NJ)

Contenders

Nothern (Corn)
Hall (Muhl)
Valestro (USM
Pizzurro (JC)
Sullivan (Mill)
Meyer (MSJ)
Bartlett (Luth)
Kern (WSP)

Newcomers

Davy (Cort)    5th New York
Kauffman (JH)    2X AZ State Pl.
Lewis (Lyc)    6th PA
Beshada (KP)    2nd New Jersey
Chatham (Spri)    5th New York

d3wrestle Preseason Rankings: 125

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Each weekday for the next ten days, d3wrestle will be posting preseason rankings for each weight class including a Top 10, top contenders, and notable newcomers. Feel free to discuss in the forum. We’ll start today with 125. Six All-Americans return at this weight including 2007 runner up Flodeen.

1. Flodeen (Aug)
2. McDonough (JW)
3. Heilman (Corn)
4. Vallejo (Man)
5. Flickinger (Y)
6. Oster (Elm)
7. McInally (RIT)
8. Struthers (Wart)
9. Baatar (St.J)
10. Quieroz (Wilk)

Contenders

Gummerson (Cente)
Greene (KP)
Parillo (LX)
Kingsland (Urs)
Calhoun (WSP)
Colagiavanni (Cort)
Penny (ONU)
Christner (Mill)

Newcomers

Sheetz (DelVal) PA State Champ, Ironman Champ
Rush (Coe) 2X IL State Champ
Reyes (USM) 5th New York
Fisher (Heid) MI State Champ
Bogue (Oliv) 3X MI State Pl.
Leviner (Osh) 2X WI State Champ
August (WW) 2X 2nd WI

Mike Clayton Named Head Coach at Stevens

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As reported earlier, Mike Clayton has officially been named Head Wrestling Coach at Stevens Institute of Technology.

From the StevensDucks.com:

HOBOKEN, N.J. (August 8, 2007) – Former United States Military Academy head assistant coach Mike Clayton (Brooklyn, Iowa) has been named the head wrestling coach at Stevens Institute of Technology. A four-time letterwinner at the United States Naval Academy during the 1990’s, Clayton takes over the Ducks’ program after former head coach Andy Lausier assumed the position of assistant coach at Princeton University in late-June.

“I’m very excited to join a great group of people at Stevens,” Clayton said. “The school’s administration and athletics director (Russell Rogers – Branchburg, N.J.) have made a landmark commitment to bring back a program to a wrestling rich community. They are 100 percent behind building the best Division III wrestling program in the nation.

“With our campus location near Manhattan, a top academic reputation and amazing job placement history, wrestling at Stevens is a natural fit for the best young men all around the country,” Clayton added.

During his three years at Army, Clayton helped produce eight NCAA Championship qualifiers. In his first year with the team, he guided Phillip Simpson to his third consecutive All-America certificate and an appearance in the national finals. In 2004-05 and 2005-06, Clayton was instrumental as the Black Knights returned to the national polls. He was also responsible for student development, recruiting, team and individual workouts, travel, budgeting, camps, purchasing, facility improvements and promotions while at West Point. Clayton’s 2006 recruiting class ranked No. 22 nationally in the Wrestling USA Magazine poll.

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DIII in the News

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Wrestling at Mount St. Joseph on the rise – MSJ to wrestle home and home with Purdue this year and next

Olivet College receives donation to construct new events center – new wrestling room and offices to be part of new construction

Athlete in assault case leaves school – St. John’s wrestler and football player to appear in court August 13th

Gettysburg College Head Coach Hiring

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UPDATE: Official Gettysburg Release HERE

The official announcement should be coming from the school in the next day or so, but I wanted to announce that I (Andy Vogel) will be the new head wrestling coach at Gettysburg College starting on August 13th. I will continue to maintain and update d3wrestle.com while coaching the Bullets. Gettysburg returns national qualifiers Matt Shank and Andrew Goldstein, who will look to defend their Centennial Conference championships in 2007-2008.

