Two Stanford Wrestlers Still Alive at NCAAs

STANFORD, CA -- Two Stanford University wrestlers - Jimmy Aguirre (134 pounds), Tod Surmon (142) - are still alive in the NCAA Wrestling Championships (as of noon PST Friday), which began Thursday and run through Saturday at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Surmon, the sixth-seed in his bracket is 2-1 entering tonight's action, while Aguirre is also 2-1 pending consolation bracket this afternoon. The third Cardinal wrestler at NCAAs, Sahlan Martin (158), was eliminated after going 0-2. Here's a match-by-match breakdown of Stanfcord's NCAA participants:

Jimmy Aguirre (134)
d. ninth-seeded Emilio Nardone (Seton Hall), 7-1
l. Yero Washington (Fresno State), 4-3
d. Mike Mendoza (CS Bakersfield), 5-2
NEXT MATCH: vs. Ed Schillig (Ohio University), Friday @ 2 p.m. (PST)

Sixth-seeded Tod Surmon (142)
pinned Jon Vaughn (Illinois), 6:18
d. Dorian Hager (West Virginia) 6-5
l. third-seeded John Hughes (Penn State), 5-4
NEXT MATCH: vs. TBA, Friday @ 5 p.m. (PST)

Sahlan Martin (158)
l. fourth-seeded Mark Bybee (Northwestern), 8-4
l. Brooke Hoerr (Indiana), 9-5. ELIMINATED.

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