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2005-06 FINAL RELEASE

BADGERS PLACE 21ST BIG TEN CHAMP! Head Coach  The wrestling team took 21st  Senior capt ain Tom Clum was names place at the 2006 NCAA the 2006 Big Ten Champion at 133 lbs. af ter outlasting Minnesot a’ s Mack Reiter in a Championships racking up 33.5 tot al team In his 13th season at point s. Senior T o m Clum (Arvada, Colo.) led arguably the most exciting match of the W isconsin, Davis has the Badgers with a fif th-place finish at 133 championships. coached six individuals lbs., while sophomore Craig Henning to nine Big Ten titles, the (Chippewa Falls, Wis.) placed eighth at 157  As was expected the grapplers battled latest being, To m Clum, lbs. Both wrestlers earned All-American hon - tough, sending the match into three over - who claimed the 125-pound crown in 2004. ors to complement their placements at the times before Clum was able to notch a t ake - Davis also coached Donny Pritzlaff (165 tournament. down to seal the win, 4-6 and earn his first lbs., 1999, 2000, ’01), Keith Davison (190 Big Ten crown at 133 lbs. It is Clum’ s second lbs., 1994), Matt Hanutke (118 lbs., 1994),  Third-seeded Clum went 5-2 at the Big Ten title. He won in 2004 at 125 lbs. Eric Jetton (126 lbs., 1997, ’98) and Kevin Championships, including a win over second- W ilmot (167 lbs., 1997) to conference seeded Nathan Morgan of Oklahoma State to championships. claim fif th place. Henning, seeded eighth, fin - EARNING THEIR WAY TO Additionally, 15 of Davis’ wrestlers ished the tournament with a 4-3 record. NCAAS have earned All-America honors while two  At 149 lbs. T yler T urner earned fourth have claimed NCAA titles. Pritzlaf f won  No. 9 Tyler Turner (Spring Valley , W is.) place at the championships, the second high - back-to-back national championships in concluded his 2006 NCAA Championship est Badger finish. The junior tri-capt ain will 2000 and 2001 and Jeff Walter won the appearance in the second day of competition head to his second consecutive NCAA cham- 1996 heavyweight title. af ter going 3-2 at 149 lbs. Under Davis’ direction, 51 wrestlers pionship s with a 19-7 record. have qualified for the NCAAs including cur -  Freshman Dallas Herbst (197 lbs.) also  rent Badgers Tom Clum, Collin Cudd, Jake Placing fif th at 125 lbs. was junior Collin bowed out of the NCAAs on the second day. Donar, Ed Gutnik, Craig Henning, Lee Cudd (River Falls, W is.). Cudd, who was not The Winneconne, Wis., native went 3-2 at his Kraemer, Kelly Flaherty and T yler T urner. seeded heading into the championships, first championship s, including two wins by went 3-2 including wins over sixth-seeded pin. Michael Watt s of Michigan and fif th-seeded Lucas Magnani of Iowa. 2005–06 Quickfacts  Senior Ed Gutnik (Iselin, N.J.) made his last appearance on the mat for W isconsin at  Also placing fif th was sophomore Craig Overall Record: 9-5-1 the championships, going 1-2 on the week - Henning The Badger defeated Steve Big Ten Record: 4-3-1 end. Sommer of Ohio State in the quarterfinals 2004–05 Record: 11-3-2 (4-3-1 Big Ten) before falling to eventual Big Ten champ C.P. Head Coach: Barry Davis LEADERS OF THE PA C K Schlatter of Minnesot a. UW Record: 113-88-8 (12 seasons) Overall Record: same  Freshman Dallas Herbst led the team in  Senior Ed Gutnik placed sixth at 141 Asst. Coaches: pin victories this season with 12, while Kelly lbs. Gutnik, seeded eighth, earned wins over Bart Chelesvig, Cory Wallman Flaherty (Big Lake, Minn.) notched the T.J. Enright of Ohio S tate and fourth-seeded V olunteer Asst. Coach: Tony Black fastest fall at :31 seconds. D e W itt Driscoll of Penn S tate.

W restling Contacts  Tom Clum had the best record on the  At 197 lbs., Herbst concluded his Big Jana Stough and Jen Werner team at 19-4, for a winning percent age of Ten first championship s 3-2 Office Phone (608) 262-2255 .823. Sophomore Craig Henning built the Cell Phone (608) 334-3758 team’s best dual record at 14-1 and led the E-mail [email protected] squad with 29 wins. [email protected]

University of Wisconsin • Intercollegiate Athletics Kellner Hall • 1440 Monroe Street • Madison, W isconsin 53711 (608) 262-1866 • www.uwbadgers.com 2006 NCAA Championships Hosted by Oklahoma University The Ford Center, , Okla. March 16-18

NCAATeam Standings 9 53.5 Lehigh 18 35.0 1 122.5 Oklahoma St 9 53.5 Penn State 18 35.0 Michigan State 2 84.0 Minnesota 11 52.5 Hofstra 20 34.0 Purdue 3 80.5 Oklahoma 12 51.0 Penn 21 33.5 Wisconsin 4 70.0 Iowa 13 48.5 Iowa State 22 33.0 Oregon 5 62.0 Cornell 13 48.5 Northwestern 23 32.0 Cal Poly 6 61.5 Arizona State 15 45.0 Missouri 24 31.5 Boise State 7 57.5 Michigan 16 40.5 Nebraska 25 29.0 Illinois 8 56.0 Edinboro 17 40.0 American

Session 1 March 16 125 lbs. David Tomasette (Hofstra) Tech Fall, Colling Cudd (UW), 1:38 133 lbs. (3) Tom Clum (UW) dec. Jared Royer (North Carolina), 10-3 141 lbs. Ed Gutnik dec. Kyle Larson (Oregon State), 4-2 149 lbs. (9) Tyler Turner (UW) dec. Mike Kessler (Rider), 6-3 157 lbs. (8) Craig Henning(UW) dec. Kody Hamrah (North Carolina State), 4-3 197 lbs. Dallas Herbst (UW) Fall Brent Blackwell (Gardner-Webb), :38 Consolation Round 1 March 16 125 lbs. Michael Silengo (Penn) dec. Collin Cudd (UW), 10-6 Session 2 March 16 133 lbs. (3) Tom Clum (UW) Maj. dec. Patrick Aleksanyan (Nebraska), 11-2 141 lbs. (2) Teyon Ware (Oklahoma) dec. Ed Gutnik (UW), 6-1 149 lbs. (8) Eric T annenbaum (Michigan) dec. (9) Tyler T urner (UW), 6-1 157 lbs. (9) Joe Johnston (Iowa) dec. (8) Craig Henning (UW), 5-2 197 lbs. (3) B.J. Padden (Nebraska) dec. Dallas Herbst (UW), 6-4 (SV) Session 3 March 17 133 lbs. 6) Matthew Valenti (Penn) dec. (3) Tom Clum (UW), 7-2 Consolation Round 3 March 17 141 lbs. (11) Josh Wooton (Northern Illinois) dec. Ed Gutnik (UW), 3-2 149 lbs. (9) Tyler Turner (UW) dec. Darren McKnight (Michigan State), 1 1-9 157 lbs. (8) Craig Henning (UW) dec. Adam Glaser (Gardner-Webb), 7-4 197 lbs. Dallas Herbst (UW) Fall Charles Martin (Army), 3:11 Consolation Round 4 March 17 149 lbs. (9) Tyler Turner (UW) dec. Patrick Simpson (Army), 9-5 157 lbs. (8) Craig Henning (UW) dec. Nathan Galloway (Penn State), 8-3 197 lbs. Dallas Herbst (UW) dec. Daren Burns (UNC-Greensboro), 7-4 Consolation Round 5 March 17 133 lbs. (3) Tom Clum (UW) dec. (6) Darrel Vasques (Cal Poly), 10-6 149 lbs. (7) Gregor Gillespie (Edinboro) dec. (9) T yler Turner (UW), 8-1 157 lbs. (8) Craig Henning (UW) Fall Andrew Flanagan (Harvard), 4:07 197 lbs. (5) Joe Flaggert (Oklahoma) dec. Dallas Herbst (UW), 5-1 Consolation Round 6 March 17 133 lbs. (3) Tom Clum (UW) dec. Tyler McCormick (Missouri), 6-4 157 lbs. (7) Dustin Manotti (Cornell) dec. (8) Craig Henning (UW), 7-3 Consolation Round 7 March 18 133 lbs. (1) Shawn Bunch (Edinboro) dec. (3) Tom Clum (UW), 9-5 Fifth Place Match March 18 133 lbs. (3) Tom Clum (UW) dec. (2) Nathan Morgan of Oklahoma State, 9-6 Seventh Place Match March 18 157 lbs. (6) Brandon Becker (Indiana) dec. (8) Craig Henning (UW), 9-6 2006 Big Ten Championships Hosted by Indiana University Assembly Hall, Bloomington, Ind. March 4-5

Final Team Standings 6 86.0 Iowa 1 138.0 Minnesota 7 76.5 W isconsin 2 125.0 Illinois 8 68.0 Michigan State 3 115.0 Michigan 9 45.5 Purdue 4 91.0 Penn State 10 43.5 Indiana 5 87.5 Northwestern 11 40.0 Ohio State

