Congratulations to the 6 Army West Point wrestlers plus the 18 New York State high school graduates who have qualified for the 2019 NCAA Division 1 Wrestling Championships! The tournament takes place next on 3/21 – 3/23 in Pittsburgh, PA. Let’s take a look at each of the wrestlers with NY ties who have qualified as well as the complete brackets! Congratulations men!
Army West Point Qualifiers
125 – Trey Chalifoux (Father Ryan HS, TN)
Prelim: Chalifoux vs Girard (Bloomsburg)
141 – Corey Shie (LaSalle HS, OH)
Rd 32: Shie vs Alber (U of Northern Iowa)
157 – Luke Weiland (Seckman HS, MO)
Rd 32: Weiland vs Jaques (Misouri)
165 – Cael McCormick (Yorktown HS, IN)
Rd 32: McCormick vs Romero (Utah Valley)
174 – Ben Harvey (Indianapolis Cathedral HS, IN)
Rd 32: Harvey vs Lydy (Purdue)
184 – Noah Stewart (Mifflin County HS, PA)
Rd 32: Stewart vs Dean (Cornell)
197 – Rocco Caywood (Perrysburg HS, OH)
Rd 32: Caywood vs Lane (Cal Poly)
NYS High School Grads Who Qualified
125 – Nick Piccininni (Oklahoma St, Ward Melville – Section 11)
Rd 32: Piccinnini vs Meink (Campbell)
125 – Vito Arujau (Cornell, Syosset – Section 8)
Rd 32: Arujau vs Heinselman (Ohio St.)
133 – Derek Spann (Buffalo, Adirondack – Section 3)
Rd 32: Spann vs Erneste (Missouri)
141 – Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell, Hilton – Section 5)
Rd 32: Diakomihalis vs Lipari (Rurgers)/Sanavol (N. Colorado)
141 – Anthony Sparacio (Binghamton, N Babylon – Section 11)
Rd 32: Sparacio vs Carr (Illinois)
141 – Bryan Lantry (Buffalo, Wayne – Section 5)
Rd 32: Lantry vs Brock (Oklahoma State)
149 – Parker Kropman (Drexel, Penfield – Section 5)
Rd 32: Kropman vs Finesilver (Duke)
157 – Alex Smythe (Buffalo, Eden – Section 6)
Rd 32: Smythe vs Pantaleo (Michigan)
165 – Jesse Dellavecchia (Rider, East Islip – Section 11)
Rd 32: Dellavecchia vs Skidgel (Navy)
165 – Troy Keller (Buffalo, North Tonowanda – Section 6)
Rd 32: Keller vs Massa (Michigan)
174 – Vincent Deprez (Binghamton, Hilton- Section 5)
Rd 32: Deprez vs McFadden (VA Tech)
184 – Louie Deprez (Binghamton, Hilton – Section 5)
Rd 32: Deprez vs Reinhardt (Wisconsin)
184 – Shakur Rasheed (Penn State, Longwood – Section 11)
Rd 32: Rasheed vs Parker (Princeton)
184 – Kevin Parker (Princeton, Shenendehowa – Section 2)
Rd 32: Parker vs Rasheed (Penn State)
197 – Tom Lane (Cal Poly, Garden City – Section 8)
Rd 32: Lane vs Caywood (Army)
197 – Ben Honis (Cornell, Jamesville DeWitt – Section 3)
Rd 32: Honis vs Jakobsen (Lehigh)
197 – Brett Perry (Buffalo, John Jay East Fishkill – Section 1)
Rd 32: Perry vs Moore (Ohio State)
285 – Yousiff Hemida (Maryland, Mamaroneck – Section 1)
Rd 32: Hemida vs Gunning (Buffalo)
NYS Qualifiers by Section
5 – Section 5 (Diakomihalis, Lantry, Kropman, Deprez, Deprez)
4 – Section 11 (Piccininni, Sparacio, Dellavecchia, Rasheed)
2 – Section 8 (Arujau, Lane)
2 – Section 6 (Smythe, Keller)
2 – Section 3 (Spann, Honis)
2 – Section 1 (Perry, Hemida)
1 – Section 2 (Parker)
NCAA Qualifiers by State
54 – Pennsylvania
24 – Ohio
23 -New Jersey
22 – Illinois
19 – Michigan
18 – New York
18 – California
14 – Missouri
12 – Colorado
12 – Georgia
12 – Iowa
11 – Minnesota
11 – Oklahoma
10 – Indiana
There are 27 other states and Canada who have qualifiers.