U.S. National Greco champion Speiller of Central Florida among No. 1 athletes in new NCWA rankings

Geordan Speiller earns exposure points against Cheney Haight in the 74 kg Greco-Roman finals at the U.S. Nationals in December. Photo by John Sachs, Tech-Fall.com

Geordan Speiller of Central Florida is the No. 1 ranked wrestler at 165 pounds in the first NCWA national rankings published in the new year.

Speiller won the U.S. Nationals title at 163 pounds in Greco-Roman in December, and is a top Olympic hopeful. He is a junior at Central Florida, and has a 6-0 record at this point in the college season. He moves up from a No. 3 ranking in the last NCWA rankings.

Speiller is among six new athletes to reach No. 1 in the NCWA rankings, along with Tyler Warner of Penn State – Mount Alto (149), Trace Thome of Florida (157), Clay Kocsis of Penn State – Mount Alto (174), Chandler Dobler of Central Florida (184) and Noah Huxley of Florida Gulf Coast (235).

Repeating with No. 1 rankings are Timothy Nordan of Liberty (125), Zach Vatalare of Michigan WC (133), Alexis Martinez of Gateway International Bible Institute (141), Tyrell Walker of Central Florida (197) and Rickey Carter of Florida A&M (285).

Central Florida remains No. 1 in Div. I, followed by No. 2 Emmanuel College and No. 3 Liberty. This past week, in the Virginia Duals American College Division, Central Florida beat then No. 2 Liberty, 32-13, in the third-place match of this prestigious tournament.

The top three in Div. II are No. 1 Ohio State WC, with a tie at No. 2 between Florida and Memphis.

In the Total Conference Strength rating, the Southeast Conference is No. 1, with Mid-Atlantic at No. 2 and Great Lakes at No. 3.

DIVISION 1
Rk	Team	Pts	Prev Rank
1	Central Florida	67	1
2	Emmanuel College	54	3
3	Liberty	42	2
4	Middle Tennessee	35	4
5	Grand Valley State	28	7
6	Apprentice	26	11
6	Penn State - DuBois	26	5
8	Penn State - Mont Alto	23	6
9	US Air Force Prep	18	10
10	Marion Military	17	9
11	Alfred State	11	12
11	Wayne State	11	13
13	Florida Gulf Coast	10	14
13	South Florida	10	17
15	Temple	9	15
Also receiving points: Penn State - New Kensington (6), New Hampshire (3), UMBC (3),
Central Washington (1), Grays Harbor (1), MIT (1), Penn State - Schuylkill (1), RPI (1), Texas-Arlington (1)
DIVISION 2
Rk	Team	Pts	Prev Rank
1	Ohio State WC	16	3
2	Florida	15	12
2	Memphis	15	3
4	Colorado WC	13	12
4	Maine	13	9
4	Montana Western	13	5
7	Toledo	12	5
8	Gateway Bible	11	8
9	Florida A&M	10	9
9	Michigan WC	10	9
11	Defiance	9	16
11	Michigan State WC	9	12
13	Arizona	8	1
13	Auburn	8	12
13	Penn State WC	8	23
13	Southern Cal	8	16
13	Texas	8	16
13	Washington	8	16
Also receiving points: South Carolina (7), UConn (6), Saginaw Valley State (5), Kennesaw State (4),
Henry Ford College (3), Utah State (3), Washington State (3), BYU (2), Texas State (2), Dixie State (1),
East Carolina (1), North Texas (1), Rowan (1), Tennessee (1), UCLA (1), UMass (1)
TOTAL CONFERENCE STRENGTH*
Rk	Team	Pts
1	Southeast (SEC)	195
2	Mid-Atlantic (MAC)	127
3	Great Lakes (GLC)	92
4	Mid-East (MEC)	77
5	Great Plains (GPC)	48
6	Northeast (NEC)	36
7	West Coast (WCC)	28
8	Northwest (NWC)	26
9	Southwest (SWC)	12
*Based on Power Rankings

