2000 Midlands Championships

December 29-30, 2000 · Welsh-Ryan Arena · Evanston, IL

Team Champion

University of Minnesota144 pts

Runner-up: Iowa State University

WT	CHAMPION	RUNNER-UP	3RD PLACE
125 lbs	Jody Strittmatter Unattached	Leroy Vega MINN	Nathan Navarro ORST
133 lbs	Cody Sanderson Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club	Brett Lawrence MINN	Roman Fleszar HOF
141 lbs	Doug Schwab Unattached	Donnie DeFilippis GMU	Jason DeBruin HOF
149 lbs	Jared Lawrence MINN	Dave Esposito LEH	Eric Schmiesing HOF
157 lbs	Chris Bono Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club	Yoshi Nakamura PENN	Luke Becker MINN
165 lbs	Joe Heskett ISU	Brad Pike MINN	Steven Blackford ASU
174 lbs	Joe Williams Hawkeye Wrestling Club	Mike Feeney EMU	Nathan Coy ORST
184 lbs	Cael Sanderson ISU	Nate Patrick ILL	Damion Hahn MINN
197 lbs	Lee Fullhart Hawkeye Wrestling Club	Tim Hartung Minnesota Storm	Chael Sonnen UO
285 lbs	Stephen Neal Dave Schultz WC	Chad Lamer Hawkeye Wrestling Club	Tommy Rowlands OSU

Weight:

125 lbs 133 lbs 141 lbs 149 lbs 157 lbs 165 lbs 174 lbs 184 lbs 197 lbs 285 lbs

Round:

All Rounds Finals Medal Round Consolation Semifinal Quarterfinal Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64

Finals
Chris Bono Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club1st	DEC 3-1	Yoshi Nakamura PENN2nd
Medal Round
Luke Becker MINN3rd	DEC 9-4	Cole Sanderson ISU4th
Leo Urbinelli COR5th	DEFAULT	Gerry Abas California State University, Fresno6th
Eric Jorgensen ORST7th	DEC 3-1	Griff Powell ILL8th
Consolation
Cole Sanderson ISU	DEC 4-2	Leo Urbinelli COR
Luke Becker MINN	DEFAULT	Gerry Abas California State University, Fresno
Semifinal
Chris Bono Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club	DEC 6-2	Cole Sanderson ISU
Yoshi Nakamura PENN	DEC 4-3	Gerry Abas California State University, Fresno
Quarterfinal
Chris Bono Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club	DEC 5-4	Ryan Bernholz Unattached
Cole Sanderson ISU	DEC 6-5	Luke Becker MINN
Yoshi Nakamura PENN	MAJ DEC 12-3	Eric Jorgensen ORST
Gerry Abas California State University, Fresno	DEC 8-4	Leo Urbinelli COR
Round of 16
Chris Bono Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club	MAJ DEC 20-8	Russell Clark CMU
Ryan Bernholz Unattached	DEFAULT	Nathan Vasquez California State University, Fresno
Cole Sanderson ISU	DEC 6-0	Shawn Harmon STAN
Luke Becker MINN	DEC 4-2	Clovis Crane PUR
Yoshi Nakamura PENN	MAJ DEC 17-3	Jason Effner Cleveland State University
Eric Jorgensen ORST	MAJ DEC 14-4	Greg Cora EIU
Leo Urbinelli COR	DEC 3-2	Joe Carr WVU
Gerry Abas California State University, Fresno	DEC 6-3	Beau Weiner Dave Schultz WC
Round of 32
Chris Bono Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club	PIN 3:56	Jonathan Friedstat Unattached
Russell Clark CMU	MAJ DEC 13-2	Mike Kelly EIU
Nathan Vasquez California State University, Fresno	DEC 6-2	Jody Giuricich PENN
Ryan Bernholz Unattached	MAJ DEC 11-0	James Wade IND
Cole Sanderson ISU	DEC 3-1	Griff Powell ILL
Shawn Harmon STAN	DEC 7-4	Ryan Hliank University of Chicago
Clovis Crane PUR	PIN 5:01	Frank DeFilippis EIU
Luke Becker MINN	PIN 5:42	Al Daniels Lassen College
Yoshi Nakamura PENN	MAJ DEC 12-4	Matt Veach
Round of 64
Chris Bono Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club	DEC 5-3	Eugene Harris UO
Nathan Vasquez California State University, Fresno	DEC 5-4	Scott Owen NIU
Greg Cora EIU	DEC 7-6	Bill Deniz Montclair State University