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| Buena
Vista Univ. |
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| Central
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| Coe
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| Cornell
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| Univ.
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| Luther
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2008-09
Wrestlers of the Week
| Week
Ending |
Wrestler
of the Week |
Feb.
22, 2009 |
Aaron Wernimont, Wartburg College, Pocahontas, Iowa/Pocahontas
Area
Wernimont,
a senior 157-pounder, increased his personal winning streak to 76
matches and his season record 40-0 with three bonus-point wins at
the 2009 Iowa Conference Wrestling Championships. He was named the
meet’s Outstanding Wrestler after pinning Dubuque’s
Nathan Harm and Cornell’s Aron Kindelsperger in preliminary
rounds and posting a 16-5 major decision over Loras’ Erik
Hanson in the 157-pound championship match. (IIAC
Male Athlete of the Week) |
Feb.
9, 2009 |
Kevin Donahue, Cornell College, Mechanicsville, Va./St. Christopher’s
Donahue, a sophomore 141-pounder, recorded a first-period pin over
Coe’s 10th-ranked Johny Siegel. He also defeated Jacob Mirocha
of Wartburg by a 18-8 major decision. |
Feb.
2, 2009 |
Clayton Rush, Coe College, Aledo, Ill./Aledo
Rush, a sophomore 125-pounder, improved his record to 19-1 on the
year and 55-6 for his career with a pair of wins last week. He posted
a 20-4 technical fall over Luther’s Zach Elliot before downing
Chris Scheetz of Delaware Valley by a 6-3 margin. Scheetz entered
the match rated fourth in NCAA Division III. (IIAC
Male Athlete of the Week) |
Jan.
25, 2009 |
John Helgerson, Wartburg College, West Union, Iowa/North
Fayette
Helgerson,
a sophomore heavyweight, went 3-0 at the Dubuque section of the
IIAC Duals Jan. 24, helping the program extend their dual winning
streak against IIAC foes to 130. He avenged an earlier loss to No.
5-ranked Mitch Sander of Coe with a 4-2 decision. |
Jan.
18, 2009 |
Evan Brown, University of Dubuque, Nevada, Iowa/Nevada
Brown,
a junior 174-pounder, upset No. 9-ranked Kyle Kehrli of Cornell,
3-1, in a Jan. 16 dual meet. The decision was part of a 24-16 win
by the 25th-ranked Spartans over the 10th-ranked Rams. Brown is
just the second Division III wrestler to beat Kehrli this season. |
Jan.
11, 2009 |
Clayton Rush, Coe College, Aledo, Ill./Aledo
Rush,
a sophomore 125-pounder, improved to 8-0 for his career at the NWCA/Cliff
Keen National Duals with a 4-0 performance Jan. 10-11. With two
major decisions as well as decisions over the No. 5 and No. 7 wrestlers
in Division III, he led the Kohawks to a fourth-place finish, their
highest-ever finish at the duals. |
Jan.
4, 2009 |
Alec Bonander, Luther College, Larchwood, Iowa/West Lyon
Bonander, a senior 197-pounder, posted a 4-2 record at the Midlands
Championships, failing to place by one match. Following an opening
round pin-fall loss to Hudson Taylor of Maryland, he rattled off
four consecutive wins in the wrestlebacks, including a major decision
over Tyler Dickenson of Michigan State (10-2) and a win by fall
over Chad Hanke of Oregon State, before falling to Iowa State’s
Kyle Simonson by a 6-4 margin. Bonander is now 10-2 overall and
the top-ranked wrestler in Division III at 197 pounds. (IIAC
Male Athlete of the Week) |
Dec.
21, 2008 |
Rob
Kramer, Coe College, Swisher, Iowa/Cedar Rapids Prairie
Kramer, a junior 197-pounder, went undefeated at the Wartburg Desert
Duals, helping the Kohawks go undefeated at the event for the third
consecutive year. He posted a technical fall over Ohio Northern’s
Drew Michel and major decisions over Ryan Van Doren of Embry-Riddle
(16-7) and Bernie Vazquez of Elmhurst (12-4) as well as accepting
a forfeit against Olivet. |
Dec.
14, 2008 |
Aaron
Cook, Buena Vista University, Waconia, Minn./Waconia
Cook, a junior 157-pounder, won his weight class at
the Jim Fox Open Saturday. He posted a 3-0 record and defeated Upper
Iowa’s Travis Eggers, the top-ranked wrestler in Division
II at 157 pounds, for the title with a 14-5 major decision in the
championship match. |
Dec.
7, 2008 |
Justin
Hanson, Wartburg College, Dakota City, Iowa/Humboldt
Hanson, a senior 165-pounder, won the 165-pound title at the Simpson
Invitational. Seeded second in the draw, he defeated defending national
champion Tyler Burkle of Coe by a 4-3 margin to increase his individual
record to 11-0. Hanson’s win over Burkle was a big difference
in the Knights’ six-point win over the Kohawks (175-169) for
the team title. He also registered a win over Loras’ Joel
Allen Dec. 3 as part of the Knights’ 123rd straight dual victory
against league competition. (IIAC Men’s Athlete of
the Week) |
Nov.
23, 2008 |
John
Helgerson, Wartburg College, West Union, Iowa/North Fayette
Helgerson, a sophomore heavyweight, recorded two falls and a major
decision en route to the heavyweight title at the Concordia (Wis.)
Open. Seeded third, he posted a 10-5 win over seventh-rated Mark
Corsello of Elmhurst in the final. |
Nov.
16, 2008 |
Aaron
Wernimont, Wartburg College, Pocahontas, Iowa/Pocahontas Area
Wernimont, a senior 157-pounder, was one of only two non-Division
I champions at the Harold Nichols Cyclone Open. He went 5-0 with
a win over NJCAA No. 2 Carrington Banks of Iowa Central Community
College to push his personal winning streak to 42 matches stretching
back to last year. (IIAC Male Athlete of the Week) |
Nov.
9, 2008 |
Tyler
Burkle, Coe College, Coggon, Iowa/North-Linn
Burkle, a junior 165-pounder, increased his winning
streak to 42 matches, dating back to the 2006-07 season with his
5-0 performance at the Pointer Open Nov. 8. He took the championship
with a 4-0 win over Corey Van Groll of UW-Parkside, the No. 7 ranked
wrestler at 165 pounds in NCAA Division II. Burkle is now 66-8 in
his career. |
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