2015-2016 Minnesota Wrestling

Match Notes No. 16 Minnesota at No. 12 Illinois Up To This Point nesota took six of the night’s matches, February 12, 2016 Huff Hall Coming off a weekend sweep at but the Illini scored bonus points in all Champaign, Ill. Northwestern and Wisconsin, No. 16 four of their wins, including a pin and Minnesota (9-7, 5-3) will wrap up its Big a tech fall, to keep the dual close. The Ten regular season at Huff Hall on Friday difference-making match came at 133 2015-16 Schedule night when the Gophers take on No. 12 pounds, where Chris Dardanes roared Illinois (12-5, 3-5). Prior to last weekend, back from a 7-1 deficit in the third pe- Minnesota had not yet won away from riod to defeat Zane Richards, 12-10, in Date Opponent Result the Twin Cities this season, but a couple overtime. That swing helped the Gophers (W) Nov. 7 Grand Canyon W, 31-3 of roads win pushed the Gophers into take the dual, 20-19. (W) Nov. 7 Virginia W, 19-15 the top-five of the Big Ten standings (W) Nov. 7 South Dakota State W, 20-13 and gives Minnesota a shot at a seventh Series History (T) Nov. 15 North Carolina L, 17-20 consecutive season with six or more Friday’s contest will be the 57th all-time (T) Nov. 15 Lehigh L, 12-22 conference wins, which would be tied between the Gophers and the Illini. (T) Nov. 15 NC State L, 3-31 for the longest streak in program history. Minnesota holds a 32-22-2 edge in the Nov. 21 Air Force W, 22-12 Last weekend’s wins also gave the series and has won five straight. Illinois Nov. 29 Oklahoma State L, 17-20 Gophers a shot to win three consecutive last defeated Minnesota late in the (LV) Dec. 4 Cliff Keen Invitational 3rd, 78.5 pts duals with a victory this weekend, which 2007-08 season. (LV) Dec. 5 Cliff Keen Invitational 3rd, 105 pts would mark the team’s first three-match Dec. 11 Indiana* L, 18-19 winning streak since early November. A Quick Look at Friday’s Dual (C) Jan. 1 Southern Scuffle 7th, 30.5 pts The Gophers have won four of their last The Illinois lineup should look very famil- (C) Jan. 2 Southern Scuffle 6th, 79.5 pts five heading into Friday. Illinois is coming iar to Gopher fans, as seven of the Illini’s Jan. 8 Maryland* ^ W, 26-12 off a weekend split in which they lost starting 10 from last year’s dual will be Jan. 10 at Nebraska* L, 10-24 30-10 in Lincoln on Friday but returned on the mat this Friday, though two will Jan. 17 Rutgers* W, 17-16 home to defeat Northwestern, 25-24. be at new weights. The only new names Jan. 24 Purdue* W, 23-18 Just as Minnesota broke through with its are freshmen Francis Edelen, Mousa Jan. 29 at Iowa* ^ L, 6-34 first road wins of the conference season Jodeh and Andre Lee, at 125, 141 and Feb. 5 at Northwestern* W, 22-20 over the weekend, the Illini’s home 197 pounds, respectively. Three Gophers Feb. 7 at Wisconsin* W, 17-16 victory on Sunday over Northwestern are back, but only No. 9 Michael Kroells Feb. 12 at Illinois* 7 p.m. was its first in Big Ten competition this competes in the same weight class as Feb. 19 Iowa State 7:30 p.m. season. Also like Minnesota, Friday’s last season. Kroells not only wrestled (IC) Mar. 5 B1G Championships All Day dual will wrap up the Big Ten season Brooks Black in last year’s dual, a 9-1 (IC) Mar. 6 B1G Championships All Day for the Illini. A win on Friday would give major decision victory, he also defeated (NYC) Mar. 17 NCAA Championships All Day Illinois back-to-back wins for the first Black at the Big Ten and NCAA Champi- (NYC) Mar. 18 NCAA Championships All Day time since late November and would end onships, 2-0 and 5-1, respectively. The (NYC) Mar. 19 NCAA Championships All Day a stretch of alternating wins and losses only other potential rematch on the card that dates back to a loss against Iowa on would be Brad Dolezal and No. 2 Isaiah * Big Ten Conference dual ^ Broadcast on Big Ten Network Jan. 8. Including that dual, Illinois is 4-4 Martinez, though Dolezal has bumped up (W) Meet at Williams Arena (Gopher Duals) in its past eight matches. to 165 pounds for all three of his dual (T) Meet in Troy, N.Y. (Northeast Duals) (LV) Tournament in Las Vegas matches this year. Despite the presence (C) Tournament in Chattanooga, Tenn. Last Time Around of four ranked wrestlers in each lineup, (IC) Meet in Iowa City, Iowa (NYC) Meet in New York City These two teams put on a thrilling show none of Friday’s matches will pit ranked Home meets are noted above in BOLD text last January at the Sports Pavilion. Min wrestlers against each other. -All times Central

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Big Ten Conference Team Standings Minnesota Wrestling (Through Feb. 8, 2016) Individual Rankings Conference Overall (Through Feb. 9, 2016) W L T Pct W L T Pct Wt. Wrestler IM TOM FLOW 1. Iowa 9 0 0 1.000 15 0 0 1.000 125 Skyler Petry ------2. Penn State 8 0 0 1.000 13 0 0 1.000 133 Sam Brancale ------3. Michigan 7 1 0 .875 12 2 0 .857 141 Tommy Thorn 6 8 7 4. Ohio State 6 2 0 .750 9 3 0 .750 149 Jake Short 16 13 15 5. Minnesota 5 3 0 .625 9 7 0 .563 157 Brandon Kingsley ------6. Nebraska 4 4 0 .500 10 5 0 .667 165 Brandon Krone ------7. Rutgers 3 4 0 .429 13 5 0 .722 174 Nick Wanzek ------Purdue 3 4 0 .429 8 5 0 .615 184 Chris Pfarr ------9. Illinois 3 5 0 .375 12 5 0 .706 197 Brett Pfarr 3 3 3 Indiana 3 5 0 .375 6 5 0 .546 HWT Michael Kroells 9 8 8 11. Wisconsin 1 4 0 .200 2 6 0 .250

12. Maryland 1 7 0 .125 4 11 0 .267 IM: Intermat Michigan State 1 7 0 .125 1 12 0 .077 TOM: The Open Mat FLOW: Flowrestling 14. Northwestern 0 7 0 .000 1 11 0 .083

By The Numbers -3- -55- Three Gophers have wrestled every dual meet this season: Thorn, B. Pfarr and Heading into this weekend, true and redshirt Gopher freshmen have already Kroells. Those three also have the best dual winning percentages on the team. wrestled 55 dual matches, compared to 34 such matches all of last season.

-12- -439- No. 3 Brett Pfarr has racked up a team-high 12 major decisions this season. Head Coach J Robinson currently owns 439 career victories at Minnesota, the Just as many of his matches have ended in majors (12) as decisions (12). most for any active, Division I coach. 16 have come against Illinois.

2015-16 Dual Match Starters

Date/Opp 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 HWT 11/7 (GCU) Petry S Brancale Thorn Patton B Kingsley Urbach Wanzek C Pfarr B Pfarr Kroells 11/7 (UVa) Petry S Brancale Thorn Patton Bass Urbach Wanzek C Pfarr B Pfarr Kroells 11/7 (SDSU) Petry S Brancale Thorn Patton Bass Urbach Wanzek C Pfarr B Pfarr Kroells 11/15 (UNC) Petry S Brancale Thorn Patton B Kingsley Urbach Wanzek C Pfarr B Pfarr Kroells 11/15 (Leh) Petry S Brancale Thorn Patton B Kingsley Urbach Wanzek C Pfarr B Pfarr Kroells 11/15 (NC St.) Petry S Brancale Thorn Patton B Kingsley Urbach Wanzek C Pfarr B Pfarr Kroells 11/21 (AFA) Petry S Brancale Thorn Patton B Kingsley Urbach Rothers C Pfarr B Pfarr Kroells 11/19 (OK St) Petry S Brancale Thorn Short B Kingsley Krone Rothers C Pfarr B Pfarr Kroells 12/11 (Ind) Petry S Brancale Thorn Short B Kingsley Krone Wanzek C Pfarr B Pfarr Kroells 1/8 (Md) Polakowski S Brancale Thorn Short B Kingsley Krone Wanzek C Pfarr B Pfarr Kroells 1/10 (Neb) Polakowski S Brancale Thorn Short B Kingsley Krone Wanzek C Pfarr B Pfarr Kroells 1/17 (Rutg) Petry S Brancale Thorn Short B Kingsley Krone Wanzek C Pfarr B Pfarr Kroells 1/24 (Pur) Polakowski Morgan Thorn Short B Kingsley Dolezal Wanzek Balow B Pfarr Kroells 1/29 (Iowa) Petry S Brancale Thorn Short B Kingsley Urbach Wanzek C Pfarr B Pfarr Kroells 2/5 (NW) Polakowski Morgan Thorn Short B Kingsley Dolezal Wanzek C Pfarr B Pfarr Kroells 2/7 (Wis) Petry S Brancale Thorn Short B Kingsley Dolezal Wanzek C Pfarr B Pfarr Kroells 2/12 (Ill) 2/19 (ISU) Minnesota Wrestling Page 2 Minnesota Wrestling Page 3 Probable Starters -Rankings reflect InterMat poll- No. 16 Minnesota No. 12 Illinois

125 Skyler Petry -or- Steve Polakowski Francis Edelen 125 Petry: Waterville, Minn. / RS Fr. / 11-14 / 4-8 duals Oak Forest, Ill. / Freshman Polakowski: Libertyville, Ill. / RS Fr. / 11-6 overall / 2-2 duals 1-16 overall / 1-16 duals

133 Sam Brancale -or- Ben Morgan No. 2 Zane Richards 133 Brancale: Eden Prairie, Minn. / RS Jr. / 15-15 overall / 5-9 duals Carbondale, Ill. / RS Junior Morgan: Forest Lake, Minn. / RS Jr. / 4-3 overall / 1-1 duals 20-0 overall / 15-0 duals / 5 pins / 4 tech falls 2x NCAA Qualifier (‘14, ‘15)

141 No. 6 Tommy Thorn Mousa Jodeh 141 St. Michael, Minn. / RS Freshman Chicago, Ill. / Freshman 28-7 overall / 12-4 duals / 2 pins / 5 major decisions / 4 ranked wins 3-8 overall / 0-4 duals

149 No. 16 Jake Short Kyle Langenderfer 149 Inver Grove Heights, Minn. / RS Sophomore Mokena, Ill. / RS Sophomore 11-7 overall / 4-5 duals / 2 pins / 4 ranked wins 6-11 overall / 6-11 duals / 2 tech falls NCAA Qualifier (‘15)

157 Brandon Kingsley -or- Brad Dolezal No. 2 Isaiah Martinez 157 Kingsley: Apple Valley, Minn. / RS Jr. / 18-10 overall / 10-5 duals / 5 pins Lemoore, Calif. / RS Sophomore Dolezal: Marshfield, Wis. / RS Sr. / 6-5 overall / 0-3 duals 22-1 overall / 14-1 duals / 4 pins / 15 tech falls Big Ten Champ (‘15) / NCAA Champ (‘15)

165 Brandon Krone No. 6 Steven Rodrigues 165 Anoka, Minn. / RS Freshman Mount Kisco, N.Y. / RS Senior 11-9 overall / 2-3 duals / 3 pins 20-2 overall / 13-2 duals / 10 major decisions / 3 tech falls 2x NCAA Qualifier (‘14, ‘15)

174 Nick Wanzek No. 4 Zac Brunson 174 Inver Grove Heights, Minn. / RS Sophomore Eugene, Ore. / RS Junior 15-9 overall / 8-6 duals / 3 major decisions 17-1 overall / 9-1 duals / 8 pins / 3 tech falls 2x NCAA Qualifier (‘14, ‘15)

184 Chris Pfarr Jeff Koepke 184 Le Sueur, Minn. / RS Sophomore Prospect Heights, Ill. / RS Senior 9-17 overall / 3-12 duals 17-5 overall / 11-4 duals / 5 pins / 4 major decisions NCAA Qualifier (‘15)

197 No. 3 Brett Pfarr Andre Lee 197 Le Sueur, Minn. / RS Junior Oak Park, Ill. / RS Freshman 29-2 overall / 16-0 duals / 12 major decisions / 8 ranked wins 11-10 overall / 7-6 duals Big Ten Finalist at 184 (‘15) / NCAA Qualifier at 184 (‘15)

HWT No. 9 Michael Kroells Brooks Black HWT Belle Plaine, Minn. / RS Junior Dover, Pa. / RS Sophomore 25-6 overall / 12-4 duals / 2 pins / 7 major decisions / 3 ranked wins 16-6 overall / 11-4 duals / 3 pins / 2 major decisions All American (‘15) NCAA Qualifier (‘15) Minnesota Wrestling Page 4 Minnesota Wrestling Page 5

