I started to see who has beat who and what not for seeding...then I decided I had enough time in this. I tried to get the most up to date records and likely starters but I'm sure I missed a few. It is roughly where I think the dust will settle though. 157, 184, and 141 are the top weights to watch in my opinion.


1st Annual Kansas Cup Preview

Participating Teams :

Baker University (BU) 4-0 Unranked in NAIA
Colby Community College (CCC) 2-3 and Ranked #9 in NJCAA
Fort Hays State University (FHSU) 5-3 and Ranked #17 in NCAA Division II
Labette Community College (LCC) 12-1 and Ranked #5 in NJCAA
Neosho County Community College (NCCC) 4-5 and Unranked in NJCAA
Newman University (NU) 1-4 and Unranked in NCAA Division II
Pratt Community College (PCC) 3-4-1 and Ranked #14 in NJCAA


125

Tommy Edgemon (5-2; Sr; Ranked #1 DII; 2009 DII Runner-Up) FHSU
Derek Steeley (20-3; Fr; Ranked #5 NJCAA) NCCC
Colin Hase (13-14; So; 2009 National Qualifier) LCC
Alan Callahan (19-13; Fr) BU
Jesse Barber (11-12; RSFr) PCC
Blake Ward (2-4; Fr) NU
Cody Wark (3-16; So) CCC

133

Donnie Curtis (22-10; So; 2009 NJCAA AA; Ranked #7 NJCAA) LCC
Travis Kuhn (10-9; RSSo) FHSU
Trae Treleaven (6-4; Fr) NU
Brent Luedke (11-10; So) CCC
Robb Waters (13-12; So) BU
Montana Carson (8-12; So) NCCC
Todd Fitzgerald (0-5; RSSo) PCC

141

Andre Harrison (15-4; RSJr; Ranked #2 DII; 2008 NJCAA AA) FHSU
Ramon Willis (14-2; Fr; Ranked #4 NJCAA) PCC
Cameron Jesseph (16-14; Fr) LCC
Blake Fischer (5-5; RSJr; Ranked #8 DII) NU
Luis Camacho (11-10; Fr) CCC
Joshua Wolfe (9-12; Fr) NCCC
Brett Delich (12-15; RSFr) BU

149

Raufeon Stots (22-6; RSSo; 2009 NJCAA AA; Ranked #7 NJCAA) LCC
Levi Younkin (9-9; Sr; NJCAA AA) FHSU
Urban Everett (4-5; Fr) CCC
Justin Ringgold (5-18; So) NCCC
Chris Wright (13-14; So; 2009 NJCAA Qualifier) PCC
Brent Fischer (11-11; RSFr) NU
Chris Atlakson (2-13; Fr) BU


157

Chase Nelson (31-2, Ranked #2 NJCAA) LCC
Sanjaa Ganbayar (17-1, Ranked #3 NJCAA; So; �09 NJCAA Champ) CCC
Danny Grater (11-5, Ranked #6 DII; Returning AA) FHSU
Nathan Sommer (16-12; Fr) BU
Shawn Thomas (6-3; FrNCCC
Mitch Arnold (10-12; So) NU
Scott Wise (2-10; So) PCC


165

Blake Malloy (18-5; Sr; Ranked #8 DII;) FHSU
Bekzod Abdurakhmonov (18-1; So; Ranked #1 NJCAA; 2009 NJCAA AA) CCC
Allen Rutherford (21-10; RSSo; 2009 NJCAA AA; Ranked #7 NJCAA) LCC
Michael Vieira (14-13; Fr; Ranked #9 NJCAA) NCCC
Austin Workman (12-11; RSSo) NU
Travis Budke (12-13; So; Ranked #11 NJCAA; 2009 NJCAA AA) PCC
Jakob Price (8-12; Fr) BU


174

Chad Wright (29-3; RSFr; Ranked #1 NJCAA) LCC
Shawn Kuhlman (11-6; Sr) FHSU
Alex Feldkamp (12-9; Fr) PCC
Clarence Jordan (16-13; Jr) BU
Jonathan Hill (7-8; Fr) CCC
David Butler (8-12; So) NCCC
Blake Fullbright (2-12; Fr) NU


184

Chance Rencountre (10-6; Jr; 2008 NJCAA AA) FHSU
Derek Thompson (18-12; So; 2009 NJCAA AA; Ranked #7 NJCAA) LCC
Jacob Nowak (15-9; Fr) BU
Rapahael Manous (13-11; Fr; Ranked #11 NJCAA) NCCC
Ralph Major (11-14; So; 2009 NJCAA Qualifier) PCC
Tyler Hasenbank (8-11; Fr) NU
Eli Jackson (2-2; Fr) CCC


197

Walker Clarke (7-4; RSSo; Ranked #6 NJCAA) LCC
Nick Kriss (6-4; So) CCC
Tyler Downs (15-4; So; Ranked #11 NJCAA; 2009 NJCAA Qualifier) PCC
Brandon Gebhardt (17-9; Fr) BU
Brandan Ewertt (7-5; So) NU
Steven Kyler (12-12; Fr) FHSU
Jon Arnold (2-16; Fr) NCCC


HWT

Levi Calhoun (5-2; Sr) BU
Pat Fletcher (13-10;Fr; Ranked #11 NJCAA) CCC
Justin Glenn (8-8; RSSo) FHSU
Jeff O-Daniel (10-19; Fr) LCC
Jake Kober (2-2; RSFr) NCCC
Austin Hamm (10-15; Fr) PCC
Ryan Cox (0-1; Jr) NU

Any predictions out there?

