Oklahoma Gold Tournament Preview

NOTE:  Later this weekend, I will review the match we had with Oklahoma University.

Here is a preview of some of the top wrestlers competing in the Oklahoma Gold Classic tomorrow.  The tournament starts at 10AM in the Tuttle North Gym at SUNY Brockport.  The teams competing are UB, the top 10 ranked Oklahoma University, the top 20 ranked Rutgers University, the top 20 ranked American University, Army, Clarion University, the top 25 ranked University of Maryland, and NCAA Division III #17 SUNY Brockport.  There may only be 8 teams in the tournament but four are ranked in the top 25 in NCAA Division I, 3 of the schools are just outside of the rankings, and 1 of the schools is ranked in the top 20 in Division III.  This is a tough tournament that we are excited to compete in tomorrow.

Note the following rankings com from D1collegewrestling.net except the D3 wrestlers.

125 - UB entrants - Golba and Walton
125 - other top contenders - #11 Patterson of Oklahoma, #24 Gentry and Strizki of Maryland, Fusco and Langel of Rutgers, #6 Marlow of Brockport, Hicks of Clarion, Coffey of Army, and Williams and Broshoff of American

133 - UB entrant - #20 Smith
133 - other top contenders - Ivanco and Waltko of Clarion, Keller of Oklahoma, Thome of Army, Demarco of Rutgers, Boone and Rouland of Maryland, Tao of American, and Demanchick of Brockport

141 - UB entrants - Schutt, Conti, and Crisafulli
141 - other top contenders - #1 Bailey of Oklahoma, #20 Melde and Greenwald of Rutgers, #22 Mariacher of American, Kohler of Maryland, Thome of Army, Moran and Pisani of Clarion, and Fallot and Collura of Brockport

149 - UB entrants - #13 Green and Loomis
149 - other top contenders - #15 Mason and McAuley of Rutgers, Lester and Vernon of Oklahoma, Sanjaa of American, Cash of Maryland, Golding of Brockport, White of Clarion, and Young of Army

157 - UB entrant - Lewandowski
157 - other top contenders - #4 Fittery of American, #17 John of Maryland, #18 Cocozzo of Rutgers, #22 Fleming of Clarion, Lester of Oklahoma, Rispoli of Brockport, and Chelednik of Army

165 - UB entrants - #19 Cannon, Brady, and Day
165 - other top contenders - #5 Asper and Sheptok of Maryland, #7 Winston of Rutgers, Abdurakhmonov of Clarion, Graham of American, Nelson of Oklahoma, #9 James of Brockport, Turner of Rutgers, and Vetter of Army

174 - UB entrants - N/A (both Sheehan and Majerus are unfortunately not able to compete tomorrow but will hopefully be healthy next weekend for the Body Bar Tournament)
174 - top contenders - #7 Caldwell of Oklahoma, #11 Letts of Maryland, #17 Caruso and Pagnotta of Rutgers, Wittmeyer of Army, Neivert of Brockport, Joseph of Clarion, and Barriero of American

184 - UB entrants - #18 Hamel and Smith
184 - other top contenders - #11 Schmidtke and James of Oklahoma, Rinaldi and Boyden of Rutgers, Peltier and Nielson of Maryland, #9 Pariso of Brockport, Cressley of Clarion, and Clessas of American

197 - UB entrants - Peters and Peter
197 - other top contenders - #19 Mitchell of American, Thomas and Podish of Clarion, Ross of Army, Hall of Oklahoma, Wagner and Seidenburg of Rutgers, Boley of Maryland, Brown of Army, and McGrath of Brockport

HWT - UB entrants - Correll and Donner
HWT - other top contenders - #6 Russo of Rutgers, #8 Fernandez and Bach of Oklahoma, #9 Flores of American, McCorkle of Clarion, Myers of Maryland, Krenz of Brockport, and Botero of Army

I will provide a recap of the tournament on either Sunday or Monday.

Coach Beasley