Mitchell Means with a big first round win over OU's Justin DeAngelis, 8-1 at 149!!

Mitchell Means Fort Hays State 7-1 Descion over OU's Justin DeAngelis

Riding time made it 8-1, right?

Chief you might be right, his brother is texting me as he wrestles. Chief do you know where they are updating the brackets?

Here is link to updated Brackets in Elite Division. They changed a bit from this morning.
http://www.omavs.com/documents/2010/11/20/Elite%20Brackets.pdf?id=1410

Those are the right ones. Parker Madl was set to wrestle Nick Flynn but that changed at 157. They are live streaming UNO matches and some others. Also a thread on themat.com.

Nick Flynn just won his first match!

Amateur Brackets

http://www.omavs.com/documents/2010/11/20/kaufman%20amateur%201050am.pdf?id=1413

Hurla from Baker beat a kid from Iowa. Awesome!!

That kid was a 4 timer from Utah, and Fargo All American.....wow Way to go Andy!

2010 UNO KAUFMAN-BRAND OPEN DIVISION PARAMETERS
We have designed the parameters so that the two different divisions keep the same individuals as the previous year’s merely to keep the numbers similar for organizational purposes.
Elite Division: (Formerly the Open Division)
Has EITHER previously engaged in a minimum of 2 years of intercollegiate competition
OR has participated in a minimum of 5 open events since November 1, 2009 (see below
for definitions).
Amateur Division: (Formerly the 20 & under Division)
Has NEITHER previously engaged in a minimum of 2 years of intercollegiate competition
NOR participated in a minimum of 5 open events since November 1, 2009.
NCAA Bylaw 13.11.3.1 "Open" Events
Competition shall be considered "open" if the competitive event itself is not classified by age group or level of educational institution represented, and the selection of participants is not limited except by number, by geographical area or on the basis of some objective standard of performance.
NCAA Bylaw 14.02.6 Intercollegiate Competition
Intercollegiate competition occurs when a student-athlete in either a two-year or a four-year collegiate institution: (Revised: 1/10/95)
(a) Represents the institution in any contest against outside competition, regardless of how the competition is classified (e.g., scrimmage, exhibition or joint practice session with another institution's team) or whether the student is enrolled in a minimum full-time program of studies; (Revised: 1/10/91)
(b) Competes in the uniform of the institution or, during the academic year, uses any apparel (excluding apparel no longer used by the institution) received from the institution that includes institutional identification; or (Revised: 1/16/93, 1/11/94, 1/9/06)
(c) Competes and receives expenses (e.g., transportation, meals, room or entry fees) from the institution for the competition.

The brackets were updated again.
http://www.omavs.com/sports/2008/6/16/kaufman_brand_open.aspx?path=wrestling

How did Hurla and Delich get in the Amateur brackets? According to those rules, do they qualify?

Latest Brackets:

http://www.omavs.com/sports/2008/6/16/kaufman_brand_open.aspx?path=wrestling

Amateur Bracket

http://www.omavs.com/documents/2010/11/20/Kaufman%20Amateur%20314pm.pdf?id=1431

Elite Bracket
http://www.omavs.com/documents/2010/11/20/elite%20brackets%20254%20pm.pdf?id=1429

I've been watching off and on......just watched my boy Beau win his match, it was on the mat in the back ground. Lucky to see it.

nice!! Congrats purpledad.

http://www.omavs.com/documents/2010/11/20/Kaufman%20Amateur%20739pm.pdf?id=1444

Amateur brackets just updated.

Labette Still alive in the Amateur Division at 125,133, 149, 174, HWT. Walker Clarke is still alive in the 197 Elite Division. It looks like a few of the heavy hitters didn't make the trip.

Labette Amateur Division...still awake and still alive.

Basks 5-1 and still alive at 133.
Perez 4-0 and still on the front side at 149.
Redleaf 3-1 and still alive at HWT.

Amateur Division

Vesta from Manahttan 3rd - 125lbs

It was a great day of wrestling. Lots of Kansas kids were fighting with the top kids from some of the top programs in the country. If you ever have the chance to come up and watch this tournament, you will not be let down.