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Website: GoWyo.com | Twitter:@WyoWrestle Wyoming Wrestlers Head to MSG for NCAA Championship uP NeXT - NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS date/time: March 17-19 - All Day 2015-16 Schedule location:New York, NY - Madison Square Garden 6-6 overall | 4-4 Big 12 Conference (Rankings based on most recent dual polls) Live results: Trackwrestling.com live video: ESPN3/ESPN Family of Networks Date Rank/Opponent/Event/Time Result/Time 11/1 UNC Open N.T.S. 11/7 Cowboy Open N.T.S. This Week 11/13 at Air Force * W, 22-16 The Pokes will send three competitors to the 2016 NCAA Championship inside 11/21 at #7 Nebraska L, 4-35 the iconic Madison Square Garden this weekend. Senior Tanner Harms is making his 12/12 at #19 Iowa State * L, 14-19 second-straight appearance to the NCAA Championship with junior Drew Templeman 12/18 #7 Oklahoma State * L, 7-34 and sophomore Bryce Meredith making their first trip. Fans can follow all the action via 12/20 Reno Tournament of Champions 3 IC ESPN3. 1/1 Southern Scuffle ^ T-8th 1/2 Southern Scuffle ^ 21st Setting the Table 1/9 #12 Oklahoma * l, 16-21 The picture for the 2016 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships got a little 1/16 at #23 Oregon State L, 7-32 clearer last week, as the NCAA released the brackets for the national tournament March 1/17 at Boise State W, 33-6 17-19 in Madison Square Garden. 1/23 Cal Poly W, 35-2 Three University of Wyoming wrestlers earned automatic bids to the event at the 1/29 at South Dakota State * L, 15-22 Big 12 Championship. Senior Tanner Harms finished second at the Big 12 Championship 1/31 at North Dakota State * W, 27-13 with sophomore Bryce Meredith finishing third and junior Drew Templeman finishing 2/6 Northern Colorado * W, 37-7 fourth. 2/13 Utah Valley * W, 29-10 Meredith is the Pokes’ highest seeded wrestler coming in 14th. Harms is seeded 3/5 Big 12 Championships $ 5th 15th with Templeman heading to the tournament unseeded. Meredith will meet up with 3/6 Big 12 Championships $ 5th Arizona State’s Robbie Mathers, as he earned an automatic bid to the tournament at the 3/17 NCAA Championships # All Day Pac-12 Championship. Harms will also meet an unseeded wrestler in Columbia’s Garrett 3/18 NCAA Championships # All Day Ryan, as he earned an at-large bid on Wednesday. Templeman’s first round opponent will 3/19 NCAA Championships # All Day be eighth seeded MAC Champion Barlow McGhee. Home events in BOLD | Times listed in MT 125 : Junior Drew Templeman (18-8) vs. No. 8 Barlow McGhee (Mizzou, 21-7) ^ - Chattanooga, Tenn. / $ - Kansas City, Mo. 141: No. 14 Bryce Meredith (25-4) vs. Robbie Mathers (Arizona State, 22-11) # - New York, New York 285: No. 15 seed senior Tanner Harms (19-4) vs. Garrett Ryan (Columbia, 22-8) * - Big 12 Conference dual It’s Been a While When sophomore Drew Templeman hits the mat on Thursday he will become the first Wyoming student-athlete to compete in Madison Square Garden since the 1986 Cowboy basketball team competed in the National Invitational Tournament. It will also Keep an eye on... mark the third time since the new Madison Square Garden opened that a UW team has competed in the Arena. The 1968 Cowboy basketball team also competed there Sophomore Bryce Meredith during the NIT. The 1943 NCAA Championship team competed in the old Madison Square Garden. heads to Madison Square Garden for his first NCAA Championship appearance. Wyoming’s NCAA Championship Lineup He is seeded 14th at 141 Wt. (Rank) Name Notes pounds. He and the two 125 Drew Templeman (18-8) 18-8 in his first season at 125 pounds 141 No. 14 Bryce Meredith (25-4) Has won 11 of his last 12 matches other UW qualifiers open 285 No. 15 Tanner Harms (19-4) Placed second at the Big 12 Championships action on Thursday. Bryce Meredith Rankings based off of NCAA Championship Seeding 2015-16 WYOMING COWBOY WRESTLING 2015-16 uW dual Breakdown