70th NCAA Wrestling Tournament 2000 3/16/2000 to 3/18/2000 at St. Louis Team Champion Iowa - 116 Points Outstanding Wrestler: Cael Sanderson - Iowa State Gorriaran Award: Antonio Garay - Boston College Top Ten Team Scores Number of Individual Champs in parentheses. 1 Iowa 116 (1) 6 Illinois 59.5 (1) 2 Iowa State 109.5 (1) 7 Lehigh 46.5 3 Minnesota 80 (1) 8 Nebraska 45.5 (1) 4 Oklahoma 69.5 (1) 9 Wisconsin 44 (1) 5 Oklahoma State 66.5 9 Pennsylvania 44 (1) Champions and Place Winners Wrestler's seed in brackets, [US] indicates unseeeded. 1251st: Jeremy Hunter [2] - Penn State (7-3) 2nd: Steve Garland [8] - Virginia 3rd: Jody Strittmatter [1] - Iowa (11-2) 4th: T.J. Hill [US] - Cal State-Fullerton 5th: Leroy Vega [3] - Minnesota (13-7) 6th: Jeff Ragan [6] - Oklahoma State 7th: Ruben DeLeon [US] - Cal State-Bakersfield (WBF 2:19) 8th: Paul Gomez [US] - Nebraska 1331st: Eric Juergens [1] - Iowa (3-1 OT) 2nd: Cody Sanderson [2] - Iowa State 3rd: Joe Warren [4] - Michigan (7-3) 4th: Rob Loper [10] - Pittsburgh 5th: Todd Beckerman [7] - Nebraska (8-2) 6th: Pat McNamara [3] - Michigan State 7th: Roman Fleszar [5] - Hofstra (4-3) 8th: Mike Coyle [US] - James Madison 1411st: Carl Perry [8] - Illinois (5-3) 2nd: Michael Lightner [2] - Oklahoma 3rd: Doug Schwab [1] - Iowa (WDF 2:06) 4th: Mark Angle [4] - Clarion 5th: Scott Schatzman [3] - Northwestern (17-4) 6th: Damion Logan [6] - Michigan 7th: Sean Gray [9] - Virginia Tech (WFT) 8th: Chris Marshall [7] - Central Michigan 1491st: Tony Davis [1] - Northern Iowa (5-1 OT) 2nd: Adam Tirapelle [2] - Illinois 3rd: Dave Esposito [5] - Lehigh (11-6) 4th: Reggie Wright [3] - Oklahoma State 5th: Eric Schmiesing [6] - Hofstra (9-4) 6th: Jared Lawrence [4] - Minnesota 7th: Mike Zadick [7] - Iowa (7-5 OT) 8th: Quinn Foster [8] - Arizona State 1571st: Brett Matter [2] - Pennsylvania (4-2) 2nd: Larry Quisel [5] - Boise State 3rd: T.J. Williams [1] - Iowa (7-4) 4th: Corey Wallman [11] - Wisconsin 5th: Bryan Snyder [3] - Nebraska (6-2) 6th: Luke Becker [8] - Minnesota 7th: Shaun Shapert [US] - Edinboro (3-1 OT) 8th: Mike Ziska [US] - Pittsburgh 1651st: Don Pritzlaff [2] - Wisconsin (4-2 OT) 2nd: Joe Heskett [1] - Iowa State 3rd: Steven Blackford [3] - Arizona State (10-2) 4th: Chris Martin [12] - Virginia Tech 5th: Kirk White [4] - Boise State (7-3) 6th: Travis Doto [7] - Lehigh 7th: Brad Pike [9] - Minnesota (9-3) 8th: Joey Killar [6] - Harvard 1741st: Byron Tucker [1] - Oklahoma (3-0) 2nd: Josh Koscheck [3] - Edinboro 3rd: Ryan Cunningham [4] - Central Michigan (WBF 3:20) 4th: Randy Pugh [5] - Northern Iowa 5th: Rick Springman [2] - Pennsylvania (8-1) 6th: Mark Dufresne [US] - Lehigh 7th: Kole Clauson [8] - Wisconsin (10-2) 8th: Ed Mosley [6] - Harvard 1841st: Cael Sanderson [1] - Iowa State (19-6) 2nd: Vertus Jones [2] - West Virginia 3rd: Brandon Eggum [4] - Minnesota (9-5) 4th: Doug Lee [6] - Oregon 5th: Rob Rohn [9] - Lehigh (2-1) 6th: Kevin Welsh [7] - Edinboro 7th: Cash Edwards [US] - Boise State (6-4) 8th: Shawn Scannell [12] - Rider 1971st: Brad Vering [2] - Nebraska (2-1 OT) 2nd: Zach Thompson [4] - Iowa State 3rd: Mark Munoz [1] - Oklahoma State (3-2) 4th: Nick Muzashvili [3] - Michigan State 5th: Nick Preston [7] - Ohio State (2-1 OT) 