1998 NCAA Div. I Wrestling Championships, Cleveland, Ohio, March 19-21

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Gary Abbott (USA Wrestling)
03/23/1998


 1998 NCAA DIV. I CHAMPIONSHIPS  

at Cleveland, Ohio, March 19-21

118 - 1st - Teague Moore (Oklahoma State) pin David Morgan (Michigan State), 4:50; 3rd - Eric Jeurgens (Iowa) dec. Stephen Abas (Fresno State), 5-3, sd; 5th - Jeremy Hunter (Penn State) dec. Tim Dernlan (Purdue), 9-2; 7th - Brandon Paulson (Minnesota) dec. John Carvalheira (Rider), 3-2, sd

126 - 1st - Eric Guerrero (Oklahoma State) dec. Eric Jetton (Wisconsin), 5-4; 3rd - Dwight Hinson (Iowa State) dec. Stan Greene (Fresno State), 6-1; 5th - Pat McNamara (Michigan State) dec. Jason Buce (Oregon), 11-6; 7th - Carl Perry (Illinois) dec. Joey Coughran (Cal-State Fullerton), 5-4

134 - 1st - Mark Ironside (Iowa) dec. Shawn Enright (Ohio), 9-3; 3rd - Jeremy Ensrud (Oregon) dec. Mark Angle (Clarion), 3-2; 5th - Michael Lightner (Oklahoma) dec. Dustin DeNunzio (Harvard), 5-4; 7th - Whitey Chlebove (W. Virginia) dec. Scott Schatzman (Northwestern), 5-3

142 - 1st - Jeff McGinness (Iowa) dec. Casey Cunningham (Central Michigan), 3-1; 3rd - Oscar Wood (Oregon State) pin Jason Davids (Minnesota), 2:45; 5th - Jamarr Billman (Penn State) dec. Mike Harp (Missouri), 9-8; 7th - Steven Schmidt (Oklahoma State) dec. Tom Tomeo (Clarion), 3-0

150 - 1st - Eric Siebert (Illinois) dec. Chad Kraft (Minnesota), 7-3; 3rd - Mike Mason (West Virginia) dec. Bill Lacure (Michigan), 6-4, sd; 5th - Clint Musser (Penn State) dec. Don Pritzlaff (Wisconsin), 12-3; 7th - Jimmy Arias (Oklahoma State) dec. Rodney Jones (Oklahoma), 2-1

158 - 1st - Dwight Gardner (Ohio) dec. Hardell Moore (Oklahoma State), 7-1; 3rd - John Lange (Penn State) dec. Ryan Cunningham (Central Michigan), 6-5; 5th - Tivon Abel (Brown) won by medical forfeit over Temoer Terry (Nebraska); 7th - David Wells (Cal-Poly SLO) dec. Eric Douglas (Purdue), 6-0

167 - 1st - Joe Williams (Iowa) dec. Brandon Slay (Pennsylvania), 7-3; 3rd - Jeff Catrabone (Michigan) dec. Mark Smith (Oklahoma State), 4-4, tb; 5th - Casey Strand (Arizona State) dec. Mark Bybee (Northwestern), 9-7, sd; 7th - Glenn Pritzlaff (Penn State) won by medical forfeit over Nick Mengerink (Pittsburgh)

177 - Mitch Clark (Ohio State) won by tech. fall over Vertus Jones (W. Virginia), 17-0, 3:17; 3rd - John Withrow (Pittsburgh) dec. Aaron Simpson (Arizona State), 2-1; 5th - Brandon Eggum (Minnesota) dec. Jevon Herman (Illinois), 3-1; 7th - Greg Gingeleskie (Navy) dec. Mike Greenfield (Central Michigan), 8-2

190 - 1st - Tim Hartung (Minnesota) dec. Jason Robison (Edinboro), 6-4, sd; 3rd - Lee Fullhart (Nebraska) dec. Ryan Tobin (Nebraska), 4-0; 5th - Sam Neider (Northwestern) dec. Mark Bodo (Pittsburgh), 3-1, sd; 7th - Jeremy Goeden (Northern Illinois) dec. Chael Sonnen (Oregon), 12-4

HWT - 1st - Stephen Neal (Cal-State Bakersfield) won by tech. fall over Trent Hynek (Iowa State), 20-5; 3rd - Shelton Benjamin (Minnesota) dec. Bill Closson (Lehigh), 5-3; 5th - Airron Richardshon (Michigan) dec. Jason Gleasman (Syracuse), 9-4; 7th - Karl Roesler (Illinois) dec. Wes Hand (Iowa), 5-2

Teams - 1. Iowa, 115; 2. Minnesota, 102; 3. Oklahoma State, 99.5; 4. Penn State, 70.5; 5. Central Michigan, 53; 6. Iowa State, 49.5; 7. (tie) Illinois and West Virginia, 48; 9. (tie) Ohio and Oregon State, 43.5; 11. Cal-State Bakersfield, 42.5; 12. Michigan, 39.5; 13. Michigan State, 39; 14. Fresno State, 37.5; 15. (tie) Edinboro and Oklahoma, 35.5; 17. Arizona State, 35; 18. Northwestern, 34.5; 19. Wisconsin, 34; 20. Pittsburgh, 32

Outstanding Wrestler - Joe Williams, Univ. of Iowa, 167 pounds

Most Falls - Oscar Wood, Oregon State, 142 pounds, 4 falls in 12:52