Wt 125 Wt 165 1 #2 Nick Simmons (Michigan State University) D 7-0 1 #1 Ryan Churella (University of Michigan) D 7-0 2 #4 Kyle Ott (University of Illinois) 2 #3 Matt Nagel (University of Minnesot a) 3 #1 Joe Dubuque (Indiana University) D 2-1 3 #2 Mike Poeta (University of Illinois) D 6-2 4 #3 John Velez () 4 #5 Eric Luedke () 5 Collin Cudd (University of W isconsin) F 2:59 5 #8 Max Dean (Indiana University) D 2-1 6 #5 Lucas Magnani (University of Iowa) 6 Dan Bedoy (Purdue University) 7 #6 Michael Watt s (University of Michigan) F 2:04 7 #7 W ill Durkee (Northwestern University) D 3-0 8 Nathan Costello (Ohio State University) 8 #6 Jake Donar (University of W isconsin) Wt 133 Wt 174 1 #3 Tom Clum (University of Wisconsin) D 6-4;SV 1 #1 (Northwestern University) F 4:02 2 #1 Mack Reiter (University of Minnesot a) 2 #2 Mark Perry (University of Iowa) 3 #5 Jake Strayer (Penn State University) D 9-6 3 #3 RJ Boudro (Michigan State University) D 3-1 4 #4 Mark Moos (University of Michigan) 4 #8 Gabriel Dret sch (University of Minnesot a) 5 #7 Gabe Flores (University of Illinois) F M FOR 5 #4 James Yonushonis (Penn State University) F M FOR 6 #2 Chris Fleeger (Purdue University) 6 #6 Donny Reynolds (University of Illinois) 7 #6 Andrae Hernandez (Indiana University) D 8-1 7 #5 Blake Maurer (Ohio State University) D 7-4 8 #8 Reece Humphrey (Ohio State University) 8 Nick Corpe (Purdue University) Wt 141 Wt 184 1 #2 Andy Simmons (Michigan State University) D 8-2 1 #3 Roger Kish (University of Minnesot a) D 3-1 2 #5 Ryan Lang (Northwestern University) 2 #4 Pete Friedl (University of Illinois) 3 #3 Alex Tsirt sis (University of Iowa) D 3-2 3 #2 Ben Wissel (Purdue University) D 7-6 4 #1 Josh Churella (University of Michigan) 4 #1 Eric Bradley (Penn State University) 5 #7 Manuel Rivera (University of Minnesot a) D 6-3 5 #8 T yrel Todd (University of Michigan) D 3-2 6 #8 Ed Gutnik (University of W isconsin) 6 #6 Mike Tamillow (Northwestern University) 7 # 4 D e W itt Driscoll (Penn S tate University) D 10-4 7 #5 Paul Bradley (University of Iowa) D 5-4 8 #6 Cassio Pero (University of Illinois) 8 Joe Williams (Michigan State University) Wt 149 Wt 197 1 #1 Dustin Schlatter (University of Minnesot a) M 14-0 1 #2 Philip Davis (Penn State University) D 4-0 2 T roy T irapelle (University of Illinois) 2 #1 T yrone Byrd (University of Illinois) 3 #2 Ty Eustice (University of Iowa) D 3-2 3 #3 Matt Delguyd (Northwestern University) D 3-1;SV 4 #6 T yler T urner (University of W isconsin) 4 W illie Breyer (University of Michigan) 5 #3 Eric Tannenbaum (University of Michigan) F M FOR 5 #5 Nathan Moore (Purdue University) D 9-6 6 #4 J Jaggers (Ohio State University) 6 #6 Dan Erekson (University of Iowa) 7 #7 James Woodall (Penn State University) D 4-2 7 #8 Dallas Herbst (University of W isconsin) F 0:40 8 #8 Darren McKnight (Michigan State University) 8 Jeff Clemens (Michigan State University) Wt 157 Wt 285 1 #3 CP Schlatter (University of Minnesot a) D 5-2 1 #1 (University of Minnesot a) D 6-0;SV 2 #1 Alex T irapelle (University of Illinois) 2 #2 Greg Wagner (University of Michigan) 3 #5 Brandon Becker (Indiana University) D 6-0 3 #3 Dustin Fox (Northwestern University) D 5-2 4 #6 Steve Luke (University of Michigan) 4 #8 Matt Weight (University of Illinois) 5 #2 Craig Henning (University of W isconsin) F M F O R 5 #4 Joel Edwards (Penn State University) F M FOR 6 #4 Joe Johnston (University of Iowa) 6 #6 Kirk Nail (Ohio State University) 7 #8 Nathan Galloway (Penn State University) D 5-1 7 #7 Dave Herman (Indiana University) D 3-1;SV 8 #7 Steve Sommer (Ohio State University) 8 Max Lossen (Michigan State University) WISCONSIN 2005–06 Wrestling Individual Season Statistics

Overall Collegiate Dual Big 10 Dual Dual Pts. SV TB MD TF Pins Fastes Wt. Wrestler Record Record Record Record Scored W-L W-L W-L W-L W-L Fall 125 Collin Cudd 11-15 11-15 4-10 2-6 16 0-0 0-0 2-1 0-1 2-1 1:43 Drew Hammen 2-7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 — Kyle Reeve 8-5 8-5 1-0 0-0 6 0-0 0-0 2-1 0-0 3-0 4:49 Kyle Ruschell 13-7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 1-1 2:36 133 Tom Clum 19-4 19-4 10-2 6-1 47 1-0 0-0 4-0 0-0 3-0 1:45 Zach Tanelli 7-3 7-3 1-1 0-1 10 0-0 0-0 4-0 0-0 0-0 — Josh Crass 6-5 6-5 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 3-3 0:49 Kyle Ruschell 5-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 5:40 Erik Senescu 4-6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1-0 1-0 3:02 Dan Sneider 4-8 4-8 0-0 0-0 0 0-1 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-1 — 141 Tony Turner 8-6 7-6 1-3 0-1 4 0-1 0-0 3-1 0-0 1-0 3:32 Zach Tanelli 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 — Jordan Crass 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-0 1:59 Ed Gutnik 11-11 11-11 5-5 4-3 21 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 2-0 5:31 149 Jordan Crass 4-3 4-3 0-0 0-0 0 1-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 0-2 — Tony Turner 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 — Mike Metzger 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 — Tyler Turner 22-9 22-9 10-4 4-4 32 1-0 0-0 2-0 1-0 0-0 — 157 Craig Henning 29-10 29-10 14-1 7-1 52 1-0 1-0 6-0 1-0 3-0 1:27 Mike Metzger 4-2 4-2 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 — Alex Katler 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 — Braden McLoughlin 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0:54 165 Tyler Clark 3-3 2-3 1-0 0-0 4 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-0 3:35 Jake Donar 10-12 10-12 5-6 4-4 20 0-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 2-2 3:50 Seth Garvin 4-3 4-2 1-2 0-0 3 0-0 0-0 2-1 0-0 1-0 2:20 Braden McLoughlin 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-2 — 174 Mike Felling 3-4 3-4 1-4 1-4 3 0-0 0-0 0-1 1-1 1-0 2:52 Zach Menne 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 — Kelly Flaherty 9-4 9-4 7-2 1-2 35 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 4-0 :31 184 Matt Maciag 7-12 7-12 4-7 1-5 17 0-0 0-0 3-3 1-0 2-1 3:31 Justin Peterson 8-6 8-5 1-3 0-2 3 1-0 0-0 0-2 0-0 3-2 1:29 James Barker 3-6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 — 197 Dallas Herbst 21-12 21-12 9-6 2-6 42 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 12-0 0:38 Lee Kraemer 6-2 6-2 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 4-0 0:45 Hwt Kyle Massey 11-2 11-2 3-1 1-1 18 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 9-1 1:06 Jordan Hein 9-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-1 0-0 1-0 0-0 3-0 1:09 Lee Kraemer 5-6 5-6 5-4 4-0 18 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 — TEAM TOTALS 265-191 231-137 85-61 33-41 359 6-4 2-1 50-18 10-6 64-19 —

2005–06 Dual Team Points Scored By Weight

Date Opponent 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 HWT Final Nov. 4 Oshkosh 6-0 6-0 5-0 3-0 6-0 4-0 5-0 4-0 6-0 6-0 51-0 Nov. 19 Lock Haven 0-3 4-0 4-0 3-0 6-0 4-0 6-0 6-0 6-0 6-0 45-3 Nov. 20 Penn State* 4-0 0-3 0-3 3-0 3-0 3-0 0-3 0-3 0-3 6-0 19-15 Dec. 10 Northern Iowa 0-3 3-0 0-3 4-0 0-3 0-3 6-0 3-0 3-0 0-4 19-16 Dec. 11 NORTHERN ILLINOIS 0-3 4-0 0-3 3-0 4-0 0-3 3-0 0-6 3-0 0-3 17-18 Jan. 6 UT-Chattanooga 0-3 0-3 0-3 3-0 3-0 0-4 6-0 0-3 6-0 0-3 18-19 Jan. 6 Brown 3-0 6-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 0-3 6-0 3-0 6-0 3-0 36-3 Jan. 6 North Carolina 3-0 6-0 0-3 3-0 3-0 3-0 0-6 0-3 3-0 0-3 21-15 Jan. 20 IOWA* 0-3 4-0 0-3 0-3 3-0 0-3 0-3 0-3 0-3 0-3 7-24 Jan. 22 NORTHWESTERN* 0-3 3-0 0-3 4-0 4-0 4-0 0-5 0-4 0-3 0-6 15-24 Jan. 29 PURDUE* 0-3 0-3 6-0 0-3 6-0 6-0 3-0 0-4 0-3 3-0 24-16 Feb. 3 Minnesota* 0-3 6-0 3-0 0-3 3-0 0-3 0-4 0-4 0-3 0-6 12-26 Feb. 5 Ohio State* 6-0 6-0 6-0 0-3 4-0 0-6 0-3 4-0 6-0 6-0 38-12 Feb. 17 Michigan State* 0-6 6-0 0-3 3-0 4-0 3-0 0-3 0-3 3-0 3-0 22-15 Feb. 19 Illinois* 0-3 3-0 3-0 3-0 0-3 0-3 3-0 0-3 0-3 3-0 15-15 TEAM TOTALS 22-33 57-9 30-24 35-12 52-6 27-28 38-27 20-36 42-18 36-28 359-221 Home duals in CAPS, * Denotes Big Ten opponent WISCONSIN WRESTLING 2005-06 SCHEDULE

