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    Notre Dame remains No. 1 in NAIA

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- For the fourth consecutive week, Notre Dame College (Ohio) tops the NAIA Wrestling Coaches' Top 20 Poll, the NAIA announced Tuesday. The Falcons earned 150 points with 12 wrestlers listed among the top-12 individuals in their respective weight class. Great Falls (Mont.) moved into second place with 94 points, its highest ranking of the season, with 94 points. Missouri Valley is listed third with 86.5 points, followed closely by No. 4 Lindenwood (Mo.) with 85.5 points. Southern Oregon rounds out the top five with 76 points.

    Notre Dame retains its spot as the No. 1 team after winning the NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals in Cedar Falls, Iowa, on Jan. 10. The Falcons finished the event with a 3-0 record, with wins over Oklahoma City (42-0), McKendree (Ill.) (29-8) and Missouri Valley (26-7).

    Two Notre Dame grapplers own a No. 1 ranking with Adam Koballa at 141 pounds and Derek Foore at 197 pounds. Of the Falcons 12 ranked wrestlers, two individuals are listed at 125, 149 and 174 each. The only weight class that Notre Dame is not ranked is 133 pounds.

    Third-ranked Missouri Valley boasts a ranked wrestler at each of the 10 weight classes, including the top-ranked 157-pounder Joseph Cornejo and second-ranked Collin Pierce at 133 pounds. The Vikings finished as runner-up to Notre Dame at the NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals.

    Five weight classes feature a new top-ranked wrestler: Samuel Schmitz of Lindenwood (149), Cornejo (157), Grand View's (Iowa) Brad Lower (165), Foore (197) and Arjan Bhullar of Simon Fraser (B.C.) (HWT).

    Retaining their No. 1 ranking are Mitchell Lofstedt of Southern Oregon (125), Campbellsville's (Ky.) Tommy Pretty (133), Koballa (141), Enock Francois of California Baptist (174) and Great Falls' Michael French (184).

    The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the groupings. The next poll will be announced on Feb. 2.

    Team Rankings
    Rank School Total Team Points
    1 Notre Dame (Ohio) 150
    2 Great Falls (Mont.) 94
    3 Missouri Valley (Mo.) 86.5
    4 Lindenwood (Mo.) 85.5
    5 Southern Oregon (Ore.) 76
    6 McKendree (Ill.) 75
    7 California Baptist (Calif.) 71.5
    8 Grand View (Iowa) 44
    9 Campbellsville (Ky.) 39
    10 Dana (Neb.) 34
    11 Simon Fraser (B.C.) 32.5
    12 Dickinson State (N.D.) 30.5
    13 Montana State-Northern (Mont.) 24
    13 Missouri Baptist (Mo.) 24
    15 Oklahoma City (Okla.) 21.5
    16 Morningside (Iowa) 18
    17 Jamestown (N.D.) 17
    18 Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 15.5
    19 Northwestern (Iowa) 14.5
    20 Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 12.5

    Others receiving votes: Waldorf (Iowa) 12; Cumberland (Tenn.) 9.5; Hastings College (Neb.) 7.5; William Penn (Iowa) 5.5; Menlo (Calif.) 4.5; Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.) 1.

    Individual Ratings
    Wt Rank First Name Last Name Total Points School Group
    125 1 Mitchell Lofstedt 80 Southern Oregon (Ore.) West Group
    125 2 Tyler Savage 64 Notre Dame (Ohio) East Group
    125 3 Dante Rini 53 Notre Dame (Ohio) East Group
    125 4 Samuel Fragoza 42.5 California Baptist (Calif.) West Group
    125 5 Paul Hansen 40.5 Missouri Valley (Mo.) Central Group
    125 6 Angel Olea 34.5 Dickinson State (N.D.) North Group
    125 7 Zach Muery 31.5 Missouri Baptist (Mo.) East Group
    125 8 Matt Chustz 18.5 William Penn (Iowa) Central Group
    125 9 Clayden McKim 16 Dana (Neb.) North Group
    125 10 Jason Moorhouse 7.5 Menlo (Calif.) West Group
    125 11 Akmal Adilov 5.5 Great Falls (Mont.) West Group
    125 12 Sean Blumhardt 3.5 Jamestown (N.D.) North Group

