GPAC Indoor Championships. Cross Country. Concordia traveled two wrestlers to Park City last year. Morningside Head Coach Jake Stevenson has been named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Wrestling Coach-of-the-Year after guiding the Mustangs to the GPAC Championship. Her team-leading 83.9% free throw percentage and 14.5 points per game also sat top-10 in the league at third and sixth, respectively. The trip to Arizona included a pair of dual victories and the trip to Louisville was for the NWCA National Duals. For example, the GPAC boasts four nationally ranked heavyweights and will get four auto bids to nationals in that weight class. 2022 DSU Herb Blakely Invitational. He is a three-time all-conference selection and a two-time GPAC champion. 9/17/22. Lendt takes a 29-3 record into the national championships. He was tabbed an honorable mention selection and takes a 29-8 record into nationals. 152 2021-22 Pennsylvania AA Rankings Nov 21, 2021 by Mason Lindenmuth 152 pounds No state pumps out wrestling talent quite the way Pennsylvania does, evidenced each year by the Keystone State's. - The 2019-20 wrestling season looms near, and the Dakota Wesleyan University wrestling squad tallied three wrestlers into the Great Plains Athletic Conference preseason top-six in their respective weight classes. The most exciting college wrestlers to watch this season. The Tigers are led by junior Marcus Urban (Plankinton, S.D.) Earning Second Team All-GPAC honors was Tristan Zamilpa. Baughman took second place at the GPAC tournament, going 3-1 over the two-day event. (Sioux City, Iowa) The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) has announced the 2023 Wrestling All-Conference Teams. SIOUX CITY, IOWA The accolades keep rolling in for Morningsides mens wrestling program, as the Great Plains Athletic Conference announced its all-conference teams today. Returning GPAC wrestlers who earned All-America honors in 2022 include Doanes Daniel Vargas (sixth at 125), Baagii Boldma (first at 141) and Bradley Antesberger (third at 197) and Morningsides Hunter DeJong (eighth at 197). BC also has a number of wrestlers ranked in the top-6 of the 2020-21 conference individual rankings, led by Caleb Shanks, who ranks first at 197. The NAIA auto bid allocations can be found HERE. The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. Sioux City, Iowa - Dakota Wesleyan Wrestling was up against two more tough teams today with Midland and Doane, but open weight classes in both duals hurt the Tigers in the end. The Great Plains Athletic Conference all-conference teams were announced Thursday morning. The format features a first session beginning in the afternoon on Friday before action resumes at 10 a.m. CT on Saturday. Zander Ernst of Morningside was named the GPAC Freshman-of-the-Year. Earning All-GPAC honors for the third time is Brandon Antesberger. Caro will be a steady fixture for the Tigers in his third season and will provide experience for DWU. The University of North Carolina at Pembroke ( UNCP or UNC Pembroke) is a public university in Pembroke, North Carolina. Wrestling Burks has climbed to No. All rights reserved. 2022-23 Nebraska Wrestling . The GPAC Wrestling All-Conference Teams consist of a first and second team of 12 members each and ten honorable mention selections. GPAC Rankings125 Bryce Karlin: 6th141 Creighton Baughman: 2nd (16th in NAIA)149 Jeaven Scdoris: 6th157 Tommy Wentz: 5th165 Issiah Burks: 5th174 Jose Sanchez: 6th184 Logan Davidson: 3rd (25th in NAIA)184 Stephen Duffy: 5th. GPAC champion Issiah Burks garnered First Team All-GPAC accolades, Creighton Baughman picked up season team laurels and Logan Davidson and Tavoris Smith were named honorable mention. Privacy Policy. Visit ESPN to view the 2022-23 Men's College Basketball Standings (Doane campus)--Live Streaming: Doane Sports Network--Live Results: Track Wrestling--Admission: $10 for adults/senior citizens, $3 for K-12; only those with NAIA passes and GPAC student IDs will be admitted free of charge. Great Plains (GPAC) Track & Field Top 10 Rankings. See the latest Pac-12 wrestling inidividual rankings. 