Rk	Wrestler	Year	School	Record	Prev	Returning AA
125
1	Timothy Nordan	Jr	Liberty	2-1	1	2nd - 125 '15
2	Ty Boyd	Fr	Apprentice	14-5	2
3	Timothy Sakow	So	Central Florida	21-8	3	5th - 125 '15
4	Alvaro Gallego	Sr	Arizona	2-1	4	6th - 125 '15
5	Brett Himes	Jr	Penn State - DuBois	8-5	5	8th - 125 '15
6	Brent Newcomer	Fr	Emmanuel	10-8	6
7	Brandon Hazelton	Fr	Grand Valley State	11-7	7
8	Michael Boyle	Fr	Alfred State	9-7	9
9	Dell Ngonga	Fr	Liberty	12-8	8
10	Jiro DeLoach	So	Texas State	8-2	11
11	Nick Carter	So	Memphis	4-1	12
12	Andrew Esquivel	Jr	M.I.T.	4-5	13
13	Ryan Thierman	So	Alfred State	10-6	10
14	Austin Koehler	So	Henry Ford College	3-1	15
15	Nick Villamil	Fr	Marion Military	3-1	16
16	Cage Hargrove	So	Middle Tennessee	4-6	17
17	Mike Coppola	Fr	Penn State WC	3-0	18
133
1	Zach Vatalare	Jr	Michigan WC	3-1	1	3rd - 133 '15 / 8th - 133 '14
2	De'Ante Evans	Fr	Defiance	3-2	3
3	Isaiah Vega	Jr	Toledo	6-3	4
4	Darius Bunch	Fr	Emmanuel	9-8	5
5	Aaron Bright	So	Apprentice	14-6	8
6	Brian DiCesare	Fr	Liberty	9-9	2
7	Damien Boada	Sr	Florida	13-2	9
8	Justus Griffith	Jr	Central Florida	11-8	6
9	Alex Barday	Sr	Temple	5-1	10
10	Dylan Carlile	Fr	Emmanuel	10-9	7
11	Marco Colpo	Jr	Arizona	5-2	11
12	Taylor Swanson	Sr	North Texas	2-4	12
13	Nick Reddy	So	Grand Valley State	4-1	14
14	Brandon Marsh	Fr	Memphis	3-1	15
15	Kaleb Gonyea	Fr	Middle Tennessee	5-2	16
16	Daniel Provost	Fr	Montana Western	2-5	17
17	Junior Francois	So	Central Florida	5-7	19
18	Ross Hinty	Fr	Apprentice	3-4	20
19	Austin Ellis	Fr	North Texas	5-2	21
20	Thomas Denis	Gr	Miami	2-1	NR
141
1	Alexis Martinez	So	Gateway Int'l Bible Institute	6-3	1	3rd - 141 '15
2	Carlos Garcia	Jr	Middle Tennessee	7-0	2	6th - 141 '15
3	Logan Smith	Fr	Liberty	15-9	3
4	Antonio Martinez	Sr	Texas	4-3	5	6th -141 '14
5	Jackson Myers	Fr	South Carolina	3-1	6
6	Jay Sheppard	Fr	Emmanuel	10-8	14
7	Garrett Brown	Fr	Penn State - DuBois	7-4	NR
8	Johnny Walker	Sr	Penn State WC	2-0	NR
9	Hunter Shelton	So	UMBC	8-8	7
10	Nick Anthony	Sr	Central Florida	2-3	4	5th - 141 '14
11	Jacob Vogel	Fr	Wayne State	7-2	9
12	Andrew Johnson	Gr	Washington	10-5	10
13	Tel Kelley	Fr	Colorado WC	5-5	11
14	Greg Williams	Sr	UMass	4-1	12
15	Tyler Rhoads	So	Penn State WC	2-0	13
16	Joshua Gaspard	Jr	Georgia Southern	0-2	15	7th - 141 '14
17	Matthew Seymour	Fr	Central Florida	17-11	16
