Updated List In Order of Championship Date:

NJCAA:

125 lb. 5th place - Colin Hase of Labette Community College by way of Silver Lake

125 lb. 8th place - Jesse Barber of Pratt Community College by way of Dodge City

157 lb. National Champ - Chase Nelson of Labette Community College by way of Wichita Heights

197 lb. 7th place - Nick Kriss of Colby Community College by way of Colby

HWT 8th place - Jake Kober of Neosho Community College by way of Santa Fe Trail

NCAA DIII:

133 lb. 5th place - Nick Nothern of Cornell College by way of Salina South

149 lb. 6th place - Jason Pyle of Luther College by way of Sabetha

HWT 8th place - Allyn Plattner of Luther College by way of Sabetha

NAIA:

157 lb. 4th place - Joe Cornejo of Missouri Valley College by way of Campus HS and Labette CC

174 lb. 5th place - Jameon Rush of Hastings College by way of Clay Center

NCWA

165 lb. National Champ – Aaron Hynick of Wichita State University by way of Rose Hill and Labette CC

HWT 3rd place – Cameron Adcox of Kansas State University by way of Tonganoxie

133 lb. 8th place - Raymond Ramirez of University of Texas – Arlington by way of Wellsville, Labette CC and Neosho CC

NCAA DII

125 lb. 5th place Tommy Edgmon of Fort Hays State University by way of Goddard, Pratt CC and Neosho CC

133 lb. 2nd place Cody Garcia of University of Nebraska-Omaha by way of Hutchison

141 lb. 5th place Cory Bloodgood of University of Central Missouri by way of Spring Hill

157 lb. 5th place Danny Grater of Fort Hays State University by way of Clay Center

174 lb. 7th place Matt Bailes of University of Central Missouri by way of KC Turner

184 lb. 3rd place Derek Ross of University of Nebraska-Kearney by way of St. Francis

197 lb. 3rd place Jacob Marrs of University of Nebraska-Omaha by way of Clay Center

*HWT National Champ Elijah Madison of University of Nebraska-Omaha by way of Salina?


NCAA DI

165 lb. 5th place Tyler Caldwell of Oklahoma University by way of Goddard

Randy,

I think that is a valid concern. A few of my thoughts on this:

* A few of the qualifiers just didn't perform at their best level this year.
* I think last years (2009 seniors) crop will blossom in the next few years.
* I think success needs to be gauged in terms of per capita (wrestlers not population). Idaho produced 5 All-Americans this year in D1 (counting Rosholt) and I'm guessing they don't even have the numbers KS does.
* DII has pulled a kid or two with D1 potential away.
* Not having an in-state D1 program has to hurt a little.

I thought this is a down year for KS Seniors, no?

Kansas is doing ok. It is hard to compare Kansas to Penn, Ohio, New Jersey, and the like. They have tens of thousands more wrestlers in those states than we have here. Sheer numbers alone make the probability of them running those kinds of placers compared to ours, understandable. It is pretty difficult for a Kansas kid to go to some of these powerhouse schools when most of the time they have to nearly walk on (see Brester of Nebraska). In that way it hurts not to have a DI school here in the state. As far as development of quality wrestlers I see no reason why that would be a factor with OU, OSU, MU, and Neb so close and providing so much in the way of resources.

Kansas is doing ok. It is hard to compare Kansas to Penn, Ohio, New Jersey, and the like. They have tens of thousands more wrestlers in those states than we have here. Sheer numbers alone make the probability of them running those kinds of placers compared to ours, understandable. It is pretty difficult for a Kansas kid to go to some of these powerhouse schools when most of the time they have to nearly walk on (see Brester of Nebraska). In that way it hurts not to have a DI school here in the state. As far as development of quality wrestlers I see no reason why that would be a factor with OU, OSU, MU, and Neb so close and providing so much in the way of resources.