That 157 bracket is going to have some entertaining matches. Sanjaa has only lost to Nelson in SV and neither have wrestled Grater. Nelson and Grater have a mutual opponent that they both beat by four points. Nelson is hot, Sanjaa is hot, and Grater is wrestling very well right now. If this bracket doesn't get you excited...your not a wrestling fan.

I hope they wrestle for a true 1st in that bracket at least.

I think it will be interesting in the team race with Fort Hays and Labette being very close. Everyone else will be looking up from third and below.

It will definitely be a tight team race for first.

157...Yeah, it will all boil down to seeding. One guy will have two tough matches and two guys will have one tough match. We have already seen the Nelson vs. Sanjaa (and will again at least once)...how about a round robbin between those three...that's worth the price of admission.

The word on the street is that Sanjaa will be down a weight in the near future. Maybe the last chance for Chase to meet him this weekend.

Does anyone have the physical address where the tournament is being held?

Date- Sunday, January 31, 2010

Where- Newman University, Fugate Gymnasium

Time- 9:00 AM (Finals will be on one mat at 3:00 PM)

Questions- Ryan Smith, Head Wrestling Coach
smithry@newmanu.edu
Office- (316) 942-4291 Ext. 2447
Cell- (316) 617-9025

JD Johnson, Assistant Wrestling Coach
johnsonjef@newmanu.edu
Cell- (316) 737-4286

Abdurahkmanov wrestled up to 174 against Pratt. Any indication he may switch weights too?

Abdurahkmanov will not be moving up a weight. He was just filling a hole at that weight as Colby's 174 pounder is MIA. I'm pretty certain Abdurahkmanov will be at 165 for the rest of the season. Sanjaa will wrestle 157 at the Kansas Cup but go 149 for regionals and nationals. Sanjaa weighed in 3 pounds under weight for the Pratt dual. Abdurahkmanov and Sanjaa have not cut weight all season and both will more than likely wrestle a weight below at the next level.

It's ON at 157 then!

Word on the street is that Colby is trying to cancel out of the Kansas Cup. Flu bug is rampant out there I guess. Would be interesting to see if that story matches the story give to other teams that may be competing. What a shame. Colby had a couple of impact players, but if they cant make it, they cant make it.

Ridiculous!

Really�18 guys and you couldn�t field a team because they are sick....Really! Bring what you got then. This is suppose to be an event to build the Kansas wrestling community.

By the way folks�here�s a quote for you from Steve Lampe himself about the Kansas Cup: �If rotation never comes West I will never participate.� Yes, that�s a quote.

Let's hear it Colby CC...is the whole team really sick or is this a cop out?

nothing for colby to lose. especially considering the program is in danger of going under. but i also dont see why the event isn't being hosted by the juco schools. kind of a slap in the face. got a feeling the ks jucos will do quite well in this event. sunday cant come soon enough!

Well let see here - Labette, Neosho, Pratt have traded traveling duals with each other this year. Some Teams traveled to Ft Hays, Baker, Labette for their tournaments. Even some teams have dualed Newman.

Now lets look at who Colby has traveled this year - Hmmm Baker Tournament and a dual with Pratt - thats it!!! We all travel out to Colby in a few weeks for Regionals. What CRY BABIES!!!! If we can't play out here at Colby, we arn't going to play!!! waaawaaa!!

To bad, they have some excellent wrestlers that desired to be here at this tournament.

Tell those wrestlers that "desired" to be there to call one of the jucos in SEK and talk to their coach about coming. I hear he has offered travel money, lodging, entry money and meal money to any CCC wrestler wanting to attend. Still time to get to wichita. Weigh ins are not til 7 AM.

can't we all just get along?

I think that was the whole idea behind the Kansas Cup but one guy doesn't want to play cause his international Golden Boy might get beat. It's pathetic but I'm over it.

Wish I could be there. It sounds like a webcast is a no go. If there is anybody that would like to pull that off talk to Coach Smith and see if you can get access to the wireless signal on campus (assuming there is one). That ustream.tv site that Labette used for a couple duals sounds and looks very straight forward. I know they just used a wireless connection, a video camera and a laptop (make sure the sleep mode is turned off). Somebody? Anybody?

There is wireless access and if someone wants to manage it--I am all for it. I just didn't give my SID enough notice and I don't have time to do it. Sorry.