DIVISION I WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK 2016 Championships 2 History 14 Team Finishes 28 All-Time Team Results 34 2016 CHAMPIONSHIPS Penn State, Oklahoma State's Dieringer highlight final day of NCAA Championships at Madison Square Garden: March 19 was a night of firsts, seconds, and thirds inside Madison Square Garden. And it ended in dramatic fashion. In the 2016 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships’ final match after three days of grueling competition inside a legendary arena, Ohio State’s Kyle Snyder used an ankle-pick with eight seconds left to force overtime with North Carolina State’s Nick Gwiazdowski, then score another takedown 15 seconds into the first extra session to end the Wolfpack senior’s 88-match winning streak. Gwiazdowski’s bid for a third title was thwarted, but another senior, Oklahoma State’s Alex Dieringer, finished his career with 82 straight victories and a third national title. Illinois’ Isaiah Martinez won his second championship at 157 pounds. Gabe Dean, a junior for Cornell, picked up his second gold. Missouri’s multi-talented J’den Cox claimed his second in three years. Penn State’s Nico Megaludis and Cornell’s Nahshon Garrett, after long and successful careers, finished in style with their first titles. Oklahoma State’s Dean Heil and Penn State’s Zain Retherford, both sophomores, claimed championship number one, as did Snyder. And underdog Myles Martin, an Ohio State freshman from nearby Penns Grove, New Jersey, had the highlight of the night in beating Penn State’s Bo Nickal. Locked up, both men ready to strike, Nickal tried to turn an ankle-pick into two. But Martin, the No. 11 seed at 174 pounds, countered with slick edge- of-the-mat move for six points. The flurry gave Martin a comfortable lead and he went to an victory in one of the better matches of the evening.’ Penn State, team champion for the fifth time in six seasons, won just two of five finals bouts on the final night. Retherford completed a sophomore season with a dominating major decision of Iowa’s Brandon Sorensen in the 149-pound title tilt. Fitting for the Nittany Lions all week, Retherford, from Benton, Penn, picked up a bonus point with one final third-period takedown. A redshirt in 2014-15, Retherford was fifth in 2014 at 141 pounds. Megaludis used a physical counter for an opening period takedown to lead 2-0. The Penn State senior went on the attack in the second period, turning a double-leg shot into a advantage and eventually a comfortable victory. An emotional senior, making his third trip to the big stage, jumped into the arms of assistant coach Cody Sanderson and went into the stands for hugs from friends and family. Second place Oklahoma State, 26½ points behind the Nittany Lions, had two champions. Sophomore Heil became Oklahoma State’s 140th NCAA cham- pion, beating Wyoming’s Bryce Meredith, 3-2, in the 141-pound final. A first-period takedown was the difference for Heil (32-1), who was fourth as a redshirt- freshman. For Dieringer, his win over Wisconsin’s Isaac Jordan was not the norm. Only six times in 33 matches this season did the Wisconsin native not record at least a major decision. He, like the other nine NCAA champions, were invited to Iowa City to try and earn a berth for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil. For Snyder (11-0), it was his first national title, but the second major medal he’s added to the trophy case lately. In 2015, the Maryland native won a world championship in freestyle in Las Vegas. Big matches, big events. Nothing new for a wrestler who was 179-0 in high school. Martinez won his second straight NCAA title at 157 pounds, beating Penn State’s Jason Nolf for the second time in two weeks. The Illini sophomore (32-1), with just one career loss, to Nolf during the regular season, scored the deciding takedown with 11 seconds on the clock. Dean moved to 117-6 for his career with a methodical win over Nebraska’s T.J. Dudley in the 184-pound final. Cox (33-1) was a national champion as a freshman in 2014. He lost in the 2015 semifinals, but a late third-period, low-level attack resulted in the match’s only takedown in a victory for the Columbia, Missouri, native. Cornell’s Garrett, like Megaludis, had been in the finals before, losing in 2014 to Illinois’ Jesse Delgado at 125 pounds. On March 19, the lightning-quick Californian scored a big third-period takedown and beat Iowa’s Cory Clark, 7-6. A four-time All-American, Garrett finishes his final season and his 149 career wins rank second behind Mack Lewnes on Cornell’s all-time list. Penn State, Oklahoma State, Virginia Tech, and Iowa had six All-Americans with Ohio State, at four, edging the Hokies for third place in the team standings. Tech was one point better than Iowa in fourth place. Madison