    133 1 Tommy Pretty 80 Campbellsville (Ky.) East Group
    133 2 Collin Pierce 61.5 Missouri Valley (Mo.) Central Group
    133 3 Joseph Michel 52 Jamestown (N.D.) North Group
    133 4 Chauncey Philipps 47.5 California Baptist (Calif.) West Group
    133 5 Wade Lowe 40.5 McKendree (Ill.) East Group
    133 6 Myles Mazurkiewicz 35.5 Great Falls (Mont.) West Group
    133 7 Brian Jacob 20 Southern Oregon (Ore.) West Group
    133 8 Anton Prater 18 Missouri Baptist (Mo.) East Group
    133 9 Aaron Ely 14.5 Dana (Neb.) North Group
    133 10 Gary Brooks 11 Missouri Baptist (Mo.) East Group
    133 11 Cameron Ream 8.5 Oklahoma City (Okla.) Central Group
    133 12 Matthew Jacobson 5 Dana (Neb.) North Group

    141 1 Adam Koballa 60 Notre Dame (Ohio) East Group
    141 2 Drew Smith 44.5 Morningside (Iowa) North Group
    141 3 Barry Johnson 39.5 Southern Oregon (Ore.) West Group
    141 4 Jordan Harer 35 Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) North Group
    141 5 Kyle Wirkuty 32.5 Southern Oregon (Ore.) West Group
    141 6 Jacob Murton 31.5 Campbellsville (Ky.) East Group
    141 7 Nick Coffman 14 Grand View (Iowa) Central Group
    141 8 Neil Birt 11 Cumberland (Tenn.) East Group
    141 8 Adam Manz 11 Dana (Neb.) North Group
    141 10 Eric Graham 9.5 Missouri Valley (Mo.) Central Group
    141 11 Brad Neitenbach 5.5 Lindenwood (Mo.) East Group
    141 12 Christian Martinez 3 Menlo (Calif.) West Group

    149 1 Samuel Schmitz 76 Lindenwood (Mo.) East Group
    149 2 Jeffrey Pelton 61.5 Notre Dame (Ohio) East Group
    149 3 Byron Kuylen 60.5 Great Falls (Mont.) West Group
    149 4 Benjamin Garcia 43 California Baptist (Calif.) West Group
    149 5 Brian Graham 38 Missouri Valley (Mo.) Central Group
    149 6 Ryan Jahn 33.5 McKendree (Ill.) East Group
    149 7 Jeff Marval 26 Waldorf (Iowa) Central Group
    149 8 Levi Price 20.5 Northwestern (Iowa) North Group
    149 9 Ashtin Primus 17 Notre Dame (Ohio) East Group
    149 10 Trace Billet 12 Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) West Group
    149 11 Ian Millan 5.5 California Baptist (Calif.) West Group
    149 12 Brad Cusatis 4 Hastings College (Neb.) North Group

    157 1 Joseph Cornejo 80 Missouri Valley (Mo.) Central Group
    157 2 Thomas Straughn 64 Notre Dame (Ohio) East Group
    157 3 Tyler Chang 53 Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) West Group
    157 4 Jake Johnson 45 Lindenwood (Mo.) East Group
    157 5 Nikolas Turner 43 Oklahoma City (Okla.) Central Group
    157 6 Tommie Norton/Hooper 35.5 Southern Oregon (Ore.) West Group
    157 7 Brian Oeschner 21 Lindenwood (Mo.) East Group
    157 8 Robert Carothers 19.5 Dickinson State (N.D.) North Group
    157 9 James Casadaban 15.5 Cumberland (Tenn.) East Group
    157 10 Ross Mosher 13 Great Falls (Mont.) West Group
    157 11 Josh Emmett 4.5 Menlo (Calif.) West Group
    157 12 Conor Young 4 Campbellsville (Ky.) East Group

    165 1 Brad Lower 68.5 Grand View (Iowa) Central Group
    165 2 Chris Chionuma 64.5 Lindenwood (Mo.) East Group
    165 3 Kevin Hardy 52 Notre Dame (Ohio) East Group
    165 4 Lamar Reed 46 California Baptist (Calif.) West Group
    165 5 Aaron Winning 45 McKendree (Ill.) East Group
    165 6 Ryan Tuzon 33.5 Dana (Neb.) North Group
    165 6 John Murray 33.5 Lindenwood (Mo.) East Group
    165 8 Michael Hader 24 Great Falls (Mont.) West Group
    165 9 David Dwyer 13 McKendree (Ill.) East Group
    165 10 Damon Jackson 8 Missouri Valley (Mo.) Central Group
    165 11 Noah Hatton 7 Great Falls (Mont.) West Group
    165 12 Mark Meyer 3 Oklahoma City (Okla.) Central Group

