St. Cloud State wrestling's Jacob Kahnke earned a fourth place finish at 285-pounds to earn All-America status and lead the Huskies at the NCAA Division II championships on March 12-13 in Omaha, Neb.

Gabe Suarez (141), Tad Merritt (165) and Shamus O'Grady (174) also earned All-America honors for SCSU.  

The tournament will conclude this evening with the championship rounds.  Listed below are the individual results through 6 p.m. on Saturday. As the tournament headed into the championship round, the Huskies were listed in 7th place with 44.5 points.  Nebraska-Omaha will repeat as national champions, as the Mavericks had already posted 121.0 team points - well ahead of second place Nebraska-Kearney and Augustana (63.0).

141-pounds: Gabe Suarez posts an 8-4 victory over Daniel Genetin of Ashland.  Suarez then suffered a tough 8-3 loss to top seed Jeremy Parker of Limestone in the quarterfinal round.  Suarez stayed alive to advance to Saturday action with a big 8-2 win over Dallas Evans of Shippensburg.  On March 13, Suarez opened the day with a 15-6 loss to Andre Harrison of Fort Hays State.  In the match for seventh place, Suarez lost a 15-4 decision to Josh Hensley of Adams State.  Suarez gained All-America notice for his 8th place finish at the national tournament.

157-pounds: SCSU's John Sundgren falls 6-5 against Jon Jackson of Ashland in first round action.  In the wrestlebacks, Sundgren picked up a 16-10 victory over Kyle Francis of Western State.  Sundgren completed his run at the nationals with a close 6-5 loss to Michael Williams of UNC-Pembroke.

165-pounds:  Tad Merritt advances to the second round of the championship bracket with a 3:14 pinfall over Wisconsin-Parkside's Matt Gille.  In the quarterfinal match, Merritt suffered a 6-5 loss to Victor Carazo of Grand Canyon.  In the wrestlebacks, Merritt stayed on track with a 6-2 decision over Jake Varilek of Grand Canyon.  On Saturday, Merritt gained a 2:08 fall against Gavin Nelson of Augustana in the consolation round.  Merritt then lost a tough 7-6 decision against Ryan Pankoke of UNO.  In the battle for fifth place, Merritt trailed early in the match, but he rebounded to gain a pinfall victory over Taylor May of Nebraska-Kearney at 6:24.  This mark's the second consecutive season that Merritt has gained All-America honors.

174-Pounds:  SCSU's Shamus O'Grady rolls to a 16-4 major decison over Zack Frazier of Western State.  O'Grady maintained his title hopes in the quarterfinals with a 6:21 pinfall victory over top seed J.J. Davis of UNC-Pembroke.  O'Grady ended his run in the championship bracket with a 14-6 loss to Luke Rynish of UW-Parkside.  In the wrestlebacks, O'Grady lost a 10-6 match against Mitch Norton of Upper Iowa.  O'Grady lost to Christopher Barrick of Shippensburg in the battle for fifth place by a score of 6-3.  O'Grady also gained All-America status with his sixth place finish at the tournament.

184-pounds:  SCSU's Derek Skala falls into the consolation bracket with a tough 7-6 loss to Shane Mallory of East Stroudsburg State.  Skala then added a 6-1 victory in the wrestlebacks over Jeffery Havelka of Findlay.  He completed his trip to Omaha in the next round with a 9-7 setback against Charlie Pipher of Western State.

197-Pounds:  SCSU's Lucas Munkelwitz collects a 6:25 pinfall victory over Joe Treml of UW-Parkside in first round action.  In the quarterfinal round, Munkelwitz dropped a 6-0 decision against Donovan McMahill of Western State.  In the wrestlebacks, Munkelwitz finished his tournament with a 5-4 loss to Justin McKain of Nebraska-Kearney.

285-Pounds:  SCSU's Jake Kahnke charted a lightning fast pin at :33 over Jesse Boggs of New Mexico Highlands in the first round at 285-pounds.  In a well-played match in the quarterfinals, Kahnke rolled with a 2-1 victory over Christopher Dempsey of Pittsburgh-Johnstown.  In the semi's, Kahnke lost a close 3-2 decision against Elijah Madison of Nebraska-Omaha.  Kahnke earned a spot in the third place bout thanks to a 4-1 victory over Charlie Alexander of Western State in the wrestlebacks.  Kahnke went on to finish in fourth place at the championships as he lost a close overtime decision of 4-3 against Dustin Finn of Central Oklahoma.  This marks the first time that Kahnke has earned All-America honors for the Huskies.

Action in Omaha, Neb. will continue through the title rounds on March 13.  For complete results and update to date results, please check this website out:

http://www.ncaa.com/sports/m-wrestl/champpage/m-wrestl-div2-index.html

You can watch the action at:

http://all-access.cbssports.com/player.html?code=ncaa&media=171696