January 16, 2008
(release courtesy of Ryan Workman, Coe College sports information director)

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA . . . Coe College freshman wrestler Clayton Rush (Aledo, Ill./Aledo) has been named the Iowa Conference Athlete of the Week and the D3Wrestle.com National Wrestler of the Week for his outstanding performance this past weekend.

The 125-pounder has a 27-2 record in his rookie campaign and has won 13-straight matches. This past weekend at the NWCA National Duals, Rush was 5-0, including a win by fall over 2007 NCAA finalist and current top-ranked Seth Flodeen of Augsburg. For his efforts, Rush was named the Division III Outstanding Wrestler at the event.

The previous week, Rush was the champion of the Cornell Matman Invitational. In the finals, he defeated 2007 All-American and previously second-ranked Chris Heilman of Cornell, avenging a loss from earlier this season and garnering Outstanding Wrestler honors at that even as well.

The Kohawks return to action Friday night as they host Loras at 7 p.m. in Eby Fieldhouse.

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