2015-16 MINNESOTA WRESTLING STATISTICS 9-7 Overall / 5-3 in Big Ten / (TBD) in Big Ten / (TBD) NCAA Championships WT. NAME OVRL DUAL B1G vsRnk PINS MD TF B1G 2016 NCAA 2016 125 Skyler Petry 11-14 4-8 0-4 2-7 2-3 0-2 1-0 -- -- Jordan Bremer 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- -- Ethan Lizak 17-4 0-0 0-0 0-3 7-1 0-0 9-0 -- -- Steve Polakowski 11-6 2-2 2-2 1-1 2-0 0-1 1-0 -- -- 133 Sam Brancale 15-15 5-9 0-6 2-11 7-4 3-0 1-1 -- -- Gresh Jones 8-10 0-0 0-0 0-0 4-2 1-2 1-0 -- -- Jordan Kingsley 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 -- -- Ben Morgan 4-3 1-1 1-1 0-2 2-0 1-1 1-1 -- -- Nate Thomas 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- -- 141 Tommy Thorn 28-7 12-4 7-1 4-5 2-0 5-0 1-0 -- -- Ben Brancale 18-7 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-0 2-0 2-0 -- -- Josh Shupe 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- -- Gannon Volk 1-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 4-0 1-2 1-0 -- -- 149 Jake Short 11-7 4-5 3-5 4-3 2-0 0-0 1-0 -- -- James Berg 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 -- -- Carson Brolsma 11-6 0-0 0-0 0-0 4-0 1-1 1-0 -- -- Joshua Mora 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- -- Miles Patton 9-11 0-7 0-0 0-2 0-1 1-3 4-0 -- -- 157 Brandon Kingsley 18-10 10-5 5-3 1-7 5-0 1-2 1-0 -- -- Jack Bass 4-4 0-2 0-0 0-1 1-0 0-0 0-0 -- -- Daniel Cartagena 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-2 -- -- Dalton Clark 6-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 1-1 1-0 -- -- Larry Early III 10-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 2-0 -- -- Fredy Stroker 25-4 0-0 0-0 0-2 6-0 5-0 4-0 -- -- 165 Brandon Krone 11-9 2-3 2-2 0-5 3-0 1-0 1-1 -- -- Brad Dolezal 6-5 0-3 0-3 0-1 0-1 1-3 0-0 -- -- Colin Carr 14-9 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-6 3-0 3-0 -- -- Dylan Urbach 5-11 2-6 0-1 0-2 0-0 1-1 0-1 -- -- 174 Nick Wanzek 15-9 8-6 5-3 1-3 2-0 3-1 0-2 -- -- Tim Christianson 5-6 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-1 0-0 -- -- John Frisco 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 -- -- Tijani Karaborni 1-8 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-1 0-0 -- -- Jordon Rothers 3-6 0-2 0-0 0-3 0-2 1-1 2-0 -- -- Darius Wright 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- -- 184 Chris Pfarr 9-17 3-12 0-7 0-6 1-3 0-1 1-2 -- -- Will Balow 17-11 0-1 0-1 0-0 6-1 3-0 0-1 -- -- Broc Berge 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- -- Faris Karaborni 7-11 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-5 0-2 0-2 -- -- Dalton Lunde 14-9 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-0 4-2 0-0 -- -- Bobby Steveson 14-4 0-0 0-0 0-1 1-0 2-0 2-0 -- -- 197 Brett Pfarr 29-2 16-0 8-0 8-2 3-0 12-0 4-0 -- -- HWT Michael Kroells 25-6 12-4 6-2 3-5 2-0 7-0 1-0 -- -- Luke Destiche 10-7 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-2 0-1 -- -- Chase O’Connor 1-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 -- -- Nate Rose 12-6 0-0 0-0 0-1 4-0 1-2 0-0 -- -- Rylee Streifel 17-8 0-0 0-0 1-2 7-1 0-0 0-0 -- -- OVRL: Record in all weight classes during 2015-16 season / Dual: Dual match record in specified weight class /B1G: Record in Big Ten dual matches vsRank: Record versus ranked opponents / Pins: Record in matches decided by pin / MD: Record in matches decided by major decision / TF: Record in matches decided by technical fall 2016 B1G and 2016 NCAA: Finish in Big Ten Championships and NCAA Championships TEAM RESULTS BY WEIGHT WT. OVERALL DUAL B1G PINS MD TF 125 31-21 6-10 2-6 9-4 0-3 8-0 133 36-32 6-10 1-7 15-6 5-3 7-2 141 54-18 12-4 7-1 9-0 8-2 4-0 149 49-32 4-12 3-5 9-1 4-5 7-0 157 51-26 9-7 5-3 10-2 6-4 6-2 165 33-32 4-12 2-6 4-7 6-3 5-2 174 24-30 8-8 5-3 4-4 4-5 2-2 184 52-55 3-15 0-8 12-9 9-5 1-5 197 43-3 16-0 8-0 4-0 13-0 6-0 HWT 66-32 12-4 6-2 14-4 8-4 1-1 Minnesota Wrestling Page 4 Minnesota Wrestling Page 5

2015-16 Roster Name Wt Yr Hometown (Last School) Pronunciation Balow, Will 184 R-FR Lake City, Minn. (Lincoln HS) BAY-loh Berg, James 149 FR New Prague, Minn. (New Prague HS) Berge, Broc 184 SO Mantorville, Minn. (Iowa) ber-GHEE Brancale, Ben 141 FR Eden Prairie, Minn. (Eden Prairie HS) BRAN-kayl Brancale, Sam 133 JR Eden Prairie, Minn. (Eden Prairie HS) BRAN-kayl Bremer, Jordan 125 JR Moville, Iowa (Woodbury Central HS) BREHM-er Brolsma, Carson 149 FR Maple Grove, Minn. (Osseo HS) BROHLS-mah Carr, Colin 165 R-FR Washington, Ill. (Washington Community HS) Cartagena, Daniel 157 FR Allen, Texas (Allen HS) cahr-tah-HEYN-yah Christianson, Tim 174 FR Albert Lea, Minn. (Albert Lea HS) Clark, Dalton 149 / 157 FR Ramseur, N.C. (Providence Grove) Destiche, Luke HWT R-FR Luxemburg, Wis. (Luxemburg-Casco HS) deh-STASH Dolezal, Brad 157 SR Mashfield, Wis. (Marshfield HS) DOH-zuhl Early III, Lary 157 FR Oak Park, Ill. (Oak Park River Forest HS) Frisco, John 184 FR Aberdeen, S.D. (Central HS) Jones, Gresh 141 FR Sydney, Mont. (Sidney HS) Karaborni, Faris 184 R-FR Cupertino, Calif. (Monta Vista HS) FAYR-is kayr-ah-BOHR-nee Karaborni, Tijani 174 R-FR Cupertino, Calif. (Monta Vista HS) tuh-GEN-ee kayr-ah-BOHR-nee Kingsley, Brandon 157 JR Apple Valley, Minn. (Apple Valley HS) Kingsley, Jordan 125 / 133 SR Apple Valley, Minn. (Apple Valley HS) Kroells, Michael HWT JR Belle Plaine, Minn. (Scott West HS) KRAYLZ Krone, Brandon 165 R-FR Anoka, Minn. (Anoka HS) KROHN Lizak, Ethan 125 SO Schnecksville, Pa. (Parkland HS) LEE-zak Lunde, Dalton 184 R-FR Kendall, Wis. (Royall HS) LUHN-dee Mora, Joshua 133 JR Albuquerque, N.M. (Augsburg College) Morgan, Ben 133 JR Forest Lake, Minn. (Nebraska) O’Connor, Chase HWT FR Kasson, Minn. (Kasson-Mantorville HS) Patton, Miles 149 FR Rochester, Minn. (Mayo HS) Petry, Skyler 125 R-FR Waterville, Minn. (Waterville-Elysian-Morristown HS) PEE-tree Pfarr, Brett 197 JR Le Sueur, Minn. (Le Sueur-Henderson HS) FAR Pfarr, Chris 184 SO Le Sueur, Minn. (Le Sueur-Henderson HS) FAR Polakowski, Steve 125 / 133 R-FR Libertyville, Ill. (Libertyville HS) pohl-uh-KHOW-skee Rose, Nate HWT R-FR Arlington, Minn. (Sibley East HS) Rothers, Jordon 174 SO Sunburg, Minn. (Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg HS) RAW-therz Short, Jake 149 SO Inver Grove Heights, Minn. (Simley HS) Steveson, Bobby 197 FR Apple Valley, Minn. (Apple Valley HS) STEEV-suhn Streifel, Rylee HWT FR Prior Lake, Minn. (Prior Lake HS) RHY-lee STRYF-uhl Stroker, Fredy 149 FR Bettendorf, Iowa (Bettendorf HS) Thomas, Nate 133 SO Mantorville, Minn. (Kasson-Mantorville HS) Thorn, Tommy 141 R-FR St. Michael, Minn. (St. Michael-Albertville HS) Urbach, Dylan 165 R-FR Lisbon, N.D. (Lisbon HS) ER-bahk Volk, Gannon 141 R-FR Lakeville, Minn. (Apple Valley HS) VOHLK Wanzek, Nick 174 SO Inver Grove Heights, Minn. (Simley HS) WAHN-zek Wright, Darius 165 / 174 R-FR River Falls, Wis. (River Falls HS) Minnesota Wrestling Page 6 Minnesota Wrestling Page 7 2015-16 Minnesota Wrestling Dual Results

Match No. 1 Match No. 3 Grand Canyon (0-0) vs. No. 24 Minnesota (0-0) South Dakota State (1-1) vs. No. 24 Minnesota (2-0) Nov. 7, 2015 Nov. 7, 2015 Williams Arena, Minneapolis, Minn. Williams Arena, Minneapolis, Minn.

Grand Canyon 3 South Dakota State 13 Minnesota 31 Minnesota 20

Wt. Win Res. Loss Score (Time) H - V Wt. Win Res. Loss Score (Time) H - V 125 Skyler Petry DEC Trayton Libolt 11-7 3 - 0 125 Skyler Petry DEC Anthony Cefolo 3-2 3 - 0

133 Sam Brancale DEC Juaquin Olivas 9-4 6 - 0 133 Sam Brancale DEC Brance Simms 13-7 6 - 0

141 Tommy Thorn MD Ralphy Tovar 10-0 10 - 0 141 Tommy Thorn DEC Seth Gross 2-1 9 - 0

149 Blake Monty DEC Miles Patton 8-3 10 - 3 149 Alex Kocer MD Miles Patton 15-6 9 - 4

157 Brandon Kingsley DEC Zack Velasquez 5-4 13 - 3 157 No. 6 Cody Pack DEC Jack Bass 6-4 9 - 7

165 Dylan Urbach MD Bobby Reece 8-0 17 - 3 165 Luke Zilverberg DEC Dylan Urbach 5-2 9 - 10

174 Nick Wanzek DEC Kenny Moore 8-3 20 - 3 174 Nick Wanzek DEC David Kocer 6-5 12 - 10

184 Chris Pfarr DEC Cale Wilson 5-3 23 - 3 184 Brady Ayers DEC Chris Pfarr 6-5 12 - 13

197 No. 7 Brett Pfarr MD Austin Guan 12-3 27 - 3 197 No. 7 Brett Pfarr MD No. 16 Nate Rotert 12-0 16 - 13

HWT No. 6 Michael Kroells MD Danny Chaid 11-2 31 - 3 HWT No. 6 Michael Kroells MD Alex Macki 14-1 20 - 13

Match No. 2 Match No. 4 Virginia (1-0) vs. No. 24 Minnesota (1-0) No. 13 North Carolina (0-0) vs. No. 21 Minnesota (3-0) Nov. 7, 2015 Nov. 15, 2015 Williams Arena, Minneapolis, Minn. Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, N.Y.

Virginia 15 North Carolina 20 Minnesota 19 Minnesota 17

Wt. Win Res. Loss Score (Time) H - V Wt. Win Res. Loss Score (Time) H - V 125 Skyler Petry DEC No. 16 Nick Herrmann 9-6 3 - 0 125 Tyrone Klump DEC No. 17 Skyler Petry 7-5 0 - 3

133 No. 11 George DiCamilo FALL Sam Brancale 4:41 3 - 6 133 Sam Brancale MD AC Headlee 11-3 4 - 3

141 Tommy Thorn MD Zach Watson 15-4 7 - 6 141 No. 5 Evan Henderson DEC No. 20 Tommy Thorn 5-2 4 - 6

149 TJ Miller DEC Miles Patton 15-9 7 - 9 149 Christian Barber DEC Miles Patton 5-1 4 - 9

157 Andrew Atkinson DEC Jack Bass 6-4 (SV-1) 7 - 12 157 Brandon Kingsley MD Robert Henderson 12-2 8 - 9

165 Dylan Urbach DEC Garrett Peppelman 3-2 10 - 12 165 No. 3 Ethan Ramos TF Dylan Urbach 20-4 8 - 14

174 Fox Baldwin DEC Nick Wanzek 16-15 10 - 15 174 John Michael Staudenmayer DEC Nick Wanzek 6-3 8 - 17

184 Chris Pfarr DEC Tyler Askey 13-10 13 - 15 184 No. 20 Alex Utley DEC Chris Pfarr 6-3 8 - 20

197 No. 7 Brett Pfarr DEC No. 11 Zach Nye 7-4 16 - 15 197 No. 6 Brett Pfarr DEC Chip Ness 11-5 11 - 20

HWT No. 6 Michael Kroells DEC Pat Gillen 12-6 19 - 15 HWT No. 6 Michael Kroells FALL Cory Daniel 3:34 17 - 20 Minnesota Wrestling Page 6 Minnesota Wrestling Page 7 2015-16 Minnesota Wrestling Dual Results

Match No. 5 Match No. 7 No. 5 Lehigh (1-0) vs. No. 21 Minnesota (3-1) Air Force (1-1) at No. 22 Minnesota (3-3) Nov. 15, 2015 Nov. 21, 2015 Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, N.Y. Sports Pavilion, Minneapolis, Minn.

Lehigh 22 Air Force 12 Minnesota 12 Minnesota 22

Wt. Win Res. Loss Score (Time) H - V Wt. Win Res. Loss Score (Time) H - V 125 No. 15 Darian Cruz FALL No. 17 Skyler Petry 1:43 0 - 6 125 Skyler Petry DEC Drew Romero 9-7 3 - 0

133 Sam Brancale DEC No. 9 Mason Beckman 4-1 3 - 6 133 No. 13 Josh Martinez DEC Sam Brancale 8-5 3 - 3

141 No. 20 Tommy Thorn DEC No. 10 Randy Cruz 3-0 6 - 6 141 No. 12 Tommy Thorn DEC David Walker 12-7 6 - 3

149 No. 20 Laike Gardner MD Miles Patton 12-3 6 - 10 149 Jerry McGinty DEC Miles Patton 8-3 6 - 6

157 No. 5 Mitch Minotti DEC Brandon Kingsley 4-2 6 - 13 157 Brandon Kingsley FALL Zach Stepan 0:48 12 - 6

165 Ryan Preisch DEC Dylan Urbach 5-2 6 - 16 165 Alex Lopouchanski DEC Dylan Urbach 3-1 12 - 9

174 Nick Wanzek DEC No. 12 Elliot Riddick 3-2 9 - 16 174 Adam Jackson DEC Jordon Rothers 5-1 12 - 12

184 No. 4 Nathaniel Brown DEC Chris Pfarr 9-5 9 - 19 184 Chris Pfarr DEC Anthony McLaughlin 7-7 (TB-2) (RT) 15 - 12

197 No. 6 Brett Pfarr DEC John Bolich 7-3 12 - 19 197 No. 6 Brett Pfarr MD Parker Hines 12-4 19 - 12

HWT Max Wessell DEC No. 6 Michael Kroells 10-9 12 - 22 HWT No. 9 Michael Kroells DEC Marcus Malecek 9-3 22 - 12

Match No. 6 Match No. 8 No. 12 NC State (1-0) vs. No. 21 Minnesota (3-2) No. 21 Minnesota (4-3) at No. 3 Oklahoma State (1-1) Nov. 15, 2015 Nov. 29, 2015 Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, N.Y. Gallagher-Iba Arena, Stillwater, Okla.