    174 1 Enock Francois 76 California Baptist (Calif.) West Group
    174 2 Glenn Rhees 68 Grand View (Iowa) Central Group
    174 3 Brendon DeCock 54 Great Falls (Mont.) West Group
    174 4 Jon Bittenger 50 Notre Dame (Ohio) East Group
    174 5 Josh Bryant 35.5 McKendree (Ill.) East Group
    174 6 Preston McKinney 30.5 Missouri Valley (Mo.) Central Group
    174 7 Jameon Rush 27 Hastings College (Neb.) North Group
    174 8 Brandon Sitch 25 Southern Oregon (Ore.) West Group
    174 9 Austin Vanderford 16 Southern Oregon (Ore.) West Group
    174 10 Kurt Wolff 7.5 Notre Dame (Ohio) East Group
    174 11 Austin Ouellette 4 Montana State-Northern (Mont.) West Group
    174 12 Jobi Hambrick 3 Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.) Central Group

    184 1 Michael French 80 Great Falls (Mont.) West Group
    184 2 Evan Hinebaugh 64 Montana State-Northern (Mont.) West Group
    184 3 Mark Peiffer 49.5 Dana (Neb.) North Group
    184 4 Clete Hanson 42 Simon Fraser (B.C.) West Group
    184 5 Chad Williams 41.5 Missouri Valley (Mo.) Central Group
    184 6 Spencer Adams 34.5 Campbellsville (Ky.) East Group
    184 7 Tanner Wolk 23.5 McKendree (Ill.) East Group
    184 8 Chris Platt 22 Southern Oregon (Ore.) West Group
    184 9 Brett Owen 19.5 Dickinson State (N.D.) North Group
    184 10 Alex Denman 13 Notre Dame (Ohio) East Group
    184 11 Jordaryl Logan 6 Grand View (Iowa) Central Group
    184 12 Brian Block 2.5 Morningside (Iowa) North Group

    197 1 Derek Foore 80 Notre Dame (Ohio) East Group
    197 2 Andrew Sanchez 64 McKendree (Ill.) East Group
    197 3 Jake Kallestad 53 Dickinson State (N.D.) North Group
    197 4 Alex Calvi 48.5 Great Falls (Mont.) West Group
    197 5 Ike Okenwa 39.5 Missouri Baptist (Mo.) East Group
    197 6 Nicholas Leither 28 Northwestern (Iowa) North Group
    197 7 Evan Mattingly 26.5 Montana State-Northern (Mont.) West Group
    197 8 Jeff Roman 25 Waldorf (Iowa) Central Group
    197 9 Scott Lucas 12 Great Falls (Mont.) West Group
    197 10 Charlie Gibbs 8.5 Missouri Valley (Mo.) Central Group
    197 11 Ronald Lee 7.5 Southern Oregon (Ore.) West Group
    197 12 Joseph Lockett 6 Morningside (Iowa) North Group

    285 1 Arjan Bhullar 80 Simon Fraser (B.C.) West Group
    285 2 Orlando Scales 64 Notre Dame (Ohio) East Group
    285 3 Willie Wiggins 54 Lindenwood (Mo.) East Group
    285 4 Eric Hinebauch 39.5 Great Falls (Mont.) West Group
    285 5 Cedric Powell 33.5 McKendree (Ill.) East Group
    285 6 Corey Johnson 29.5 Oklahoma City (Okla.) Central Group
    285 7 Tyler Porras 23.5 Lindenwood (Mo.) East Group
    285 8 Travis Ewart 21 Missouri Valley (Mo.) Central Group
    285 9 Willie Hernandez 19 Jamestown (N.D.) North Group
    285 10 John Bates 16.5 Southern Oregon (Ore.) West Group
    285 11 Byron Stewart 11.5 Cumberland (Tenn.) East Group
    285 12 Chas Maloch 4.5 McKendree (Ill.) East Group

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