New Forum on d3wrestle.com

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After several suggestions to add a forum, I have decided to do so.  The forum can be found by clicking the link below and by following the link in the sidebar.  Try to keep the discussion to Division III wrestling and leave the personal attacks at home.  It’s very basic right now, and I’ll expand and enhance it as it becomes necessary.  Hopefully, we can get some good discussion going.

d3wrestle.com Forum

Clayton to be Named at Stevens

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I have received a tip from a source I consider reliable that Stevens Institute of Technology may soon name former US Military Academy assistant Mike Clayton as its new Head Wrestling Coach.  When the announcement officially comes, I will post that as well.

Clayton has spent the last three seasons assisting Army head coach Chuck Barbee, and was previously the head coach at the NCWA affiliated Apprentice School in Newport News, Virginia.  Clayton wrestled for the Naval Academy and post-collegiately with the U.S. Navy, placing 2nd in the 1996 Armed Forces Championships.  More bio information on Mike Clayton can be found  HERE and HERE.

Pushed to the Margins

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Too often, the sport of wrestling is pushed to the margins at the Division III level.  With tight budgets and a lack of understanding from some administrators, wrestling finds itself hanging by a thin thread.  This is evidently the case at Muskingum College.  As reported previously, Muskingum College has hired Joe Montgomery as Head Wrestling Coach. Montgomery is a graduate of Mount Union College where he wrestled for a single season, compiling a 1-5 record at 141 pounds for then-coach Marcus Lambdin.  Montgomery was not a state qualifier in high school, nor does he have any experience as a wrestling coach (head or assistant) at any level, yet he is now the head coach of a college program.  He does, however, have experience as the defensive backs coach at Emory & Henry College, and his new position at Muskingum also involves assisting with the football team.  Clearly, his position with wrestling is secondary to his position as a football assistant.  Muskingum has all but announced that wrestling is not important at the school, and their hiring choices reflect that.  The published operating (non-salary) budget for wrestling according to the EADA Disclosure web site was $15,606 for the 2005-2006 season.  This is toward the bottom of Division III schools, but there are more than a few schools below this amount, so the potential is there to attempt to field a competitive team, but it appears the school does not have the desire to do so.  Montgomery may turn out to be a fine coach who is able to recruit, train, and motivate his team to high performance, and I hope he is able to do so.  However, the deck is stacked against Muskingum Wrestling and it is disheartening to see a program marginalized by turning the team over to a coach who:
– wrestled part of one season in college
– has no wrestling coaching experience at any level
– is the youngest head coach in NCAA wrestling

Let me reiterate that I hope Montgomery learns quickly on the job and beats the odds to become an excellent wrestling coach.  I just wanted to point out how wrestling can be pushed aside at smaller schools, and that choosing your wrestling coach based on how he helps the football team does not bode well for the future of the sport.

InterMat Recruiting List

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Since I find myself looking for this list often enough, I’ll post a direct link to the InterMat 2006-2007 Commitments page for Division III.

InterMat Division III College Commitments

Back in the Saddle

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The Messiah Wrestling Camp was a success in its first year with nearly 150 campers.  With each passing week, the 2007-2008 season gets closer and closer.  Here are two DIII related stories from the past week.

Pacific Wrestling Media Guide Wins Award – best guide among DII, DIII, and NAIA

Matt Hamill to compete in UFC 75 – Hamill was one of the best to ever pass through Division III

At Camp Again

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Starting today, I will be gone at the Messiah College Wrestling Camp.  I will return the night of Friday the 20th.  Content on the site to tide you over includes:

Video Section

Photo Gallery

List of DIII Coaches (w/email addresses)

Only 112 days until the start of the 2007-2008 season!

Burlingame named to head job at Manchester

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Second year assistant Matt Burlingame has been promoted to head coach at Manchester College.  See Manchester’s release below.  This reduces the teams with vacant head coaching positions down to Gettysburg, Stevens Institute of Technology, and Western New England.  Matt Burlingame bio at Manchester

Burlingame Named Head Wrestling Coach

Following the retirement of 18-year wrestling coach Tom Jarman, Matt Burlingame has been appointed as the Spartans new head wrestling coach.  Burlingame spent one season with the Spartans as an assistant coach during the 2006-07 season.