Day Date Opponent Location Time

Friday N o v. 4 U W-Oshkosh Green Bay, Wis. W , 51-0 Saturday Nov. 12 Pointer Open S tevens Point, W is. NTS Sunday Nov. 13 Dubuque Open Dubuque, Iowa N T S Saturday Nov. 19 Lock Haven Lock Haven, Pa. W , 45-3 Sunday Nov. 20 Penn State* S tate College, Pa. W , 19-15

2005 Clif f Keen Invite - Las Vegas Fri.-Sat. Dec. 2-3 Clif f Keen Invite Las Vegas N T S

Saturday Dec 10 Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, Iowa W , 19-16 Sunday Dec 11 N O RTHERN ILLINOIS UW Field House L, 18-17 *WEB CAST LIVE O N UWBADGERS.COM*

2006 Lonestar Duals - Dallas Saturday Jan. 7 Lonestar Duals Dallas U T-Chatt anooga Dallas L, 19-18 Brown Dallas W , 36-3 North Carolina Dallas W , 21-15

Friday Jan. 20 I O WA* UW Field House L, 24-7 Sunday Jan. 22 N O R THWESTERN* UW Field House L, 24-15 *WEB CAST LIVE O N UWBADGERS.COM* Sunday Jan. 29 PURDUE* UW Field House W , 24-16 *WEB CAST LIVE O N UWBADGERS.COM* Friday Feb. 3 Minnesota* L, 26-12 Sunday Feb. 5 OHIO STATE* UW Field House W , 38-12 *WEB CAST LIVE O N UWBADGERS.COM* Friday Feb. 17 Michigan State* East Lansing, Mich. W , 22-15 Sunday Feb. 19 Illinois* Champaign, Ill. T, 15-15

2006 Big Ten Championships - Bloomington, Ind. Sat.-Sun. Mar. 4-5 Big Te n Championships at Indiana University 7th, 76.5 pt s.

2006 NCAA Championships - Oklahoma City, Okla. Thur.-Sat. M a r . 16-18 NCAAChampionships at Oklahoma City 21st, 33.5 pt s.

Schedule is subject to change; all times are central; home games in CAPS are held at the University of W isconsin’ s Field House; *indicates Big Ten games; for ticket information, call 1-800- GO-BADGERS or visit uwbadgers.com. WISCONSIN WRESTLING 2005-06 ROSTER

Name Elig./Y ear Height W eight Hometown (High School) James Barker Fr./Fr. 5-8 174 Neenah, Wis. (Neenah) T yler Clark Fr ./So. 5-8 1 6 5 Beloit, W is. (T urner) Tom Clum *** (C) Sr./#Sr. 5-4 133 Arvada, Colo. (Pomona) Josh Crass Fr ./So. 5-5 1 3 3 Medford, Wis. (Medford) Jordan Crass Fr ./So. 5-7 1 4 1 Medford, Wis. (Medford) Collin Cudd* Jr./Jr. 5-4 125 River Falls, W is. (River Falls) Jake Donar* So./Jr . 5-10 165 Cuba City, Wis. (Cuba City-Southwestern) Mike Felling* So./So. 6-0 174 Hutchinson, Minn. (Hutchinson) Kelly Flaherty **(C) Sr./#Sr. 5-10 174 Big Lake, Minn. (Big Lake) Ryan Flaherty ** Sr./#Sr. 5-10 197 Big Lake, Minn. (Big Lake) Seth Garvin Fr./So.. 5-8 165 Homewood, Ala. (Homewood) Ed Gutnik ** Sr./#Sr. 5-3 141 Iselin, N.J. (John F. Kennedy) Drew Hammen Fr./Fr. 5-4 125 Random Lake, Wis. (Random Lake) Jordan Hein Fr./Fr. 6-4 Hwt. W ausau, Wis. (W ausau West) Craig Henning* So./So. 5-11 157 Chippewa Falls, Wis. (Chippewa Falls) Dallas Herbst Fr ./So. 6-5 1 9 7 W inneconne, Wis. (W inneconne High School) Lee Kraemer *** Sr./#Sr. 6-2 197 DeForest, Wis. (DeForest) Matt Maciag** Jr./Jr. 6-0 184 Sussex, N.J. (Blair Academy) Kyle Massey So./Fr. 6-4 Hwt. Champlin, Minn. (Centennial) Braden McLoughlin Fr./Fr . 5-9 1 4 9 Skokie, Ill. (Niles North) Zach Menne* So./Jr . 5-10 165 Richland Center, W is. (Richland Center) Mike Metzger Fr ./So. 5-8 1 5 7 Beaver Dam, Wis. (Columbus) Justin Peterson Fr ./So. 6-1 1 8 4 Comstock, Wis. (Cumberland) Kyle Reeve Fr./Fr. 5-5 125 Mazomanie, Wis. (W isconsin Height s) Kyle Rushcell Fr./Fr. 5-6 125 Crittenden, Ky. (Ryle) Erik Senescu Fr./Fr. 5-5 141 Louisville, Colo. (Monarch) Dan Sneider Fr ./So. 5-3 1 2 5 Northbrook, Ill. (Glenbrook North) Zach TanelliFr ./So. 5-4 1 3 3 Short Hills, N.J. (Millburn) Tony T urner *** Sr ./#Sr . 5-6 1 3 3 S pring Valley , W is. (Spring Valley) Tyler T urner** (C) Jr./Sr. 5-8 149 S pring Valley , W is. (Spring Valley)

Legend: * indicates letters won; (C) indicates team capt ains; # indicates fif th-year senior W isconsin Wrestling 2005-06 Dual Result s

W isconsin 51, UW-Oshkosh 0 W isconsin 19, Nothern Iowa 16 Friday, Nov. 4, 2005 - Green Bay, W is. Saturday, Dec. 10, 2005 - Cedar Falls, Iowa

Wt. Match Recap Wt. Match Recap 125- Kyle Reeve (UW) pinned Chris Truemper (UWO), 4:49 184- Justin Peterson (WIS) dec. Dan Dunning (UNI), 9-5 133- Dan Sneider (UW) won by Forfeit 197- Dallas Herbst (WIS) dec. Andrew Anderson (UNI), 8-3 141- Zach Tanelli (UW) tech fall Doug Rozelman (UWO), 4:55 HWT- Tyler Rhodes (UNI) maj. dec. Lee Kraemer (WIS), 14-1 149- Tony T urner (UW) dec. Tony Lombardi (UWO), 15-8 125- Seth Wright (UNI) dec. Collin Cudd (WIS), 13-8 157- Craig Henning (UW) pinned Dallas Moe (UWO), 1:27 133- Tom Clum (WIS) dec. Chris Helgeson (UNI), 8-2 165- T yler Clark (UW) dec. Kevin Luedtke (UWO), MD, 14-6 141- C.J. Ettelson (UNI) dec. Ed Gutnik (WIS), 3-0 174- Kelly Flaherty (UW) dec. Adam Dorner (UWO), TF, 3:23 149- T yler Turner (WIS) maj. dec. Justin Swaf ford (UNI), 10-2 184- Matt Maciag (UW) major dec. Pat Detmer (UWO), MD, 13-4 157- Chris Bitetto (UNI) dec. Craig Henning (WIS), 8-5 197- Dallas Herbst (UW) pinned Kyle Coleman (UWO), 3:55 165- Nick Baima (UNI) dec. Jake Donar (WIS), 3-0 285- Kyle Massey (UW) pinned Gus Witte (UWO), 1:19 174- Kelly Flaherty (UW) pinned Curt Zinnel (UNI), 4:48

W isconsin 45, Lock Haven 3 W isconsin 17, Nothern Illinois 18 Saturday, Nov. 20, 2005 - Lock Haven, Pa. Sunday, Dec. 11, 2005 - Madison, W is.

Wt. Match Recap Wt. Match Recap 125- Obenson Blanc (LH) dec. Collin Cudd (UW), 5-2 197- Dallas Herbst (WIS) dec. Derick Hunsinger (UNI), 9-6 133- Zach Tanelli (UW) maj. dec. Casey Moore (LH), 14-2 Hwt.- Joe Sapp (NIU) dec. Lee Kraemer (WIS), 5-3 141- Tony T urner (UW) maj. dec. Clint Shirk (LH), 11-1 125- Pat Castillo (NIU) dec. Colin Cudd (WIS), 7-3 149- T yler Turner (UW) dec. Joshua Medina (LH), 3-0 133- Tom Clum (WIS) maj. dec. Andy Hiatt (NIU), 11-3 157- Craig Henning (UW) pinned Seth Martin (LH), 4:13 141- Josh Wooton (NIU) dec. TonyTurner (WIS), 0-6 165- Jake Donar (UW) maj. dec. Brock Jardine (LH), 9-0 149- T yler Turner (WIS) dec. Mike Grimes (NIU), 8-3 174- Kelly Flaherty (UW) pinned Derrick Morgan (LH), 5:36 157- Craig Henning (WIS) maj. dec. Aaron Owen (NIU), 11-0 184- Matt Maciag (UW) pinned Mike Metzger (LH), 3:31 165- Alex Nelson (NIU) dec. Jake Donar (WIS), 5-1 197- Dallas Herbst (UW) pinned Troy Charles (LH), 0:56 174- Kelly Flaherty (WIS) dec. Danny Burk (NIU), 4-3 Hwt.- Kyle Massey (UW) pinned Tim Meyers (LH), 1:06 184- Nick McClone (NIU) pinned Justin Peterson (WIS), 4:24

W isconsin 19, Penn State 15 W isconsin 18, UT-Chatt anooga 19 Sunday, Nov. 20, 2005 - S tate College Saturday, Jan. 7, 2006 - Dallas, Texas

