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Re: Jacks sign 2
Based on rankings from Intermat, the Jacks only ranked wrestler is David Klingsheim who is ranked 20th at 125. Klingsheim is our transfer from the Huskers. He was a surprise Big XII Champion in 2011, but dropped out of the Husker program following that year. He went 0-2 at nationals that year. That is also the weight that Aaron Pickrel has wrestled the last two years. Pickrel produced the most Jackrabbit wins last year, going 23-11 and 4-2 in conference. He finished 3rd at the Warren Williamson/Daktronics Open this weekend.
Ironically, our best chance at having a wrestler qualify for nationals would be at the same 125 lb weight that NDSU's Trent Sprenkle competes at. Intermat has him ranked at 12th. I also see that the Bison's Steven Monk is ranked 12th at 160 lbs.
Our only other returning wrestler with a winning record last year is Dustin Walraven at 141 lbs. He went 16-12 and led the team with 5 pins last year.
SDSU has had only one wrestler earn a top 8 placing at the DI Nationals. That happened to be Pat Dorn who qualified twice for the DI Championships based on his performance at the DII Nationals. Dorn finished 8th at 134 lbs in 1988. The NCAA stopped inviting DII champions some time in the 90's I believe, otherwise Chad Lamer would have had a good shot. He was a 3-time champion in DII (1994 & 1995 at 177, and 1996 at 190). He didn't lose to many DI wrestlers in his final 3 years. Lamer is a current volunteer coach for this year's team.
Since the Jacks have made the jump to DI, we've only had two wrestlers qualify for the DI Championships - Ryan Meyer at 165 lbs in 2007 and Tyler Sorenson at 197 lbs in 2009.
Originally posted by Bison Fan in NW MN
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Ironically, our best chance at having a wrestler qualify for nationals would be at the same 125 lb weight that NDSU's Trent Sprenkle competes at. Intermat has him ranked at 12th. I also see that the Bison's Steven Monk is ranked 12th at 160 lbs.
Our only other returning wrestler with a winning record last year is Dustin Walraven at 141 lbs. He went 16-12 and led the team with 5 pins last year.
SDSU has had only one wrestler earn a top 8 placing at the DI Nationals. That happened to be Pat Dorn who qualified twice for the DI Championships based on his performance at the DII Nationals. Dorn finished 8th at 134 lbs in 1988. The NCAA stopped inviting DII champions some time in the 90's I believe, otherwise Chad Lamer would have had a good shot. He was a 3-time champion in DII (1994 & 1995 at 177, and 1996 at 190). He didn't lose to many DI wrestlers in his final 3 years. Lamer is a current volunteer coach for this year's team.
Since the Jacks have made the jump to DI, we've only had two wrestlers qualify for the DI Championships - Ryan Meyer at 165 lbs in 2007 and Tyler Sorenson at 197 lbs in 2009.
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