NC State 31 Minnesota 17 Minnesota 3 Oklahoma State 20

Wt. Win Res. Loss Score (Time) H - V Wt. Win Res. Loss Score (Time) H - V 125 Sean Fausz DEC No. 17 Skyler Petry 8-6 0 - 3 125 No. 5 Eddie Klimara DEC Skyler Petry 8-2 3 - 0

133 Jamal Morris DEC Sam Brancale 5-2 0 - 6 133 Sam Brancale MD Gary Wayne Harding 16-2 3 - 4

141 No. 3 Kevin Jack DEC No. 20 Tommy Thorn 10-4 0 - 9 141 No. 1 Dean Heil DEC No. 9 Tommy Thorn 7-3 6 - 4

149 Beau Donahue DEC Miles Patton 8-4 0 - 12 149 Jake Short DEC No. 8 Anthony Collica 2-1 6 - 7

157 No. 9 Tommy Gantt MD Brandon Kingsley 12-3 0 - 16 157 Brandon Kingsley DEC No. 14 Chance Marstellar 3-2 6 - 10

165 No. 7 Max Rohskopf DEC Dylan Urbach 6-0 0 - 19 165 No. 1 Alex Dieringer TF Brandon Krone 18-1 11 - 10

174 Nicky Hall DEC Nick Wanzek 8-6 0 - 22 174 No. 3 Kyle Crutchmer FALL Jordon Rothers 2:58 17 - 10

184 No. 17 Pete Renda FALL Chris Pfarr 5:35 0 - 28 184 Nolan Boyd DEC Chris Pfarr 4-1 20 - 10

197 No. 6 Brett Pfarr DEC Michael Boykin 7-3 3 - 28 197 No. 6 Brett Pfarr MD Jordan Rogers 16-5 20 - 14

HWT No. 1 Nick Gwiazdowski DEC No. 6 Michael Kroells 10-6 3 - 31 HWT No. 9 Michael Kroells DEC Austin Schafer 7-3 20 - 17 Minnesota Wrestling Page 8 Minnesota Wrestling Page 9 2015-16 Minnesota Wrestling Dual Results

Match No. 9 Match No. 11 Indiana (1-0) vs. No. 20 Minnesota (4-4) No. 21 Minnesota (5-5) at No. 9 Nebraska (8-1) Dec. 11, 2015 Jan. 10, 2016 Sports Pavilion, Minneapolis, Minn. Devaney Center, Lincoln, Neb.

Indiana 19* Minnesota 10 Minnesota 18 Nebraska 24

Wt. Win Res. Loss Score (Time) H - V Wt. Win Res. Loss Score (Time) H - V 165 Brandon Krone DEC Bryce Martin 7-2 3 - 0 125 No. 10 Tim Lambert MD Steve Polakowski 10-1 4 - 0

174 No. 11 Nate Jackson DEC Nick Wanzek 9-3 3 - 3 133 No. 13 Eric Montoya DEC Sam Brancale 8-3 7 - 0

184 Matt Irick DEC Chris Pfarr 7-4 3 - 6 141 Anthony Abidin DEC No. 10 Tommy Thorn 10-6 10 - 0

197 No. 5 Brett Pfarr FALL Jake Masengale 2:16 9 - 6 149 No. 5 Jake Sueflohn DEC No. 9 Jake Short 5-3 13 - 0

285 No. 8 Michael Kroells DEC Garret Goldman 6-0 12 - 6 157 No. 17 Tyler Berger DEC Brandon Kingsley 3-2 16 - 0

125 Elijah Oliver DEC Skyler Petry 14-8 12 - 9 165 No. 15 Austin Wilson DEC Brandon Krone 3-1 19 - 0

133 Alonzo Shepherd FALL Sam Brancale 3:44 12 - 15 174 Nick Wanzek MD Dustin Williams 10-1 19 - 4

141 No. 11 Tommy Thorn DEC Cole Weaver 6-2 15 - 15 184 No. 5 TJ Dudley TF Chris Pfarr 17-2 24 - 4

149 Luke Blanton DEC No. 10 Jake Short 17-10 15 - 18 197 No. 4 Brett Pfarr DEC Derek White 5-2 24 - 7

157 Brandon Kingsley DEC Jake Danishek 8-4 18 - 18 285 No. 7 Michael Kroells DEC No. 17 Collin Jensen 7-5 (SV-1) 24 - 10

*Indiana earned criteria point on third tiebreaking criteria - points scored in decisions, major decisions and tech falls (55-52)

Match No. 10 Match No. 12 Maryland (3-5) vs. No. 21 Minnesota (4-5) No. 8 Rutgers (11-2) vs. No. 21 Minnesota (5-6) Jan. 8, 2016 Jan. 17, 2016 Sports Pavilion, Minneapolis, Minn. Sports Pavilion, Minneapolis, Minn.

Maryland 12 Rutgers 16 Minnesota 26 Minnesota 17

Wt. Win Res. Loss Score (Time) H - V Wt. Win Res. Loss Score (Time) H - V 125 Steve Polakowski DEC Michael Beck 7-1 3 - 0 197 No. 4 Brett Pfarr TF Anthony Messner 23-8 5 - 0

133 Tyler Goodwin FALL Sam Brancale 4:27 3 - 6 285 No. 16 Billy Smith DEC No. 7 Michael Kroells 2-1 (SV-1) 5 - 3

141 No. 10 Tommy Thorn DEC Alfred Bannister 9-2 6 - 6 125 Sean McCabe DEC Skylar Petry 7-6 5 - 6

149 No. 9 Jake Short DEC Wade Hodges 6-2 9 - 6 133 No. 18 Anthony Giraldo DEC Sam Brancale 3-1 5 - 9

157 No. 18 Lou Mascola DEC Brandon Kingsley 3-2 9 - 9 141 No. 10 Tommy Thorn DEC No. 4 Anthony Ashnault 8-1 8 - 9

165 Brandon Krone DEC Brendan Burnham 8-3 12 - 9 149 No. 9 Jake Short DEC Tyson Dippery 6-1 11 - 9

174 Nick Wanzek FALL Josh Snook 3:33 18 - 9 157 Brandon Kingsley DEC John Van Brill 4-2 14 - 9

184 Jaron Smith DEC Chris Pfarr 6-2 18 - 12 165 No. 10 Anthony Perrotti DEC Brandon Krone 8-6 14 - 12

197 No. 4 Brett Pfarr MD Garrett Wesneski 12-4 22 - 12 174 Nick Wanzek DEC Phil Bakuckas 8-4 17 - 12

285 No. 7 Michael Kroells MD Youssif Hemida 10-2 26 - 12 184 Nicholas Gravina MD Chris Pfarr 11-3 17 - 16 Minnesota Wrestling Page 8 Minnesota Wrestling Page 9 2015-16 Minnesota Wrestling Dual Results

Match No. 13 Match No. 15 Purdue (7-3) vs. No. 17 Minnesota (6-6) No. 17 Minnesota (7-7) at Northwestern (1-9) Jan. 24, 2016 Feb. 5, 2016 Sports Pavilion, Minneapolis, Minn. Welsh-Ryan Arena, Evanston, Ill.

Purdue 18 Minnesota 22 Minnesota 23 Northwestern 20

Wt. Win Res. Loss Score (Time) H - V Wt. Win Res. Loss Score (Time) H - V 157 Brandon Kingsley DEC Doug Welch 4-2 3 - 0 125 Garrison White DEC Steve Polakowski 5-4 3 - 0

165 No. 7 Chad Welch MD Brad Dolezal 11-0 3 - 4 133 No. 20 Dominick Malone TF Ben Morgan 16-1 8 - 0

174 Jacob Morrissey TF Nick Wanzek 18-2 3 - 9 141 No. 7 Tommy Thorn DEC Jameson Oster 10-3 8 - 3

184 Tanner Lynde FALL Will Balow 2:29 3 - 15 149 No. 16 Jake Short DEC No. 4 Jason Tsirtsis 7-4 8 - 6

197 No. 4 Brett Pfarr MD Drake Stein 25-11 7 - 15 157 Brandon Kingsley FALL Anthony Petrone 0:30 8 - 12

285 No. 9 Michael Kroells MD Tyler Kral 10-2 11 - 15 165 Luke Norland FALL Brad Dolezal 4:13 14 - 12

125 Steve Polakowski DEC Ben Thorton 9-3 14 - 15 174 Nick Wanzek DEC Mitch Sliga 6-0 14 - 15

133 Ben Morgan FALL Luke Welch 1:29 20 - 15 184 Regis Durbin FALL Chris Pfarr 1:44 20 - 15

141 No. 8 Tommy Thorn DEC Danny Sabatello 8-4 23 - 15 197 No. 3 Brett Pfarr DEC Jacob Berkowitz 9-4 20 - 18

149 Alex Griffin DEC No. 9 Jake Short 4-2 (SV-1) 23 - 18 285 No. 9 Michael Kroells MD Conan Jennings 11-2 20 - 22

Match No. 14 Match No. 16 No. 17 Minnesota (7-6) at No. 2 Iowa (13-0) No. 17 Minnesota (8-7) at Wisconsin (2-5) Jan. 29, 2016 Feb. 7, 2016 Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City, Iowa UW Fieldhouse, Madison, Wis.

Minnesota 6 Minnesota 17 Iowa 34 Wisconsin 16

Wt. Win Res. Loss Score (Time) H - V Wt. Win Res. Loss Score (Time) H - V 125 No. 2 Thomas Gilman FALL Skyler Petry 1:19 6 - 0 149 Andrew Crone DEC No. 16 Jake Short 9-7 (SV-1) 3 - 0

133 No. 3 Cory Clark FALL Sam Brancale 4:59 12 - 0 157 Brandon Kingsley DEC TJ Ruschell 13-7 3 - 3

141 No. 7 Tommy Thorn DEC Brody Grothus 6-4 12 - 3 165 No. 3 Isaac Jordan MD Brad Dolezal 13-4 7 - 3

149 No. 2 Brandon Sorensen DEC No. 13 Jake Short 6-2 15 - 3 174 Nick Wanzek DEC Ricky Robertson 5-2 7 - 6

157 No. 18 Edwin Cooper DEC Brandon Kingsley 4-2 (SV-1) 18 - 3 184 Ryan Christensen DEC Chris Pfarr 6-4 (SV-1) 10 - 6

165 Patrick Rhoads MD Dylan Urbach 21-7 22 - 3 197 No. 3 Brett Pfarr TF Nic Veling 17-2 10 - 11

174 No. 12 Alex Meyer MD Nick Wanzek 10-1 26 - 3 285 No. 9 Michael Kroells DEC Brock Horwath 7-3 10 - 14

184 No. 11 Sammy Brooks TF Chris Pfarr 18-2 31 - 3 125 Johnny Jimenez DEC Skyler Petry 9-3 13 - 14

197 No. 4 Brett Pfarr DEC No. 3 Nathan Burak 6-5 31 - 6 133 No. 7 Ryan Taylor DEC Sam Brancale 7-3 16 - 14

285 No. 7 Sam Stoll DEC No. 9 Michael Kroells 5-3 34 - 6 141 No. 7 Tommy Thorn DEC Luke Rowh 6-0 16 - 17 Minnesota Wrestling Page 10 Minnesota Wrestling Page 11

J Robinson’s Record

Year Overall Rec (Pct) Big Ten (Pct) B1G Tourn. (Pts) Champs NCAA Tourn. (Pts) All-Am ‘86-87 7-14 (.333) 0-8 (.000) 6th (56.75) 1 19th (20) 1 ‘87-88 15-6 (.714) 4-3 (.571) 6th (58) 1 16th (26) 2 ‘88-89 15-8 (.652) 6-5 (.545) 2nd (113.75) 2 7th (45.75) 4 ‘89-90 10-6 (.625) 2-3 (.400) 3rd-tie (84.5) 3 10th (42.25) 2 ‘90-91 11-4 (.733) 3-3 (.500) 7th (55.5) 1 8th (39) 1 ‘91-92 8-14 (.364) 2-5 (.286) 4th (75) 0 21st-tie (14.5) 1 ‘92-93 21-3-1 (.840) 6-2-1 (.722) 4th (80) 1 9th (36.5) 4 ‘93-94 20-2 (.909) 9-1 (.900) 2nd (104.25) 1 13th (29.25) 2 ‘94-95 15-5-1 (.714) 5-2-1 (.688) 3rd (83) 0 12th (34.5) 3 ‘95-96 10-8-1 (.526) 2-5 (.400) 6th (63.5) 0 19th (32.5) 3 ‘96-97 16-4 (.800) 6-1 (.857) 2nd (116.5) 1 3rd (71) 5 ‘97-98 19-2 (.905) 6-2 (.750) 3rd (107) 1 2nd (102) 6 J Robinson ‘98-99 18-2 (.900) 9-0 (1.000) 1st (139) 3 2nd (98.5) 6 ‘99-00 17-2 (.895) 7-1 (.875) 2nd (132.5) 2 3rd (80) 6 HEAD COACH ‘00-01 19-1 (.950) 8-0 (1.000) 1st (154) 2 1st (138.5) 10 TH ‘01-02 19-0 (1.000) 8-0 (1.000) 1st (174) 5 1st (126.5) 7 30 SEASON ‘02-03 17-5 (.773) 7-1 (.875) 1st (126.5) 3 2nd (104.5) 6