Wt. Match Recap Wt. Match Recap 174- James Yonushonis (PSU) dec. Kelly Flaherty (UW), 5-3 1125- Javier Maldonado (UTC) dec. Collin Cudd (UW), 4-3 184- Neil Bretz (PSU) dec. Matt Maciag (UW), 11-5 6-0 133- Matt Keller (UTC) dec. Tom Clum (UW), 9-5 197- (PSU) dec. Dallas Herbst (UW), 8-7 141- Michael Keefe (UTC) dec. Ed Gutnik (UW), 8-2 Hwt- Kyle Massey (UW) pinned Joel Edwards (PSU), 4:11 149- T yler Turner (UW) dec. Aaron Martin (UTC), 7-2 125- Colin Cudd (UW) maj. dec. Brad Pataky (PSU), 13-1 157- Craig Henning (UW) dec. Jake Yost (UTC), 7-4 133- Jake Strayer (PSU) dec. Zach Tanelli (UW), 7-5 165- Justin Otis (UTC) dec. Seth Garvin (UW), MD, 14-4 141- DeWitt Driscoll (PSU) dec. Tony T urner (UW), 5-0 174- Kelly Flaherty (UW) pinned T.J. Sayers (UTC), 4:33 149- T yler Turner (UW) dec. James Woodall (PSU), 8-6 184- John Davis (UTC) dec. Matt Maciag (UW), 6-1 157- Craig Henning (UW) dec. Nathan Galloway (PSU), 5-3 197- Dallas Herbst (UW) pinned Nick Lorenzano 3:10 165- Jake Donar (UW) dec. Phil Bomberger (PSU), 11-5 1 285- Israel Silva (UTC) dec. Lee Kraemer (UW), 8-2 W isconsin 36, Brown 3 W isconsin 24, Purdue 16 Saturday, Jan. 7, 2006 - Dallas, Texas Sunday, Jan. 29, 2006 - Madison, W is.

Wt. Match Recap Wt. Match Recap 125- Collin Cudd (UW) dec. Nathan Myers (BU), 62 149 Doug Withst andley (PU) dec. Tyler T urner (WIS), 9-4 133- Tom Clum (UW) pinned Greg pace (BU), 5:42 157 Craig Henning (WIS) Fall Jake Murphy (PU) 1:57 141- Ed Gutnik (UW) dec. Mark Savino 8-2 165 Jake Donar (WIS) Fall Dan Bedoy (PU), 3:50 149- T yler Turner (UW) dec. Mike Ashton (BU), 6-2 174 Mike Felling (WIS) dec. Nick Corpe (PU), 10-5 157- Craig Henning (UW) dec. Michael Savino, 5-1 184 Ben Wissel (PU) maj. dec. Matt Maciag (WIS), 12-3 165- Shawn Kitchner (BU) dec. Seth Garvin (UW), 6-1 197 Nathan Moore (PU) dec. Dallas Herbst (WIS), 2-1 174- Kelly Flaherty (UW) pinned Matt Gevlinger (BU), 0:31 Hwt. Lee Kraemer (WIS) dec. Aaron Keough (PU), 3-0 184- Matt Maciag (UW) dec. Brandon Stearns (BU), 9-4 125 Brandon Tucker (PU) dec. Colin Cudd (WIS), 5-4 197- Dallas Herbst (UW) pinned Leo Saniuk (BU), 3:34 133 Chris Fleeger (PU) dec. Tom Clum (WIS), 8-4 285- Lee Kraemer (UW) dec. Levon Mock (BU), 5-3 141 Ed Gutnik (WIS) Fall Jason Cook (PU), 5:31

W isconsin 21, North Carolina 15 W isconsin 12, Minnesot a 26 Saturday, Jan. 7, 2006 - Dallas, Texas Friday, Feb. 3, 2006 - Minneapolis, Minn.

Wt. Match Recap Wt. Match Recap 125 Collin Cudd (UW) dec. Bobby Shaw (UNC), 10-4 184- Roger Kish (MN) maj. dec. Matt Maciag (UW), 11 -3 133 Tom Clum (UW) forfeit 197- Mitch Kuhlman (MN) dec. Dallas Herbst (UW), 5-4 141 Vincent Ramirez (UNC) dec. Tony T urner (UW), 6-3 H W T- Cole Konrad (MN) wins by forfeit 0 13 149 Tyler Turner (UW) dec. Chris Ramos (UNC), 8-1 125 - T ravis Lang (MN) dec. Collin Cudd (UW), 8-7 157 Craig Henning (UW) dec. Brian Baglio (UNC), 2-0 133 - Tom Clum (UW) pins Daniel Jackson (MN), 1:45 165 Seth Garvin (UW) dec. Deon Barrett (UNC), 3-1 141 - Ed Gutnik (UW) dec. Manuel Rivera (MN), 2-0 174 Kelly Flaherty (UW) Inj. Def. 149 - Dustin Schlatter (MN) dec. Tyler T urner (UW), 4-2 184 Justin Dobies (UNC) dec. Matt Maciag (UW), 7-4 157 - Craig Henning (UW) dec. C.P. Schlatter (MN), 7-4 197 Dallas Herbst (UW) dec. David Dashiell (UNC), 7-4 165 - Matt Nagel (MN) dec. Jake Donar (UW), 12 -7 285 Spencer Nadolsky (UNC) dec. Lee Kraemer (UW) 2-0 174 - Gabriel Dret sch maj. dec. Mike Felling (UW), 14-3

W isconsin 38, Ohio State 12 W isconsin 7, Iowa 24 Sunday, Feb. 5, 2006 - Madison, W is. Friday, Jan. 20, 2006 - Madison, W is. Wt. Match Recap Wt. Match Recap 125- Colin Cudd (WIS) Fall Anner Arroyo (OSU), 3:44 184- Paul Bradley (UI) dec. Justin Peterson (WIS), 13-9 133- Tom Clum forfeit win 197- Dan Erekson (UI), dec. Dallas Herbst (WIS), 8-5 141- Ed Gutnik (WIS) Fall T.J. Enright (OSU), 7:39 Hwt.- Matt Fields (UI) dec. Kyle Massey (WIS), 8-2 149- J Jagers (OSU) dec. Tyler T urner (WIS), 5-3 125- Lucas Magnani (UI) dec. Colin Cudd (WIS), 6-4 157- Craig Henning (WIS) maj. dec. Steve Wollery (OSU), 12-2 133- Tom Clum (WIS) maj. dec. Daniel Dennis (UI), 12-4 165- Nathaniel Auguston (OSU) Fall Jake Donar (WIS), 4:24 141- Alex Tsirt sis (UI) def Ed Gutnik (WIS), 10-3 174- Blake Maurer (OSU) dec. Mike Felling (WIS), 8-7 149- T y Eustice (UI) dec. T yler T urner (WIS), 3-2 184- Matt Maciag (WIS) maj. dec. Zach Craiglow (OSU), 14-5 157- Craig Henning (WIS) dec. Joe Johnson (UI), 7-2 197- Dallas Herbst (WIS) Fall James Aston (OSU), 3:54 165- Eric Luedke (UI) dec. Jake Donar (WIS), 7-6 Hwt-. Lee Kraemer (WIS) Inj. Def. Kirk Nail (OSU) 174- Ben Steadman (UI), dec. Mike Felling (WIS), 11-5 W isconsin 22, Michigan State 15 W isconsin 15, Nothwestern 24 Friday, Feb. 17, 2006 - East Lansing, Mich. Sunday, Jan. 22, 2006 - Madison, W is. Wt. Match Recap Wt. Match Recap 174- R.J. Boudro (MSU) dec. Kelly Flaherty (UW),16-11 157- Craig Henning (WIS) maj. dec. Greg Hagel (NU), 8-0 184- Joe Williams (MSU dec. Matt Maciag (UW), 6-0 165- Jake Donar (WIS) maj. dec. Will Durkee (NU), 11-2 197- Dallas Herbst (UW) dec. Jeff Clemens (MSU), 8-4 174- Jake Herbert (NU) Tech Fall Mike Felling (WIS), 4:25 285- Lee Kraemer (UW) dec. Max Lossen (MSU), 5-3 184- Mike Tamillow (NU) maj. dec. Justin Peterson (WIS), 9-0 125- Nick Simmons (MSU) pinned Collin Cudd (UW), 1:39 197- Matt Delguyd (NU) dec. Dallas Herbst (WIS), 3-2 133- Tom Clum (UW) pinned Jeff Wimberley (MSU), 2:08 Hwt.- Dustin Fox (NU) Inj. Def. Kyle Massey (WIS) 141- Andy Simmons (MSU) dec. Ed Gutnik (UW), 7-5 125- John Velez (NU) dec. Colin Cudd (WIS), 8-4 149- T yler Turner (UW) dec. Darren McKnight (MSU), 11-9 133- Tom Clum (WIS) dec. Daniel Quintela (NU), 8-2 157- Craig Henning (UW) maj. dec.Tony Greathouse (MSU),12-2 141- Ryan Lang (NU) dec. Ed Gutnik (WIS), 8-1 165- Jake Donar (UW) dec. Bryan Harney (MSU), 6-1 149- T yler Turner (WIS) maj. dec. Jimmy Kim (NU), 10-1 W isconsin 15, Illinois 15 Sunday, Feb. 19, 2006 - Champaign, Ill.