Burlingame has over ten years of coaching experience and wrestled for Division I Virginia Tech before graduating in 1995.  He has served as a coach at the high school level in Kansas, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.

“Matt is a great fit for the Manchester College wrestling program,” says Jarman, who also retires as athletic director at the end of this month.  “He is a true student of the sport and will bring continued success to Manchester College’s athletic department.”

“I am extremely excited about the challenges this new opportunity brings,” adds Burlingame of his new position.  “My vision for this program is simple — be the best!  We are not going to miss a step and continue doing what has made Manchester wrestling great.  We’re going to keep doing things right.”

Burlingame will also serve as an instructor within the Exercise Sport and Science department as well as Director of Intramurals.

Montgomery to coach Muskingum

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Muskingum College is reporting that they have hired Joe Montgomery as their new Head Wrestling Coach.  There is no other information available at this time.

Olivet College Recruiting Class 2007

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Click below for the Olivet College recruiting class for the 2007-2008 season. In addition to the names below, Coach Todd Hibbs has confirmed that junior 165 lb. starter Jason Brew will drop to 157, 184 lb. national qualifier senior Daron Cruikshank will drop to 165. Also, 2005-2006 starters Keith Sterly (285) and Aaron Stewart (184/197) will each return after a year off to care for a family illness and serve in Iraq, respectively. Olivet also returns junior Kyle Vanderhyde, the 2007 national runner-up at 174. Olivet placed 2nd in the 2007 Midwest Region.

Olivet’s potential starting lineup, per Coach Hibbs, is as follows, barring an impact freshman crashing the party:

125 – Labrecque or Mellish
133 – Gardner or Wilson
141 – Yahrmarkt, Bain or Hitchcock
149 – Lahar or Hitchcock
157 – Brew
165 – Cruickshank and Parker
174 – Vanderhyde
184 – Bargerstock or Stewart
197 – Yurisich, Surbrook or Weatherspoon
285 – Sterly and Misko

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Bow and Arrow

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It is the slow time of the year for college wrestling. Most of the coaching changes have already been made, the incoming freshmen at each school are known, and the next college match isn’t for four more months. Let me take this opportunity to post a technique video that is appropriate for a college website. The Bow and Arrow is illegal by application in high school, but it can be very effective in the right hands in college. There are two reasons for this. First, it’s solid, low risk technique, and second, most opponents are not familiar with the technique because it was illegal in high school. This video, along with any other that are hosted at d3wrestle.com can always be found on the Video Page.

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SUNY Maritime to Drop Wrestling

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SUNY Maritime drops three sports, including wrestling

The school announced today that wrestling, men’s tennis, and women’s basketball would be suspended for the coming season.  The silver lining to the announcement is the statement by the Athletic Director hoping that SUNY Maritime could reinstate the teams at a later date.  Maritime competed in the Metropolitan Conference for wrestling and entered four wrestlers in the 2007 conference tournament.  Hopefully, the school will be able commit the funds necessary to reinstate the program and attract enough wrestlers to field a full team in the future.  With an undergraduate student body that is 89% male, Title IX will likely never be a factor in whether or not to reinstate the team.  Please see the release from SUNY Maritime below

DATE: 7/9/2007 2:27:00 PM
Throggs Neck, NY
By John Czarnecki
Sports Information Director
SUNY-Maritime

The Athletic Department at SUNY Maritime announced, with regret, that Men’s Tennis, Women’s Basketball, and Men’s Wrestling will not be offered for participation in the 2007-2008 academic year.

“Due to monetary constraints and low participation rates the last three seasons in these sports, it is necessary to discontinue them. Hopefully, at a later date this year, we can discuss their re- instatement”, states Maritime Athletic Director Russ Ketcham.

Maritime College offers 20 Varsity sports, as well as numerous club sports to its nearly 1200 students, one of the highest offering levels of any NCAA Division III program in the country.

Thanks to InterMat for posting this story

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