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The 2018-19 Minnesota College Athletic Conference Wrestling season concluded recently at the North District Tournament, hosted by Minnesota West CTC in Worthington, Minnesota.  At the event, several student-athletes earned they way to the 2018-19 NJCAA Wrestling National Championships, to be held at the Mid-America Center, Council Bluffs, Iowa on March 1-2.

In the final team standings, nationally ranked No. 8 Rochester Community & Technical College finished as the overall team champion with 80.5 total points, with five Yellowjackets securing a first place medal at their division.  Itasca Community College earned second place at a team score of 57.0 while Northland Community & Technical College (41.0) edged out Minnesota West CTC (35.0) for third and fourth place, respectively.  Ridgewater College finished in fifth place at 28.0 total points.

Twenty individual student-athletes representing all five member colleges punched their ticket to the 2018-19 NJCAA Wrestling National Championships.  The 157 lb. division was particularly deep in the MCAC, with four wrestlers advancing to Iowa;Isaac Haman (RCTC), Adam Rients (MnWest), Cody Sawyer (Itasca) and Jacob Revier (Ridgewater) all will compete in Council Bluffs.  Also, two nationally-ranked RCTC wrestlers, Shane Siewert and Alex LaPierre, advanced on to Nationals on the strength of first place finishes at the 174 (Siewert) and 184 (LaPierre) weight divisions in the District competition.

For the 2018-19 NJCAA North District Wrestling Tournament results as reported by host college Minnesota West CTC, please click here.

The 2018-19 NJCAA Wrestling National Championships information, including website and live-stream details, are available at: http://www.njcaa.org/sports/wrest/2018-19/national_championship/index

For current NJCAA Wrestling Team Rankings, go to: http://www.njcaa.org/sports/wrest/polls

The NJCAA Wrestling Twitter feed is at: https://twitter.com/NJCAAWrestling

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About the Minnesota College Athletic Conference

The Minnesota College Athletic Conference is the organizational body for NJCAA-affiliated two-year technical and community college athletic programs in the Minnesota State system.  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