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
Joe Heskett ISU1st	DEC 4-0	Brad Pike MINN2nd
Medal Round
Steven Blackford ASU3rd	DEC 6-0	Matt Anderson Unattached4th
Ben Shirk Unattached5th	DEC 5-3	Matt Lackey ILL6th
Clint Wattenberg COR7th	DEC 6-5	Chris Vitale LEH8th
Consolation
Steven Blackford ASU	DEC 3-2	Matt Lackey ILL
Matt Anderson Unattached	DEC 2-2	Ben Shirk Unattached
Semifinal
Joe Heskett ISU	MAJ DEC 8-0	Matt Lackey ILL
Brad Pike MINN	DEC 3-1	Ben Shirk Unattached
Quarterfinal
Joe Heskett ISU	PIN 4:34	Clint Wattenberg COR
Matt Lackey ILL	DEC 7-3	Matt Anderson Unattached
Brad Pike MINN	DEC 3-2	Chris Vitale Unattached
Ben Shirk Unattached	PIN 4:26	Steven Blackford ASU
Round of 16
Joe Heskett ISU	PIN 3:23	John Clark OSU
Clint Wattenberg COR	DEC 5-3	Carl Fronhofer PITT
Matt Anderson Unattached	PIN 3:45	Dave Bubnowski Montclair State University
Matt Lackey ILL	DEC 6-2	Jacob Volkmann MINN
Brad Pike MINN	PIN 1:16	Kevin Stanley IND
Chris Vitale Unattached	DEC 4-3	Ryan Bonfiglio PRIN
Ben Shirk Unattached	DEC 2-0	Ian Nelms CSUB
Steven Blackford ASU	PIN 3:19	Ryan Kane NW
Round of 32
Joe Heskett ISU	PIN 5:12	Nate Parmenter UNCG
John Clark OSU	DEC 7-1	Junior Liberal Lassen College
Clint Wattenberg COR	DEC 10-4	Luke Larwin Unattached
Carl Fronhofer PITT	DEC 4-0	Danny Stevens San Francisco State University
Matt Anderson Unattached	DEC 4-1	Tom McMath WVU
Dave Bubnowski Montclair State University	PIN 1:59	Arsen Aleksanyan MSU
Jacob Volkmann MINN	DEC 9-4	Mitch Hancock CMU
Matt Lackey ILL	DEC 3-1	Denis Alampiev AU
Brad Pike MINN	MAJ DEC 17-6	Ben Hay Unattached
Round of 64
Junior Liberal Lassen College	PIN 5:20	Kevin Spiess Unattached
Clint Wattenberg COR	DEC 9-5	Keith Davis Triton College
Tom McMath WVU	MAJ DEC 14-5	Noel Thompson HOF
Jacob Volkmann MINN	DEC 6-3	Tim Ortman PENN
Brad Pike MINN	DEC 10-3	Doug Cieleski SRU
Kevin Stanley IND	PIN 5:38	Alec Kowalewski Unattached
Ryan Bonfiglio PRIN	PIN 3:19	Rob Finn Unattached
Ian Nelms CSUB	DEC 6-2	Scott Goldstein Anderson University (SC)
Bryce Hasseman NIU	MAJ DEC 9-1	Dean Schuler