‘03-04 12-6 (.667) 5-3 (.625) 2nd (124.5) 2 8th (65.5) 3

NATIONAL HALL OF FAME ‘04-05 9-9 (.500) 3-5 (.375) 2nd (123.5) 2 5th (72.5) 4

INDUCTEE ‘05-06 20-1 (.952) 7-1 (.875) 1st (138) 4 2nd (84) 4

‘06-07 20-1 (.952) 8-0 (1.000) 1st (156) 4 1st (98) 5

THREE-TIME ‘07-08 14-7 (.667) 5-3 (.625) 2nd (112.5) 0 10th (61.5) 4

NATIONAL ‘08-09 15-8 (.652) 5-3 (.625) 5th (86) 0 14th-tie (35) 3

COACH OF THE YEAR ‘09-10 12-5 (.706) 7-1 (.875) 2nd (119.5) 2 7th (63) 4

‘10-11 15-4-1 (.750) 6-1-1 (.750) 3rd (109.5) 0 7th (61) 5

ALMA MATER: ‘11-12 14-3 (.824) 7-1 (.875) 2nd (134) 2 2nd (117.5) 7

OKLAHOMA STATE (‘69) ‘12-13 16-2 (889) 7-1 (.875) 2nd-tie (139) 2 3rd (103) 8

‘13-14 14-1 (.933) 7-1 (.875) 3rd (114.5) 1 2nd (104) 7

‘14-15 12-3 (.800) 7-2 (.778) 3rd (108) 1 8th (59.5) 5

‘15-16 9-7 (.563) 5-3 (.625) ------

Career 439-144-4 (.748) 169-67-3 (.707) -- 47 -- 123

BRANDON EGGUM LUKE BECKER DUSTIN SCHLATTER

HEAD ASSISTANT COACH ASSISTANT COACH VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH 15th Season 13th Season 1st Season Alma Mater: Minnesota (‘00) Alma Mater: Minnesota (‘03) Alma Mater: Minnesota (‘10) Minnesota Wrestling Page 10 Minnesota Wrestling Page 11

Skyler Petry

Wt. EVENT OPPONENT (SCHOOL) W/L RESULT ROUND 125 Daktronics Open Nick Santos (Iowa Central Community College) W Fall (0:48) Champ Rnd 2 125 Daktronics Open No. 17 Josh Rodriguez (North Dakota State) L Dec, 5-1 Quarters 125 Daktronics Open Curtis Cannon (Iowa Central Community College) W TF, 16-1 Round of 12 125 Daktronics Open Anthony Cefolo (South Dakota State) W Dec, 8-1 Cons Quarters Redshirt Freshman 125 Daktronics Open No. 15 Ethan Lizak (Minnesota) W Dec (SV-1), 5-3 Cons Semis Waterville, Minn. 125 Daktronics Open No. 17 Josh Rodriguez (North Dakota State) L MD, 10-2 3rd Place Match Waterville-Elysian-Morristown HS 125 Dual Trayton Libolt (Grand Canyon) W Dec, 11-7 125 Dual No. 16 Nick Herrmann (Virginia) W Dec, 9-6 Overall Record: 11-14 125 Dual Anthony Cefolo (South Dakota State) W Dec, 3-2 125 Dual Tyrone Klump (North Carolina) L Dec, 7-5 Dual Record: 4-8 125 Dual No. 15 Darian Cruz (Lehigh) L Fall (1:43) 125 Dual Sean Fausz (NC State) L Dec, 8-6 Big Ten Record: 0-4 125 Dual Drew Romero (Air Force) W Dec, 9-7 125 Dual No. 5 Eddie Klimara (Oklahoma State) L Dec, 8-2 Record vs. Ranked: 2-7 125 Cliff Keen Invite Nolan Hellickson (Harvard) W Dec, 6-1 Pigtail 125 Cliff Keen Invite David Gonzalez (Cal Poly) W Dec, 7-2 Champ Rnd 1 Bio Brief 125 Cliff Keen Invite No. 1 Nathan Tomasello (Ohio State) L MD, 14-4 Champ Rnd 2 125 Cliff Keen Invite No. 18 Josh Rodriguez (North Dakota State) L Dec, 3-2 Cons Rnd 4 2014 Minnesota state 125 Dual Elijah Oliver (Indiana) L Dec, 14-8 champion 125 Southern Scuffle Drew Romero (Air Force) L Dec, 6-4 Champ Rnd 2 Made career dual debut with 125 Southern Scuffle Charles Kearney (Citadel) W Fall (0:49) Cons Rnd 3 a 3-0 performance at the 125 Southern Scuffle Sean Russell (Edinboro) L Fall (6:59) Cons Rnd 4 Gopher Duals (Nov. 7) 125 Dual Sean McCabe (Rutgers) L Dec, 7-6 125 Dual No. 2 Thomas Gilman (Iowa) L Fall (1:19) Earned first career ranked 125 Dual Johnny Jimenez (Wisconsin) L Dec, 9-3 win over teammate Ethan Lizak earlier this season

Finished last season with a 14-6 overall record competing in open tournaments

Placed in four of the five tournaments in which he competed last season (only exception was Midlands), reaching the finals in three

Won title at last season’s Wisconsin Open Minnesota Wrestling Page 12 Minnesota Wrestling Page 13

Steve Polakowski

Wt. EVENT OPPONENT (SCHOOL) W/L RESULT ROUND 133 Daktronics Open Kenny McAleavey (Northern State) W Fall Champ Rnd 1 133 Daktronics Open Eric Coufal (Nebraska) W Dec, 10-3 Champ Rnd 2 133 Daktronics Open David Potratz (Augustana (SD)) W Dec, 5-2 Quarters 133 Daktronics Open Colton McCrystal (Nebraska) L Dec, 7-5 Semis Redshirt Freshman 133 Daktronics Open Nicholas O’Brien (North Dakota State) W Dec, 7-3 Cons Semis Libertyville, Ill. 133 Daktronics Open Sam Brancale (Minnesota) L Dec, 1-0 3rd Place Match Libertyville HS 125 Husky Open Cornelious Elliott (St. Cloud State) W Fall (2:22) Quarters 125 Husky Open Brandon Briggs (St. Cloud State) W TF, 20-3 Semis Overall Record: 11-6 125 Husky Open Brett Velasquez (St. Cloud State) W Dec, 1-0 Finals 125 Southern Scuffle No. 12 Zeke Moisey (West Virginia) W Dec, 11-9 Champ Rnd 2 Dual Record: 2-2 125 Southern Scuffle Brian Rossi (Stanford) W Dec, 5-4 Champ Rnd 3 125 Southern Scuffle Brent Fleetwood (Central Michigan) L Dec, 1-0 Quarters Big Ten Record: 2-2 125 Southern Scuffle Connor Schram (Stanford) L Dec (SV-1), 8-4 Round of 12 125 Dual Michael Beck (Maryland) W Dec, 7-1 Record vs. Ranked: 1-1 125 Dual No. 10 Tim Lambert (Nebraska) L MD, 10-1 125 Dual Ben Thorton (Purdue) W Dec, 9-3 Bio Brief 125 Dual Garrison White (Northwestern) L Dec, 5-4

Saw his first career varsity action at the Southern Scuffle on Jan. 1-2, and finished just one win shy of placing

Earned his first career ranked win when he upset No. 12 Zeke Moisey (West Virginia) at the Southern Scuffle

Earned first career dual win and first career Big Ten win against Michael Beck (Mary- land) on Jan. 8

Finished last season with an 8-3 record in open tournaments, competing at both 125 and 133 pounds

Only Gopher to win tournaments at two different weights last year (Daktronics Open at 125; Wisconsin Open at 133) Minnesota Wrestling Page 12 Minnesota Wrestling Page 13

Sam Brancale

Wt. EVENT OPPONENT (SCHOOL) W/L RESULT ROUND 133 Daktronics Open Austin Hutzenbiler (Mary) W Fall Champ Rnd 1 133 Daktronics Open Henry Pohlmeyer (South Dakota State) W Fall (4:41) Champ Rnd 2 133 Daktronics Open Zak Hensley (Iowa Central Community College) W Fall (4:01) Quarters 133 Daktronics Open No. 12 Eric Montoya (Nebraska) L Dec, 8-6 Semis Redshirt Junior 133 Daktronics Open Ben Gillette (South Dakota State) W Fall (0:50) Cons Semis Eden Prairie, Minn. 133 Daktronics Open Steve Polakowski (Minnesota) W Dec, 1-0 3rd Place Match Eden Prairie HS 133 Dual Juaquin Olivas (Grand Canyon) W Dec, 9-4 133 Dual No. 11 George DiCamillo L Fall (4:41) Overall Record: 15-15 133 Dual Brance Simms (South Dakota State) W Dec, 13-7 133 Dual A.C. Headlee (North Carolina) W MD, 11-3 Dual Record: 5-9 133 Dual No. 9 Mason Beckman (Lehigh) W Dec, 4-1 133 Dual Jamal Morris (NC State) L Dec, 5-2 Big Ten Record: 0-6 133 Dual No. 13 Josh Martinez (Air Force) L Dec, 8-5 133 Dual Gary Wayne Harding (Oklahoma State) W MD, 16-2 Record vs. Ranked: 2-11 133 Cliff Keen Invite Caleb Smith (Citadel) W Fall (2:45) Champ Rnd 1 133 Cliff Keen Invite No. 13 Mack McGuire (Kent State) L Dec, 9-3 Champ Rnd 2 Bio Brief 133 Cliff Keen Invite No. 6 Rossi Bruno (Michigan) W Fall (2:29) Cons Rnd 4 133 Cliff Keen Invite No. 20 Joey Palmer (Oregon State) L Dec, 6-2 Cons Rnd 5 2x Minnesota state 133 Dual Alonzo Shepherd (Indiana) L Fall (3:44) champion 133 Southern Scuffle Rico Montoya (Northern Colorado) W TF, 20-5 Champ Rnd 2 Majoring in sociology of law, 133 Southern Scuffle Nathan Kraisser (Campbell) W MD, 12-4 Champ Rnd 3 criminology, and deviance 133 Southern Scuffle No. 1 Nahshon Garrett (Cornell) L TF, 17-1 Quarters 133 Southern Scuffle Tyler Ziegler (Gardner Webb) W Fall (6:31) Round of 12 Team-high seven pins this season 133 Southern Scuffle No. 19 Josh Martinez (Air Force) L Dec, 8-5 Cons Quarters 133 Southern Scuffle Garth Yenter (Michigan State) L Dec, 9-5 7th Place Match Team-high 13 matches 133 Dual Tyler Goodwin (Maryland) L Fall (4:27) against ranked opponents 133 Dual No. 13 Eric Montoya (Nebraska) L Dec, 8-3 this season 133 Dual No. 18 Anthony Giraldo (Rutgers) L Dec, 3-1 Placed (8th) at Southern 133 Dual No. 3 Cory Clark (Iowa) L Fall (4:59) Scuffle earlier this season 133 Dual No. 7 Ryan Taylor (Wisconsin) L Dec, 7-3

Was starting last season at 125 but missed much of the Big Ten season with a shoulder injury

Older brother of current Gopher Ben Brancale Minnesota Wrestling Page 14 Minnesota Wrestling Page 15

Ben Morgan

Wt. EVENT OPPONENT (SCHOOL) W/L RESULT ROUND 133 Daktronics Open No. 12 Eric Montoya (Nebraska) L MD, 12-1 Champ Rnd 1 133 Daktronics Open Eric Coufal (Nebraska) W Fall (0:42) Cons Rnd 2 133 Daktronics Open Adrian Lozano (Augustana (SD)) W TF, 15-1 Cons Rnd 3 133 Daktronics Open Zak Hensley (Iowa Central Community College) W MD, 17-3 Round of 12 Redshirt Junior 133 Daktronics Open Nicholas O’Brien (North Dakota State) L Dec, 11-8 Cons Quarters Forest Lake, Minn. 133 Dual Luke Welch (Purdue) W Fall (1:29) Forest Lake HS 133 Dual No. 20 Dominick Malone (Northwestern) L TF, 16-1

Overall Record: 4-3

Dual Record: 1-1

Big Ten Record: 1-1

Record vs. Ranked: 0-2

Bio Brief

2x Minnesota state champion

Made career dual debut against Purdue (Jan. 24) and earned a first period pin

Placed in four tournaments last season, including winning the Cobber Open

Father, Gordy, and uncle, Marty, both wrestled for the Gophers. Gordy was an All-American in 1989 and Marty was a three-time All-American and 1991 national champion

Previously wrestled for Nebraska Minnesota Wrestling Page 14 Minnesota Wrestling Page 15