Wt. Match Recap 133- Tom Clum (UW) dec. Gabe Flores (ILL), 6-1 141- Ed Gutnik (UW) dec. Joel Karr (ILL), 6-2 149- T yler Turner (UW) dec. Troy T irapelle (ILL), 10-4 157- Alex T irapelle (ILL) dec. Craig Henning (UW), 2-0 165- Mike Poeta (ILL) dec. Jake Donar (UW), 7-1 174- Kelly Flaherty (UW) dec. Roger Smith-Bergsrud (ILL), 1-0 184- Pete Friedl (ILL) dec. Matt Maciag (WIS), 9-2 197- T yrone Byrd (ILL) dec. Dallas Herbst (UW), 1-0 H W T- Lee Kraemer (UW) dec Matt Weight (ILL), 7-5 125- Kyle Ott (ILL) dec. Collin Cudd (UW), 5-3 Badgers Confident to Begin Challenging Season

By Andrew Kluger The Badger Herald November 1, 2005

Following a 2004 campaign that saw the Badgers finish 15th at the At 174 the Badgers will turn to senior capt ain Kelly Flaherty, who finished NCAAChampionships, Wisconsin’ s wrestling team enters the 2005-06 last season with a strong 20-13 performance and a fif th place finish in season donning similar expectations, as UW entered the preseason the Big Ten Championship. ranking at No. 15 in the nation. Nine Big Ten teams enter this season ranked in the top-25 with Iowa, Illinois, Michigan and Minnesot a all Coach Davis is confident with his team this year and expect s good pro - ranked in the top-10, and sitting at the top of one of the most dominate duction from all his weight classes. While the Badgers will be bringing conferences in . back nearly all of last year ’s wrestlers, the team still remains on the younger side at many positions and will have to learn as they go. Last week the Badgers locked up their lineup at the intersquad wrestle- of fs, where weight classes with more than one wrestler on the depth “ W e have a lot of young guys competing this year but we also got some chart contested for spot s in the st arting lineup. experience coming back,” Davis said. “We have to continue to wrestle well while we wait for some guys to come back from their injuries but I’m “It’ s never easy wrestling with someone you wrestle with every day at confident in our guys to improve from last year.” practice,” said UW wrestler Matt Maciag. “You know each other ’s moves, strengths and weaknesses. Sometimes I wish we could solve it another The wrestling season gets underway Nov. 4 when the Badgers t ake on w a y , but there’ s so much depth at all the classes that this is the only way U W-Oshkosh in Green Bay. Big Ten action opens up Nov. 20 when so let the best man win.” W isconsin t akes on Penn State.

At the 133-pound weight class Josh Crass earned a starting spot that was all but locked up by returning All-American Tom Clum. But prior the season, Clum, who enters the season ranked as the third best wrestler in the nation at the 133-pound weight class, suf fered a wrist injury , open - ing the door for Crass.

Clum, the highest ranked Badger in any poll, took third place at the 2005 NCAAChampionships and the Big Ten Championships and had season record of 28-5 overall last season. Despite the injury to his All-American, head coach Barry Davis remains confident the job can be successfully filled.

“I’m confident right now. W e have Josh Crass and some other guys who are going to step in at 133,” Davis said. “They’re a little inexperienced right now but I’m fully confident in those guys to step in and do a good job.”

At the 141-pound weight class, Ed Gutnik will man the st arting job af ter a successful 2004 season at the 133-pound weight class. Gutnik compiled a 23-12 overall record last season, going 5-3 in the Big Ten. The senior is coming of f his second trip to the NCAA Championships af ter a third place finish in the Big Ten championship.

Also earning their st arting spot last week was Tyler T urner at the 149- pound weight class as well as Matt Maciag and Dallas Herbst at the 184- pound and 197-pound weight classes respectively.

Maciag, a junior from Sussex, New Jersey, wrestled at both 197 and 184 last season and is looking to improve on his 9-9 overall record and con - tribute to the success of the 2005-06 Badgers.

“Last year we did alright, obviously not as well as we liked. W e got some new guys in the lineup this year and we only lost one senior so we defi - nitely expect to do better than we did last year when we finished 15, and hopefully will break into the top ten,” Maciag said. Time is Now For Highly-Touted Wisconsin Class Elite Recruiting Class Gets Chance to Break Into Lineup After Redshirt year; CKLV Collegiate Wrestling Invite Could Be First Major Test

By Ryan Dunn The Wrestling Mall November 7, 2005 “I think we’ll do really well, we’re finally getting enough guys in the room Two years ago Barry Davis’ W isconsin Badgers pulled in what many pun - where we have a lot of depth, where we’re not just solid at one level. dit s called the nation’ s best recruiting class. And after all but one of the Now if somebody gets hurt, we have somebody that can back them up, recruit s spent their first year in Madison as a redshirt, they are poised to which makes practice much more intense, that’s really good to see,” he take the mats this year and live up to their billing, and in the process, said. move the Badgers to the upper echelon of the Big 10. Craig Henning was the lone wrestler from the ’03 recruiting class not to redshirt last year , and was the st arter at 149. He compiled a 23-10 As Davis point s out, the main thing the highly touted recruit s bring to the record, highlighted by a runner-up finish at the Big 10 Conference room is depth and competition. Tournament. His season came to a disappointing end however, when he went 1-2 at the NCAA Tournament and finished short of All-American “I know our room has a lot more depth, there’ s a lot more competition in honors. the room, due to the last two recruiting classes and that’ s helped us tremendously, and that’ s been a big, big dif ference in W isconsin According to Davis, Henning is just one of the wrestlers that need to step wrestling,” Davis said at the W isconsin wrestling media day last week. up in order for the Badgers to make a push into the top five in Las V egas, and up the ranks nationally. The Badgers kicked off their 2005-06 season with a dual meet against U W-Oshkosh Friday in Green Bay, defeating the Tt i ans 51-0. While the “I think this team’ s potential is pretty high,” said Davis. “But guys like Badger lineup is still being set, and with the goal of keeping many of the (Collin) Cudd, guys like (Ed) Gutnik, (Jake) Donar, Henning, Kelly st arters fresh for the long, grueling season, several new faces took to the Flaherty, guys who’ve never been All-Americans, they’ve got to come mat for W isconsin. through, they’ve got to step up. And I think they’re doing that now; the big difference between last year and this year is they made some big Five wrestlers from that prized recruiting class represented the Badgers changes during the summer, some more even this fall.” and won – Dan Sneider (133), Zach Tanelli (141), Craig Henning (157), Dallas Herbst (197) and Kyle Massey (HWT.). True freshman Kyle Reeve Henning and team captain Tyler Turner have swapped weight classes (125) also saw action and is one of many bright spot s highlighting the ’04 this year , with Henning moving up from 149 to 157, and Turner dropping class, which has given Davis his finest two-year run of recruit s since t ak - down a weight class to 149 af ter st arting for the Badgers the p ast two ing over at W isconsin in 1994. seasons at 157, qualifying for nationals last year.

“It was good last year to be able to t ake those guys and redshirt those T urner is eager for the chance to prove himself in a new weight class, but guys,” said Davis. “They’re under the radar right now, not a lot of pres - also feels the move was best for team. sure. Now they come in and can contend for spots. But it goes back to W isconsin must overcome the loss of All-American Tom Clum early in the the depth and the competition within the room is good, and you need that season. to make your team rise to a whole new level and I think that’ s what’ s going to help us down the line in March when it comes to the Big Ten “Over the summer I really trimmed down, so I lost a little weight, and it’ s (Tournament) and the NCAA’s.” best for the team to go down,” says T urner. “(It) makes it a tough, solid team throughout. I’m real excited for it, I’m excited to wrestle some dif fer- In addition to the above wrestlers, other freshmen eager to help the ent people, dif ferent styles, it’ s a real competitive weight class, and I’m Badgers this season are Justin Peterson (184), and twins Josh (133) and looking forward to it, that’ s for sure.” Jordan Crass (141-149), the latter returning from a minor preseason injury . “In the Big-10 there’ s (Eric) T annenbaum, (Ty) Eustice, but any Big-10 school’ s got a decent 49-pounder, so it’ s not going to be easy and that’ s Many of these wrestlers will get their first t aste of elite-level competition what makes it so exciting for me; just the challenge that every match when they compete at the 2005 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Collegiate you’re going to wrestle in the Big-10’ s is going to be a great match, it’ s W restling Invit ational Dec. 2-3 at the Cashman Center in Las Vegas. T h e going to be a 1-2 point match, and you need to push it p ast the edge to Badgers finished ninth at last year ’s tournament, and are looking to move get that win,” T urner added. up this year. They will also get a chance to see a glimp se of many of their Big Ten counterpart s this year . In addition to the Badgers, Big Ten The Badgers are ranked 18th in The Wrestling Mall’ s preseason polls teams Illinois, Michigan (defending tournament champion), Ohio State, af ter finishing 15th at the NCAA’s last season. While Davis acknowledges and Purdue will compete in Las Vegas. that his team has a ways to go in order to move up in their rankings, he does feel they are right where they need to be, provided the team contin - Team captain and st arting 174 pounder Kelly Flaherty, a two-time nation - ues to get better each day. al qualifier agrees with Davis’ assessment on the team’s depth and the role it plays in making everyone in the room a better wrestler. “I think we can be a lot better than we are now, for sure,” said Davis. “Can we squeeze into the top four or five? It’ s a possibility , (it) depends if guys come around, everyone’s got to do their job and continue to improve.” W isconsin crowned two All-Americans at last year ’s national champi - onships, Tom Clum (133) and Ryan Flaherty (197). Clum is ranked #2 in The Wrestling Mall’ s preseason polls, but will be out six weeks while he recovers from a hand injury. His st atus for the CKLV Invite at this time is questionable, and he recently withdrew from competing in the NWCA All- Star Classic Nov. 21, where he was scheduled to face Minnesota’s Mack Reiter .As for Flaherty, he will be out the entire season, putting a prema - ture end to his collegiate wrestling career. Craig Henning moves from 149 to 157 this season where he is expected to be a big p art of any success W isconsin has.

While the Badgers will miss Ryan’ s services on the mat, twin brother Kelly , says he will miss him in other ways.

