NAIA NATIONAL WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPSat Primm, Nev, March 6-7
Team standings
1. Montana State-Northern, 162.5 pts.; 2. Missouri Valley, 114.5; 3. Findlay, 107.5; 4. Simon Fraser, 106; 5. (tie) Central Washington and Mary, 88; 7. Southern Oregon, 83; 8. Embry-Riddle, 75; 9. Pacific Lutheran, 43.5; 10. Dickinson State, 40.5; 11. Cumberland, 37.5; 12. Wisconsin-Parkside, 32.5; 13. Huron, 23.5; 14. (tie), Northwestern, Pacific and Valley City, 22; 17. Anderson College, 19.5; 18. Dana, 14.5; 19. Jamestown, 12.5; 20. Mt. St. Joseph, 9.5 (of 24 teams scoring points)
Individual results
118 pounds - 1st - Quantres Bates, Findlay dec. Beau Vest, Missouri Valley 10-8; 3rd - Travis Rollins, Montana St - Northern pin Greg Myers, Huron, 1:21; 5th - Ryan Escobar, Southern Oregon pin Chad Henderly, Findlay, 1:39; 7th - Matt Nash, Cumberland dec. Jorge Cuevas, Anderson College, 7-2
126 pounds - 1st - Chance Farrar, Embry-Riddle dec. Jesse McKay , Simon Fraser, 11-10; 3rd - Leighton Smiley, Central Washington dec. Kevin Case, Cumberland, 4-1; 5th - Lukie Christian, Missouri Valley pin Jason Huber, Mary, 0:10; 7th - Shawn Maye, Wisconsin-Parkside dec. Rico Hill, Mt St Joseph, 7-5
134 pounds - 1st - Chad Edgar, Montana St - Northern dec. Mitch Overlie, Montana St - Northern, 5-3, sd; 3rd - Jim Sanfilippo, Findlay dec. Ben Beckler, Dickinson State, 3-2 ; 5th - Matt Paulson, Southern Oregon dec. T J Slay, Missouri Valley, 11-3; 7th - Travis DeWalt , Briar Cliff dec. Ron Forquer, Cumberland, 6-5
142 pounds - 1st - Glenn Garrison, Montana St - Northern dec. Al Fuentes, Findlay ; 3rd - Fred Leavy, Montana St - Northern dec. Tim Cobb, Missouri Valley, 6-5; 5th - Chris Burns, Cumberland dec. Mike Ridings, Missouri Valley, 4-2; 7th - Pete Runez, Embry-Riddle dec. Brian Zehren, Mary 3-2
150 pounds - 1st - Marcus Mainz, Missouri Valley dec. John Aiken, Pacific Lutheran 3-2; 3rd - Derek Sanders, Embry-Riddle dec. Justin Currie, Mary 14-1; 5th - Ryan Ludwig, Findlay dec. Ben Orth, Central Washington 6-5; 7th - Mike Kotlyn, Findlay won by tech. fall. over Darold Foster, Dana 18-3;4:34
158 pounds - 1st - Daniel Igali, Simon Fraser dec. Matt Armstrong, Southern Oregon 9-4; ; 3rd - Brett Nedens, Dickinson State pin Brian Samhammer, Southern Oregon 3:42; 5th - Ryan Henry, Montana St - Northern pin Steve Gusse, Central Washington 0:19; 7th - Matt Deck, Embry-Riddle dec. Boone Smith, Wisc.-Parkside 12-8
167 pounds - 1st - Dennis Herren, Simon Fraser dec. Bart Orth, Central Washington 6-4; 3rd - Jeremy Engelhardt, Mary pin Les Podlog, Simon Fraser 5:30; 5th - Demetrio Duran, Embry-Riddle dec. Craig Scott, Findlay 5-3; 7th - Sam Gibson, Northwestern dec. Mark Cypher, Pacific Lutheran 9-8
177 pounds - 1st - Bobby Lashley, Missouri Valley pin Sarge Truesdell, Valley City, 6:47; 3rd - Jeremie Ott, Wisc-Parkside dec. Wayne Harvison, Mary 5-1; 5th - Chris Feist, Cent Washington won by tech. fall over David James, Embry-Riddle 19-1; 7th - Darick Gorder, Dickinson State dec. Bill Wathen, Southern Oregon 3-2
190 pounds - 1st - Turk Lords, Montana St - Northern dec. Luigi Bianco, Simon Fraser, 9-1; 3rd - Johnni Hanson, Pacific Lutheran dec. Jay Castino, Central Washington, 6-4; 5th - Jamie Haddon, Southern Oregon won by inj. dft. over Jamie Dixson, Southern Oregon, 0:00 ; 7th - Jason Ackerman, Dickinson State pin Kevin Lasagna, Huron, 5:28
275 pounds - 1st - Mike Leinwand, Montana St - No OT Scott Owens, Mary 3-2;tb; 3rd - Brian Springberg, Pacific dec. Kevin VanderLinden , Northwestern 10-3; 5th - Jim Joaquin, Findlay dec. Shaun Meeks, Anderson College 12-2; ; 7th - Clint Long, Mt St Clare dec. Jeremy Cronenwett, Central Washington, 14-3
Outstanding Wrestler - Glenn Garrison, 142 pounds, Montana State-Northern
Most Falls Award - Lukie Christian, 126 pounds, Missouri Valley College, 5 pins in 12:26
Team Sportsmanship Award - College of Mount St. Joseph (Ohio)
NAIA Coach of the Year - David Ray, Montana State-Northern