No. 6 Tommy Thorn

Wt. EVENT OPPONENT (SCHOOL) W/L RESULT ROUND 141 Daktronics Open Tyler Miller (Iowa Central Community College) W TF, 16-1 Champ Rnd 1 141 Daktronics Open Rudy Guillen (Mary) W Dec, 4-0 Champ Rnd 2 141 Daktronics Open Deven Donais (Augustana (SD)) W Fall (1:12) Quarters 141 Daktronics Open Colin Purinton (Nebraska) W Dec, 5-2 Semis Redshirt Freshman 141 Daktronics Open Seth Gross (South Dakota State) W Dec, 5-2 Finals St. Michael, Minn. 141 Dual Ralphy Tovar (Grand Canyon) W MD, 10-0 St. Michael-Albertville HS 141 Dual Zach Watson (Virginia) W MD, 15-4 141 Dual Seth Gross (South Dakota State) W Dec, 2-1 Overall Record: 28-7 141 Dual No. 5 Evan Henderson (North Carolina) L Dec, 5-2 141 Dual No. 10 Randy Cruz (Lehigh) W Dec, 3-0 Dual Record: 12-4 141 Dual No. 3 Kevin Jack (NC State) L Dec, 10-4 141 Dual David Walker (Air Force) W Dec, 12-7 Big Ten Record: 7-1 141 Dual No. 1 Dean Heil (Oklahoma State) L Dec, 7-3 141 Cliff Keen Invite Trevor Jauch (Northern Iowa) W MD, 10-2 Pigtail Record vs. Ranked: 4-5 141 Cliff Keen Invite Mickey Nunez (Gateway Community College) W Fall (1:11) Champ Rnd 1 141 Cliff Keen Invite David Walker (Air Force) W MD, 12-3 Champ Rnd 2 Bio Brief 141 Cliff Keen Invite Matt Manley (Missouri) W Dec, 6-5 Quarters 141 Cliff Keen Invite No. 13 Todd Preston (Harvard) L Dec, 5-4 Semis 4x Minnesota state 141 Cliff Keen Invite Tyler Smith (Bucknell) W Dec, 14-8 Cons Semis champion 141 Cliff Keen Invite Matt Manley (Missouri) W Dec, 11-5 3rd Place Match Made career dual debut with 141 Dual Cole Weaver (Indiana) W Dec, 6-2 a 3-0 performance at the 141 Southern Scuffle Mike Carlone (Cleveland State) W Dec, 11-4 Champ Rnd 1 Gopher Duals (Nov. 7) 141 Southern Scuffle Marc Mastropietro (Penn) W Dec, 3-1 Champ Rnd 2 Placed at Cliff Keen Invita- 141 Southern Scuffle Nicholas Gil (Navy) W Dec, 3-2 Champ Rnd 3 tional (3rd) and Southern 141 Southern Scuffle No. 15 Bryce Meredith (Wyoming) W Dec, 7-6 Quarters Scuffle (5th) this season 141 Southern Scuffle No. 1 Dean Heil (Oklahoma State) L Dec, 10-7 Semis 141 Southern Scuffle Joey Ward (North Carolina) L Dec, 4-3 Cons Semis Earned first career ranked 141 Southern Scuffle No. 16 Zachary Horan (Central Michigan) W MD, 10-2 5th Place Match win over No. 10 Randy Cruz (Lehigh) at Northeast Duals 141 Dual Alfred Bannister (Maryland) W Dec, 9-2 141 Dual Anthony Abidin (Nebraska) L Dec, 10-6 Tied for second on team in 141 Dual No. 4 Anthony Ashnault (Rutgers) W Dec, 8-1 ranked wins (4) 141 Dual Danny Sabatello (Purdue) W Dec, 8-4 141 Dual Brody Grothus (Iowa) W Dec, 6-4 Finished last season 32-5 overall (open tournaments), 141 Dual Jameson Oster (Northwestern) W Dec, 10-3 and led all Gopher redshirts 141 Dual Luke Rowh (Wisconsin) W Dec, 6-0 in wins, pins (11) and major decisions (10)

Younger brother of former Gopher All-Americans Mike Thorn and Dave Thorn Minnesota Wrestling Page 16 Minnesota Wrestling Page 17

No. 16 Jake Short

Wt. EVENT OPPONENT (SCHOOL) W/L RESULT ROUND 149 Daktronics Open Sean Murphy (Nebraska) W Fall (4:25) Champ Rnd 1 149 Daktronics Open Brandon Chesnut (Augustana (SD)) W TF, 15-0 Champ Rnd 2 149 Daktronics Open Tyler Stenberg (Northern State) W Dec, 8-4 Quarters 149 Daktronics Open Clayton Ream (North Dakota State) L Inj. (1:29) Semis Redshirt Sophomore 149 Daktronics Open Fredy Stroker (Minnesota) Med. Forfeit Cons Semis Inver Grove Heights, Minn. 149 Daktronics Open Tyler Stenberg (Northern State) Med. Forfeit 5th Place Match Simley HS 149 Dual No. 8 Anthony Collica (Oklahoma State) W Dec, 2-1 149 Cliff Keen Invite Chris Yankowich (Virginia) W Dec, 8-3 Champ Rnd 1 Overall Record: 11-7 149 Cliff Keen Invite No. 16 Gabe Moreno (Iowa State) W Dec, 6-1 Champ Rnd 2 149 Cliff Keen Invite Joe Galasso (Cornell) W Fall (7:35) Quarters Dual Record: 4-5 149 Cliff Keen Invite No. 9 Matt Depalma (Kent State) W Dec, 10-6 Semis 149 Cliff Keen Invite No. 5 Lavion Mayes (Missouri) L Dec, 8-6 Finals Big Ten Record: 3-5 149 Dual Luke Blanton (Indiana) L Dec, 17-10 149 Dual Wade Hodges (Maryland) W Dec, 6-2 Record vs. Ranked: 4-3 149 Dual No. 5 Jake Sueflohn (Nebraska) L Dec, 5-3 149 Dual Tyson Dippery (Rutgers) W Dec, 6-1 Bio Brief 149 Dual Alex Griffin (Purdue) L Dec (SV-1), 4-2 149 Dual No. 2 Brandon Sorensen (Iowa) L Dec, 6-2 4x Minnesota state champion 149 Dual No. 4 Jason Tsirtsis (Northwestern) W Dec, 7-4 Academic All-Big Ten, major- 149 Dual Andrew Crone (Wisconsin) L Dec (SV-1), 9-7 ing in applied economics

Earned first career ranked win over No. 8 Anthony Collica (Oklahoma State) on Nov. 29

Tied for team lead in wins over top-10 opponents (3)

Tied for second on team in ranked wins (4)

Earned first career rank- ing following a runner-up performance at the Cliff Keen Invitational

Father, Will, and several uncles wrestled for Gophers. Uncle Chris was an All-Amer- ican in 1989 and Will was an All-American in 1993 Minnesota Wrestling Page 16 Minnesota Wrestling Page 17

Brandon Kingsley

Wt. EVENT OPPONENT (SCHOOL) W/L RESULT ROUND 157 Daktronics Open Andrew Fogarty (North Dakota State) W Dec, 7-4 Quarters 157 Daktronics Open Larry Early III (Minnesota) W Dec, 7-2 Semis 157 Daktronics Open Tyler Berger (Nebraska) L Dec (SV-1), 6-4 Finals 157 Dual Zack Velasquez (Grand Canyon) W Dec, 5-4 Redshirt Junior 157 Dual Robert Henderson (North Carolina) W MD, 12-2 Apple Valley, Minn. 157 Dual No. 5 Mitch Minotti (Lehigh) L Dec, 4-2 Apple Valley HS 157 Dual No. 9 Tommy Gantt (NC State) L MD, 12-3 157 Dual Zach Stepan (Air Force) W Fall (0:48) Overall Record: 18-10 157 Dual No. 14 Chance Marstellar (Oklahoma State) W Dec, 3-2 157 Cliff Keen Invite AJ Fierro (CSU-Bakersfield) W TF, 17-2 Champ Rnd 1 Dual Record: 9-5 157 Cliff Keen Invite No. 18 John Boyle (American) L Dec, 2-1 Champ Rnd 2 157 Cliff Keen Invite Brock Wingbermuehle (Oklahoma) W Fall (0:47) Cons Rnd 4 Big Ten Record: 5-3 157 Cliff Keen Invite Vincent DePrez (Binghamton) W Dec, 10-5 Cons Rnd 5 157 Cliff Keen Invite No. 14 Dylan Cottrell (West Virginia) L MD, 14-2 Round of 12 Record vs. Ranked: 1-7 157 Dual Jake Danishek (Indiana) W Dec, 8-4 157 Southern Scuffle Ian Brown (Lehigh) L Dec, 8-6 Champ Rnd 2 Bio Brief 157 Southern Scuffle Elliott Raiford (Appalachian State) W Fall (0:26) Cons Rnd 2 157 Southern Scuffle Connor Hedash (Air Force) W Dec, 3-1 Cons Rnd 3 Majoring in kinesiology 157 Southern Scuffle Christopher Dowdy (Cornell) W Fall (1:40) Cons Rnd 4 Has pinned five opponents 157 Southern Scuffle Robert Henderson (North Carolina) W Dec, 7-3 Cons Rnd 5 this season, all in 100 sec- 157 Southern Scuffle Zack Beitz (Penn State) L Dec, 8-1 Round of 12 onds or fewer 157 Dual No. 18 Lou Mascola (Maryland) L Dec, 3-2 157 Dual No. 17 Tyler Berger (Nebraska) L Dec, 3-2 Finished one match shy of placing at both the Cliff Keen 157 Dual John Van Brill (Rutgers) W Dec, 4-2 Invitational and the Southern 157 Dual Doug Welch (Purdue) W Dec, 5-4 Scuffle earlier this season 157 Dual No. 18 Edwin Cooper (Iowa) L Dec (SV-1), 4-2 157 Dual Anthony Petrone (Northwestern) W Fall (0:30) Finished last season with 157 Dual TJ Ruschell (Wisconsin) W Dec, 13-7 an 11-5 overall record (1-2 in duals) wrestling at 165 pounds

Placed second in all three tournaments in which he competed last season: Bison Open, Luther Open and Aloha Open

Younger brother of current Gopher Jordan Kingsley Minnesota Wrestling Page 18 Minnesota Wrestling Page 19

Brad Dolezal

Wt. EVENT OPPONENT (SCHOOL) W/L RESULT ROUND 157 Daktronics Open Lucas Eastman (South Dakota State) W Dec, 12-5 Champ Rnd 1 157 Daktronics Open Larry Early III (Minnesota) L Dec, 6-4 Quarters 157 Daktronics Open Emmett Fink (Moorhead) W Dec, 9-3 Round of 12 157 Daktronics Open Andrew Fogarty (North Dakota State) L MD, 13-1 Cons Quarters Redshirt Senior 157 Husky Open Boone Young (Augsburg) W MD, 9-0 Champ Rnd 1 Marshfield, Wis. 157 Husky Open Coltan Laganiere (Rochester Community College) W Dec, 2-1 Quarters Marshfield HS 157 Husky Open Larry Bomstad (St. Cloud State) W Dec, 16-10 Semis 157 Husky Open Travis Holt (St. Cloud State) W Dec, 9-7 Finals Overall Record: 6-5 165 Dual No. 7 Chad Welch (Purdue) L MD, 11-0 165 Dual Luke Norland (Northwestern) L Fall (4:31) Dual Record: 0-3 165 Dual No. 3 Isaac Jordan (Wisconsin) L MD, 13-4

Big Ten Record: 0-3

Record vs. Ranked: 0-2

Bio Brief

3x Wisconsin State Champion

Wrestled in his first dual of the season Jan. 24 against Purdue

Only Gopher senior to wrestle in a dual so far this season

Won Husky Open competing unattached earlier this season

Made career dual debut on Nov. 16, 2012 against Nebraska

Earned first dual win on Nov. 24, 2012 against Aaron Sulzer (Eastern Michigan) Minnesota Wrestling Page 18 Minnesota Wrestling Page 19

Brandon Krone

Wt. EVENT OPPONENT (SCHOOL) W/L RESULT ROUND 165 Daktronics Open Kasey Klapprodt (South Dakota State) W TF, 16-0 Champ Rnd 1 165 Daktronics Open Colin Carr (Minnesota) W Fall (5:00) Quarters 165 Daktronics Open Dustin Williams (Nebraska) L Dec, 3-2 Semis 165 Daktronics Open Luke Zilverberg (South Dakota State) L Dec, 5-1 Cons Semis Redshirt Freshman 165 Daktronics Open Brett Bye (South Dakota State) W Inj. (1:01) 5th Place Match Anoka, Minn. 165 Dual No. 1 Alex Dieringer (Oklahoma State) L TF, 18-1 Anoka HS 165 Cliff Keen Invite Adam Fierro (CSU-Bakersfield) W Fall (2:36) Pigtail 165 Cliff Keen Invite Tyson Kuahine (San Francisco State) W Fall (6:29) Champ Rnd 1 Overall Record: 11-9 165 Cliff Keen Invite No. 16 Garrett Sutton (Michigan) L Dec, 6-4 Champ Rnd 2 165 Cliff Keen Invite Garrett Peppelman (Virginia) W Dec, 5-3 Cons Rnd 4 Dual Record: 2-3 165 Cliff Keen Invite Tyler Buckwalter (Kent State) W Dec, 6-4 Cons Rnd 5 165 Cliff Keen Invite No. 4 Cooper Moore (Northern Iowa) L Dec, 6-0 Round of 12 Big Ten Record: 2-2 165 Dual Bryce Martin (Indiana) W Dec, 7-2 165 Southern Scuffle Tyler Marinelli (Gardner Webb) L Dec, 4-3 Champ Rnd 2 Record vs. Ranked: 0-5 165 Southern Scuffle Garrett Peppelman (Virginia) W MD, 12-0 Cons Rnd 3 165 Southern Scuffle Austin Trott (Gardner Webb) W Dec, 8-3 Cons Rnd 4 Highlights 165 Southern Scuffle Casey Fuller (Edinboro) L Dec, 8-2 Cons Rnd 5 165 Dual Brendan Burnham (Maryland) W Dec, 8-3 Currently taking pre-architec- 165 Dual No. 15 Austin Wilson (Nebraska) L Dec, 3-1 ture classes in preparation for a major in architecture 165 Dual No. 10 Anthony Perrotti (Rutgers) L Dec, 8-6

Made career dual debut at Oklahoma State earlier this season (Nov. 29)

Earned first career dual match and Big Ten win against Bryce Martin (Indi- ana) on Dec. 11

In his first varsity tournament, the Cliff Keen Invitational earlier this year, finished only one match away from placing

Lost first three matches as a true freshman last year, then 14-2 the rest of the season (14-5 overall)

Won 165 titles at both the Cobber Open and the Worth- ington Open last season Minnesota Wrestling Page 20 Minnesota Wrestling Page 21

