Midlands Individual Participants (amazing how many ranked)

[Conquistadors]

I just compared the Wrestling Report's newest NCAA Div I ranking with schools that, as best I can determine, will wrestle at Midlands. For some reason I thought that Midlands was slowly getting weaker. I was surprised to see how many ranked wrestlers will be there. Not only do finals, semi-finals, and quarter finals have the potential to have top-notch match-ups, but even some early, round-of-16 matches might have two top-30 wrestlers. All things considered, great competition. Furthermore, some very good non-Div I college wrestlers will also be there, as well as a handful of post-collegians.
I've excluded Kyle Ott, as I don't think he'll compete until January.
Please let me know if I've made any mistakes. Thanks.
Top Div I wrestlers at 2005 Midlands All-American in Bold

125:
1) Joe Dubuque-Indiana
4) Nick Simmons-Michigan State
6) John Velez-Northwestern
9) Tanner Gardner-Stanford
16) Pat Castillo-Northern Illinois
17) Matt Steintrager-Central Michigan
18) Brandon Strong-Air Force
19) Jeff Sato-Columbia
21) Seth Wright-Northern Iowa

133:
(x) Chris Fleeger-Purdue
6) Matt Valenti-Penn
7) Jason Borrelli-Central Michigan
8) Scott Jorgensen-Boise State
9) Gabe Flores-Illinois
10) Robbie Preston-Harvard
17) Matt Benza-Air Force
20) Andrae Hernandez-Indiana
23) Andrew Hiatt-Northern Illinois
26) Tommy Vargas-Cal-Bakersfield
28) Seth Lisa-West Virginia

141:
1) Nate Gallick-Iowa State
5) Ryan Lang-Northwestern
6) Andy Simmons-Michigan State
10) Cassio Pero-Illinois
12) Alex Tsirtsis-Iowa
13) Josh Wooton-Northern Illinois
20) Max Meltzer-Harvard
23) Eric Kruger-Central Michigan
24) Brandon Rader-West Virginia
28) Cesar Grajales-Penn

149:
3) Ty Eustice-Iowa
5) Mark DiSalvo-Central Michigan
6) Mike Grimes-Northern Illinois
13) Darren McKnight-Michigan State
14) Anthony Baza-Cal-Bakersfield
18) Doug Withstandley-Purdue
19) Matt Cooper-Indiana
20) Troy Tirapelle-Illinois
21) Ryan Hurley-Cleveland State
25) Josh Zupancic-Stanford
26) Tyler Sherfey-Boise State
30) Ricky Turk-Columbia

157:
1) Alex Tirapelle-Illinois
2) Trent Paulson-Iowa State
3) Joe Johnston-Iowa
4) Brandon Becker-Indiana
6) Matt Lebe-West Virginia
12) Eric Neil-Central Michigan
17) Chris Bitetto-Northern Iowa
25) Scott Loescher-Stanford
26) Sherwood Fendryk-Sacred Heart
28) Greg Hagel-Northwestern
29) Tony Greathouse-Michigan State

165:
4) Muzaffar Abdurakhmanov-American
7) Travis Paulson-Iowa State
9) Nick Baima-Northern Iowa
12) Mike Poeta-Illinois
17) Will Durkee-Northwestern
19) Brian Busby-Cal-Bakersfield
21) Ray Blake-Stanford
22) Luedke/Pape-Iowa
23) Johnny Galloway-Northern Illinois
26) John DeCeault-Purdue
28) Max Dean-Indiana
30) Beau Tresemer-Air Force

174:
2) Mark Perry-Iowa
3) Jake Herbert-Northwestern
6) R. J. Boudro-Michigan State
7) Imad Kharbush-Stanford
9) Don Reynolds-Illinois
10) Ken Robertson-Eastern Illinois
14) Danny Burke-Northern Illinois
16) Brandon Sinnott-Central Michigan
18) Grant Turner-Iowa State
19) Christian Arellano-Cal-Bakersfield
20) Matt Palmer-Columbia
21) Alex Dolly-Northern Iowa
29) Kurt Brenner-West Virginia

184:
2) Pete Friedl-Illinois
3) Paul Bradley-Iowa
4) Kurt Backes-Iowa State
6) Ben Wissel-Purdue
9) Josh Glenn-American
14) Mike Tamillow-Northwestern
16) Rudy Medini-Rutgers
18) Christian Sinnott-Central Michigan
19) Dustin Wiles-Penn
21) K.C. Walsh-Boise State
23) Joe Williams-Michigan State
24) Ron Howard-Cleveland State
28) Justin Curran-Indiana

197:
3) Wynn Michalak-Central Michigan
7) Matt Delguyd-Northwestern
8) Brady Richardson-Indiana
12) Tyrone Byrd-Illinois
16) Casey Phelps-Boise State
19) Nathan Moore-Purdue
21) Joe Dennis-Cleveland State
22) Paul Velekei-Penn
27) Jeff Clemens-Michigan State
30) Derek Hunsinger-Northern Illinois

HWY:
6) Dustin Fox-Northwestern
7) Matt Fields-Iowa
9) Payam Zarrinpour-Sacred Heart
12) Bode Ogunwole-Harvard
13) Dave Herman-Indiana
14) Bubba Gritter-Central Michigan
19) Tyler Rhodes-Northern Iowa
22) Aaron Keough- Purdue
23) Adam LoPiccolo-American
28) Max Lossen-Michigan State
29) Andy Patrick-Boise State

[Dhodge]

Some of your rankings are a little crazy, next time just take them all from the current rankings which were recently posted on themat.com instead of putting up a wrestlers best ranking in the past year from some hick web site.

On a seperate more friendly note, i am very excited to see alot of the matchups. especially herbert and perry, id have to pick herbert because i think he is just that good. Also see if Alex teripelle can comeout on top of that weight, he will have a few tough matches with Johnston and paulson. You also forgot a few out of college wrestlers who i think will be there this year, Azevedo for one im pretty sure will be making another appearance, and maybe joe williams although he has some legal trouble to attend to... (LOL)

[Conquistadors]

Thanks for the response... I think. I'm not sure if you are being cute or dense.

I did not forget post-collegians.. reread the preface. But they don't appear in college rankings, which is what my post was about.

These are not my rankings. I got them from the www.wrestlingreport.com (http://www.wrestlingreport.com) . Hick site? Hardly. If anything, the opposite. In looking at rankings the last few years I've mostly felt that those on the wrestling report are as good, if not better, than all the others. Furthermore, they rank the top 30 (most others do 20), which means 50% more material.

[Dhodge]

good post, i was just surprised to see some of the names in the places they were thats all. But i think we can both agree that this years midlands is going to be pretty tough

[Conquistadors]

Looks like you can pencil in Chris Fleeger for Midlands. I've done that above.

Here's the link to the article on Purdue that states the Fleeger will be eligible for the end of December. http://www.purdueexponent.org/index.php/module/Issue/action/Article/article_id/2239

Congrats to Mr. Fleeger for getting his academic house in order.