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Courtesy: UNI Athletics Communications
EVANSTON, Ill. – Four wrestlers from the University of Northern Iowa are vying to medal at the Midlands Championships, and the team finished the first day in 15th place.
Going for third place Sunday:
Wolfensperger earned back-to-back pins in 3:26 and 1:53 over Garrison White of Northwestern and Mason Beckman of Lehigh, respectively. He also recorded a win by major decision.
At 141 pounds, Lazor pinned Frank Goodwin of Maryland in 4:10 after winning by major decision in an earlier match.
Reiter’s pin for the day came in 4:07 over Dan Argueta of UW Parkside.
Cody Caldwell got a technical fall late in the first day’s session.
Dylan Peters, Jarrett Jensen, Loder and Blayne Beale all won by at least one major decision for the day.
UNI finished the day ahead of four nationally ranked teams. No. 18 Maryland is in 16th. No. 17 Nebraska is in 17th place. No. 22 Penn is in 20th, and Purdue is in 26th. Purdue is ranked 21st in the nation.
The competition continues tomorrow starting at noon. The finals will start at 7 p.m.
RANKED TEAMS AT MIDLANDS
Midlands annually features some of the nation’s top wrestling programs. Of the 32 Division I teams competing this year, 14 of them placed in the top-25 at the 2012 NCAA Championships, and 15 currently are ranked in the latest USA Today/NWCA/AWN Division I Coaches Poll, including: No. 6 Illinois, No. 9 Central Michigan, No. 10 Oregon State, No. 11 Virginia Tech, No. 12 Michigan, No. 13 Pittsburgh, No. 14 Oklahoma, No. 15 Northwestern, No. 17 Nebraska, No. 18 Edinboro (tie), No. 18 Maryland (tie), No. 21 Purdue, No. 22 Penn, No. 23 Wisconsin and No. 25 Lehigh.
RANKED WRESTLERS AT MIDLANDS
According to the latest Amateur Wrestling News rankings, there are 92 ranked wrestlers competing at the 50th Ken Kraft Midlands Championships. Here is the breakdown by weight class:
125: 9 (No. 4, 5, 7, 9, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18)
133: 10 (No. 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 – Levi Wolfensperger (UNI), 16, 17, 19)
141: 10 (No. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 15, 16, 17)
149: 8 (No. 1, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14)
157: 9 (No. 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 14, 17, 20)
165: 10 (No. 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 20)
174: 9 (No. 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 17, 18, 19 – Cody Caldwell (UNI))
184: 10 (No. 3, 5, 6, 7, 9 – Ryan Loder (UNI), 11, 14, 15, 18, 19)
197: 9 (No. 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 12, 13, 15, 18)
Hwt.: 8 (No. 2, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 17, 19)
Also included in this year’s field are a number post-graduates, as former All-Americans Montell Marion (Iowa), Daniel Dennis (Iowa), Hudson Taylor (Maryland) and Bekzod Abdurakhmonov (Clarion) were scheduled to compete.
UNI RESULTS
125 Pounds
133 Pounds
141 Pounds
149 Pounds
165 Pounds
174 Pounds
184 Pounds
197 Pounds
285 Pounds