Nick Wanzek

Wt. EVENT OPPONENT (SCHOOL) W/L RESULT ROUND 174 Daktronics Open Jaquon Sowell (Nebraska) W Dec, 7-0 Champ Rnd 1 174 Daktronics Open Carter Nielsen (North Dakota State) W Dec, 4-1 Quarters 174 Daktronics Open Micah Barnes (Nebraska) L Dec (SV-1), 3-1 Semis 174 Daktronics Open Jaquon Sowell (Nebraska) W Dec, 3-0 Cons Semis Redshirt Sophomore 174 Daktronics Open Carter Nielsen (North Dakota State) W MD, 12-0 3rd Place Match Inver Grove Heights, Minn. 174 Dual Kenny Moore (Grand Canyon) W Dec, 8-3 Simley HS 174 Dual Fox Baldwin (Virginia) L Dec, 16-15 174 Dual David Kocer (South Dakota State) W Dec, 6-5 Overall Record: 16-9 174 Dual John Michael Staudenmayer (North Carolina) L Dec, 6-3 174 Dual No. 12 Elliot Riddick (Lehigh) W Dec, 3-2 Dual Record: 8-6 174 Dual Nicky Hall (NC State) L Dec, 8-6 174 Dual No. 11 Nate Jackson (Indiana) L Dec, 9-3 Big Ten Record: 5-3 174 Southern Scuffle Adam Jackson (Air Force) W Dec, 10-4 Champ Rnd 2 174 Southern Scuffle No. 1 Brian Realbuto (Cornell) L Dec, 8-3 Champ Rnd 3 Record vs. Ranked: 1-3 174 Southern Scuffle Gabe Stark (Cleveland State) W Fall (2:15) Cons Rnd 4 174 Southern Scuffle Brian Dorsey (Duke) W MD, 8-0 Cons Rnd 5 Bio Brief 174 Southern Scuffle Casey Kent (Penn) L TF, 16-0 Round of 12 174 Dual Josh Snook (Maryland) W Fall (3:33) Academic All-Big Ten, majoring in applied economics 174 Dual Dustin Williams (Nebraska) W MD, 10-1 174 Dual Phil Bakuckas (Rutgers) W Dec, 8-4 Finished just one match 174 Dual Jacob Morrissey (Purdue) L TF, 18-2 short of placing at the 174 Dual No. 12 Alex Meyer (Iowa) L MD, 10-1 Southern Scuffle earlier this year 174 Dual Mitch Sliga (Northwestern) W Dec, 6-0 174 Dual Ricky Robertson (Wisconsin) W Dec, 5-2 Earned consecutive bonus point wins in duals for the first time in career earlier this season (Jan. 8 and 10)

Made career dual debut last November by beating No. 15 Jesse Stafford (Air Force) and No. 18 Dakota Friesth (Wyoming) at two different duals on the same day

Went 16-12 overall and 7-5 in dual competition wrestling at 165 pounds last season Minnesota Wrestling Page 20 Minnesota Wrestling Page 21

Chris Pfarr

Wt. EVENT OPPONENT (SCHOOL) W/L RESULT ROUND 184 Daktronics Open Alexander Bleeker (North Dakota State) W TF, 18-3 Champ Rnd 2 184 Daktronics Open Martin Mueller (South Dakota State) L Dec, 13-10 Quarters 184 Daktronics Open Josh Casperson (South Dakota State) W Fall (2:00) Round of 12 184 Daktronics Open Will Balow (Minnesota) W Dec, 6-4 Cons Quarters Redshirt Sophomore 184 Daktronics Open Aero Amo (Augustana (SD)) W Med. Forfeit Cons Semis Le Sueur, Minn. 184 Daktronics Open Martin Mueller (South Dakota State) W Inj. (5:10) 3rd Place Match Le Sueur-Henderson HS 184 Dual Cale Wilson (Grand Canyon) W Dec, 5-3 184 Dual Tyler Askey (Virginia) W Dec, 13-10 Overall Record: 9-17 184 Dual Brady Ayers (South Dakota State) L Dec, 6-5 184 Dual No. 20 Alex Utley (North Carolina) L Dec, 6-3 Dual Record: 3-12 184 Dual No. 4 Nathaniel Brown (Lehigh) L Dec, 9-5 184 Dual No. 17 Pete Renda (NC State) L Fall (5:35) Big Ten Record: 0-7 184 Dual Anthony McLaughlin (Air Force) W Dec (TB-2), 7-7 (RT) 184 Dual Nolan Boyd (Oklahoma State) L Dec, 4-1 Record vs. Ranked: 0-6 184 Cliff Keen Invite No. 19 Matthew Miller (Navy) L Fall (4:23) Champ Rnd 1 184 Cliff Keen Invite Dane Pestano (Iowa State) L Dec (SV-1), 5-3 Cons Rnd 2 Bio Brief 184 Dual Matt Irick (Indiana) L Dec, 7-4 184 Southern Scuffle Ville Heino (Campbell) L Dec, 7-3 Champ Rnd 2 Academic All-Big Ten while 184 Southern Scuffle Stephen Loiseau (Drexel) W Dec (TB-1), 8-3 Cons Rnd 2 majoring in agriculture and food business management 184 Southern Scuffle Luke Paine (Wyoming) L Dec, 5-1 Cons Rnd 3 184 Dual Jaron Smith (Maryland) L Dec, 6-2 Earned first career dual victo- 184 Dual No. 5 TJ Dudley (Nebraska) L TF, 17-2 ry at the Gopher Duals earlier 184 Dual Nicholas Gravina (Rutgers) L MD, 11-3 this season (Nov. 7) 184 Dual No. 11 Sammy Brooks (Iowa) L TF, 18-2 Made career dual debut last 184 Dual Regis Durbin (Northwestern) L Fall (1:44) season at 197 pounds, filling 184 Dual Ryan Christensen (Wisconsin) L Dec (SV-1), 6-4 in for an injured Scott Schiller

Following his time in the starting lineup last season, competed in two open tournaments at 184 pounds and took third in both (Wisconsin Open, North Country Open)

Went 11-6 in open tournaments last season (11-9 overall)

Younger brother of current Gopher Brett Pfarr Minnesota Wrestling Page 22 Minnesota Wrestling Page 23

No. 3 Brett Pfarr

Wt. EVENT OPPONENT (SCHOOL) W/L RESULT ROUND 197 Daktronics Open Caleb Ward (South Dakota State) W Fall (1:49) Quarters 197 Daktronics Open Logan Paxton (North Dakota State) W MD, 15-3 Semis 197 Daktronics Open No. 20 Nate Rotert (South Dakota State) W TF, 15-0 Finals 197 Dual Austin Guan (Grand Canyon) W MD, 12-3 Redshirt Junior 197 Dual No. 11 Zach Nye (Virginia) W Dec, 7-4 Le Sueur, Minn. 197 Dual No. 16 Nate Rotert (South Dakota State) W MD, 12-0 Le Sueur-Henderson HS 197 Dual Chip Ness (North Carolina) W Dec, 11-5 197 Dual John Bolich (Lehigh) W Dec, 7-3 Overall Record: 29-2 197 Dual Mchael Boykin (NC State) W Dec, 7-3 197 Dual Parker Hines (Air Force) W MD, 12-4 Dual Record: 16-0 197 Dual Jordan Rogers (Oklahoma State) W MD, 16-5 197 Cliff Keen Invite LJ Barlow (Harvard) W MD, 15-4 Pigtail Big Ten Record: 8-0 197 Cliff Keen Invite Davin Woolridge (Gateway Community College) W Fall (4:09) Champ Rnd 1 197 Cliff Keen Invite Omar Haddad (Hofstra) W MD, 16-2 Champ Rnd 2 Record vs. Rnkd: 8-2 197 Cliff Keen Invite No. 13 Jared Haught (Virginia Tech) W Dec, 4-1 Quarters 197 Cliff Keen Invite No. 5 Max Huntley (Michigan) W MD, 13-3 Semis Bio Brief 197 Cliff Keen Invite No. 2 J’den Cox (Missouri) L Dec, 4-1 Finals 197 Dual Jake Masengale (Indiana) W Fall (2:16) 2012 Minnesota state champion 197 Southern Scuffle Nezar Haddad (Drexel) W TF, 18-2 Champ Rnd 1 197 Southern Scuffle Warren Bosch (Edinboro) W MD, 13-5 Champ Rnd 2 Academic All-Big Ten while 197 Southern Scuffle Jacob Taylor (Cornell) W Dec, 7-2 Champ Rnd 3 majoring in agriculture and 197 Southern Scuffle No. 15 John Bolich (Lehigh) W MD, 10-2 Quarters food business management 197 Southern Scuffle No. 3 Conner Hartmann (Duke) W Dec, 4-3 Semis 197 Southern Scuffle No. 1 Morgan McIntosh (Penn State) L Dec, 3-2 Finals Team-high eight ranked 197 Dual Garrett Weseneski (Maryland) W MD, 12-4 wins (three over top-five 197 Dual Derek White (Nebraska) W Dec, 5-2 opponents) and 12 major 197 Dual Anthony Messner (Rutgers) W TF, 23-8 decisions this season 197 Dual Drake Stein (Purdue) W MD, 25-11 Only losses are to the No. 197 Dual No. 3 Nathan Burak (Iowa) W Dec, 6-5 1 and No. 2 ranked wres- 197 Dual Jacob Berkowitz (Northwestern) W Dec, 9-4 tlers in the country 197 Dual Nic Veling (Wisconsin) W TF, 17-2

First year wrestling at 197 (wrestled 184 previously)

2015 Big Ten Runner-Up

2015 NCAA Qualifier

Older brother of current Gopher Chris Pfarr Minnesota Wrestling Page 22 Minnesota Wrestling Page 23

No. 9 Michael Kroells

Wt. EVENT OPPONENT (SCHOOL) W/L RESULT ROUND 285 Daktronics Open Patrick Grayson (Nebraska) W TF, 18-2 Champ Rnd 2 285 Daktronics Open Joe Scanlan (Iowa State) W Dec, 6-1 Quarters 285 Daktronics Open Benjamin Tyanan (North Dakota State) W MD, 12-0 Semis 285 Daktronics Open Rylee Streifel (Minnesota) W Dec, 4-0 Finals 285 Dual Danny Chaid (Grand Canyon) W MD, 11-2 Redshirt Junior 285 Dual Pat Gillen (Virginia) W Dec, 12-6 Belle Plaine, Minn. 285 Dual Alex Macki (South Dakota State) W MD, 14-1 Scott West HS 285 Dual Cory Daniel (North Carolina) W Fall (3:34) 285 Dual Max Wessell (Lehigh) L Dec, 10-9 Overall Record: 25-6 285 Dual No. 1 Nick Gwiazdowski (NC State) L Dec, 10-6 285 Dual Marcus Malecek (Air Force) W Dec, 9-3 Dual Record: 12-4 285 Dual Austin Schafer (Oklahoma State) W Dec, 7-3 285 Cliff Keen Invite Joseph Fagiano (California Baptist) W Dec, 6-3 Champ Rnd 1 Big Ten Record: 6-2 285 Cliff Keen Invite Dustin Dennison (Utah Valley) W Dec, 5-2 Champ Rnd 2 285 Cliff Keen Invite Nicholas Gajdzik (Harvard) W Dec, 6-0 Quarters Record vs. Rnkd: 3-5 285 Cliff Keen Invite Tanner Hall (Arizona State) W Dec (TB-1), 2-1 Semis 285 Cliff Keen Invite No. 2 Ty Walz (Virginia Tech) L Dec, 5-3 Finals Bio Brief 285 Dual Garret Goldman (Indiana) W Dec, 6-0 285 Southern Scuffle Chris Nelson (West Virginia) W Fall (1:24) Champ Rnd 2 2x Minnesota state 285 Southern Scuffle Joseph Goodhart (Drexel) W Dec, 10-4 Champ Rnd 3 champion 285 Southern Scuffle Jeramy Sweany (Cornell) W MD, 10-2 Quarters 2015 All-American 285 Southern Scuffle No. 13 Denzel Dejournette (Appalachian State) L Dec, 5-3 Semis 285 Southern Scuffle No. 10 Max Wessell (Lehigh) W Dec (SV-1), 6-4 Cons Semis Academic All-Big Ten while 285 Southern Scuffle No. 14 Jared Johnson (Chattanooga) W Dec, 5-3 3rd Place Match majoring in aerospace 285 Dual Youssif Hemida (Maryland) W MD, 10-2 engineering 285 Dual No. 17 Collin Jensen (Nebraska) W Dec (SV-1), 7-5 Placed 2nd at the Cliff 285 Dual No. 16 Billy Smith (Rutgers) L Dec (TB-1), 2-1 Keen Invitational and 3rd at 285 Dual Tyler Kral (Purdue) W MD, 10-2 Southern Scuffle 285 Dual No. 7 Sam Stoll (Iowa) L Dec, 7-3 285 Dual Conan Jennings (Northwestern) W MD, 11-2 All six losses this season have come to wrestlers cur- 285 Dual Brock Horwath (Wisconsin) W Dec, 7-3 rently ranked in the top 14 by InterMat

Went 27-17 last season (8-7 in duals)

Defeated eight ranked wrestlers last season

Wrestled a team-high 44 matches and 23 matches against ranked opponents last season Minnesota Wrestling Page 24 Minnesota Wrestling Page 25

National Polls

InterMat Rankings NWCA/USA Today Rankings WIN Magazine Rankings (Feb. 9, 2016) (Feb. 9, 2016) (Feb. 8, 2016) **Dual Meet Rankings* **Tournament Power Index Rankings**

