K-STATE TO HOST SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE COLLEGIATE WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS
MARCH 1 AT PETERS RECREATION COMPLEX

MANHATTAN -- Collegiate wrestling club teams from schools across the region will take to the mats for the 2008 National Collegiate Wrestling Association's Southwest Conference Championships, Saturday, March 1, at Kansas State University's Peters Recreation Complex.

Matches will get under way at 9 a.m. Club wrestling teams from K-State, Wichita State University, Newman University, Colorado State University, University of Colorado, Louisiana State University, Northwest Missouri State University, Texas A&M University, Texas Christian University, Texas State University and Texas Tech University will participate.

Cost for the day of wrestling action is $3 for children and $5 for adults; high school and college students can get in free with their student I.D. Concessions also will be available.

The top four wrestlers in each weight class will advance to the National Collegiate Wrestling Association Championships, March 13-15, in Lakeland, Fla. The association was created to serve schools that no longer have varsity wrestling programs. More information is available at http://www.ncwa.net

Coach of the K-State wrestling team is Beau Tillman. K-State wrestlers participating in the Southwest Conference championship and their weight class include:

Brendan Lund, junior in biology, Green, 165 pounds; Ahsha Abu-Ali, junior in animal sciences and industry, 174 pounds, and Bricen Biehler, sophomore in arts and sciences-open option, 141 pounds, both of Louisburg; Donald Holliday, senior in social science, Manhattan, 184 pounds; Jordan Beckman, freshman in secondary education, Marysville, 235 pounds; Joey Heersche, senior in secondary education, Mulvane, 133 pounds; Matt Westin, sophomore in mechanical engineering, 157 pounds, and Tyler Williamson, sophomore in nutritional sciences, 125 pounds,
both of Shawnee; Zachary McGill, graduate student in kinesiology,
Wichita, 197 pounds; and Thomas Pipes, freshman in pre-professional construction science and management, Winfield, 149 pounds.

From out of state: Alex Elmore, freshman in environmental design, St. Charles, Mo., 133 pounds.

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