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         <description><![CDATA[Illinois head wrestling coach Jim Heffernan has announced the hiring of Jeremy Hunter as an assistant coach and the addition of Mike Poeta as a volunteer assistant coach, completing Heffernan's first coaching staff. Hunter and Poeta will join Carl Perry as on Heffernan's staff.]]></description>
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         <title>Hunter, Poeta Complete Heffernan's First Coaching Staff</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The Illinois wrestling team finished 15th in the nation in attendance for the 2008-09 season, averaging 1,025 fans per home dual for a total of 5,124 fans. The Fighting Illini wrestled in front of a season-high 1,409 fans against Michigan on Feb. 20, the tenth-best single-match attendance in school history. Six of the top 10 figures have been set in the past five years.]]></description>
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         <title>Illini Finish 15th Nationally in Attendance</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Sophomore Jordan Blanton and redshirt-freshman Conrad Polz each took fourth place at the Fila Junior Freestyle World Team Trials over the weekend, with Blanton competing in the 84 KG / 185 lbs bracket and Polz in the 74 KG / 163 lbs tournament. Both wrestlers went 2-2 in their respective brackets.]]></description>
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         <title>Blanton, Polz Take Fourth at Junior World Team Trials</title>
         <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 11:07:57 EDT</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[Former Illini wrestler Mike Poeta (Highwood, Ill.) won the Northern Plains Senior Regional in the men's freestyle 74 KG / 163 lbs class on Saturday, earning a spot in the 2009 World Team Trials May 30-31 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Poeta defeated former Northern Iowa star Moza Fay, 4-1, 9-3, in the championship bout.]]></description>
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         <title>Poeta Wins Northern Plains Regional, Earns Berth in World Team Trials</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[University of Illinois Director of Athletics Ron Guenther announced the promotion of long-time assistant coach Jim Heffernan to the position of head wrestling coach.]]></description>
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         <title>Heffernan Named Illinois' 14th Head Wrestling Coach</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The University of Illinois Division of Intercollegiate Athletics will announce its hiring of a head wrestling coach Tuesday at 2 p.m. The event will be streamed live at FightingIllini.com. To access the live stream <a href="http://all-access.cbssports.com/player.html?code=ill&media=125581">click here</a>.]]></description>
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         <title>Illinois to Announce Wrestling Coach Tuesday at 2 p.m.</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Illinois freshman Jordan Blanton (Richmond, Ill.) won the 79 KG/174 lbs weight class at the FILA Junior National Freestyle Championships Saturday, defeating Chris Spangler of Cyclone Wrestling Club and Iowa State, 2-1, 2-0 in the championship match. The victory qualifies Blanton for the Junior World Team Trials on May 18-23 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.]]></description>
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         <title>Blanton Wins Fila Junior National Championships</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[After 17 seasons at the helm of Illinois Wrestling and 19 as a collegiate head coach, Mark Johnson announced his retirement from coaching Monday. Johnson finishes his career as the most successful wrestling coach in Illinois history and one of the best nationally.]]></description>
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         <title>Johnson Retires After 17 Seasons at Illinois</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Top-ranked and second-seeded Mike Poeta came up just short in a battle of unbeaten wrestlers in the 157-pound championship, falling to top-seeded and second-ranked Jordan Burroughs (Nebraska), 5-1. Poeta takes second at the NCAA Championships for the second-straight year. As a team, Illinois finished eighth with 55 points, the best team finish since taking sixth in 2005 and head coach Mark Johnson's 10th top-10 finish in the Orange and Blue. The 55 points are the fifth-most ever scored by an Illini team at the NCAA tournament. And Poeta, Jimmy Kennedy (4th, 133) and John Wise (7th, HWT) give Illinois its most All-Americans since 2005.]]></description>
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         <title>Poeta Takes Second at NCAAs; Illini Finish in Eighth</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Third-seeded Jimmy Kennedy placed fifth after wrestling the most matches possible in the NCAA Championships and going 7-2, earning a 16-0 technical fall over Maryland's Steve Bell in 5:13 in the medal round, and Ninth-seeded John Wise took seventh place at heavyweight with a medical forfeit win over Pittsburgh's 15th-ranked Zach Sheaffer. The Illini currently stand in eighth place after Kennedy proved to be the tournament's iron man, losing his pigtail match before winning seven of his next eight bouts to take fifth place.]]></description>
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         <title>Kennedy Takes 5th at NCAAs, Wise Finishes 7th</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Top-ranked and second-seeded Mike Poeta won the rematch of last year's championship bout with Cornell's third-seeded and fourth-ranked Jordan Leen, 6-4, and will face top-seeded and second-ranked Jordan Burroughs of Nebraska in Saturday night's title match. In addition, No. 3 seed and third-ranked Jimmy Kennedy and No. 8 and ninth-seeded John Wise earned All-American status, the first time since 2005 that the Illini have had at least three All-Americans.]]></description>
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         <title>Poeta to Wrestle for NCAA Title; Illinois Has 3 All-Americans</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Keep up on all of Illinois' wrestlers in the NCAA Championships right here at FightingIllini.com. The Illini have eight wrestlers remaining in the tournament with three in the championship bracket.]]></description>
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         <title>Poeta Advances to NCAA Semifinals; 4 Other Illini Stay Alive</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Check back often throughout the evening for Illinois' results from session two of the 2009 NCAA Championships at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis.]]></description>
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         <title>Prater, Poeta, Wise Advance to NCAA Quarterfinals</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Five Illini advanced to the second round at the NCAA Championships and four others will continue in the wrestleback brackets as Illinois stands in 10th place after Thursday's first session at the NCAA Championships. The tournament continues at 6:30 p.m. Top-ranked and second-seeded Mike Poeta (157), eighth-ranked and ninth-seeded John Wise (HWT), No. 19 John Dergo (174), B.J. Futrell (125) and Ryan Prater (141) all won their first-round matches to stay alive in the championships brackets.]]></description>
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         <title>Five Illini Advance in Session 1 at NCAA Championships</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[No. 8 Illinois makes the short trip to St. Louis for this week's NCAA Championships at the Scottrade Center. The Fighting Illini look to return to a top-10 finish at the national championships after a three-year absence. The Orange and Blue are fresh off a second-place finish at the Big Ten Championships two weeks ago and are taking nine of 10 starters to NCAAs, the most qualifiers for Illinois since taking 10 in 2006.]]></description>
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         <title>#8 Illini Head to NCAA Championships</title>
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