18	Jayce Clary	Fr	Grand Canyon WC	3-1	18
19	Carson Moore	So	Texas	4-2	19
20	Jonah Swinson	So	Liberty	6-8	21
149
1	Tyler Warner	Sr	Penn State - Mont Alto	10-3	2
2	Jeremiah Lutz	Jr	Emmanuel	16-2	3
3	Troy Worthen	Jr	Central Florida	14-6	4
4	Ike Podell	Jr	Liberty	13-5	6	5th - 141 '15
5	Josh Feuerbacher	Fr	Middle Tennessee	11-1	5
6	Julian Prieto	Fr	Colorado WC	10-4	7
7	Tyrell Watkins	Sr	Apprentice	14-9	9
8	Jacob Sobeck	Fr	Grand Valley State	11-3	8
9	Taylor Nelson	Jr	Penn State WC	5-0	NR
10	Joey Tanos	Fr	Texas - Arlington	8-3	12
11	Devon Rupp	Jr	Wayne State	9-5	13
12	Zach Tepper	Jr	New Hampshire	5-0	16
13	Stephen Beam	Jr	UMBC	13-8	10
14	Chase Haley	Sr	South Florida	6-3	15
15	Alex Gallaher	Fr	Penn State - Mont Alto	10-6	11
16	Devon Joiner	So	Penn State - DuBois	7-5	14
17	Derek Gerratt	Sr	Utah State	1-2	NR
18	Cody Carpenter	So	Colorado State	7-2	17
19	Sam Phillips	So	Iowa State WC	3-2	18
20	Guillermo Rios	So	Dixie State	4-4	19
157
1	Trace Thome	Jr	Florida	16-5	4	6th - 149 '15
2	Ty Haines	Jr	Penn State - DuBois	10-4	1	7th - 157 '15
3	Nick Cegelski	Sr	Southern California	3-0	2	3rd - 149 '15
4	Matthew Iwicki	Fr	Washington	5-0	3
5	Joseph Prieto	Fr	Colorado WC	8-4	5
6	DeAndre Beck	Jr	Marion Military Institute	3-0	6	8th - 141 '15 / 7th - 149 '14
7	Jack Chadbourne	So	Ohio State WC	4-1	7
8	Zachary Volk	Fr	Washington State	6-3	9
9	Nick Perez	Jr	Emmanuel	8-8	8
10	Youssef Aref	Jr	UCLA	0-1	10
11	Patrick Kane	Jr	Maine	6-2	11
12	Michael King	Fr	Middle Tennessee	5-3	12
13	Tanner Reynolds	Jr	Tennessee	2-1	13
14	Michael Bryant	So	Liberty	6-2	14
15	Nate Williams	Sr	Washington State	5-2	19 @ 165
16	Lucas Shull	Fr	Penn State - Mont Alto	7-7	17
17	Tyler Rendina	Fr	UMBC	15-9	15
18	Joseph Battinelli	Sr	UConn	0-0	19
19	Shannon Powell	Jr	North Florida	4-1	NR
20	Brannon Warner	Jr	Brigham Young	3-1	16
165
1	Geordan Speiller	Jr	Central Florida	6-0	3
2	Ricky Padilla	Fr	US Air Force Prep	20-2	1
3	Austin Geerlings	Sr	Grand Valley State	9-5	4
4	George van Valen	So	Alfred State	6-3	5
5	Jared Pratt	Jr	Montana Western	8-3	6
6	Lawrence Cotton	So	Middle Tennessee	6-2	7
7	Taylor Workman	So	Toledo	7-3	8
8	Elliott Morales	Sr	South Florida	10-4	11
9	Andrew Napieraj	So	North Texas	5-1	10
10	Gabe Stepanovich	Sr	Grand Valley State	0-0	9	5th - 149 '14