Square Garden drew 110,194, the second highest total since the tournament started in 1928. North Dakota State sophomore 149-pounder Clayton Ream went 1-2, but still left with some hardware. The Wentzville, Missouri, native, a redshirt-freshman, maintains a 4.0 grade point average in biochemistry and molecular biology and was given the NCAA Elite 90 Award, which goes to the student-athlete in the tournament with the best GPA. 2016 Championships 2 38. Utah Valley 8 2016 TEAM STANDINGS 39. Pittsburgh 7½ South Dakota St. 7½ 1. Penn St. 123 41. Appalachian St. 6½ 2. Oklahoma St. 97½ Purdue 6½ 3. Ohio St. 86 43. Boise St. 6 4. Virginia Tech 82 44. North Dakota St. 5½ 5. Iowa 81 45. Drexel 5 6. Missouri 74½ Harvard 5 7. Cornell 67 47. West Virginia 4 8. Nebraska 58 48. Buffalo 3½ 9. Illinois 50½ Virginia 3½ Michigan 50½ 50. Campbell 3 11. North Carolina State 49 Cleveland St. 3 12. Iowa St. 35 Columbia 3 13. Oklahoma 33½ Frank. & Marsh. 3 14. Lehigh 31 Gardner-Webb 3 15. Rutgers 30 Lock Haven 3 16. Kent St. 28½ Northern Ill. 3 17. Minnesota 26 Northwestern 3 18. Wyoming 24½ 58. Army West Point 2½ 19. Stanford 24 Hofstra 2½ 20. Penn 23½ 60. Chattanooga 2 21. Oregon St. 22 SIUE 2 22. Navy 21 62. Air Force 1½ 23. Wisconsin 20 Clarion 1½ 24. Rider 19 64. Maryland 1 25. Old Dominion 17½ 65. Binghamton ½ . UNI 17½ Brown ½ 27. American 16 Eastern Mich. ½ 28. Indiana 13 George Mason ½ 29. Ohio 12½ 69. Citadel 0 . Princeton 12½ Michigan St. 0 31. Duke 11 VMI 0 32. Bucknell 10 72. Northern Colo. -1 Central Mich. 10 Edinboro 10 North Carolina 10 36. Arizona St. 9½ CSU Bakersfield 9½ 2016 Championships 3 Wrestlebacks 2016 INDIVIDUAL RESULTS Round Results Pig Tails Brandon Jeske (Old Dominion) won by decision over 125-Pound Class Kyle Larson (Iowa St.) (Dec 3-1) Round Results First round Brandon Jeske (Old Dominion) won by fall over Sean McCabe (Rutgers) (Fall 3:20); Drew Templeman Pig Tails Chasen Tolbert (Utah Valley) won by decision over (Wyoming) won in sudden victory over Shakur Laney Brandon Jeske (Old Dominion) (Dec 6-1) (Ohio) (SV-1 9-7); Drew Romero (Air Force) won by First round Nathan Tomasello (Ohio St.) won by tech fall over decision over Paul Petrov (Bucknell) (Dec 9-4); Brent Kyle Larson (Iowa St.) (TF-1.5 5:00 (18-0)); Elijah Fleetwood (Central Mich.) won in sudden victory over Oliver (Indiana) won by decision over Sean McCabe Zachary Fuentes (Drexel) (SV-1 3-1); Sean Fausz (Rutgers) (Dec 8-2); Dylan Peters (UNI) won by decision (North Carolina St.) won by decision over Chasen over Shakur Laney (Ohio) (Dec 8-2); Barlow McGhee Tolbert (Utah Valley) (Dec 7-4); Ronnie Bresser (Oregon (Missouri) won by decision over Drew Templeman St.) won in tie breaker over Eddie Klimara (Oklahoma (Wyoming) (Dec 3-2); Ryan Millhof (Oklahoma) won St.) (TB-1 2-1); Lorenzo Bentley (Pittsburgh) won by by decision over Drew Romero (Air Force) (Dec 6-0); major decision over Johnny Jimenez (Wisconsin) (MD Sean Russell (Edinboro) won in tie breaker over Paul 12-4); Alfredo Rodriguez (SIUE) won by decision over Petrov (Bucknell) (TB-1 9-8); Tim Lambert (Nebraska) Nick Herrmann (Virginia) (Dec 4-3) won by major decision over Zachary Fuentes (Drexel) Second round Brandon Jeske (Old Dominion) won by decision over (MD 14-3); Thomas Gilman (Iowa) won by tech fall Joey Dance (Virginia Tech) (Dec 4-3); Darian Cruz over Brent Fleetwood (Central Mich.) (TF-1.5 5:37 (24- (Lehigh) won by major decision over Drew Templeman 8)); Nico Megaludis (Penn St.) won by major decision (Wyoming) (MD 13-5); Dalton Macri (Cornell) won over Chasen Tolbert (Utah Valley) (MD 18-5); Joshua by fall over Drew Romero (Air Force) (Fall 4:49); Rodriguez (North Dakota St.) won by decision over Joshua Rodriguez (North Dakota St.) won by deci- Sean Fausz (North Carolina St.) (Dec 7-3); Dalton sion over Brent Fleetwood (Central Mich.) (Dec 7-0); Macri (Cornell) won in tie breaker over Ronnie Bresser Tim Lambert (Nebraska) won by decision over Sean (Oregon St.) (TB-2 6-5); Conor Youtsey (Michigan) Fausz (North Carolina St.) (Dec 7-2); Ronnie Bresser won by decision over Eddie Klimara (Oklahoma St.) (Oregon St.) won by fall over Sean Russell (Edinboro) (Dec 7-6); Darian Cruz (Lehigh) won by major decision (Fall 4:41); Barlow McGhee (Missouri) won by decision over Johnny Jimenez (Wisconsin) (MD 11-3); Connor over Lorenzo Bentley (Pittsburgh) (Dec 10-6); Alfredo Schram (Stanford) won by decision over Lorenzo Rodriguez (SIUE) won by major decision over Elijah Bentley (Pittsburgh) (Dec 5-2); David Terao (American) Oliver (Indiana) (MD 18-9) won by decision over Nick Herrmann (Virginia) (Dec 8-6); Joey Dance (Virginia Tech) won by decision over Third round Darian Cruz (Lehigh) won in tie breaker over Brandon Alfredo Rodriguez (SIUE) (Dec 8-2) Jeske (Old Dominion) (TB-1 2-1); Joshua Rodriguez (North Dakota St.)