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NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS OKLAHOMA WRESTLING 7 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS u 23 CONFERENCE TITLES u 273 ALL-AMERICANS u 67 INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONS OKLAHOMA NO. 18 OKLAHOMA at NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS SCHEDULE/RESULTS s March 16-18, 2017 n All Day n St. Louis, Mo. n Scottrade Center SOONERS (11-6) NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Head Coach: Lou Rosselli Nov. 2 Red/White Scrimmage 7 p.m. Big 12 Conference NCAA Nov. 13 Journeymen/ASICS Classic All Day Nov. 18 Michigan L, 25-17 Nov. 20 North Dakota State* W, 25-14 Dec. 2 Oklahoma State L, 31-3 SOONER STORYLINES Dec. 18 Cornell L, 21-19 u With 11 wins on the season, the Sooners secured the 46th 10-win season in program history and the first of Dec. 29-30 Midlands Invitational All Day the Lou Rosselli era. Oklahoma’s improvement throughout the season was evident, as the squad recorded a 10-3 Jan. 8 Missouri W, 24-18 mark after the holiday break, including wins over then-No.5 Missouri, then-No. 19 Arizona State and then-No. 18 Jan. 13-14 Virginia Duals 3-1 Northern Iowa on the road. Jan. 22 West Virginia* W, 37-6 Jan. 27 Iowa State* W, 30-12 u Five Sooners appear in the latest InterMat polls, including No. 20 Christian Moody (125 pounds), No. 11 Jan. 29 Northern Colorado* W, 35-6 Davion Jeffries (149 pounds), No. 14 Clark Glass (157 pounds), No. 17 Yoanse Mejias (165 pounds) and No. 20 Brad Johnson (197 pounds). Feb. 3 South Dakota State* L, 20-19 Feb. 5 Northern Iowa W, 27-13 u The Sooners are coming off a second-place finish at the 2017 Big 12 Championship on March 4-5 in Tulsa, Feb. 10 Wyoming* W,19-18 Okla. Davion Jeffries (149 pounds) and Matt Reed (174 pounds) both finished in second place, while Feb. 12 Oklahoma State* L, 37-3 Mike Longo (141 pounds), Clark Glass (157 pounds), Brad Johnson (197 pounds) and Ross Larson (285 Feb. 17 Oregon State W, 29-7 pounds) each finished third to give the Sooners 93.5 points at the tournament. March 4-5 Big 12 Championship# 2nd, 93.5 Oklahoma returns four NCAA qualifiers from a season ago in sophomore Davion Jeffries (149 pounds), March 16-18 NCAA Championships$ All Day u redshirt senior Clark Glass (157 pounds), redshirt senior Matt Reed (174 pounds) and redshirt senior Ross Larson (285 pounds). Junior Mike Longo, a transfer from Appalachian State, is also a two-time national All times are listed as Central tournament qualifier. Home duals in bold Seven Sooners earned automatic bids from their peformance in the Big 12 Championship, while junior Yoanse * Big 12 Dual u Mejias (165 pounds) nabbed an at-large bid to nationals. No. 11 Davion Jeffries (149 pounds) and No. 12 # Held at BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla. Clark Glass (157 pounds) were both awarded national seeds. $ Held at Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Mo. OKLAHOMA NCAA QUALIFIERS NO. 18 OKLAHOMA AT CHRISTIAN MOODY (17-11) MIKE LONGO (19-8) RFr. • Collinsville, Okla. Jr. • Corona, Calif. NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 125 Collinsville HS 141 Santiago HS EVENT INFO Dual MD TF Falls Dual MD TF Falls 10-5 2 0 3 13-4 5 2 2 Results ............................... FloWrestling.com Date..................................March 16-18, 2017 CLARK GLASS (22-6) Time ....................................................All Day DAVION JEFFRIES (19-13) Jr. • Muskogee, Okla Location ...............................Scottrade Center So. • Broken Arrow, Okla. 149 Broken Arrow HS 157 Muskogee HS TELEVISION Dual MD TF Falls Dual MD TF Falls 12-2 2 4 0 Sessions 1 and 3.................... ESPNU/ESPN3 9-8 3 3 4 Sessions 2, 4-6 .........................ESPN/ESPN3 YOANSE MEJIAS (9-6) MATT REED (8-8) Jr. • Miami, Fla.. RSr. • Wichita, Kan. GET SOCIAL WITH THE SOONERS 165 Miami West HS 174 Southwest Miami HS Twitter ....................................@OU_Wrestling Facbeook.............................Sooner Wrestling Dual MD TF Falls Dual MD TF Falls Instagram .................................OU_Wrestling 9-4 1 0 1 6-7 0 2 2 OU COMMUNICATIONS BRAD JOHNSON (16-12) ROSS LARSON (20-8) RSr. • Lockport, Ill. RSr. • Ankeny, Iow3 Wrestling Contact .....................Micah Thompson 197 Lockport Township HS 285 Ankeny HS Email [email protected] Cell .........................................580-504-0264 Dual MD TF Falls Dual MD TF Falls Office:....................................(405) 325-8234 8-8 2 1 1 12-4 3 1 12 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS OU’S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS HISTORY u The Sooners have tallied seven NCAA titles, with the last coming in OU QUICK FACTS 1974 under head coach Stan Abel. OU’s other team championships came in 1936, 1951, 1952, 1957, 1960 and 1963. 2015-16 RECAP 2015-16 Dual Record..........................10-5 u The Sooners’ 1936 championship was the first national crown of any 2015-16 Conference Record .................5-2 sport at the University of Oklahoma. USA TODAY/NWCA DIVISION I 2015-16 Big 12 Finish.........................2nd COACHES POLL 2015-16 NCAA Finish.........................13th u Oklahoma has produced 67 individual national championships. Cody (AS OF MARCH 13, 2017) Starters Returning/Lost.........................8/2 Brewer was the last individual champ for the Sooners with his 133-pound RANK TEAM (FIRST) RECORD POINTS crown in 2015. All-Americans Returning/Lost...............0/2 1 Penn State (16) 14-0 400 NCAA Qualifiers Returning/Lost...........4/2 u The Sooners boast 271 All-America honors. 