11	Caleb Cejka	Sr	New Hampshire	7-2	12
12	Brett Naylor	So	Utah State	1-0	NR
13	Craig Alger	Jr	Brigham Young	3-1	13
14	Caleb Thomas	Fr	Wayne State	9-3	14
15	Trevor Pickett	Fr	Grand Valley State	5-7	15
16	Beau Doerr	Jr	Florida	3-1	16
17	Mason Temple	Jr	Fresno State	1-3	18
18	Eric Wilberg	So	East Carolina	2-0	20
19	Sean Kelly	So	South Carolina	4-1	21
20	Cody Richmond	So	Liberty	6-10	17
174
1	Clay Kocsis	Jr	Penn State - Mont Alto	17-0	2 @ 165	2nd - 165 '15
2	Bailey Bischer	So	Grand Valley State	10-3	4	6th - 157 '15
3	Josh Ferenczy	Jr	Liberty	18-7	3
4	Rugar Piva	So	Montana Western	0-0	2	1st - 165 '15
5	Michael Seymour	Jr	Central Florida	20-11	5
6	Tyler Thomas	Sr	Saginaw Valley State	3-2	6	7th - 174 '15
7	Eric Brovont	Sr	Kennesaw State	2-0	7
8	Eric Dietz	Sr	Grand Valley State	3-4	8	7th - 174 '14
9	John Prentice	So	Penn State - DuBois	7-6	9
10	BJ Thomas	So	Marion Military Institute	5-1	11
11	Zakery Pitt	Jr	Emmanuel	7-11	26
12	Charlie Grab	Sr	Rowan	4-0	12
13	Giovanni Santoro	Sr	Florida	4-3	14
14	Jake Ricco	Jr	Central Washington	5-2	15
15	Ryan Nightser	Jr	Wayne State	3-3	16
16	Blake Solomon	Fr	Brigham Young	3-3	13
17	Brandon Rochester	So	Grays Harbor	0-0	10	8th - 165 '15
18	Bruce Rau	Sr	Grand Valley State	0-3	17
19	Shawn Murrey	Jr	Toledo	1-1	18
20	Luis Garcia	So	North Texas	3-0	19
184
1	Chandler Dobler	Fr	Central Florida	29-5	2
2	Yahya Talab	Jr	Michigan State WC	3-0	1
3	River Robertson	So	Maine	6-0	3	5th - 184 '15
4	Cody Chaney	Jr	Emmanuel	18-4	4
5	Phillip Marra	Jr	Penn State - New Kensington	7-0	1 @ 174	2nd - 174 '15
6	Dennis Lumadue	So	Penn State - DuBois	5-4	6	8th - 184 '15
7	Daniel Devers	So	Middle Tennessee	9-1	7
8	Hunter Brown	Fr	US Air Force Prep	11-6	8
9	Paul Schoenberg	Jr	Penn State WC	8-3	13
10	Ryan Petersen	So	Dixie State	8-0	12
11	Johnny Malazinsky	Sr	Texas	2-0	9
12	Paul Wisloski	Sr	Temple	3-1	11
13	Ty Lehman	Sr	Penn State - Schuylkill	9-2	21
14	Xavier Cunningham	Fr	Gateway Int'l Bible Institute	3-5	14
15	Matt Roos	Fr	Grand Valley State	8-3	15
16	Tanner Clark	Sr	Wayne State	1-2	16
17	Joseph Lowman	Jr	M.I.T.	4-6	17
18	Jonathan Wiley	So	Brigham Young	0-0	5	3rd - 184 '15
19	TJ Maple	Fr	Florida Gulf Coast	2-1	18
20	Tucker Davison	Jr	Montana Western	5-4	19
197
1	Tyrell Walker	Gr	Central Florida	7-2	1	3rd - 235 '15 / 2nd - 197 '14
