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    Five new wrestlers jump into top 100 seniors

    Minnesota's Lucas Jeske reached the Junior National freestyle finals in Fargo at 160 pounds before falling to Oklahoma's Joe Smith (Photo/David Peterson)
    Each day during the coming week, one grade level per day, InterMat will present its end of summer grade rankings update. These updated InterMat grade rankings powered by Flips Wrestling react to the major happenings since the last update that occurred in late June right after the completion of the Cadet National Duals. Major events since then include the AAU Scholastic Duals at Disney, the Junior National Duals, and Fargo (i.e. the Cadet and Junior National Championships).

    First off, it is the rising senior group, the top 100 rankings for the Class of 2016. Five new wrestlers jump into the rankings after most excellent showings in Fargo. That group is led by a pair of Junior National freestyle runners-up in No. 55 Lucas Jeske (St. Michael-Albertville, Minn.) and No. 56 Evan Wick (San Marino, Calif.). Additional newcomers include No. 61 Travis Piotrowski (Prairie Ridge, Ill.), third in Junior freestyle; No. 82 Requir van der Merwe (Blair Academy, N.J.), fourth in Junior freestyle; and No. 90 Matthew Schmitt (Platte County, Mo.), runner-up in Junior Greco-Roman and sixth in Junior freestyle.

    Two wrestlers who competed in the 285-pound weight class at the Junior Nationals in Fargo each make 31 spot jumps within the Class of 2016. Osawaru Odighizuwa (David Douglas, Ore.) ascends to No. 8 from No. 39 after winning the title in freestyle, and finishing third in Greco-Roman; while Carter Isley (Albia, Iowa) moves up to No. 48 from No. 79 after a runner-up finish in Greco-Roman was followed up by fifth place in freestyle. Each is also a star athlete on the football field, with Odighizuwa a verbal commit to UCLA to play on the defensive line, and Isley the leading rusher in all of Iowa Class 2A during the 2014 season.

    Others to see double digit ascendancies with their ranking include Taylor LaMont (Maple Mountain, Utah), Kyle Bierdumpfel (Don Bosco Prep, N.J.), Owen Webster (Owatonna, Minn.), Elijah Cleary (Lake Highland Prep, Fla.), and Jack Harris (Urbana, Ohio). LaMont was a Junior National double finalist in Fargo, winning the freestyle title after finishing second in Greco-Roman; Bierdumpfel placed fourth in Junior freestyle; Webster was a sixth in Junior freestyle, after going undefeated at Junior Duals; Cleary was an excellent 10-2 at the Disney Duals, including one win over a wrestler ranked ahead of him in the Class of 2016 at present; while Harris placed third in Junior freestyle.

    The top six wrestlers in the Class of 2016 remain unchanged. Mark Hall (Apple Valley, Minn.) leads the way, with Nick Suriano (Bergen Catholic, N.J.), Alex Marinelli (St. Paris Graham, Ohio), Isaiah White (Oak Park River Forest, Ill.), and Chad Red (New Palestine, Ind.) rounding out the top five. Junior National double finalist Jordan Wood (Boyertown, Pa.), who won a title in the freestyle competition, is ranked sixth.

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