| February 19, 2004
MOUNT VERNON, IOWA . . . Wartburg
College won its 12th straight Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
(IIAC) wrestling Championship on Thursday at Cornell College behind
the performances of eight individual champions and one runner-up.
The Knights’ amassed 206.5 points defeating runner-up Luther College
by 54 points. Simpson (144 points), Coe (114 points) and Buena Vista
(108 points) rounded out the top-five.
Simpson sophomore Dustin Brewer
was named the Dick Walker Outstanding Wrestler. As the second-seed
at 125-pounds, Brewer pinned the top-seed Justin McClintock of Wartburg
at 3:47 in the Championship match. Brewer entered the Conference
meet ranked seventh nationally, McClintock was ranked fourth. Brewer
also pinned Central’s Adam Ohnemus (0:22) and defeated
Coe’s Sean Pearl by technical fall (16-0, 4:09).
Other individual champions include Wartburg’s Ozzie
Saxon (133-pounds), Wartburg’s Dustin Hinschberger
(141-pounds), Wartburg’s Bart Mehlert (149-pounds),
Wartburg’s Cory Connell (157-pounds), Luther's
Garrett South (165-pounds), Wartburg’s Mark
Sturm (174-pounds), Wartburg’s Ryan Sturm (184-pounds),
Wartburg’s Akeem Carter (197-pounds) and Wartburg’s
Blake Gillis (heavyweight).
Luther College head coach Dave Mitchell
was named IIAC Coach of the Year for the second time in
three years. Mitchell led the Norse to a second place finish at
the Championship and guided seven national qualifiers. During the
dual season, Luther finished with an 18-4 overall record including
a 7-1 mark in the IIAC.
Thirty-two wrestlers qualified for the NCAA Championships
to be held March 5-6, at the Five Flags Center in Dubuque, Iowa.
IIAC member Loras College is the host. The winner and runner-up
in each of the ten weight classes along with 12 wildcards will represent
the Conference at the National Championships. All 10 of Wartburg’s
wrestlers will be joined by seven wrestlers from Luther, five from
Simpson, four from Loras, three from Buena Vista, two from Coe and
one from Central. The Iowa Conference national qualifiers are:
| 125 |
Dustin Brewer, Sim. |
Justin McClintock, War. |
Terry Morgan, Lor. |
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| 133 |
Ozzie Saxon, War. |
Quent Christensen, Sim. |
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| 141 |
Dustin Hinschberger, War. |
Taylor Wood, BVU |
Jeff Patzke, Lut. |
Kevin Owens, Cent. |
| 149 |
Bart Mehlert, War. |
Clint Manny, Sim. |
Matt Pyle, Lut. |
|
| 157 |
Cory Connell, War. |
Charlie Bishop, Lor. |
Ryan LeBeau, Lut. |
|
| 165 |
Garrett South, Lut. |
Pat Wilsbacher, BVU |
Brad Bishop, Lor. |
Andrew Knaack, War. |
| 174 |
Mark Sturm, War. |
Lon Welsh, Lut. |
|
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| 184 |
Ryan Sturm, War. |
Ken Ware, Coe |
Danny Adams, Lut. |
Mitch Hager, Lor. |
| 197 |
Akeem Carter, War. |
Bart George, Sim. |
Wyatt Reyerson, Lut. |
|
| Hwt. |
Blake Gillis, War. |
Adam Buthe, BVU |
Brett Christensen, Sim. |
Nick McTee, Coe |
Complete standings, bout-by-bout results and brackets
are here.
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