6th: Ross Thatcher [9] - Penn State 7th: Orville Palmer [5] - Oklahoma (10-2) 8th: Pat Quirk [11] - Illinois 2851st: Brock Lesnar [1] - Minnesota (3-2 OT) 2nd: Wes Hand [3] - Iowa 3rd: Trent Hynek [2] - Iowa State (5-3 OT) 4th: Antonio Garay [6] - Boston College 5th: Tim Courtad [9] - Ohio University (8-3) 6th: Bandele Adeniyi-Bada [5] - Pennsylvania 7th: John Lockhart [4] - Illinois (3-2) 8th: Matt Brink [12] - Michigan Compiled by wrestlingstats.com 2000 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 1 of 30 3/16/2000 to 3/18/2000 at Missouri Jody Strittmatter, Iowa [1] Jody Strittmatter 10-1 Nathan Navarro, Oregon State Jody Strittmatter 7-2 Alexis Rivera, Northern Illinois 125 Weight Class Jeremy Sluyter 7-2 Jeremy Sluyter, East Stroudsburg Steve Garland 9-7 OT Mike Kawamura, Arizona State [9] Mike Kawamura 11-3 Omar Porratta, Millersville Steve Garland 7-3 Adrian Tramutola, Tennessee-Chattanooga Steve Garland 8-0 Steve Garland, Virginia [8] Steve Garland 6-5 TB Pat Cassidy, Indiana [5] T.J. Hill 7-6 T.J. Hill, Cal State-Fullerton T.J. Hill 4-2 OT Ryan Escobar, Illinois Ryan Escobar 5-4 K.C. Rock, Boise State [12] Matt Azevedo, Iowa State T.J. Hill 6-5 Kore Sharpley 4-4 TB Kore Sharpley, Ohio State Ruben DeLeon, Cal State-Bakersfield Ruben DeLeon 5-0 Ruben DeLeon 9-5 Quantres Bates, Oklahoma [4] Jeremy Hunter 7-3 Leroy Vega, Minnesota [3] Leroy Vega 13-4 Trent Rollins, Brigham Young Leroy Vega TF 20-4, 7:00 Trap McCormack, Lock Haven A.J. Grant 4-2 A.J. Grant, Michigan Leroy Vega 8-6 Bruce Kelly, Lehigh [11] Jose Leon 11-8 Jose Leon, Boston University Jeff Ragan Fall 4:31 Jonathan Huesdash, James Madison Jeff Ragan Fall 2:33 Jeff Ragan, Oklahoma State [6] Jeremy Hunter 2-1 TB Skyler Holman, North Carolina [7] Skyler Holman 14-5 Brent Thompson, Kent State Paul Gomez 7-3 Paul Gomez, Nebraska Paul Gomez 3-2 Jason Silverstein, Purdue [10] Angelo Zegarelli, West Virginia Jeremy Hunter 7-2 Angelo Zegarelli 3-2 Jerold Limongelli, Rider Mike Akers, Virginia Tech Jeremy Hunter 4-0 Jeremy Hunter TF 17-2, 5:05 Jeremy Hunter, Penn State [2] Compiled by Tanuki Enterprises ([email protected]) 2000 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 2 of 30 3/16/2000 to 3/18/2000 at Missouri Akers, Virginia Tech Limongelli 7-6 Limongelli, Rider Escobar 14-9 125 Consolation Bracket Escobar, Illinois Silverstein 5-4 Silverstein, Purdue Silverstein 12-4 Thompson, Kent State Ragan 12-2 Silverstein 6-2 Sharpley, Ohio State Ragan, Oklahoma State Huesdash, James Madison Kelly Fall 5:59 Ragan Fall 4:23 Kelly, Lehigh Sluyter 10-9 Hill 19-11 Sluyter, East Stroudsburg Hill, Cal State-Fullerton Kawamura Fall 0:35 McCormack, Lock Haven Rollins 13-8 Rollins, Brigham Young Gomez 7-3 Kawamura 11-6 Third Place: Jody Strittmatter, Iowa 11-2 Kawamura, Arizona State Gomez, Nebraska Fourth Place: T.J. Hill, Cal State-Fullerton Bates, Oklahoma Bates Fall 3:58 Fifth Place: Leroy Vega, Minnesota 13-7 Azevedo, Iowa State Bates TF 23-7, 6:49 Sixth Place: Jeff Ragan, Oklahoma State Holman, North Carolina Seventh Place: Ruben DeLeon, Cal State-Bakersfield Fall 2:19 Bates 11-6 Rock, Boise State Eighth Place: Paul Gomez, Nebraska Rock 5-4 Cassidy, Indiana Strittmatter Fall 4:11 Rock 6-0 Zegarelli, West