Penn sitting pretty for NCAA Championships

On Friday, the NCAA released the first of three coaches rankings for the 2011-12 season. The final of these rankings will be used to determine the 33 wrestlers for each weight class that will travel to the 2012 NCAA Wrestling Championships at the Scott Trade Center in St. Louis, Mo.

The Quakers have six wrestlers, including two freshman, on the initial list. If they continue to wrestle strong, all six could make the trip out west.

Below are the wrestlers by weight class with their current rank:

133 Pounds Bryan Ortenzio - 13

141 Pounds Zack Kemmerer - 11

149 Pounds Stephen Robertson - 25

165 Pounds Lorenzo Thomas - T-29

184 Pounds Erich Smith - T-31

197 Pounds Micah Burak - 8