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ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WRESTLING
Saturday, February 20, 1999

SELLARS, DUSKO AND BECHTOLD FINISH IN TOP THREE AS ETOWN WRESTLERS FINISH FOURTH AT MAC CHAMPIONSHIPS

GRANTHAM, Pa. --- Heavyweight Ryan Sellars (Pottstown, Pa./Pottstown) posted a second-place finish and Eric Dusko (Pottstown, Pa./Pottstown) finished third at 184 to lead the Elizabethtown wrestling team to a fourth-place finish at the Middle Atlantic Conference wrestling championships on Saturday at Messiah College.

National power Lycoming captured the tournament title with 103 team points.  Delaware Valley finished second with host Messiah in third.  The meet also qualified 14 wrestlers for the NCAA Division III National Championships on March 5-6.

Bill Van Winkle (Hummelstown, Pa./Lower Dauphin) finished fourth at 125 while posting two falls in a tournament-low time of 2:02.  Dan Bechtold (Lancaster, Pa./Hempfield) decisioned Messiah's Randy Pickett, 3-1, to finish in third place at 174.

Three other Blue Jays finished in fourth place on the afternoon, including Rick Buchwald (Shrewsbury, Pa./Susquehannaock) at 149, Eric Snavely (Manheim, Pa./Manheim Central) at 133 and Mike King (Hummelstown, Pa./Lower Dauphin) at 141.

Team Scoring and Key
1. Lycoming (LY) 103.0, 2. Delaware Valley (DV) 90.0, 3. Messiah (M) 65.0, 4. Elizabethtown (E) 45.0, 5. King's (K) 36.0, 6. Lebanon Valley (LV) 21.5, 7. Scranton (S) 15.0, 8. Albright (A) 11.0.

Championship Finals (1st and 2nd)
* Champions (1st place) automatically qualify for the NCAA Division III National Championships with four additional wild card bids awarded.

125 Mike Jones (DV) dec. Eric Kelly (K), 3-2 *Kelly receives Wild Card to NCAA
133 Colin McSherry (LY) dec. Andrew Perez (DV), 11-5
141 Kirby Martin (M) dec. Bucky Johnson (DV), 2-1
149 Bryan Klass (DV) dec. Tom Chapman (M), 18-14
157 Ted Kemmerling (LV) dec. Eric Walker (LY), 3-1 *Walker receives Wild Card to NCAA
165 Chris Roggie (M) dec. Michael Grandchamp (S), 8-7 * Grandchamp receives Wild Card to NCAA
174 Mike Margelis (DV) dec. John Cogan (LY), 7-3
184 Jamie Yonkin (LY) dec. Jason Garcia (DV), 6-1
197 Andy Lausier (LY) dec. Mario Labrutte (K), 7-3
HWT Rob Cosper (LY) dec. Ryan Sellars (E), 3-1

Consolation Finals (3rd and 4th)

125 Nate Niman (LY) dec. Bill Van Winkle (E), 4-0
133 Ryan Falk (M) dec. Eric Snavely (E), 7-2
141 Bill Stom (K) dec. Mike King (E), 11-5
149 Mike Sommer (LY) dec. Rick Buchwald, 3-1
157 Mike Helm (M) dec. Jesse Martinez (K), 6-1 * Helm receives Wild Card to NCAA
165 Royce Eyer (LY) maj. dec. Jason Stever (DV), 11-1
174 Dan Bechtold (E) dec. Randy Pickett (M), 3-1
184 Eric Dusko (E) dec. Adam Musser (M), 11-7
197 Mark Thatcher (DV) dec. Tim Easter (M), 7-1
HWT Matt Kleinle (DV) dec. Will Stretkowicz (LV), 10-9