Mar. 11, 2009
Mustari Earns At-Large Berth

GREELEY, Colo. - The NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee
announced Wednesday its 52 at-large qualifiers for the NCAA
Championship in St. Louis beginning March 19 and Northern Colorado
junior Tony Mustari was one of the 52 to receive the berth.
Mustari finished second at the NCAA West Regional behind
Wyoming's Michael Martinez. This is the third straight year Mustari
will compete at the NCAA Championship. He enters with a 24-8 record
and joins freshman Mitchell Polkowske (149 pounds) and sophomore
Justin Gaethje (157 pounds) at the championships.
The at-large selections were made by the NCAA Division I
Wrestling Committee using the selection criteria without priority
order, which consists of head-to-head competition, qualifying event
placement, quality wins, results against common opponents, winning
percentage, rating percentage index, coaches ranking and number of
matches contested at that weight class.
The NCAA Championship begins March 19, 2009 at the Scottrade
Center in St. Louis, Mo. Session I begins at 11:00 a.m.