1 Cedar Rapids, Kennedy 19-0 SIOUX CITY, IOWA For the fourth time in five weeks, Morningside has claimed the Great Plains Athletic Conference wrestler of the week honor, with this weeks title going to John Diener. DeMars Highlights GPAC WBB All-Conference Honors. Three GPAC teams are still ranked, and Morningside still resides as the top team in the land. 9/10/22. The national polls have no bearing on the regional rankings. Cole Halouska (Worthing, S.D.) Results Team Name Weight Class Round 1 Colten Hink Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) Smith has amassed 34 wins as a Bulldog (after transferring from Iowa Lakes Community College). Burks cracked the GPACs first team after upsetting his way to a 165-pound GPAC title. The first half was a shootout as both teams shot . BRIAR CLIFF HAS THREE WRESTLERS QUALIFY FOR NAIA CHAMPIONSHIPS, WATSON, INAMA PLACE SECOND AT GPAC CHAMPIONSHIP MEET, FIVE CHARGERS ADVANCE TO SEMIFINALS AT GPAC CHAMPIONSHIP, GILLIAM NAMED KNOEPFLER CHEVROLET BRIAR CLIFF ATHLETE OF THE WEEK, GILLIAM PLACES SECOND AT DAVE EDMONDS OPEN. The event will be held March 3-4 in Park City, Kan. RANK WRESTLER SCHOOL CLASS CONFERENCE RECORD LAST 1: Spencer Lee: Iowa: Senior: Big Ten: 14-0: 1 2: Patrick Glory: Princeton: Senior: EIWA: 16-0: 2 3: Liam Cronin . THREE CHARGERS LAND ON WRESTLING ALL-GPAC TEAMS, BRIAR CLIFF HAS THREE WRESTLERS QUALIFY FOR NAIA CHAMPIONSHIPS, WATSON, INAMA PLACE SECOND AT GPAC CHAMPIONSHIP MEET, FIVE CHARGERS ADVANCE TO SEMIFINALS AT GPAC CHAMPIONSHIP, GILLIAM NAMED KNOEPFLER CHEVROLET BRIAR CLIFF ATHLETE OF THE WEEK. 1 and Morningside at No. | By Georgia Grappler 12/13/2022, 2:00pm AKST. Three Tigers selected in GPAC preseason rankings Posted: Oct 31, 2019 MITCHELL, S.D. College. He is 19-7 on the season heading into nationals after finishing third in the GPAC meet. The rankings will be released every Wednesday afternoon with the "Selection Show" being held on Sunday, March 5. Hancock batted .361 with 15 home runs and 39 RBI a season ago. Rank School W L Collectively, the Bulldog honorees helped Head Coach Chase Clasens squad place third in the GPAC during the regular season and at the conference tournament. In the most recent NAIA national rankings, Baughman (16th at 141) and Logan Davidson (25th at 184) continued to hold down spots within their respective weight classes. Chinges Tsermaa received Second Team honors after a runner-up finish at the conference championships and takes a 17-4 record into the national tournament. 2023 GPAC Wrestling All-Conference First Team Weight Name Year School Hometown 125 Daniel Vargas SR Doane San Diego, California 133 Taylor Vasquez SR Morningside Fountain, Colorado The 2019-20 wrestling season looms near, and the Dakota Wesleyan University wrestling squad tallied three wrestlers into the Great Plains Athletic Conference preseason top-six in their respective weight classes. "We're a good team so it was a good game and again they just came out on top," Jimmies head coach Danny Neville said. . Wrestling 2/23/2023 11:15:00 AM. 2023 Wrestling Championships; 2023 Track and Field Championships; 2023 Tennis Championships; TICKETS/SHOP Back; Buy Pac-12 Tickets; GPAC Duals 1 on Nov 22, 2022. Three Chargers picked up league honors with a pair of second team selections. Great Plains Athletic Conference. 