Lincoln College wrestling places 6th at NJCAA nationals

[February 28, 2011]  The Lincoln College wrestling team wrapped up their season at nationals, finishing sixth in the nation and placing six wrestlers on the all-American team.

Individual all-Americans:

• 133 lbs. -- D'Marcus Spencer, Indianapolis, Ind., sophomore, sixth place

• 141 lbs. -- DaMonte Riley, Chicago Heights, sophomore, third place

• 149 lbs. -- Mark Marianovich, Chicago, freshman, fourth place

• 174 lbs. -- James Haywood, Robbins, sophomore, fifth place

• 184 lbs. -- Michael Johnson, Indianapolis, Ind., freshman, seventh place

• 197 lbs. -- Fred Moses, Justice, sophomore, seventh place

Head coach Dave Klemm said: "I am very proud of these guys. They worked very (hard) to earn this. I'm also extremely grateful (to) my assistant coaching staff, especially Steven Bradley. They did a great job in preparing these guys for this tournament."

Season recap:

• 12-2 record

• Fourth-place finish in the regional tournament

• Qualified all 10 wrestlers to the national tournament

• Sixth-place finish in the national tournament

• Six all-Americans

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[Text from file received from Kirk Whiteman, Lincoln College]