March 6, 2009
Brackets released for ACC Wrestling Championships
Garnett, Spellman earn top seeds
ACC Brackets

Full ACC Wrestling Championship brackets in PDF Format

BLACKSBURG – The brackets for Saturday’s 2009 ACC Wrestling Championships were released Friday night following a seeding meeting and draw by the coaches. Fifty-eight wrestlers will compete in 10 weight classes starting Saturday at 11 a.m., in Cassell Coliseum for one of 27 automatic bids to the NCAA Championships.

For Virginia Tech, two wrestlers earned top seeds at their respective weight class. Freshman Jarrod Garnett earned the honor at 125 pounds while sophomore Tommy Spellman is seeded first at 184 pounds.

Full brackets can be found at the right in PDF format.

Below are the seeds and first-round matchup for the Hokies:

125: #1 seed Jarrod Garnett
First Round: Bye

133: Brock LiVorio
First Round: #2 seed Mike Rappo (UNC)

141: #2 seed Chris Diaz
First Round: Bye

149: #2 seed Pete Yates
First Round: Steve Fehnel (MD)

157: #2 seed Jesse Dong
First Round: Bye

165: #2 seed Matt Epperly
First Round: Bye

174: #2 seed Anthony Trongone
First Round: Corey Peltier (MD)

184: #1 seed Tommy Spellman
First Round: Bradley Nielson (MD)

197: #4 seed D.J. Bruce
First Round: Bye

285: #3 seed David Marone
First Round: Austin Haigler (NCSU)

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