9/10/22. The Quick Details. . Last year's individual GPAC champions are listed below. Nate Lendt received First Team All-GPAC honors in his first year in the conference. Cross Country. stats Fri, Feb 24 W. Hockey 6 (12) Jamestown 0 (13) Lindenwood University @ Centene Community Ice Center--Maryland Heights, MO stats recap Sat, Feb 25 W. Wrestling KCAC Conference Championships @ York, NE 4th of 9 results recap View full rankings. SIOUX CITY Nine Morningside grapplers, highlighted by champions Benjamin Schmitz and Jakob Jerabek, placed at the Dave Edmonds Open Saturday inside the Hindman-Hobbs Center in Sioux City. Smith, who hails from St. Petersburg, Kan., also got a late start to his season and then made the most of it. Of the 10 winners, seven will be back to defend their titles. "I'm proud of all these guys," said head coach Rik Dahl. The Concordia University Wrestling team has hopes of building upon its strong GPAC dual season while entering the fray at the 2023 GPAC Wrestling Championships to be hosted by Doane this Friday and Saturday. Baughman's season has also included a 13-2 dual record and seven pins. Austin Freiberg. MITCHELL, S.D. He received Second Team honors this year after a Third Place finish in the conference meet and is 31-6 going into the national meet. Individual Rankings - PDF . 10 Mustangs were named to the first team, second team, and honorable mention lists, while Zander Ernst and head coach Jake Stevenson took the Freshman of the Year and Coach of the Year honors. Headlining the GPAC list was the GPAC Wrestler of the Year, Baagii Boldmaa. Over the winter break, the Morningside mens wrestling program was busy, taking trips to Arizona and Louisville, Kentucky for competitions. BJ Lawrence. Its history is intertwined with that of the Lumbee nation. Wt Class Rankings; Fab 50 Team Rankings; Top 100 Seniors; Top 50 Juniors; Top 50 Sophomores; Doane Men's Wrestling placed nine athletes on this year's Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) All-Conference list, tying the program mark set last year. 2022 GPAC Champions 125 - Daniel Vargas, Doane 133 - Taylor Vasquez, Morningside 141 - Baagii Boldma, Doane 149 - John Diener, Morningside 157 - Chinges Tsermaa, Doane 165 - Taygen Smith, Hastings 174 - Trenton Munoz, Hastings Welcome to Greater Piedmont Athletic Conference! Two returning Bulldogs were place finishers at the 2022 conference tournament: Issiah Burks (fourth at 165) and Jose Sanchez (fifth at 165). 3 because of their week one loss to the Mustangs and Dordt fell. Altena Christian Womens Barnabas Coach of the Year Dunlop Sportsmanship Vander Stoep GPAC All-Sports Trophy Learfield Director's Cup Follow the Raiders Social Media Directory Composite . In total, 12 Chargers will compete for a conference title. The next six teams, in order, are Briar Cliff, Dakota Wesleyan, Northwestern, Jamestown, Midland and Hastings. 55 Meter Dash Compare top 10. Week 13: Wrestler of the Week News Archive More in the NAIA 11/11/2020 9:04:00 AM. Concordia University is the defending GPAC Tournament Champion while Doane University won the 2021 GPAC duals championship with an 8-0 record. ), Taten Bahm (Yankton, S.D. 55m Hurdles - 42" Compare top 10. The latest GPAC ratings show Doane at No. GPAC Release; SIOUX CITY, Iowa - The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) announced the 2023 wrestling league honors today, as Luke Jenness, Kaleb Lind, and Jake Francksen-Small each received All-Conference honors for their work on the mat this season. SEWARD, Neb. enters his second season with DWU and was tabbed fifth in the 157-pound weight class. Mar 3, 2022 Theorius Robison to represent UJ at NAIA Men's Wrestling Championships. 