March 11, 2000

Kieffer Earns All-America Status With Fifth-Place Finish at NCAA Championships

Senior Brad Kieffer (Mt. Carmel, Ill.) capped an outstanding wrestling career at Truman by earning his first all-America honors with a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Division II Wrestling Championships today. The No. 6 seed at 141 pounds, he posted a record of 4-3 during the two-day meet.

Kieffer completed the 1999-2000 season with a 38-6 record and was 105-36 during his four years as a Bulldog. He is the seventh Truman wrestler to earn all-America status and to register 30-plus wins in a season.

Kieffer is also a four-time recipient of first-team academic all-America recognition by the National Wrestling Coaches Association.

Listed Below are complete tournament results.

#1 Paul Konechne ( 36-5 Jr South Dakota State) dec Adrian Jiron (23-11 Fr Western State) 17-1 
Oscar Frias (22-12 Jr Chadron State) dec Ronnie Stafford (11-11 Fr Northern Colorado) 7-6 
#5 Jake Thielbar (18-8 So North Dakota State) dec T.J. Hellickson (25-9 Jr Ashland) 3-1 
#4 Joe Schneider (14-12 Jr Central Oklahoma) BYE 
#3 Kurt Karjalainen (16-4 Sr Nebraska-Kearney)  BYE 
#6 Brad Kieffer (34-4 Sr Truman State) tech fall Rafael Calixto (22-9 Sr American International) 19-2 (6:23) 
    Roderick Ratcliff (18-8 Fr Nebraska-Omaha) dec Shaine Jaime (24-7 So Central Washington) 8-6 
    Dan Tashner (6-2 Sr Kutztown) dec #2 Lamont Tucker (18-2 Sr West Liberty) 7-0 

QUARTERFINALS 
Konechne maj dec Frias 16-2 
Thielbar dec Schneider 6-5 
Karjalainen dec Kieffer 4-1 
Ratcliff dec Tashner 4-1 

FIRST-ROUND WRESTLEBACKS
Jiron dec Stafford 8-7 
Hellickson BYE 
Calixto BYE 
Jaime dec Tucker 4-2 

SECOND-ROUND WRESTLEBACKS
Tashner dec Jiron 3-1 
Kieffer dec Hellickson 4-2 
Schneider majdec Calixto 12-0 
Jaime tech fall Frias 20-4 (6:58) 

SEMIFINALS 
Konechne dec Thielbar 5-4 
Karjalainen dec Ratcliff 9-6 

THIRD-ROUND WRESTLEBACKS
Kieffer dec Tashner 5-4 
Jaime dec Schneider 9-5 

FOURTH-ROUND WRESTLEBACKS
Thielbar dec Kieffer 5-3 
Jaime fall Ratcliff 2:34 

FINALS 
#1 Paul Konechne ( 39-5 Jr South Dakota State) vs #3 Kurt Karjalainen (19-4 Sr Nebraska-Kearney) 

THIRD-PLACE 
Jaime dec Thielbar 3-2 

FIFTH-PLACE 
Kieffer dec Ratcliff 6-4 

SEVENTH-PLACE 
Schneider dec Tashner 8-7

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