March 2009 Wrestling Articles

  from:  http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-wrestl/spec-rel/033009aab.html Johnson Retires After 17 Seasons at IllinoisMost Successful Coach in Illini History Steps Down at Leader of IlliniWrestling ProgramMark Johnson announced his retirement after 17 years as head coach atIllinois on Monday.   March 30, 2009CHAMPAIGN, Ill.  After 17 seasons at the helm of Illinois Wrestlingand 19 as a collegiate head coach, Mark Johnson announced hisretirement from coaching Monday. Johnson finishes his career as themost successful wrestling coach in Illinois history and one of thebest nationally."I would like to thank Ron Guenther and the entire athletic departmentfor giving me the great opportunity to fulfill my dream of… more »

Congratulations to Lloyd Hilton (bobmoon300)for winning the Prediction contest, please check your Flowrestling messages. Others good luck the next time, and you can check out your scores to see how you did it. Obs Username 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 285 Final Score Tie Breaker lbs lbs lbs lbs lbs lbs lbs lbs lbs lbs 1370 bobmoon300 8 13 10 12 13 6 13 11 13 12 111 105 573 collum141 7 13 11 7 13 7 11 12 13 12 106 105 632 southern_yankee 6 13 12 9 11 5 12 12 13 13 106… more »

To download the 2009 NCAA Wrestling Championships Brackets file as a PDF right click and save this link. more »

Builders win National Team Title 03/16/2009 - It must be something with hometown advantage. After participating in the National Collegiate Wrestling Association National Championships for 11 years, the Apprentice School brought home its first-ever team national championship on Saturday night at Hampton University Convocation Center. The Builders amassed 118.5 points to outdistance three-time defending champion Grand Valley State who scored 109 points in the 84-team event. The national championship for the wrestling team marked the first ever team championship for the Builders who have now won seven individual national champions. "I thought we had potential with this young team," said… more »

  Click the button 2009 NCAA Flowrestling Pick'em Contest  (Contest opens in a new window) Rules Contest: All Entries after 11am central time on March 11th will be recorded. ===================================================== 1 point if you pick an All American  2 points if you pick 3rd (or your pick for third scores higher than third) 3 points if you pick 2nd (or if your pick for second is champion) 6 points if you pick champion (If your pick for champion ends up taking 2nd you will get 3 points, if he takes 3rd you will get 2 points, if he is an    … more »

Here is the list of all 2008 2009 NCAA Qualifiers. To make the text bigger, use the full screen option to the right or tools tab to increase the size. To see the At Large Bids, Click here  Complete NCAA Qualifiers 1 2 125 Byrne Brendan Maryland RSJR Cape May 21-8 1 ACC 3 125 Garnett Jarrod Virginia Tech FR Newark, DE 39-7 2 ACC 4 125 Clark Tyler Iowa State SO Davenport, IA 24-6 2 Big 12 5 125 Fio Joey Oklahoma SO Sandpoint, ID 21-3 1 Big 12 6 125 Blanc Obenson Oklahoma State RSSR Naples, FL 27-8… more »