2022-23 Oklahoma State Wrestling Nov 9, 2022. Wt. Morningside (Iowa) - 117. . Division I Rankings; Division II Rankings; Division III Rankings; NAIA Rankings; NJCAA Rankings; WCWA Rankings; California CC Rankings; High School. Halouska had an impressive freshman season as he took first place at the Auggie-Adidas Invitational in the beginning of the year. HONORING CHRIST THROUGH EXCELLENCE IN ATHLETICS, 2022 Northwestern College Red Raiders | 208 8th Street SW, Orange City, Iowa 51041 |, Don't forget to follow Northwestern College Athletics onFacebook, Raider Athletics Association Board (RAAB), Jenness and Lind to Represent Northwestern at NAIA Championships, Three Red Raider Wrestlers Named to All-GPAC Teams, Two Raiders Qualify for NAIA Wrestling Championships, Wrestlers Head to Crete for GPAC Championships, Sanchez and Egli Highlight Top Finishers at Sioux City Open. There will be 27 automatic berths to nationals at stake at the GPAC Championships. 99. Check out the full conference individual rankings HERE. MITCHELL, S.D. The programs string of eight-straight years (2014 through 2021) with at least one All-American ended in 2022. Northwestern fell to No. Receiving his first All-GPAC honor is Benjamin Dobler. In the GPAC, her steals and steals per game (4.7) sat second, while ranking fifth in steals per game (2.2). The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. 10 in latest poll, Morningside wrestlers shine in home tournament. 2022-23 GPAC Wrestling All-Conference Teams, First Team: Issiah Burks Second Team: Creighton Baughman Honorable Mention: Logan Davidson; Tavoris Smith. 2023 GPAC Wrestling All-Conference First Team, 125 Daniel Vargas SR Doane San Diego, California, 133 Taylor Vasquez SR Morningside Fountain, Colorado, 141 Baterdene Boldmaa SR Doane Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 149 John Diener SR Morningside Kaukauna, Wisconsin, 149 Nathan Lendt FR Doane Des Moines, Iowa, 157 Noah Styskal SR Morningside David City, Nebraska, 165 Issiah Burks SR Concordia Hemet, California, 174 Alex Vandyke JR Morningside Omaha, Nebraska, 184 Luke Jenness JR Northwestern Primghar, Iowa, 184 Hayden Wempen JR Morningside Riverton, Wyoming, 197 Bradley Antesberger SO Doane North Pole, Alaska, 285 Hunter De Jong SO Morningside Sibley, Iowa, 2023 GPAC Wrestling All-Conference Second Team, 125 Evan Shell SR Morningside Fort Collins, Colorado, 125 Seth Inama JR Briar Cliff Homer, Alaska, 133 CaRon Watson SR Briar Cliff Tulsa, Oklahoma, 141 Creighton Baughman JR Concordia Papillion, Nebraska, 149 Aric Williams SR Dakota Wesleyan Pierre, South Dakota, 157 Tristan Zamilpa JR Doane Madera, California, 165 Kaleb Bigelow SO Dakota Wesleyan Pinedale, Wyoming, 165 Zander Ernst FR Morningside Holstein, Iowa, 174 Chinges Tsermaa JR Doane Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 197 Kaleb Lind SO Northwestern Lindenhurst, Illinois, 285 Jakob Jerabek SO Morningside Ashton, Nebraska, 285 Brandon Antesberger JR Doane North Pole, Alaska, 2023 GPAC Wrestling All-Conference Honorable Mention, 133 Kavika Aholelei SR Hastings Fullerton, California, 141 Nicholas Walters FR Morningside Sioux City, Iowa, 157 Tavoris Smith JR Concordia St. Petersburg, Florida, 165 Benjamin Dobler SO Doane Torokszentmiklos, Hungary, 174 Jake Francksen-Small SO Northwestern Merrill, Iowa, 174 Lane Miller FR Dakota Wesleyan Howard, South Dakota, 174 Michael Scarponi JR Doane Temecula, California, 184 Logan Davidson FR Concordia Goddard, Kansas, 197 Kolton Kammeyer JR Midland Ogden, Utah, 285 Alton Allen JR Briar Cliff Perkins, Oklahoma, Class 1A state qualifier Remsen St. Mary's and Unity Christian each have two players on the War, The Northwestern softball team has swept this week's GPAC weekly honors. 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