2 Oklahoma State 14-1 384 3 Iowa 13-2 368 u Oklahoma qualified six wrestlers at the 2015-16 NCAA Championships OKLAHOMA QUICK FACTS 4 Virginia Tech 18-1 351 in New York City and finished in 13th place. Location................................Norman, Okla 5 Nebraska 12-4 318 Founded.............................................1890 u Redshirt senior Ross Larson is making his fourth appearance at the 6 Ohio State 11-3 314 Enrollment.......................................30,813 national tournament, while classmates Clark Glass and Matt Reed and 7 Cornell 13-2 312 President.............................David L. Boren junior Mike Longo are each making their third appearance. Sophomore 8 NC State 13-2 301 Athletics Director................Joe Castiglione Davion Jeffries qualified for the second consecutive season. 9 Illinois 9-3 264 Nickname......................................Sooners 10 Missouri 11-4 252 Colors.........................Crimson and Cream Facility..................McCasland Field House NCAA SEEDS 11 Lehigh 10-4 244 12 Rutgers 12-5 216 Conference.......................................Big 12 149: No. 11 Davion Jeffries Website.........................SoonerSports.com 13 Minnesota 7-5 216 157: No. 12 Clark Glass 14 Northern Iowa 11-3 182 OU WRESTLING BY DECADE 15 Michigan 8-7 169 2010s ............................................77-36-1 16 Wisconsin 7-5 160 2000s ..........................................142-58-7 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS SCHEDULE (CENTRAL TIME) 17 Central Michigan 9-3 151 1990s ..........................................164-69-4 Thursday, March 17 18 Oklahoma 11-6 129 1980s ..........................................136-51-5 11 p.m. - Session One (Eight Mats - Pigtails and First Round) 19 South Dakota State 14-5 124 1970s ..........................................119-50-2 6 p.m. - Session Two (Eight Mats - Wrestleback Prelims and First Round; 1960s ..........................................120-24-2 20 Arizona State 10-4 90 Championship Second Round and Consolation Round) 1950s ............................................69-10-6 21 Stanford 10-3 75 1940s ............................................10-26-0 Friday, March 18 22 Edinboro 9-6 54 1930s ............................................39-28-2 10 a.m. - Session Three (Eight Mats - Quarterfinals and Wrestlebacks) 23 Pittsburgh 11-5 45 1920s ...........................................25-21-1 6 p.m - Session Four (Six Mats - Semifinals and Wrestlebacks) 24 Appalachian State 13-3 41 25 Purdue 9-7 13 OKLAHOMA WRESTLING HISTORY Saturday, March 19 National Championships..........................7 1936 1951 1952 1957 1960 1963 1974 10 a.m. - Session Five (Three Mats - Wrestleback Semis and Medal Rounds) Conference Titles .................................. 23 8 p.m. - Session Six (One Mat - Finals and Awards Ceremony) 1930 1932 1934 1935 1936 1938 1948 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 COACHES PANEL RANKINGS 1957 1960 1967 1968 1981 1985 1986 1999 2002 The NCAA released the final coaches’ panel rankings on March 10, and eight Sooners made the cut in the 10+ Win Seasons...................................46 poll. The final release is used in determing qualifers for the 2016-17 national tournament. 1960 1961 1963 1965 1966 1967 1968 1970 1973 1974 1975 1976 1978 1979 125: No. 17 Christian Moody 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 141: No. 23 Mike Longo 1988 1989 1990 1992 1993 1996 1997 149: No. 11 Davion Jeffries 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 157: No. 13 Clark Glass 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 165: No. 20 Yoanse Mejias 2012 2014 2016 2017 174: No. 24 Matt Reed All-Americans ....................................273 197: No. 17 Brad Johnson Individual National Champions.............67 HWT: No. 18 Ross Larson Individual Conference Champions......184 SOONERS RETURN EXPERIENCE The Sooners return four NCAA qualifiers from a season ago in sophomore Davion Jeffries (149 pounds) and redshirt seniors Clark Glass (165 pounds), Matt Reed (174 pounds) and Ross Larson (285 pounds). The 2015-16 appearance was the first for Jeffries, the second for Glass and Reed and the third for Larson. Junior Mike Longo, a transfer from Appalachian State, is also a two-time NCAA Championships qualifier. NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS LARSON LOOKING FOR CAREER PIN RECORD HEAD COACH LOU ROSSELLI Redshirt senior Ross Larson recorded his 54th career pin on March 5 coming in 2:48 over North Dakota State’s Ben u Lou Rosselli is in his Tyanan. Larson, who leads all current Division I wrestlers in career pins, has registered 62 percent of his career wins by first season as head fall. The Ankeny, Iowa, native needs five more pins this seaon to break the current OU career record of 58, set by Dan coach at the University Chaid. of Oklahoma. u Spent 10 season SOONERS TAKE SECOND AT VIRGINIA DUALS as an assistant and The Sooners went 3-1 at the Virginia Duals, downing Old Dominion, UT Chattanooga and No.