“It’ s hard for me; he’ s always wrestled with me,” says Kelly Flaherty. “I’ll catch myself wanting to ask him to come workout with me at night or something, but now I have to call somebody else up, where as with him I always knew he would be there, I wouldn’t have to plan it or anything if I wanted at the last minute to come and workout, he was always there.”

Which makes the depth Davis and his staf f have built up over the last few years that much more important. And according to the head coach, the Badgers must now utilize that depth and t alent that have come to Madison to wrestle in the nation’ s toughest conference.

“I think it’s time W isconsin st arts bringing home the hardware from the NCAAChampionships, and I think we have the guys in the room that are going to do that, but we’ve got to perform at that time at the end of the year,” said Davis.

They’ll get some good preparation for that time of the year in Las V egas, where the once-prized recruiting class of the Badgers will have it s first chance to shine through. Big Test A waits W isconsin Badgers in Las Vegas This Weekend

By Ryan Dunn The Wrestling Mall November 27, 2005

Barry Davis’ Badgers Looking To Show College Wrestling W orld They Are For Real in Nation’ s Toughest Early Season Tournament Friday and “It’ s competitive, that’ s for sure,” said T urner. “It’ s exciting since we don’t Saturday see a lot of those teams during our season, we’ll see them there and we’ll see them at the NCAA’s. W e don’t see a lot of the East Coast or W est As the Clif f Keen Las Vegas Invit ational approaches – the tournament Coast teams, so it’ s great to see what’ s going on around the nation. Y ou takes place Friday and Saturday at the Cashman Center - the W isconsin can learn about where you are, it’ s the beginning of the season, the first Badgers continue to fine-tune their line up in hopes of placing high at the big tournament. If this guy’ s supposed to be number one in the nation, nation’ s most prestigious early season tournament. and he just beat me, or I beat him, where should I be? It’ s a great indica - tor of what’ s going to happen and especially what you need to work The Badgers crowned three champions in the Open Division of the towards. If you’re ahead of the guy, you’ve got to st ay there, if you’re Pointer Open November 13th and defeated Lock Haven (45-3) and Penn behind him you’ve got to pick it up a little bit. There are lot s of great, State (19-15) November 19-20. Last season the Badgers placed 9th at ranked wrestlers, so it makes it fun.” the Clif f Keen Las Vegas Invite and look to improve upon that finish this season Clum, a senior, is a returning All-American af ter placing 3rd at last sea - son’ s national championships at 133. While he will be unable to wrestle at Head Coach Barry Davis is excited about the tournament and the oppor - the invite due to a preseason injury, he shares the same thoughts as his tunity it brings to not only gauge his wrestlers, but also to see teams he teammates. won’t have a chance to see again until the national tournament in March. “I’m really looking forward to the Clif f Keen for, if nothing else, just to see “I think it’ s good because you see a lot of teams you don’t normally see, a some of the match-ups out there,” said Clum. “I’m especially excited to lot of W est Coast teams, a lot of Pac-10 teams, you get some teams from have a chance to see my brother. I don’t get to see him wrestle much and the East Coast,” says Davis. “Hofstra comes in, Harvard comes in; so you it kills me.” get a chance to see a lot of schools you don’t normally see, which is nice. You get a chance to see guys before the NCAA championships, which I Clum’s brother Danny is a sophomore at the University of W yoming, one think is very import ant. Plus, it’ s a tough tournament, you get a lot of of the many other teams that will be in attendance; he wrestles at 157. matches in, there are a lot of ranked guys out there, so you get a chance to move guys up the rankings and see guys you wouldn’t normally see.” “Anytime you wrestle such a competitive tournament it forces you to be at the top of your game, to be crisp, and for me that is sometimes more difi- f The Badger captains – Kelly Flaherty, Tyler T urner and Tom Clum - share cult to do early in the year . I’ve been a slow st arter the last few years, it’ s their head coach’ s sentiment s about seeing other teams and competing something I realize and have been fixing going into this season,” Clum in what is perhap s the nation’ s toughest tournament outside of the added. NCAA’s. W isconsin features a number of wrestlers ranked in the top-20 of their Flaherty, a senior , failed to place in the top eight last year at 174 pounds respective weight classes. One wrestler who is eager to have a good and returns at the same weight this season. Well aware of last season’ s tournament is Craig Henning, who flip-flopped with T urner and is now disappointment, Flaherty is excited to have a better tournament this time competing at 157 pounds. Heavyweight Kyle Massey is also a wrestler to around yet at the same time, won’t lose confidence if he doesn’t have the watch as the Badgers look to solidify a spot in the lineup that has been a tournament he expects himself to have. problem the past few years. The Badgers are also a very youthful team, and will most likely enter just two seniors into the Clif f Keen Invite. “You kick of f the season in a big tournament, you see a lot of guys, I think that’ll p artly show where we’re at as a team,” said Flaherty. “I think we’ll “I think our team is better than we get credit for ,” said Clum. “I realize that knock some people off, we’ll do better than we’re expected to do.” respect is earned and we plan on earning it this season. But I think that we can do very well.” “If I do badly out there, it’ s not going to be the end of the season,” Flaherty continued. “Last year I did not wrestle very well out there, I had And what better place for a wrestler to test his mettle and earn respect some bad matches, I lost to some people I shouldn’t have lost to. than at the CKLV Invite, with nearly 50 dif ferent teams competing. Obviously I don’t plan on doing that again, but if I do I’m not going to let that af fect the end of my season.”

T urner is just a junior , but this is his second season serving as one of the Badger captains. He placed 7th a year ago in Las Vegas at 157, but has cut down to 149 this year in an ef fort to make the Badgers a better team overall. T urner is 4-0 on the young season and is anticip ating the tourna - ment and will use it as a measuring stick to judge where he’ s at, and what he needs to do to get where he wants to be. Injury Forces Wisconsin All-American Out of CKLV Invite, Out of Potential Matchup With Edinboro’s Shawn Bunch and Cal Poly’s Darrell Vasquez

By Ryan Dunn The Wrestling Mall November 27, 2005

His freshman year he stepped in midseason for the injured Kevin Black Ask wrestling fans who the favorites are this year at 133 and they’re and wrestled up a weight at 133 and was one match away from gaining bound to mention 2005 NCAA runner-up Shawn Bunch of Edinboro. All-American st atus. His sophomore year saw him back down at his nat - They’ll cert ainly mention All-American Mack Reiter, last year ’s Big Te n ural weight of 125 and he became a champion and Champion and Freshman of the Year; and now, Darrell V asquez of Cal earned a number four seed at nationals. However, he lost in the first Poly, who returns af ter a year of f due to illness and who defeated Reiter round of the NCAA tournament and won just one match during the con - at the NWCA All-S tar Classic. solations, falling well short of the top eight.

Eventually they’ll get around to mentioning Tom Clum from the University Going into his junior year, both he and the coaches decided it was best of W isconsin. Clum, a senior, always seems to get mentioned later, he move up a weight, and it p aid dividends. While he didn’t defend his despite the fact he defeated Reiter both times they wrestled last year, Big Ten crown during the conference tournament, he won five of six once during the W isconsin/Minnesota dual meet, and for third place at matches at the NCAA’s, falling only to eventual champion T ravis Lee of the NCAA’s. But as far as he is concerned, it’ s really not that big of a Cornell in the semifinals. deal. Clum will use the knowledge and experience of his first three years to “It’ s always nice to get recognition; however, this is not something that hopefully elevate him to the national title in March. bothers me,” says Clum. “I recognize that a lot of these guys have fans and have a following, but I know that any of us on the right day could win “I think over the last three years I’ve come a long way, both in my techni - the NCAA’s,” he said. cal ability and my ment al approach,” said Clum. “I’ve worked a ton with Barry the last few years and through that I have learned a sort of confi - Despite the low profile, Clum enters the year ranked second in The dence that allows me to relax and really wrestle. I’ve never been one to W restling Mall’ s preseason polls; but whether he’ s ranked second, or not get p articularly nervous, but I can see things coming together this year at all, it’s not something that has any bearing on him whatsoever. which will be huge in March.”

“I come to the mat with the same ment ality regardless of polls or peo - While he’ll be out until January with a hand/wrist injury, he will continue ple’ s opinions,” says Clum. “I’m out there to wrestle my best, and I don’t to serve as one of the team’ s capt ains and will aid his teammates from think I could remain consistent if my ment ality could be persuaded as the sidelines. Ask both Davis and Clum, and they’ll each say that while easily as from somebody else’s opinion.” he may not be a vocal leader, he more than makes up for it by leading through example with his drive, work ethic, and will to succeed. A preseason wrist injury has sidelined Clum, and because of that he won’t be able to compete at the 2005 CKLV Collegiate Wrestling Invite, “I think that a hard worker rubs of f on his teammates regardless of Friday and Saturday at the Cashman Center. Those same fans who whether or not he’ s a capt ain, and we have a lot of hard workers on our of ten forget about Clum, would love to see him in a weight class that is team,” said Clum. “I have seen the intensity in the room rise every year expected to also include both Bunch and Vasquez; #6-ranked Drew I’ve been here at W isconsin. This team really performs on their own Headlee of Pitt sburgh, and #8 Scott Jorgensen of Boise State, among motivation, we all have a common goal and we get along real well in and others. out of the room. I’ve never been a vocal guy on the team, but I’m not necessarily quiet and reserved either, I’m just one of the guys.” According to Clum’s head coach – Barry Davis – the low profile that fol - lows Clum is simply an extension of the kind of person he is, and this Davis added, “He’s always studying film, looking for ways to get better, also tends to aid him as a wrestler. find dif ferent ways to figure out his opponent s. When you have the type of leadership like that, it rubs of f on a lot on the other guys. He’ll share “Tom’ s a low key individual, he doesn’t look for a lot of attention,” says anything with anybody in the room because he wants his teammates to Davis. “He just tries to go out and do his job, you know he’ s not really get better along with himself, he figures ‘the better you are the better I’m flamboyant. If you look at him, he doesn’t really look like a lot, he’ s just going to become,’ so it’ s better all the way around.” not that way; he’ s kind of skinny, but he’ s just built that way . Some wrestlers are really jacked up; I think people overlook him sometimes Clum’s leadership is vit al in developing the new crop of Badger because of that. But he is very strong, and he’ s a great technician.” wrestlers. Each of the last two seasons has seen Davis and his st aff bring in a bevy of top t alent to Madison. Clum recalls his first year in Clum enters his final year in Madison with a 76-23 career record. He’ s Madison and the wrestler that most had an influence on him. qualified for the national tournament each of the last three seasons, and has had mixed result s. “When I first came to W isconsin I can remember how much I looked up to Donny Prizlaf f (two-time national champion for the Badgers), he was still around even though he finished competing the year before,” said Clum. “Donny was different, he set a tone, when he said something I lis - tened, he just really set an example. But he didn’t have to try to do that, he just was.”

