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November 25, 2002
UPCOMING ACTION: The St. Cloud State University wrestling team will open its dual meet season on Dec. 3, with a 7:30 p.m. match at nearby St. John's University.
LAST YEAR: St. Cloud State (6-8 overall, 1-5 NCC duals) completed its 2001-02 season with a 15th place finish at the NCAA Division II cham-pionships on March 8-9, at UW-Parkside in Kenosha, Wis.
THE RESULTS: On Nov. 23, the Huskies competed at the 2002 Kauf-man Open in Omaha, Neb. No team scores were kept at this tournament, which features over 600 wrestlers and 34 teams. Senior heavyweight Dustin Darveaux placed third in the open division with a 3-1 record, which features wins over Oklahoma State's Mike Christian (5-3) and Wyoming's Brad Steele. He defeated Steele in the third place bout 5-2. Darveaux's lone loss came against Kellen Ruckiger from Arizona State by a score of 5-4. Darveaux was the top NCAA Division II finisher in the heavyweight division at the tournament. At 141, John Dirksen was 0-2 and Brad Hunter went 1-2 in 157-pound action. To complete the open division group, Matt Neumueller was 0-2 at 165-pounds -- both of his losses were against DI opponents. In the under-20 division of the tournament, Gerard Evans was 2-2 at 184 pounds while James Tabbatt collected a win at 197- pounds.
TEAM NOTES: Dustin Darveaux picked up his 100th career win at the NCAA tourney and now has a 115-37 career record. He only needs 12 wins to move ahead of school record holder Andy Reigstad, who had 126 from 1993-97. Darveaux had 38 wins in 2001-02, which ties the team record for most wins in a season along with Reigstad (1993-94) and Gene Hanemann (1994-95)...Jon Duncombe and Darveaux gained All-America honors at nationals in 2002, which is the 48th and 49th time SCSU has gained All-America NCAA Division II honors. Darveaux was also an AA in 2001 with a 7th place finish...Darveaux and Duncombe both placed fourth in the nation last year at the NCAA meet...Darveaux won tournament titles this season at the 2002 Williamson Open at SDSU and the 2002 Bison Open at NDSU. He is 11-1 this season in action at the heavyweight spot...make plans now to attend the annual SCSU Invita-tional. This tournament will feature several of the top NCAA DII and DIII programs in the nation and it will be held on Dec. 14, with action starting at 9 a.m. in Halenbeck Hall.
COACHING STAFF: The Huskies are led this season by Steve Grimit (Western Illinois, 1987). Grimit is in his 10th season as head coach of the Huskies. Grimit has led the Huskies to a 61-60 overall/21- 38 NCC record during since 1993.