Colby placed 4th as a team and is sending 6 to the national tournament. Tough regional as all five teams comprising the west central regional are ranked in the NJCAA's top 7, as of the 2/1/06 poll:

Labette - 3rd
NW Wyoming - 4th
Western Wyoming - 5th
Colby - 6th
Neosho - 7th

link to 2/1/06 NJCAA national rankings = http://www.intermatwrestle.com/college/rankings/njcaa.aspx

Top three finishers in each weight received automatic berths plus a few wild-cards entries were named too:

Colby qualifiers/regional placewinners were:

133lbs: Levi Younkin took first place.

141lbs: Daniel Prater took third place.

149lbs: Mat Gilliland placed second.

157lbs: Matt Schippers placed first.

165lbs: Jason Schippers placed fourth but was voted in as a wildcard.

184lbs: Bobby Dennis placed third.

Good luck to all the Kansas wrestlers headed to Rochester....we'll see you there.