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SJSU Wrestling Archives The Spartan Daily 3-10-78 |
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Wrestling Trio Go To NCAA Meet |
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| Robert McDowell, rated sixth in the nation at 142 pounds, Duane Harris (190), and Ralph Kuehn (hwt) will go to
the NCAA wrestling finals March 16 at University of Maryland. McDowell and Harris took first while Kuehn took second in the PCAA. All first and second place finishers advanced to the NCAA finals. As a team the Spartans took second with 57 points, while Cal Poly-SLO was first. Coach T.J. Kerr said earlier in the season that a second place finish would be the best he expected from his team because of the strength of the Cal Poly team. "It (the team's performance) was a lot better this weekend," said Kerr about the second place finish at the PCAA championships Feb. 25 at Utah State. The SJSU matmen beat out Utah State for their finish in the Western Regionals. They also beat Portland State, which they had defeated earlier this season. McDowell won his matches without any scares. He won his last match by pinning Larry Buckner of University of Nevada-Las Vegas. Harris also went through his matches without coming close to losing. While Kerr may have expected McDowell and Harris to do well, he said Kuehn surprised him. "He keeps amazing me," Kerr said. "He beat a guy who pinned him earlier in the season." Kevin Hejnal (150) and Marty Lockwood (118) took thirds, while Brian Snipes (158) and James Rey (177) took fourths. Hejnal, who had an excellent record in the first part of the season didn't wrestle well, Kerr said, and could have done better. Kerr said Lockwood had a tough time because the two NCAA qualifiers will probably do well at the championships in Maryland. At the NCAA finals anything can happen, Kerr said, because there are 36 quality wrestlers in each division. Each finalist has a total of eight matches, he added. Kerr, whose pre-season goal was to be ranked in the top 20 teams in the nation, still feels that goal can be realized. "If two of them place we'd be in the top 20," Kerr said. |
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