Charlotte, NC — The top seven of the final regular season team rankings remained steady after the conclusion of all eight NJCAA District Championships, with Clackamas, Northeastern Oklahoma A&M, and Northwest Kansas Tech heading the poll.
NJCAA TEAM RANKINGS (Final - February 2019)
A trio of teams were the beneficiaries of a successful district weekend. Barton and Spartanburg Methodist made the biggest jump in the team list, with both qualifying a greater than the projected number of wrestlers to the 2019 NJCAA Championships starting on March 1st. Spartanburg had three wrestlers win individual district titles, led by 125's No. 1 ranked wrestler Tramon Jenkins. Fellow Pioneers Loye Burkhead and Caleb Spears also nabbed individual medalist honors. Barton qualified seven total wrestlers to next week's national finals, highlighted by Gage McBride's district victory over 174 No. 4 Tsogtbayar Tserendagua of Northwest Kansas Tech.
Jamestown also made a significant jump up the latest team rankings. Led by their No. 1 ranked wrestler Cameron Page at 184, the Jayhawks also won district titles at 174 (Daniel Torres) and 285 (Nick Jones) to see their upward shift in the latest rankings.
2019 NJCAA National Championship Brackets (by weight class)
125 | 133 | 141 | 149 | 157 | 165 | 174 | 184 | 197 | 285
Depth is key to success at the national championships. Seven teams qualified their entire complement of 10 wrestlers to Council Bluffs, giving them a leg up in their chase for the team title in 2019. That includes defending national champion Northeastern Oklahoma A&M. The Norsemen won three individual championships in the very difficult West Central District: Zach Porter (No. 1, 157), Antonio Andrade (No. 1, 285), and Zeke Silva (No. 4, 197). In addition, NEO had five other wrestlers finish as runner-up to set the Norsemen in a good position to defend their title.
No. 1 Clackamas also qualified each wrestler from their district. Zeth Brower (No. 2, 125) earned Most Outstanding Wrestler in the West meet in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Joining him on the top of the podium were teammates Jason Shaner (No. 3, 133), Elijah Ozuna (No. 4, 141), Mason McDaniel (No. 4, 165), Trajan Hurd (No. 2, 174), Trevor Senn (No. 4, 184), and Joey Daniel (No. 3, 197), and Tommy Mommer (No. 2, 285).
Ellsworth, Harper, Iowa Central, Northwest Kansas Tech, and Western Wyoming join NEO and Clackamas as the seven programs with seven wrestlers.
2019 NJCAA Individual Rankings - (Final regular season)
| 125 | ||
| Rank | Name | School |
| 1. | Tramon Jenkins | Spartanburg Methodist |
| 2. | Zeth Brower | Clackamas |
| 3. | Jordan Marshall | Northwest Kansas Tech |
| 4. | Mason Naifeh | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M |
| 5. | Kevin Radcliff | Iowa Central |
| 6. | Dalton Suttzman | Western Wyoming |
| 7. | Nathan Kiddoo | Umpqua |
| 8. | Andice Martin | Harper |
| 133 | ||
| Rank | Name | School |
| 1. | Munkhbat Bat-Erdene | Northwest Kansas Tech |
| 2. | Boo Dryden | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M |
| 3. | Jason Shaner | Clackamas |
| 4. | Gage Gomez | Barton |
| 5. | Quintel Fuchs | Northeastern |
| 6. | Hector Candelaria | Ellsworth |
| 7. | Nathaniel White | Lackawanna |
| 8. | Dillon Prutch | Labette |
| 141 | ||
| Rank | Name | School |
| 1. | Zack Donathan | Ellsworth |
| 2. | Bat-Erdene Boldmaa | Northwest Kansas Tech |
| 3. | Freddy Eckles | Niagara County |
| 4. | Elijah Ozuna | Clackamas |
| 5. | Kyle Evans | Western Wyoming |
| 6. | Blake Hickerson | Cowley |
| 7. | Sammy Eckhart | Northeastern |
| 8. | Austin Laughlin | Ancilla |
| 149 | ||
| Rank | Name | School |
| 1. | Tyree Johnson | Triton |
| 2. | Austin Eldredge | Cloud County |
| 3. | Kendon Lee | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M |
| 4. | Enkhbold Sukhbaatar | Northwest Kansas Tech |
| 5. | Cardionte Wilson | Ellsworth |
| 6. | Tony Mendoza | North Iowa Area |
| 7. | Lucas Pincus | Nassau |
| 8. | Bryce Parson | North Idaho |
| 157 | ||
| Rank | Name | School |
| 1. | Zach Porter | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M |
| 2. | Ethan Karsten | Iowa Central |
| 3. | Joel Romero | Clackamas |
| 4. | David Hollingsworth | Iowa Lakes |
| 5. | Samuel Freeman | Western Wyoming |
| 6. | Sebastian Robles | Northeastern |
| 7. | Michael Zachary | Iowa Western |
| 8. | Spencer Head | Mercyhurst North East |
| 165 | ||
| Rank | Name | School |
| 1. | Michael Foy | Harper |
| 2. | Nick Lucas | Pratt |
| 3. | Travis Willers | Iowa Central |
| 4. | Mason McDaniel | Clackamas |
| 5. | Izaiah Duran | North Idaho |
| 6. | Nick Dado | Joliet |
| 7. | Keon Muckelvene | Northwest Kansas Tech |
| 8. | Olen Brattin | Iowa Western |
| 174 | ||
| Rank | Name | School |
| 1. | Shane Siewert | Rochester |
| 2. | Trajan Hurd | Clackamas |
| 3. | Gage McBride | Barton |
| 4. | Tsogtbayar Tserendagva | Northwest Kansas Tech |
| 5. | Ashton Eyler | Iowa Central |
| 6. | Tyler Blagg | Muskegon |
| 7. | Myron Crawford | Ellsworth |
| 8. | Caleb Spears | Spartanburg Methodist |
| 184 | ||
| Rank | Name | School |
| 1. | Cameron Page | Jamestown |
| 2. | Charles Small | Northwest Kansas Tech |
| 3. | Alex Kauffman | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M |
| 4. | Trevor Senn | Clackamas |
| 5. | Brian Stanford | Iowa Central |
| 6. | Alex LaPierre | Rochester |
| 7. | Jared Bird | Western Wyoming |
| 8. | Bailey Shutt | Thaddeus Stevens |
| 197 | ||
| Rank | Name | School |
| 1. | Tyree Sutton | Iowa Central |
| 2. | Connor Kirkland | Western Wyoming |
| 3. | Joey Daniel | Clackamas |
| 4. | Zeke Silva | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M |
| 5. | Bryce Pilcher | Ellsworth |
| 6. | Rodsean Graham | Joliet |
| 7. | Cory Schmidt | Itasca |
| 8. | Wyatt Westfall | Southwestern Oregon |
| 285/HWT | ||
| Rank | Name | School |
| 1. | Antonio Andrade | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M |
| 2. | Tommy Mommer III | Clackamas |
| 3. | Christopher Colvin | Triton |
| 4. | Connor Sullivan | North Idaho |
| 5. | Landon Brown | Western Wyoming |
| 6. | Hunter Hart | Southwestern Oregon |
| 7. | Charles Griffin | Ellsworth |
| 8. | Mike Okaro | Middlesex |