Rank Team Prev Record Rank Team Pts Prev Rank Team TPI Pts 1 Penn State 1 13-0 1 Penn State (12) 300 1 1 Penn State 102.5 2 Iowa 2 15-0 2 Iowa 288 2 2 Iowa 77.5 3 NC State 3 21-0 3 NC State 276 3 3 Oklahoma State 76.5 4 Oklahoma State 4 10-2 4 Oklahoma State 264 4 4 Ohio State 72.5 5 Missouri 5 12-1 5 Missouri 251 5 5 Virginia Tech 67.5 6 Michigan 6 12-2 6 Lehigh 239 6 6 Illinois 63 7 Ohio State 7 9-3 7 Oklahoma 217 7 7 Cornell 62 8 Nebraska 8 10-5 8 Virginia Tech 216 10 8 Missouri 58 9 Lehigh 9 12-1 9 Michigan 205 8 9 NC State 52 10 Virginia Tech 10 13-2 10 Ohio State 203 9 10 Nebraska 37 11 Oklahoma 11 9-4 11 Nebraska 177 11 11 Michigan 32.5 12 Illinois 13 12-5 12 Illinois 164 13 12 Lehigh 32 13 Iowa State 12 9-5 13 North Carolina 149 14 13 North Carolina 25 14 North Carolina 15 10-3 14 Rutgers 144 12 14 Wisconsin 21.5 15 Rutgers 12 13-5 15 Cornell 129 15 15 Oklahoma 20 16 Minnesota 17 9-7 16 Iowa State 105 16 Stanford 17 Kent State 20 13-3 17 Kent State 99 17 17 Rutgers 19.5 18 Cornell 18 4-5 18 Minnesota 90 21 18 Minnesota 19 19 Virginia 19 6-5 19 Virginia 80 18 19 Kent State 18 20 Central Michigan 22 8-4 20 Central Michigan 66 23 Edinboro 21 Purdue NR 8-5 21 Pittsburgh 58 17 21 Arizona State 15.5 22 Indiana 16 6-5 22 Ohio 40 24 22 Duke 14.5 23 Ohio 23 10-3 23 Purdue 29 NR Northern Iowa 24 Appalachian State NR 10-3 24 South Dakota State 25 NR 24 Northwestern 12 25 CSU-Bakersfield NR 10-3 25 CSU-Bakersfield 23 NR 25 Two Tied 11.5

InterMat Rankings Flowrestling Rankings (Feb. 9, 2016) (Feb. 8, 2016) **Tournament Rankings / Top 10 Only** **Top 10 Only** Rank Team Prev Rank Team Prev Pts 1 Penn State 1 1 Penn State 1 128.5 2 Oklahoma State 2 95.5 2 Iowa 3 3 Ohio State 3 87 3 NC State 8 4 Virginia Tech 5 84.5 4 Oklahoma State 2 5 Iowa 4 82.5 5 Missouri 5 6 Missouri 6 71.5 6 Ohio State 4 7 Cornell 9 71 7 Virginia Tech 9 NC State 6 8 Oklahoma NR 9 Illinois 8 63.5 10 Michigan 10 53.5 9 Rutgers NR 10 Nebraska 7 Minnesota Wrestling Page 24 Minnesota Wrestling Page 25 Minnesota Wrestling Record Book

NCAA Individual Champions All-Time Career Wins All-Time Career Win Pct. (Minimum 50 career wins) Year Name Weight Rnk Name (Years) Record Rnk Name (Years) Record 2013 Tony Nelson HWT 1 Ed Giese (1982-86) 159-34-3 1 Larry Zilverberg (1974-77) 82-4-1 (.948) 2012 Tony Nelson HWT 2 Cole Konrad (2003-07) 155-13-0 Brock Lesnar (1998-2000) 55-3-0 (.948) 2010 Jayson Ness 133 3 Jayson Ness (2006-10) 148-15-0 3 Cole Konrad (2003-07) 155-13-0 (.922) 2007 Cole Konrad HWT 4 Billy Pierce (1992-96) 142-26-0 4 Dustin Schlatter (2005-08, ‘09-10) 114-10-0 (.919) 2006 Dustin Schlatter 149 5 Leroy Vega (1997-2002) 135-26-0 5 Mike McArthur (1975-77) 94-8-1 (.917) Cole Konrad HWT 6 Zach Sanders (2007-12) 134-27-0 6 Dan Zilverberg (1978-80) 119-11-2 (.909) 2004 Damion Hahn 197 7 Tim Hartung (1995-99) 133-21-0 7 Jayson Ness (2006-10) 148-15-0 (.908) 2003 Damion Hahn 197 8 Jason Davids (1994-98) 132-27-0 8 Marty Morgan (1988-91) 110-12-0 (.902) 2002 Jared Lawrence 149 9 Tony Nelson (2009-14) 131-16-0 9 Tony Nelson (2009-14) 131-16-0 (.891) Luke Becker 157 10 Jared Lawrence (1998-2003) 130-23-0 10 Jim Martinez (1978-80, ‘82) 115-5-1 (.882) 2000 Brock Lesnar HWT 11 Jacob Volkmann (2000-04) 127-36-0 11 Tim Hartung (1995-99) 133-21-0 (.864) 1999 Tim Hartung 197 Tim Harris (1991-95) 127-47-0 12 Jared Lawrence (1998-2003) 130-23-0 (.850) 1998 Tim Hartung 190 13 Luke Becker (1998-2003) 126-29-0 13 Damion Hahn (2000-04) 118-21-0 (.849)

1991 Marty Morgan 177 14 Kevin Steinhaus (2009-14) 123-30-0 14 Billy Pierce (1992-96) 142-26-0 (.845) 1977 Pat Neu 134 15 Willy Short (1989-94) 121-31-2 15 Scott Schiller (2010-2015) 118-22-0 (.843) 1976 Evan Johnson 190 16 Dan Zilverberg (1978-80) 119-11-2 16 Leroy Vega (1997-2002) 135-26-0 (.839) 1953 Dick Mueller 123 Logan Storley (2011-2015) 119-27-0 17 Brandon Eggum (1996-2000) 115-23-0 (.833) 1949 Verne Gagne HWT 18 Damion Hahn (2000-04) 118-21-0 Chad Kraft (1995-99) 115-23-0 (.833) 1948 Verne Gagne 191 Scott Schiller (2010-2015) 118-22-0 Matt Nagel (2001-06) 100-20 (.833) 1941 Leonard Levy HWT 20 Zac Taylor (1993-98) 117-34-0 20 Dave Dean (1985-89) 105-20-3 (.832) 1939 Dale Hanson 128 Roger Kish (2004-08) 117-27-0 Zach Sanders (2007-12) 134-27-0 (.832) 1937 John Whitaker 175 22 Brandon Eggum (1996-2000) 115-23-0 22 Jason Davids (1994-98) 132-27-0 (.830) Chad Kraft (1995-99) 115-23-0 23 Ryan Lewis (2001-03) 51-11-0 (.823) Jim Martinez (1978-80, ‘82) 115-5-1 24 Ed Giese (1982-86) 159-34-3 (.819) 25 Dustin Schlatter (2005-08, ‘09-10) 114-10-0 25 Logan Storley (2011-2015) 119-27-0 (.815)

All-Time NCAA Top 10 Finishes

Year Location Finish Year Location Finish Year Location Finish 2015 St. Louis, Mo. 8th 2001 Iowa City, Iowa 1st 1959 Iowa City, Iowa 9th-tied 2014 Oklahoma City, Okla. 2nd 2000 St. Louis, Mo. 3rd 1957 Pittsburgh, Pa. 10th-tied 2013 Des Moines, Iowa 3rd 1999 University Park, Pa. 2nd 1953 University Park, Pa. 8th-tied 2012 St. Louis, Mo. 2nd 1998 Cleveland, Ohio 2nd 1949 Fort Collins, Colo. 5th 2011 Philadelphia, Pa. 7th 1997 Cedar Falls, Iowa 3rd 1948 Bethlehem, Pa. 7th 2010 Omaha, Neb. 7th 1993 Ames, Iowa 9th 1947 Champaign, Ill. 10th-tied 2008 St. Louis, Mo. 10th 1991 Iowa City, Iowa 8th 1941 Bethlehem, Pa. 3rd 2007 Auburn Hills, Mich. 1st 1990 College Park, Md. 10th 1940 Champaign, Ill. 7th-tied 2006 Oklahoma City, Okla. 2nd 1989 Oklahoma City, Okla. 7th 1939 Lancaster, Pa. 4th-tied 2005 St. Louis, Mo. 5th 1979 Ames, Iowa 7th 1938 University Park, Pa. 6th 2004 St. Louis, Mo. 8th 1977 Norman, Okla. 4th 1937 Terre Haute, Ind. 3rd-tied

2003 Kansas City, Mo. 2nd 1976 Tucson, Ariz. 7th

2002 Albany, N.Y. 1st 1963 Kent, Ohio 10th Minnesota Wrestling Page 26 Minnesota Wrestling Page 27 Minnesota Wrestling Record Book

Season Wins Season Dual Meet Wins Season Win Pct.

Rnk Name (Season) Record Rnk Name (Season) Record Rnk Name (Season) Record 1 Ed Giese (1985-86) 54-4-1 1 Brett Colombini (1992-93) 23-2 1 Cole Konrad (2005-06) 41-0-0 (1.000) 2 Dan Zilverberg (1979-80) 45-3-0 Mike Marzetta (1992-93) 23-2 Tim Hartung (1998-99) 39-0-0 (1.000) Billy Pierce (1992-93) 23-2 Marty Morgan (1990-91) 39-0-0 (1.000) 3 Dan Zilverberg (1978-79) 43-3-0 4 Cole Konrad (2005-06) 21-0 Cole Konrad (2006-07) 35-0-0 (1.000) 4 Dustin Schlatter (2005-06) 42-1-0 Jayson Ness (2007-08) 21-0 Jayson Ness (2009-10) 31-0-0 (1.000) 5 Cole Konrad (2005-06) 41-0-0 Tim Hartung (1997-98) 21-1 6 Dustin Schlatter (2005-06) 42-1-0 (.977) Cole Konrad (2004-05) 41-3-0 Zac Taylor (1993-94) 21-1 7 Dustin Schlatter (2006-07) 37-1-0 (.974) 7 Jim Martinez (1981-82) 40-2-0 Willy Short (1992-93) 21-1 8 Tim Hartung (1997-98) 36-1-0 (.973) Ed Giese (1985-86) 21-1 9 Damion Hahn (2000-01) 33-1-0 (.971) Jayson Ness (2006-07) 40-5-0 10 Cole Konrad (2006-07) 20-0 Tony Nelson (2012-13) 33-1-0 (.971) Mack Reiter (2004-05) 40-7-0 Manuel Rivera (2006-07) 20-0 11 Ryan Lewis (2001-02) 32-1-0 (.970) Mike Marzetta (1992-93) 40-7-0 Dustin Schlatter (2006-07) 20-0 Mike McArthur (1975-76) 32-1-0 (.970) Michial Foy (1983-84) 40-7-0 Willy Short (1993-94) 20-0 13 Brock Lesnar (1999-2000) 31-1-0 (.969) Roger Kish (2006-07) 20-1 Evan Johnson (1975-76) 31-1-0 (.969) Jayson Ness (2006-07) 20-1 15 Larry Zilverberg (1973-74) 35-1-1 (.959) Jared Lawrence (2002-03) 20-1 16 Garrett Lowney (2000-01) 22-1-0 (.957) Keith Nix (1987-88) 20-1 17 Jim Martinez (1981-82) 40-2-0 (.952) Other 35-Win Seasons Ryan Lewis (2002-03) 20-2 18 Jayson Ness (2007-08) 39-2-0 (.951) 19 Dustin Schlatter (2005-06) 19-1 Marty Morgan (1989-90) 39-2-0 (.951) Name (Season) Record Brock Lesnar (1999-2000) 19-1 Mike McArthur (1976-77) 39-2-0 (.951) Tim Hartung (1998-99) 39-0-0 Dan Zilverberg (1978-79) 19-1 21 Larry Zilverberg (1974-75) 36-2-0 (.947) Marty Morgan (1990-91) 39-0-0 Jason Davids (1997-98) 19-1 22 Brandon Eggum (1998-99) 34-2-0 (.944) Jayson Ness (2007-08) 39-2-0 Gerald Carr (1995-96) 19-2 Tim Hartung (1996-97) 34-2-0 (.944) Marty Morgan (1989-90) 39-2-0 Jayson Ness (2008-09) 19-4 24 Tony Nelson (2011-12) 32-2-0 (.941) Mike McArthur (1976-77) 39-2-0 Zach Sanders (2008-09) 19-4 25 Dan Zilverberg (1979-80) 45-3-0 (.938) Mike Thorn (2010-11) 39-5-0 Zach Sanders (2008-09) 39-10-0 Consecutive Wins Willy Short (1993-94) 38-3-0 All-Time Dual Meet Wins Manuel Rivera (2006-07) 38-4-0 Rnk Name (Dates) Streak Brett Colombini (1992-93) 38-6-0 Rnk Name (Years) Record 1 Cole Konrad (11/12/05 - 3/17/07) 73 Jayson Ness (2008-09) 38-8-0 1 Jason Davids (1994-98) 79-12-0 2 Dustin Schlatter (11/26/05 - 3/16/07) 65 Cole Konrad (2003-04) 38-10-0 2 Willy Short (1989-94) 78-18-2 3 Tim Hartung (1/23/98 - 3/20/99) 58 Dustin Schlatter (2006-07) 37-1-0 3 Jayson Ness (2006-10) 71-5-0 4 Tony Nelson (12/9/12 - 1/2/13) 40 Luke Becker (2001-02) 37-3-0 4 Cole Konrad (2003-07) 70-7-0 5 Marty Morgan (11/10/90 - 3/14/91) 39 Roger Kish (2006-07) 37-3-0 5 Tim Hartung (1995-99) 66-10-0 6 Willy Short (11/13/93 - 3/5/94) 36 Roger Kish (2005-06) 37-5-0 Jared Lawrence (1999-2003) 66-12-0 Jayson Ness (3/16/07 - 3/8/08) Steve Martinez (1983-84) 37-12-0 7 Chad Kraft (1995-99) 65-10-0 Tony Nelson (1/11/13 - 1/10/14) Ed Giese (1981-82) 37-14-2 Zac Taylor (1993-98) 65-10-0 9 Manny Rivera (11/11/06 - 3/3/07) 35 Tim Hartung (1997-98) 36-1-0 Billy Pierce (1992-96) 65-11-0 10 Jayson Ness (3/21/09 - 3/20/10) 33 Larry Zilverberg (1974-75) 36-2-0 Leroy Vega (1198-2002) 65-14-0 11 Ryan Lewis (11/10/01 - 3/23/02) 32 Jason Davids (1997-98) 36-5-0 11 Brandon Eggum (1996-2000) 61-11-0 Marty Morgan (11/11/89 - 1/27/90) Leroy Vega (1999-2000) 36-6-0 Brett Colombini (1991-95) 61-16-3 13 Cole Konrad (12/12/04 - 3/19/05) 29 Shelton Benjamin (1997-98) 36-6-0 Tim Harris (1991-95) 61-21-1 14 Damion Hahn (12/6/03 - 3/20/04) 27 C.P. Schlatter (2005-06) 36-7-0 14 Luke Becker (1999-2003) 60-15-0 Luke Becker (1/19/02 - 12/7/02) Bobbe Lowe (2004-05) 36-9-0 15 Kevin Steinhaus (2009-14) 56-11-0 16 Dylan Ness (11/8/14 - 2/21/15) 26 Dave Dean (1986-87) 36-9-2 16 Dustin Schlatter (2005-08, ‘09-10) 55-3-0 Chris Dardanes (11/8/14 - 3/20/15) Tim Manning (1985-86) 36-15-1 Damion Hahn (2000-04) 55-10-0 Dave Dean (11/26/88 - 3/17/89) Cole Konrad (2006-07) 35-0-0 18 Dan Zilverberg (1978-80) 53-4-2 19 Bobbe Lowe (11/13/04 - 1/22/05) 24 Larry Zilverberg (1973-74) 35-1-1 19 Tony Nelson (2009-14) 52-10-0 Scott Schiller (3/22/13 - 2/9/14) Jason Davids (1996-97) 35-4-0 Ed Giese (1981-86) 52-10-2 21 Jason Davids (11/15/97 - 1/18/98) Owen Elzen (2001-02) 35-5-0 Tim Hartung (11/16/96 - 2/9/97) Logan Storley (2013-14) 35-6-0 23 Jared Lawrence (1/7/03 - 3/22/03) 22 Damion Hahn (2000-01) 35-7-0 Brock Lesnar (11/16/99 - 2/18/00) Ed Giese (1983-84) 35-7-0 25 Kevin Steinhaus (12/9/11 - 3/5/12) 21 Brad Pike (2000-01) 35-8-0 Zach Sanders (11/12/11 - 1/27/12) Billy Pierce (1994-95) 35-8-0 Mike Thorn (11/13/10 - 12/29/10) Brock Lesnar (1/16/99 - 3/19/99) Zac Taylor (11/21/97 - 1/17/98) Brandon Eggum (11/15/97 - 1/18/98) Minnesota Wrestling Page 26 Minnesota Wrestling Page 27 Minnesota Wrestling Record Book

