On Track for NCAAs? First Coaches Panel Rankings Released

This article is from 01/23/14

On Thursday, the first NCAA Coaches Panel Rankings were released, revealing the top 33 wrestlers at each weight.  There will be three editions of these rankings.  The final set will be one of the key factors used to determine qualifiers for the 2014 NCAA tournament in Oklahoma City.

Nine of Cornell's wrestlers are on the list, including the #1 grappler at 125 pounds - Nahshon Garrett. The only Big Red starter not featured is 133-pounder Mark Grey, who is likely excluded because he has not competed in the past 30 days.

Hofstra, Columbia and Army all had four team members listed, while Binghamton had three. Former Rocky Point standout Stephen Dutton recently entered the lineup for Michigan, but likely didn't have enough matches to qualify for these rankings, while Hofstra's Luke Vaith is another 141-pounder we expect to see ranked.

The full list can be found here.

For a New York summary, see below.

Cornell

#1 at 125: Nahshon Garrett

#8 at 141: Mike Nevinger

#6 at 149: Chris Villalonga

#7 at 157: Brian Realbuto

#14 at 165: Dylan Palacio

#33 at 174: Duke Pickett

#3 at 184: Gabe Dean

#20 at 197: Jace Bennett

#32 at 285: Jacob Aiken-Phillips

Hofstra

#19 at 125: Jamie Franco

#20 at 133: Jamel Hudson

#24 at 149: Cody Ruggirello

#13 at 165: Joe Booth

Columbia

#26 at 133: Matt Bystol

#32 at 157: Markus Scheidel

#23 at 165: Josh Houldsworth

#16 at 174: Shane Hughes

Army

#32 at 157: Paul Hancock

#30 at 165: Chandler Smith

#28 at 174: Brian Harvey

#30 at 184: Ryan Tompkins

Binghamton

#32 at 125: David White

#30 at 174: Jack McKeever

#31 at 285: Tyler Deuel

New York Wrestlers Competing Out of State

#22 at 133: Nick Wilcox (Bloomsburg, Greene)

#9 at 141: Steve Rodrigues (Illinois, Fox Lane)

#23 at 141: Sam Speno (NC State, Fox Lane)

#17 at 149: Ian Paddock (Ohio State, Warsaw)

#33 at 149: Mac Maldarelli (Lock Haven, Nassau CC)

#15 at 157: John Greisheimer (Edinboro, Wantagh)

#16 at 165: Josh Veltre (Bloomsburg, Greece Olympia)

#20 at 165: Ryan LeBlanc (Indiana, Morrisville Eaton)

#33 at 165: Mitchell Wightman (Boston, Warwick Valley)

#8 at 197: Christian Boley (Maryland, Brockport)

#5 at 285: Nick Gwiazdowski (NC State, Duanesburg)

#20 at 285: Ernest James (Edinboro, Longwood)