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Show CSU wrestlers point for NAIA Nationals College of Southern Utah wrestlers arc idle this week as they take a breathers before going to the NAIA Nationals next week. The Thundcrbirds individually made a strong showing this past week end at the Rocky Mountain Conference Con-ference meet. Neil Callister, probably the ; best wrestler for CSU, was ' leading 1-0 over last year s NAIA 1 15 pound champion and this year's NAIA's number one ranked 115 pounds, when Noil hurt his elbow on a takedown to put him out of the running. run-ning. Neil has an 8-4 record for the year. J Picking up team points and a fifth place, was Jay Bow-cutt, Bow-cutt, 152, drew the number I one and two ranked men in the nation in the second and third rounds to give him stiff com-ipetitio. com-ipetitio. j Clyde Harding, 130, finished fifth as he started out strong with a win over Western State, but ran into siffer com-I com-I petition in the second round. Another fifth was picked up by Bruce Douglas, 137, as he ran into tough men all the , i way. I Wrestling for third place, Ron Parker lost a heartbreak- 'er by a score of 3-2 in overtime. over-time. Anyone who placed fourth or better qualifies for the nationals. na-tionals. A fifth place qualifies quali-fies a wrestler under certain conditions. Coach Ken Henne-fer Henne-fer plans to take Callister, Douglas and Parker to the Nationals at the University of I Nebraska at Lincoln on Mar. j G, 7 and 8. |