All-Time Career Pins Season Pins Consecutive Falls

Rnk Name (Years) Pins Rnk Name (Years) Pins Rnk Name (Dates) Streak 1 Jayson Ness (2006-10) 73 1 Jayson Ness (2007-08) 20 1 Tim Hartung (11/15/97 - 12/14/97) 8 2 Billy Pierce (1992-96) 51 Marty Morgan (1989-90) Jayson Ness (11/15/09 - 11/28/09) 3 Jayson Ness (2009-10) 19 3 Cole Konrad (2003-07) 50 3 Jayson Ness (11/10/07 - 11/24/07) 7 Jayson Ness (2008-09) 4 Tim Hartung (1995-99) 48 4 Chad Erikson (11/11/00 - 11/24/00) 6 Tim Hartung (1997-98) 5 Marty Morgan (1988-91) 47 6 Michial Foy (1982-83) 18 Marty Morgan (11/11/89 - 11/17/89) 6 Chad Erikson (1998-2002) 40 Mike McArthur (1976-77) 6 Jayson Ness (11/15/08 - 11/21/08) 5 7 Jason Davids (1994-98) 38 8 Jason Davids (1997-98) 17 Tommy Owen (11/15/03 - 12/5/03) 9 Cole Konrad (2005-06) 16 Mack Reiter (2004-08) Own Elzen (11/13/99 - 11/20/99) 10 Jayson Ness (2006-07) 15 9 Dylan Ness (2010-2015) 37 Brock Lesnar (1/16/99 - 1/22/99) Mack Reiter (2004-05) Mike Thorn (2006-11) Ryan Lewis (2002-03) Tim Hartung (12/5/97 - 12/14/97) 11 Jacob Volkmann (2000-04) 34 Brock Lesnar (1999-2000) Chad Kraft (11/11/96 - 11/29/96) 12 Jared Lawrence (1998-2003) 33 Billy Pierce (1993-94) 12 Mike Thorn (11/15/08) 4 Marty Morgan (1990-91) 13 Mike McArthur (1975-77) 32 Cole Konrad (12/29/05 - 12/30/05) 16 Billy Pierce (1994-95) 14 Michial Foy (1982-84) Cole Konrad (11/12/05 - 11/19/05) Michial Foy (1983-84) 15 Roger Kish (2004-08) 31 Mike Thorn (2010-11) Chad Erikson (11/10/01 - 11/23/01) 16 Luke Becker (1998-2003) 29 19 Cole Konrad (2006-07) 13 Pat Connors (1/9/99) Jim Martinez (1978-80, ‘82) 29 Chad Erikson (1998-99) Chad Erikson (12/13/98 - 1/9/99) Tim Hartung (1998-99) 18 Ryan Lewis (1998-2003) 26 Tim Hartung (12/13/98 - 1/9/99) Billy Pierce (1992-93) 19 Evan Johnson (1974-77) 25 Jason Davids (11/28/97) Jim Martinez (1981-82) Larry Zilverberg (1974-77) Jeremy Goeden (11/29/96) Larry Zilverberg (1973-74) 21 Owen Elzen (1997-2002) 24 25 Dylan Ness (2014-15) 12 Brandon Paulson (11/23/96 - 11/29/96) 22 Tyler Safratowich (2005-09) 23 Dylan Ness (2013-14) Billy Pierce (11/13/93) Matt Nagel (2001-06) Roger Kish (2006-07) Marty Morgan (1/6/90 - 1/13/90) Jacob Volkmann (2003-04) Brock Lesnar (1998-200) Luke Becker (2001-02) Zac Taylor (1993-98) Fastest Pins Shelton Benjamin Gary Lefebvre (1979-82) Marty Morgan (1988-89) Rnk Name / Opponent / Date Time 1 Jim Martinez 13 seconds vs. Jim Bollum (UM-Morris), 11/14/81 2 Evan Johnson 15 seconds vs. Todd Smith (Iowa), 11/20/76 3 Jason Davids 18 seconds vs. Steve Caruso (Bucknell), 3/16/95 Nate Rose vs. Robert Caudillo (Augsburg), 12/12/15 5 Zac Taylor 19 seconds vs. Aaron Mitchell (Clarion), 12/5/96 John Panning vs. Paul Cote (Iowa), 1/20/73 7 Luke Becker 20 seconds vs. Jess Carlson (Neosho County CC), 11/21/98 8 Chad Erikson 21 seconds vs. Shane Cunanan (Oregon State), 12/13/98 9 Brock Lesnar 22 seconds vs. Bronson Lingamfelter (Brown), 3/18/99 Pat Connors vs. Roe Akins (Maryland), 11/12/94 Minnesota Wrestling Page 28 Year By Year Dual Records

Year Coach Record Big Ten NCAA Year Coach Record Big Ten NCAA Year Coach Record Big Ten NCAA

1910 -- -- 1st ^ -- ‘49-50 Dave Bartelma 6-5-0 3rd-tied DNP ‘86-87 J Robinson 7-14 6th 19th

1911 No Record DNP -- ‘50-51 Dave Bartelma 6-5-0 8th DNP ‘87-88 J Robinson 15-6 6th 16th

1912 -- -- 1st ^ -- ‘51-52 Dave Bartelma 5-3-0 5th-tied DNP ‘88-89 J Robinson 15-8 2nd 7th

1913 -- -- 1st-tie ^ -- ‘52-53 Wally Johnson 8-2-0 3rd 8th-tied ‘89-90 J Robinson 10-6 3rd-tie 10th

1914 No Record -- 6th ^ -- ‘53-54 Wally Johnson 8-6-1 8th 11th-tied ‘90-91 J Robinson 11-4 7th 8th

1915 -- -- DNP -- ‘54-55 Wally Johnson 2-8-1 9th DNP ‘91-92 J Robinson 8-14 4th 21st-tie

1916 -- -- 4th ^ -- ‘55-56 Wally Johnson 10-4-0 5th-tied 21st-tied ‘92-93 J Robinson 21-3-1 4th 9th

1917 Intramural Competition ‘56-57 Wally Johnson 14-1-1 1st 10th-tied ‘93-94 J Robinson 20-2 2nd 13th

1918 Intramural Competition ‘57-58 Wally Johnson 8-4-0 4th 26th ‘94-95 J Robinson 15-5-1 3rd 12th

1919 Intramural Competition ‘58-59 Wally Johnson 14-5-0 1st 9th-tied ‘95-96 J Robinson 10-8-1 6th 19th

1920 Frank Gilman 0-2-0 DNP -- ‘59-60 Wally Johnson 13-5-0 5th 24th-tied ‘96-97 J Robinson 16-4 2nd 3rd

1921 Frank Gilman 0-4-0 DNP -- ‘60-61 Wally Johnson 4-12-0 8th DNP ‘97-98 J Robinson 19-2 3rd 2nd

1922 Frank Gilman 1-1-0 -- # -- ‘61-62 Wally Johnson 9-6-1 3rd 12th-tied ‘98-99 J Robinson 18-2 1st 2nd

1923 Blain McKusick 0-4-0 -- # -- ‘62-63 Wally Johnson 6-9-1 4th 10th ‘99-00 J Robinson 17-2 2nd 3rd

1924 Blain McKusick 1-3-0 -- # -- ‘63-64 Wally Johnson 14-5-0 5th-tied 22nd-tied ‘00-01 J Robinson 19-1 1st 1st

1925 Blain McKusick 0-4-0 -- # -- ‘64-65 Wally Johnson 20-5-0 3rd 22nd-tied ‘01-02 J Robinson 19-0 1st 1st

1926 Blain McKusick 2-3-1 4th * -- ‘65-66 Wally Johnson 14-2-0 3rd 22nd-tied ‘02-03 J Robinson 17-5 1st 2nd

1927 Blain McKusick 3-2-0 -- -- ‘66-67 Wally Johnson 16-8-1 3rd 17th-tied ‘03-04 J Robinson 12-6 2nd 8th

1928 Blain McKusick 3-1-0 -- no team pts ‘67-68 Wally Johnson 12-9-0 9th DNP ‘04-05 J Robinson 9-9 2nd 5th

1929 Blain McKusick 2-2-1 -- DNP ‘68-69 Wally Johnson 11-10-0 5th 24th-tied ‘05-06 J Robinson 20-1 1st 2nd

1930 Blain McKusick 1-4-0 DNP DNP ‘69-70 Wally Johnson 12-14-1 6th 19th-tied ‘06-07 J Robinson 20-1 1st 1st

1931 Blain McKusick 1-3-0 DNP no team pts ‘70-71 Wally Johnson 9-10-1 6th 35th-tied ‘07-08 J Robinson 14-7 2nd 10th

1932 Blain McKusick 1-4-0 DNP no team pts ‘71-72 Wally Johnson 10-6-1 4th 13th ‘08-09 J Robinson 15-8 5th 14th-tie

1933 Blain McKusick 1-3-0 DNP no team pts ‘72-73 Wally Johnson 14-3-0 4th 25th-tied ‘09-10 J Robinson 12-5 2nd 7th

1934 Blain McKusick 2-3-0 6th % DNP ‘73-74 Wally Johnson 16-4-0 5th 16th ‘10-11 J Robinson 15-4-1 3rd 7th

1935 Blain McKusick 3-3-0 5th DNP ‘74-75 Wally Johnson 7-5-0 7th 19th-tied ‘11-12 J Robinson 14-3 2nd 2nd

1936 Dave Bartelma 6-2-0 3rd-tied DNP ‘75-76 Wally Johnson 15-5-0 2nd 7th ‘12-13 J Robinson 16-2 2nd-tie 3rd

1937 Dave Bartelma 8-1-0 3rd 3rd-tied ‘76-77 Wally Johnson 15-7-0 2nd 4th ‘13-14 J Robinson 14-1 3rd 2nd

1938 Dave Bartelma 6-2-1 6th 6th ‘77-78 Wally Johnson 14-7-0 4th 41st-tied ‘14-15 J Robinson 12-3 3rd 8th

1939 Dave Bartelma 6-1-0 4th 4th-tied ‘78-79 Wally Johnson 15-4-0 3rd 7th ‘15-16 J Robinson 9-7 -- --

1940 Dave Bartelma 8-1-0 4th-tied 7th-tied ‘79-80 Wally Johnson 12-4-0 3rd 19th-tied

1941 Dave Bartelma 6-1-0 1st 3rd ‘80-81 Wally Johnson 11-6-0 2nd 18th-tied

1942 Dave Bartelma 7-2-0 4th-tied DNP ‘81-82 Wally Johnson 16-2-0 2nd 16th

1943 Stanley Hanson 3-3-0 8th + ‘82-83 Wally Johnson 9-8-0 3rd 27th

1944 Stanley Hanson 3-2-0 5th-tied + ‘83-84 Wally Johnson 10-5-2 3rd 33rd-tied

1945 Clarence R. Osell 3-1-2 4th-tied + ‘84-85 Wally Johnson 8-11-0 8th 44th-tied

1946 Dave Bartelma 3-2-2 6th DNP ‘85-86 Wally Johnson 16-7-0 4th 22nd

1947 Stanley Hanson 4-6-1 5th 10th-tied

1948 Dave Bartelma 4-4-1 5th 7th Minnesota Wrestling - Historical Snapshot

1949 Dave Bartelma 11-3-0 2nd 5th 2015-16 is the 107th season of Gopher Wrestling Minnesota’s all-time dual record is 943-437-24 ^ From 1911-21, champions were determined in an open meet put on by the Minnesota has won or shared 12 Big Ten Championships Western Intercollegiate Wrestling, Gymnastics and Fencing Association # From 1922-25, team champions were determined by dual meet record Minnesota has won 3 National Championships (2001, 2002, 2007) * From 1926-33, individual champions were determined in a closed meet format Minnesota has placed in the Top 5 at the NCAA Championships 18 times % In 1934, the Big Ten Conference began using a point system to determine the conference champion Minnesota has produced 177 All-Americans + From 1943-45, no NCAA meet was held due to World War II