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JAY IVANCO 6TH AT MIDLANDS OPEN

Clarion Finishes 27th of 42

Jay Ivanco - 6th at Midlands

Dec. 30, 2008

(Evanston, Ill.): Clarion University's Jay Ivanco (So. Monroeville/Gateway) finished in sixth place at 125-pounds at the 46th Annual Midlands Wrestling Open which concluded on Tuesday evening.

Held at the Welsh-Ryan Arena, Ivanco finished the tournament with a 3-3 overall record, wrestling 4 nationally ranked wrestlers in his six matches.

On Tuesday in the semifinals, Ivanco lost to Iowa State's #5 ranked Tyler Clark by a 10-4 score. In the wrestle backs, Jay went against #4 ranked James Nicholson (Old Dominion) and lost in the final seconds 3-1. Tied 1-1 late in the third, Ivanco had a clean takedown shot and tried to work it for a takedown. Nicholson countered and scored the winning takedown with only two seconds remaining.

In the match for 5th place Ivanco wrestled Ben Ashmore, who was nationally ranked last year at Oklahoma State, but has transferred to Arizona State and was wrestling unattached. With Ivanco leading again late in the third 1-0, Ivanco had rolled up 45-seconds riding time and was trying to ride Ashmore out for victory. He was reversed with 25-seconds left and lost 2-1.

"I'm really pleased with how Jay wrestled yesterday and today," said third year head coach Teague Moore. "He wrestled against some of the best in the country and showed he belongs. His win over #2 ranked Charlie Falck of Iowa was a big one and should give him a lot of confidence the remainder of the season."

In the win over Falck, Ivanco was trailing 4-2 in the first period when a shot by Ivanco and a near takdeown resulted in an ankle injury to Falck. The Hawkeye took injury time and then returned to action, with Ivanco getting a takedown to tie the bout 4-4. Ivanco was riding Falck when the default occurred prior to the end of the first period. He opened with an 8-0 major decision over Wes Fike (Indiana). He followed that with a 3-2 decision over Kyle Gilchrist of Columbia. Ivanco has a season record now of 10-6.

Clarion's other entry, junior Hadley Harrison (Jr. McKean/General McLane) at 157-pounds, posted a 2-2 record on Monday before being eliminated.

Harrison was seeded 7th at 157 but lost his opening bout in the final seconds to Tyson Reiner of Northern Iowa. In the wrestle backs he pinned Harrison Krebs of Illinois State at 3:49, and notched a major decision over Chris Kelly of the Wildcat Wrestling Club. He then lost to Nate Carr Jr. 8-5 to finish the tournament. Harrison is now 10-5 on the season.

After wrestling at the Midlands, Clarion will return to action on January 9-10 at the Virginia Duals.

CLARION NOTES: Ivanco's win over Falck was his biggest in a Clarion singlet... Falck is ranked #2 in the nation by AWN and Intermat... Clarion finished with 17 points and in 27th place out of 48 teams with only 2 wrestlers participating.

**Ivanco won the PSAC Championship this season with a win over Fluke (Edinboro) who finished today as the runner-up at the Southern Scuffle.

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