TREVOR FRANKLIN | TWO-TIME NATIONAL CHAMPION
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Franklin to Wrestle for Title; Schultz and Rosol Place Fifth; Team Tied for Seventh…
#Trevor Franklin# will take the stage tonight looking for his second NCAA Championship in Pueblo, Colo. Franklin (#1 NCAA) earned the opportunity thanks to a 4-1 decision over Ryan Fillingame of Adams State College. The win improved the Peacock junior’s record to 27-0 on the season and extended his win streak to 43 straight matches. Franklin will face Andrew Pokorny of St. Cloud State University in tonight’s 133-pound final.
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Franklin, Schultz and Rosol Earn All-American Honors; Peacocks in 10th…
The Upper Iowa wrestling team moved up to 10th place after Session Two at the 2012 NCAA DII Championships thanks to some impressive wins by their three All-Americans;
Trevor Franklin,
Mitch Schultz and
Zach Rosol.
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Franklin and Sorensen Post Wins in Session One; Peacocks in 18th...
The Upper Iowa wrestling team currently sits in 18th place at the 2012 NCAA Division II Wrestling Championships in Pueblo, Colo. After Session One, the Peacocks have two wrestlers on the championship side and five on the consolation side of the brackets after
Trevor Franklin (133) and
Blake Sorensen (165) posted wins. The University of Nebraska-Kearney leads the team race with 11 points, while UIU sits with just 3 points thus far.
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Inaugural NCAA Awards to be given at NCAA Division II Wrestling Championships...
INDIANAPOLIS – The first annual NCAA Wrestling Awards are set to be given out at the upcoming NCAA Division II Wrestling Championships at Massari Arena in Pueblo, Colorado Saturday evening. Leading the Most Dominant Wrestler Award standings is 165-pounder Tad Merritt of St. Cloud State with 5.00 points. The point total is calculated by adding the total number of points awarded through match results and dividing that number by the total number of matches wrestled. Merritt is trailed by teammate Jake Kahnke, who wrestlers at heavyweight and is currently listed at number two in the standings with 4.55 points. Upper Iowa’s
Trevor Franklin (133 pounds) sits just behind Kahnke with 4.47 points.
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NCAA Adds Jordan Rinken to Championship Brackets...
The Peacocks will now be sending seven wrestlers to the NCAA Division II Championships in Pueblo, Colo. this week after the NCAA added UIU's Jordan Rinken to the list of national qualifiers. The freshman 149 pounder finished 5th at the NCAA Super Regional 3 in St. Cloud, Minn., but Steven Sandefer of the University of Indianapolis is out of the Championships. Sandefer claimed third place at the regional, but in his absence, Keenan Hagerty of Maryville University moves up to the third slot and Rinken takes over fourth.
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NCAA Super Regional 3 Recap...
The Peacocks, ranked #4 in the latest NWCA poll, claimed second place at the NCAA Super Regional 3 in St. Cloud, Minn. on Sunday. Upper Iowa qualified six of their ten wrestlers for the NCAA Division II Championships in Pueblo, Colo. in two weeks.
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NWCA Nationally Ranked Upper Iowa Wrestlers
133 #1 Trevor Franklin
157 #6 Winston Robbins
165 #7 Blake Sorensen
174 #6 Wade Gobin
184 #8 Mitch Schultz
285 #6 Zach Rosol
