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Wrestling teams from across the Minnesota College Athletic Conference are set to travel to Grand Rapids, Minnesota for the 2019-20 NJCAA Region XIII North District Wrestling Tournament held on Sunday, February 23 at Itasca Community College.
Rochester Community & Technical College, Ridgewater College, Minnesota West CTC and Northland Community & Technical College will join host Itasca Community College in competition at several weight classes.
The top individual performances in each division shall earn the opportunity to advance to the 2019-20 NJCAA Wrestling National Championships held March 6-7 at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
The 2019-20 NJCAA Wrestling National Championships website is available by clicking here or by going to: https://njcaawrestlingcb.com/
In the most recent February 6, 2020 NJCAA Wrestling Rankings, the RCTC Yellowjackets sit in the No. 14 spot tied with both Nassau (NY) Community College and Northeastern (CO) Community College as the lone MCAC representative in the poll. RCTC is one of the highest rated NJCAA Division III programs in the country found in the rankings; in the NJCAA sports of football, lacrosse and wrestling, all NJCAA levels (I, II and III) are rated in the same poll.
Individually, RCTC wrestling student-athletes also lead the way for MCAC programs, with Yellowjacket Seth Brossard sitting among the 157lb. Division at #5 and Richie Hammonds representing Rochester in the 184 lb. category, where he is is ranked #8 nationally.
Earlier this year, wrestling programs from the Minnesota College Athletic Conference competed in their MCAC Dual Championships held mid-season this year; RCTC claimed top honors at 4-0, followed by Northland CTC (3-1), Itasca Community College (2-2), Minnesota West CTC (1-3) and Ridgewater College (0-4).
The complete NJCAA individual rankings as compiled by The Guillotine wrestling website are available by clicking here or at: https://intermatwrestle.com/rankings/njcaa?
Visit the Itasca Community College Athletics website for directions, facilty information and more.
The Minnesota College Athletic Conference is the organizational body for NJCAA-affiliated two-year technical and community college athletic programs in the Minnesota State Colleges & Universities system, as well as select member colleges in North Dakota and Wisconsin.
The mission of the Minnesota College Athletic Conference is to advance intercollegiate athletics by providing an engaging and supportive environment for success of our student athletes and competition among member institutions. The MCAC is committed to the guiding principles of encouraging the development and success of student athletes, promoting the integrity, honesty and loyalty to member schools as well as upholding the sustainability of conference athletic programs.
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