How's things going for these two NCWA teams? I've not heard much about Kansas & KSU wrestling since SW Conference tournament.

Jeff:

KU has not competed since the SW Conference kickoff. The team is done practicing for the 1st semester. The team is currently trying to schedule another tournament on Jan 14th in Burlington Kansas. KU also hopes to be involved in a dual with KSU and NW Mo State later in January or early February. One new 235 or 275 wrestler Joe Zlatnick started practicing at the end of the 1st semester. Chris Jennings indicated on this forum that he might be joining the team in the 2nd semester. KU could be very good in 197, 235 and 275, if Joe, Chris and Mark Robinson all compete in the 2nd semester. A couple of lighter weight freshman Andrew Roulin and Josh Ramirez have been good dedicated additions to the team. Jacob McKee, Alex Lindsey and Travis Short are good wrestlers for KU in the middle weights. Nathan Hartshorne the team president also wrestles at I believe 184. Unfortunately Brandon Numrich who has a very good NCWA wrestler for KU graduated at semester and will not compete for the team in the 2nd semester.

I believe there might be one or two other good wrestlers who might be joining the team in the 2nd semester. Perhaps Klint Deere, Shane Miller or Nathan Hartshorne the team coaches can fill in or correct anything that I have posted here if they see this topic. I think KU is making some good progress this year with the additional coaching help from Klint Deere and Shane Miller to help team president Nathan Hartshorne.

I don't know about KSU but it looks like they did pretty good at the SW conference kickoff. I think they have a good chance to place pretty high as a team at nationals this year. Maybe Mark Miller or someone else affiliated with the KSU team can give us an update on their team.

Yes, I too would like to see an update on KSU wrestling. Can anyone help with the latest on what's happening with the team there?

I think these teams got overlooked by the NWCA to participate in National Duals. There are going to be NCWA teams competing in their separate duals along side DI, DII, DIII, NAIA, Womens, and JUCO.

They said not enough teams in the NCWA would come and that a juco would fill in. How Iowa Central got overlooked on the juco duals is beyond me. But this is ridiculous.

CCC will be there though!

When does KU start practicing again?

It is great to see your interest. I hope you join the team in the second semester. I really think you and a couple of others could be a very dominant force in the upper weights. Maybe Klint Deere will see this post and will give you a specific reply now. If no one else replies first, I will contact either Nathan, Klint Deere or Shane Miller tonight to find out for you the specific starting date. I or someone will get back with you on your question.

I would anticipate the first full practice being 2 weeks from today the 17th--

Klint Deere

Actually I just received an e-mail from Nathan Hartshorne and practice for KU will resume this Tuesday 1/24/06.