2	Maveric Reichsteiner	So	Emmanuel	16-8	2
3	Alec Shunnarah	So	Auburn	0-0	4	6th - 197 '15
4	Matthew DeGarmo	Sr	Wayne State	0-0	5
5	Marcus Newsom	Sr	Temple	7-0	8
6	Joshua Rodriguez	Sr	Apprentice	11-8	3
7	Trevor Parker	Fr	Marion Military	7-0	6
8	Kyler Slade	Fr	Ohio State WC	2-0	7
9	Matt Wagner	Fr	US Air Force Prep	14-7	12
10	Trey Harrell	Jr	East Carolina	5-3	9
11	Tyler McClendon	So	Middle Tennessee	7-3	10
12	Colby Barlocker	So	Utah State	4-0	11
13	Stuart Curtis	Sr	Renssalaer Polytechnic	5-0	15
14	John Scheidegger	Jr	New Hampshire	4-0	19
15	Alex Cox	Sr	Liberty	7-9	NR
16	Rusty Wilson	So	Maine	3-1	29
17	John Forlivio	Sr	UConn	3-2	NR
18	Thomas Eustis	Jr	Penn State WC	4-1	NR
19	Robert LaPeter	So	Florida State	3-0	16
20	Josh Haug	Gr	Iowa WC	6-0	17
235
1	Noah Huxley	So	Florida Gulf Coast	4-3	2	4th - 235 '15
2	Seth Brennock	So	Ohio State WC	3-0	3
3	Angel Perez	Sr	Central Florida	3-2	7
4	Evan Canady	Gr	Liberty	7-4	1	2nd - 235 '15
5	Stevan Webb	So	UConn	4-0	4	8th - 235 '15
6	Jordan Greene	Jr	Memphis	2-0	5
7	Zach Ragot	So	Maine	6-2	6
8	Max Elliott	So	Penn State - Mont Alto	11-5	10
9	Jeff Henderson	So	Henry Ford College	4-1	11
10	Harun Bogdanic	So	Grand Valley State	6-7	12
11	Luttere Eglaus	Sr	Central Florida	5-7	8
12	Trae Rodriguez	So	Texas State	7-1	13
13	Charles Hancock	Jr	Liberty	6-11	9
14	Keoni Parks	Fr	Marion Military Institute	2-0	14
15	Brek McGaughy	Fr	Grays Harbor	7-3	18
16	Jamarius Julious	Jr	Tennessee	2-3	15
17	Zach Miller	Fr	Bowling Green	4-2	16
18	Enrique Carranza	Jr	UCLA	1-0	17
19	Beau Swank	So	Defiance	2-2	19
20	Ivan Rodriguez	Fr	Penn State - Beaver	1-1	20
285
1	Rickey Carter	Sr	Florida A&M	6-2	1	7th - 285 '15
2	Kenny Mason	Jr	Emmanuel	11-4	3
3	Ben Kuntzman	Sr	Memphis	3-2	4
4	Austin Wells	So	Middle Tennessee	7-3	5
5	John Puleo	Jr	South Florida	7-2	6
6	John Long	Jr	Marion Military Institute	2-1	7	8th - 285 '14
7	Kerry Powers	Fr	US Air Force Prep	10-5	12
8	Jaron Burke	Jr	Penn State WC	4-0	9
9	Jesse Gaudin	So	Central Florida	6-5	8
10	Josh Travers	Sr	Liberty	10-5	10
11	Devin Griffin	Fr	Apprentice	0-0	13
12	Gage Boyd	So	Brigham Young	3-0	14
13	Riley Andrews	So	Alfred State	6-9	11
14	Dylan Stadel	So	Utah State	7-2	NR
15	Zach Boyda	Jr	South Carolina	4-2	15
16	Andrew Devroy	Sr	Michigan WC	2-0	16
17	Dominick Johnson	Fr	Liberty	7-8	NR