“That’ s somebody I learned a lot from,” added Clum. “I’m not saying that I am to these guys what Donny was to me. I would like to be a guy in the room that the younger guys look up to, but I don’t want them to feel that I’m set ap art. I’m still their teammate, we all make sure that each other come to practice ready to wrestle.”

As wrestlers are a tightly-knit bunch, so to is Clum’ s family. Hailing from Arvada, Col., Clum doesn’t get home much but when he does, he values the time he get s to spend with his family.

“If I go home for a week during Christmas I’m hunting with my dad and brother five of those days,” said Clum. “I come from a real close family.”

His brother Danny is the st arter at 157 pounds for the University of W yoming.

“ W e are as close as brothers could be being so far ap art, and the only reason I look forward to finishing up with college is to go home and spend time with him and my family,” Tom Clum said.

And for one more chance to win a national championship. When men- tioning big names, Clum is of ten overlooked. By st anding on top of the podium in March, he could be overlooked no more. U W ’s Herbst Fitting in Nicely on Mat

By Tom Ziemer The Badger Herald December 8, 2005

At 6-foot-5, Dallas Herbst has a tendency to stick out like a sore thumb from the rest of the W isconsin wrestling team. Herbst says wrestling at the Division I college level has been his dream since middle school and his strong work ethic allowed him to achieve “Everybody thinks I play basketball,” Herbst said with a grin. “But I that dream. stopped doing that a long time ago.” “He’ s one of these kids that I didn’t have to spend a lot of time with, Instead, Herbst and his rare height are fitting in quite nicely for the No. 8 because he had those goals set and he was going to work for those Badgers. Af ter redshirting last year , the W inneconne native is doing his goals,” Hale said. best to replace 2005 All-American Ryan Flaherty –– whose season is fin - ished due to an unspecified injury –– in the team’ s lineup at the 197- That self-motivational quality has carried over to the college scene, pound weight class. where Davis says he has already established himself as a leader in just his second year on campus. “I think Dallas has done a great job as far as stepping up and filling those shoes,” UW head coach Barry Davis said. “And I think he wants to “He’ s the type of guy who you say things to, you say a few things to, he fill those shoes and he want s to be on that victory st and.” makes the adjustment,” Davis said. “I think that’ s going to help him in his wrestling too come second half of the season and in his career, because Herbst has done just that, compiling an 8-3 (including four pins) mark he wants to learn, he’ s willing to learn new things and willing to do what thus far . And he’s not letting the pressure of replacing the man who led it t akes to win. And I think to really be successful at the college level, if W isconsin in wins a season ago get to him. you’re self-motivated, it makes it easier to reach your accomplishment s.”

“Having him having an injury this year, and people are saying, ‘Oh, well, Taking a redshirt last season allowed Herbst to work on some of those this is his replacement.’ Y eah, it’ s kind of a little bit of pressure, but I adjustments –– namely on his feet, something both he and Davis say is think I can live up to it,” Herbst said. an ongoing process. However, wrestling unatt ached to a 19-2 record gave him a major boost of confidence Success has always come quickly for Herbst on the mat. Just ask W inneconne High head coach Don Hale, who got to watch his pupil’s “Coming into it, I was thinking, ‘OK, I don’t know.’ Kind of like when development first-hand. you’re a freshman in high school, you don’t know how you’re going to do in the new levels,” Herbst said. “Coming out of the year at 19-2 made me “His freshman year he st arted at 152, and we didn’t know exactly how realize I could do it.” good he was going to be,” Hale said. “And then the next thing we know, he’ s qualifying for the st ate tournament.” Brotherly love

But that freshman year was simply the opening chapter of one of the One constant source of inspiration for Herbst has been his older brother, most decorated prep careers in W isconsin high school history. After Beau –– an accomplished high school wrestler in his own right. In his falling in the opening round of the st ate tournament as a freshman, time at W inneconne, the elder Herbst twice qualified for the st ate tourna - Herbst moved up to 160 pounds and wrestled his way deep into the tour - ment, and was ranked No. 1 in his weight class during his senior year. nament, meeting up with a now familiar face to W isconsin fans–– Zach Hampton of the Badger football team, who was then a senior at “At that time he was probably the best wrestler in my school, in the histo - Lancaster High School. ry of our school,” the younger Herbst said. “So it made me just want to be good. I didn’t want to let my family name down I guess because he “It was the semifinals, and he ended up beating me 14-0,” said Herbst, was doing so well –– I didn’t want to be that guy. So I worked harder just whose sophomore season ended with a record of 39-2. “It was probably to try to be as good as him, and I guess it’ s helped, worked out.” the worst beating I’ve ever gotten in high school. He basically did every - thing I did to kids my junior and senior year to me.” Beau was also the reason Dallas got his st art in wrestling –– but it was - n’t to follow in his big brother ’s foot step s oddly enough. Those junior and senior years included a combined perfect 85-0 record and a pair of Division II st ate titles at 189 pounds. That string of domi - “My brother was actually going into some meeting about wrestling and nance also landed him firmly on the recruiting radar of Davis and the he ended up wanting to go to Boy Scouts instead, but I told my dad I W isconsin coaching st aff. wanted to wrestle, so that’ s kind of how it st arted,” Herbst said.

“He was on there real early,” Davis said. “W e actually signed him in “A bright future” November [of 2003], so we signed him earlier than everybody else. We knew about him his junior year and going into his senior year, we knew For now, Herbst is focused on one thing and one thing only –– working that he was going to be a recruit for us, and we got on him early and with Davis to improve each and every day. The focal point of those signed him early in November.” effort s is improving his skill set and becoming more aggressive of f the Self-made success mat. “On my feet, I didn’t t ake many shots in high school, so I had to learn how to do that,” Herbst said. “I still need to get better on the bottom, which I need to work on.”

S till, that willingness to learn and work has Davis hopeful that his young grappler will make the necessary adjustments.

“I think he has a bright future, if he continues to learn and make adjustments in his wrestling style –– because I know he’ s self-motivated, it’ s not a problem,” Davis said. “But at this level, to be successful, you have to make adjustments and learn new things year in and year out and put those adjustments to use, not just know that, but make them work and put them into your style. I think he’ s willing to do that.”

And, of course, Herbst’ s rare size should con - tinue to make him st and out over the next four years.

“It’ s definitely an advant age,” Herbst said. “There are some guys that are strong and some guys who are fast. But I’ve just got that length that just help s me out a little bit.” Grapplers Set for Big Ten

By Aaron Brenner The Badger Herald January 15, 2006

The Wisconsin wrestling team has been gearing up for what promis - seemed we weren’t ready to go right away. We’ve got to learn to be es to be a successful season, with the opportunity to improve on last putting people down with authority.” year ’s performance. Davis added that the team will need to tighten up when the scores The Badgers took 15th place at the 2005 NCAA meet, with the top are close in p articular meet s. 10 was in sight of many of the players. “In the close matches, we have to find a way to score in cert ain situ - According to UW head coach Barry Davis, hard work will be required ations. Y ou’ve got to make things happen in order to get the win,” he in order to hit that goal in the upcoming season. said. “In the future, we can’t have losses like that.”

“If we’re going to [get into the top 10], we’ve got to be clicking on all The Badgers will st art their season this Friday against the Iowa cylinders, we’ve got to get to the det ails and we’ve got to do every - Hawkeyes, who finished seventh at last year ’s national meet. thing right at the right times,” Davis said. “W e’ll see when the time comes if that’ s a possibility , but I think we’ve got an even better team “The Big Ten is one of the premier conferences and the first two than last year.” teams we play out of the chute are Northwestern and Iowa, who are both very good teams,” Davis said, “so we’re looking forward to it. “ W e’ve got to get everyone healthy first, and we’ll see where we’re We’ll t ake the next weekend to work on some technical skills to get at when the big meets come in March.” ready for it.”

Davis holds a high level of confidence and expect s a great deal of “ W e believe we have a great team, so we’re looking to open other responsibility from his senior team capt ains, Kelly Flaherty and T yler teams’ eyes, and Iowa’s going to be a good place to st art,” T urner T urner. added. “We’re really looking forward to it, as it’ s going to be a great match and a great st art to our Big Ten season. “Flaherty has been doing the extra things af ter practice, being in the weight room, just doing extra training. There’ s been great leadership W e want to be at our peak when the Big Ten season start s, as well there,” Davis said. “T yler’s probably the most verbal out of all of as at the NCAAs, and that’ s what we’re working toward. That all them, doing a lot of things individually, just t alking to the other guys start s next week.” about extra workout s and other stuf. f Turner suggested that with hard work, a healthier team and some W e will need these great leaders to step up in order to be successful good days on the mats, it wouldn’t be out of the question for with our team this season.” W isconsin to land a spot in the top four at the NCAA meet in March.

