Oct. 31, 2002
COLUMBIA, Mo. - The #6 ranked Missouri wrestling team will determine it's starting lineup for the 2002-03 season with an intersquad Black & Gold meet in the Hearnes Center on Friday, November 1 at 7:00 p.m. The meet will consist of two matches competing simultaneously on two mats at center court of the Hearnes Center. The team will compete against another in their respected weight classes.
This years team consists of 32 wrestlers. The team returns 9 starters and 10 letterwinners from last years squad that went 18-3 and placed 17th at the NCAA Championships. This season the Tigers start the season ranked #6 by InterMat, it's highest ranking ever. The team includes five NCAA qualifiers and one All-American. Juniors J.P. Reese, Scott Barker and sophomore Tyron Woodley all qualified last season for the NCAA's with Barker claiming All-American accolades. Brothers Jeremy (2000) and Justin Spates (2001) round out the team's NCAA qualifiers.
The following is a list of matches and contenders in each weight class:
125 Match #1 (Mat 1) Justin Spates vs. Cody Crocker Match #2 (Mat 2) Bradley Scott vs. Austin DeVoe Match #3 (Mat 1) Match #1 winner vs. Match #2 winner Match #4 (Mat 2) Match #1 loser vs. Match #2 loser133 Match #1(Mat 1) Mark Bader vs. Patrick Mazi
141 Match #1(Mat 1) J.P. Reese vs. Patrick Mazi
149 Match #1(Mat 1) Jeremy Spates vs. Jed Lewis Match #2 (Mat 2) Cody Greene vs. Jed Lewis Match #3 (Mat 1) Cody Greene vs. Jeremy Spates
157 Match #1 (Mat 2) Kenny Burleson vs. Matt Pell Match #2 (Mat 1) John Sioredas vs. Matt Pell Match #3 (Mat 2) John Sioredas vs. Kenny Burleson
165 Match #1 (Mat 1) Tyron Woodley vs. Ian Semelroth Match #2 (Mat 2) Gabe Conaghan vs. Joe Williamson Match #3 (Mat 2) Match #1 loser vs. Match #2 loser Match #4 (Mat 1) Match #1 winner vs. Match #2 winner
174 Match #1 (Mat 1) T.J. Russell vs. J.C. Russell Match #2 (Mat 1) Clint Freeman vs. Ben Askren Match #3 (Mat 2) Matt Turner vs. Match #1 winner Match #4 (Mat 2) Match #1 loser vs. Match #2 loser
184 Match #1 (Mat 1) Dante Stone vs. Chris Parris Match #2 (Mat 1) Jeff Foust vs. Chris Parris
197 Match #1 (Mat 2) Jeff Foust vs. Scott Barker Match #2 (Mat 2) Scott Barker vs. Dante Stone
HWT Match #1(Mat 2) Kevin Herron vs. Greg Callahan Match #2 (Mat 2) Greg Callahan vs. Karl Person Match #3 (Mat 1) Kevin Herron vs. Karl Person