Virginia Strittmatter, Iowa Tramutola, Tennessee-Chattanoo Tramutola 6-2 Strittmatter 10-2 Porratta, Millersville Grant 10-3 Strittmatter 6-2 Grant, Michigan Vega, Minnesota Navarro 8-5 Rivera, Northern Illinois Navarro 12-3 Navarro, Oregon State DeLeon 11-2 Navarro 9-6 Leon, Boston University DeLeon, Cal State-Bakersfiel Compiled by Tanuki Enterprises ([email protected]) 2000 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 3 of 30 3/16/2000 to 3/18/2000 at Missouri No Pigtails Bouts for 125 Weight Class Compiled by Tanuki Enterprises ([email protected]) 2000 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 4 of 30 3/16/2000 to 3/18/2000 at Missouri Eric Juergens, Iowa [1] Eric Juergens 14-3 Alberto Garza, Cal Poly-SLO Eric Juergens Fall 6:24 Bye 133 Weight Class Chad Caros Chad Caros, Edinboro Eric Juergens 10-2 Zach Zimmerer, Stanford [9] Brad Byers 5-3 Brad Byers, North Carolina Brad Byers Fall 1:18 Brandon York, Maryland Paris Ruiz 12-2 Paris Ruiz, Fresno State [8] Eric Juergens 12-3 Roman Fleszar, Hofstra [5] Roman Fleszar 6-1 Ben Richards, Oregon State Roman Fleszar 10-5 Livio DiRubbo, Brown Evan Robinson 10-4 Evan Robinson, Purdue [12] Dave Stoltz, Illinois Joe Warren 5-3 Mike Coyle 12-3 Mike Coyle, James Madison Brian Watson, Oregon Joe Warren 15-12 Joe Warren 2-0 Joe Warren, Michigan [4] Eric Juergens 3-1 OT Pat McNamara, Michigan State [3] Pat McNamara 7-3 Shawn Kegal, SUNY-Buffalo Pat McNamara 5-2 Jason Nagle, Pennsylvania Scott Moore 5-4 Scott Moore, Penn State Pat McNamara 5-4 Bob Patnesky, West Virginia [11] Bob Patnesky 12-6 Kelly Revells, Eastern Illinois Charles Walker 12-2 Bye Charles Walker Charles Walker, Oklahoma State [6] Cody Sanderson 5-2 Todd Beckerman, Nebraska [7] Todd Beckerman 10-7 Brett Lawrence, Minnesota Todd Beckerman 6-4 Chris Matarrese, Slippery Rock Rob Loper TF 18-3, 7:00 Rob Loper, Pittsburgh [10] Brad Wright, Ohio University Cody Sanderson 12-2 Brad Wright 5-2 Corey Hamrick, Wyoming Scott Bair, Lock Haven Cody Sanderson 15-4 Cody Sanderson 11-2 Cody Sanderson, Iowa State [2] Compiled by Tanuki Enterprises ([email protected]) 2000 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 5 of 30 3/16/2000 to 3/18/2000 at Missouri Bair, Lock Haven Bair 16-2 Hamrick, Wyoming Robinson 14-2 133 Consolation Bracket Robinson, Purdue Coyle 6-4 Matarrese, Slippery Rock Lawrence 11-7 Lawrence, Minnesota Coyle 6-4 OT Coyle 11-5 Coyle, James Madison Walker, Oklahoma State Bye Revells Beckerman Fall 1:59 Revells, Eastern Illinois Revells 12-4 Warren 12-4 Caros, Edinboro Warren, Michigan Revells 5-3 OT Nagle, Pennsylvania Nagle Fall 4:56 Kegal, SUNY-Buffalo Beckerman 7-2 Ruiz 6-0 Third Place: Joe Warren, Michigan 7-3 Ruiz, Fresno State Beckerman, Nebraska Fourth Place: Rob Loper, Pittsburgh Watson, Oregon Stoltz 4-1 Fifth Place: Todd Beckerman, Nebraska 8-2 Stoltz, Illinois Loper 3-2 Sixth Place: Pat McNamara, Michigan State Loper, Pittsburgh Seventh Place: Roman Fleszar, Hofstra 4-3 Loper 2-1 DiRubbo, Brown Eighth Place: Mike Coyle, James Madison Richards Fall 6:10 Richards, Oregon State Loper 12-4 Wright 9-2 Wright, Ohio University Byers, North Carolina York, Maryland Zimmerer 8-4 Loper 2-1 TB Zimmerer, Stanford Moore 11-2 Loper 4-3 Moore,