Flaherty, junior Collin Cudd and redshirt freshman Dallas Herbst are “ W e’re good enough to do it. W e just have to get it through our among the wrestlers who have shown strides of improvement during heads that we are good enough to do so. A lot of the guys are st art- the of fseason. ing to

“They’ve just been working on doing the little things right, which makes a huge difference when you have really good competition as we do,” T urner said. “They’re t aking time before and af ter practice, taking their own time working on what they need to do.”

The Badgers competed in the Lonestar Duals in Dallas, Texas, on Jan. 7. The meet gave some mixed signals about UW’s current st a - tus.

Despite dropping the early match 19-18 to UT-Chatt anooga, W isconsin was able to rebound with an easy 36-3 defeat of Brown and a 21-15 victory over North Carolina.

Davis, t aking the personality of a coach expecting greater things of his squad, has been focusing more on the sole loss than the two vic - tories.

“You have got to be ready in those early-morning matches because you can’t just work into a match. Y ou have to be ready for every match,” he explained. “Some guys got caught flat-footed and it Clum Back On Top W restler T o m Clum Works Overtime To Win His Second Big Ten Championship.

W isconsin State Journal March 6, 2006

Last season, Minnesota's Mack Reiter kept Tom Clum from winning his second Big Ten Conference wrestling championship. He couldn't do it again Sunday afternoon. The University of W isconsin senior got a t akedown with 13 seconds left in the third overtime to earn a 6-4 victory over the Golden Gophers soph - omore in the 133-pound final at the conference meet in Bloomington, Ind.

Clum (14-2), who also was named the tournament's top wrestler, became the 16th wrestler in UW history to win more than one Big Ten championship -- he won at 125 in 2004 before finishing third at 133 last year, when Reiter won as a freshman.

Clum was one of six wrestlers to earn NCAA tournament berths for the Badgers, who finished seventh as a team. The top seven finishers in each weight class qualified for the NCAA meet, which is March 16 to 18 in Oklahoma City, Okla.

Junior T yler T urner took fourth at 149, junior Collin Cudd was fif th at 125, sophomore Craig Henning finished fif th at 157, senior Ed Gutnik was sixth at 141 and redshirt freshman Dallas Herbst took seventh at 197.

Sophomore Jake Donar, a former Cuba City athlete, finished eighth at 165 and was named an NCAA alternate.

Turner was named UW's conference sportsmanship award winner Clum, Gutnik prep for final title shots

By Kevin Hagstrom The Badger Herald Thursday, March 9, 2006

Grappling with success, six W isconsin wrestlers came out on top at the Clum’s toughest test at 133 pounds, out side of Minnesot a’s Mack Reiter Big Ten tournament to qualify for the NCAA Championships Mar. 16-18 for Clum to achieve his goal. Also looking to make a push for the title will in Oklahoma City, Okla. As a team, the Badgers finished seventh overall be Big 12 champion Nathan Morgan of Oklahoma State. with 75.6 point s, while Minnesot a won the championships, beating last year ’s winner Illinois 138-125. Tyler T urner will face a load of t alent in the 149-pound weight-class. After going through somewhat of a funk during the second-half of the season, Though Wisconsin finished lower than coach Barry Davis would have T urner turned it on at the Big Ten’ s. liked, he is pleased with his wrestlers’ hard work and the all wrestlers who qualified. At the same time, he’d like to see them get beyond the “I think Tyler T urner wrestled well,” Davis said. “I think that he’ s back to satisfaction of being there and focus on winning it all. the first-half of the season when he competed, his body looks good and strong again, for a while there he just lost a lot of energy, his body wasn’t “That’ s what you work for,” Davis said. “They’ve earned their right to be the same. [Now] I think af ter a couple weeks of practice his body is as there.” strong as it has ever been.”

The highlight of the Big Ten Championships for W isconsin was senior Dustin Schlatter of Minnesot a is one the clear favorites, but Tony Eustice Tom Clum’s title match-up against top-ranked Mack Reiter of Minnesot a of Iowa and Mark Disalvo of Central Michigan throw their weight around at 133 pounds. It took three overtime periods before Clum scored a t ake - with as much success as Schlatter, so this class should be a tough one. down to t ake the gold 6-4 against the defending Big Ten champion. The wildcard coming in is T roy T irapelle of Illinois, who went into the Big Those in attendance deemed it the match of the century according to Ten Championships unseeded — yet ended up finishing second. Davis. Af ter somewhat disappointing fif th-place finish at the championship s, Clum, now a two-time Big Ten champion, and Ed Gutnik (141) are the Craig Henning looks to rebound and hopefully finish in that position or only two seniors advancing to the national meet, as heavyweight Lee better at the NCAA’s. Reigning champion Alex T irapelle of Illinois proved Kramer and 174-pound Kelly Flaherty fell in the early goings to end their to be human as CP Schlatter of Minnesot a upended the senior to win the Badger careers on a losing note. Big Te n Championships. Also look for two other guys to make a push for the NCAA Championship in this st acked 157-pound division — Big 12 Joining the two seniors in Oklahoma City will be seventh-place finishers winner T rent Paulson of Iowa State and Matt Lebe of West V irginia. Colin Cudd (125) and Dallas Herbst (197), fif th-place finisher Craig Henning (157), and fourth-place finisher Tyler Turner (149). Jake Donar While the meet may not result in any Badgers crowned NCAA finished eighth at 165 pounds and will go to the national tournament as Champion, the experience gained by wrestling at the highest level will be an alternate. Though no one aside from Clum placed higher than fourth, well worth it. all of those advancing finished better than their initial pre-seeds.

“Every guy we’re t aking was above their seed except for Craig Henning and in that weight-class it can come out dif ferent every time,” Davis said. “These guys stepped up and did really well.”

Big Te n Champion Minnesota wrestled up to a No. 1 ranking as four of their grapplers won individual titles — 184-pound Roger Kish, Dustin and C P Schlatter (149) and (157), and heavyweight Cole Konrad.

Heading into the NCAA Championship, Konrad boasts a perfect 36-0 mark on the season and freshman Dustin Schlatter is 37-1. Both of these top-ranked individuals are primed to win the title in their respective weight-classes. Other top contenders from the Big Ten include Northwestern’s Jake Hebert (174) who is 32-0, Michigan’ s 165-pound Ryan Churella (25-0), and Michigan State’s Andy Simmons (125) who is 29-0 this season.

At 125 pounds, the unranked Colin Cudd will have his hands full with Simmons and Big 12 champion of Oklahoma, who is ranked No. 2 nationally. Another guy to look out for is Oklahoma State’s Scott Coleman, who lost in the championships a 2-1 nail-biter against Hazewinkel. Tom Clum aims to end his collegiate career on the victory st and. Edinboro’s senior Shawn Bunch who is 30-1 on the season will be Clum Captures Fifth At Ncaa Wrestling Meet

W isconsin State Journal Sunday, March 19, 2006

University of W isconsin senior Tom Clum split his matches Saturday and earned fif th place at 133 pounds at the NCAA wrestling championships Saturday in Oklahoma City.

Top-seeded Shawn Bunch of Edinboro defeated third-seeded Clum 9-5 in the consolation bracket. That put Clum in the fif th-place match against second-seeded Nathan Morgan of Oklahoma State, and Clum came away with 9-6 victory.

"It was nice to see Tom Clum end his career in style with a win," UW assist ant T ony Black said. "W isconsin wrestling is going to miss his abili - ty and leadership next season."

Clum -- who was third at the NCAAs last year -- finished 19-4 this sea - son, including a 5-2 record at the NCAA tournament.

UW sophomore Craig Henning wound up eighth at 157 pounds. Sixth- seeded Brandon Becker of Indiana jumped to a 7-0 lead en route to a 9- 4 decision over the eighth-seeded Henning, who ended up 29-10 this season.

Clum and Henning earned All-America honors.

Oklahoma State finished with 122 point s and won it s fourth consecutive title. UW was 21st with 33point s. W restling duo represents UW well at NCAA's

W ritten by Jon McNamara The Daily Cardinal Monday, 20 March 2006

W ith their performances this p ast weekend at the 2006 NCAA W restling Championships in Oklahoma City, Okla., UW wrestlers Tom Clum and Craig Henning earned All-American honors, placing fif th and eighth respectively in their individual weight classes.

Battling from the consolation bracket af ter an early loss, Clum, the No. 3, seed squared off against No. 1 Shawn Bunch of Edinboro, Scotland with the winner advancing to the consolation finals at 133 lbs.

Bunch scored an early t akedown, but Clum escaped and earned a take- down of his own and took a 3-2 lead. Bunch fired back with a five-point near fall and two escapes of his own to go up 9-3 at the end of the first period and went on to defeat the UW senior 9-5, sending him into the fifth-place match against No. 2 Nathan Morgan of Oklahoma State.

Af ter an even first period with both grapplers, Clum took a two-point lead one minute into the second period with a reversal. An escape and a score by Morgan evened the score at the beginning of the third period, but Clum answered with two takedowns of his own to win 9-6 and claimed fif th place.

“It was nice to see Tom Clum end his career in style with a win,” said assist ant coach Tony Black, whose team accumulated 33.5 points to place 21st overall in the tournament. “W isconsin wrestling is going to miss his ability and leadership next season.”

The senior tri-capt ain finished the season with a 19-4 overall record, 5-2 at the NCAAs.

At 157 lbs., Henning faced conference rival Brandon Becker of Indiana, who in the Big Ten championships took a 5-4 decision from Henning.

Holding true to form, the No. 6 seed Becker exploded to a 7-0 advant age after a takedown and five near fall point s in the first period. Henning earned two t akedowns in the remaining two periods, but fell to the Hoosier sophomore 9-6. Henning ended his season with a 29-10 overall record.

Oklahoma State captured the tournament crown with 122.5 point s, while Minnesota and Iowa represented the Big Ten strongly with second and fourth place finishes respectively.