CliMBiNG THe Record BOOkS Overall record 6-6 Career Victories Record vs. Big 12 4-4 Name Wins Years 1. Joe LeBlanc 147 2008-12 Record at Home 3-2 2. Ron Whitman 140 1981-85 Record on the Road 3-4 3. Shane Onufer 139 2008-12 4. Mike McNaney 138 1981-86 Record at Neutral Sites 0-0 Mike Hamel Sr. 138 1982-86 Record vs. Top 25 0-5 6. Joe DeCamillis 121 1982-86 Dave Myers 121 1989-92 NCAA Championship Rundown 8. Alfonso Hernandez 120 2008-13 The Cowboys will send three wrestlers to the NCAA Championship this weekend. The 9. Michael Martinez 116 2008-12 trio will mark 301 Cowboy wrestlers that have competed at the NCAA Championship. It will also 10. Chris Bell 114 1979-83 11. Tyler Cox 112 2010-15 mark the first time the UW wrestling program has competed in Madison Square Garden. Two of 12. Jimmy London 111 1976-81 the Cowboys received seeds to this season’s championship with one Poke being unseeded. 13. Reese Andy 110 1992-96 14. Brad Steele 109 2000-03 125 pounds 15. Andy McCulley 104 2011-15 Junior Drew Templeman has had a solid season for the Pokes at 125 pounds. He qualified 16.Lonnie Currier 101 1980-85 for the NCAA Championships after earning one of six automatic bids to the NCAA Championship Shane Woods 101 2011-15 at the Big 12 Championship as he finished fourth at the event going 2-2. He is 18-8 on the 17. Tom Hickenlooper 100 1992-96 season and was ranked in both the Coaches’ Panel Rankings and the RPI. Templeman’s first 18. Larry Deal 98 1976-80 round opponent will be eighth seeded MAC Champion Barlow McGhee. The No. 1 seed at 125 20. Chad Taylor 93 1985-89 pounds is Nathan Tomasello of Ohio State. 141 pounds Fastest falls all-time Sophomore Bryce Meredith has been the most consistent force for the Pokes this season. Name Fastest Pin Year He sports a 25-4 record this season and ranked fifth in the NCAA RPI and 12th in the Coaches’ 1. Nathan Hoehn 0:08 1996 Panel Rankings. He went 3-1 at the Big 12 Championship earning one of three automatic spots 2. Steven Schenk 0:13 1999 to the NCAA Championship, as he finished fourth. Meredith will meet up with Arizona State’s Mike Hamel 0:13 1984 Robbie Mathers, as he earned an automatic bid to the tournament at the Pac-12 Championship. Bob Steele 0:13 1975 The No. 1 seed at the weight class is Dean Heil of Oklahoma State. 5. Tawn Argeris 0:15 1986 6. Mike Hamel 0:16 1983 285 pounds Kelly Wilson 0:16 1979 Senior Tanner Harms may be the Cowboys hottest wrestler right now. He has won eight 8. Kyle Pope 0:17 2014 of his last nine matches with all his losses this season coming to ranked opponents. He finished Reese Andy 0:17 1995 second at the Big 12 Championship. He is 19-4 on the season. He won the Reno tournament of 9. Kyle Dye 0:18 2005 Champions this season beating two ranked wrestlers on his way to the title. He heads to the 10. Merle Smith 0:19 1980 tournament with 60 career wins. Nick Gwiadowski of NC State is the No. 1 seed. 11. Tanner Harms 0:22 2013 Austin Breckenridge 0:22 2011 Harms Makes History Bill Lingenfelser 0:22 1983 Senior Tanner Harms will made a little history with his win against Ross Larson of update these national rankings Oklahoma in the semifinals of the Big 12 Championship. He became only the fourth Wyoming Career Pins heavyweight to qualify for the NCAA Championships twice in their career. Joining Dusty Name Pins Years Hoffschneider, Jon Cogdill and Robert Schildgen. Those three also played football for the Pokes, 1. Mike Hamel 61 1982-86 so Harms is the first non-dual athlete to accomplish the feat. 2. Mark Voloshin 42 1986-90 3. John Bragg 41 1981-86 Meredith Continues Tradition 4. Joe LeBlanc 39 2008-12 Sophomore Bryce Merdith claimed a spot in the NCAA Championship at the Big 12 Jimmy London 39 1976-81 6. Cody Westbrook 36 1975-80 Championship. He qualified for his first NCAA Championship after transferring to UW from 7. Jim Kysor 35 1973-77 North Carolina State. Meredith, a native of Cheyenne, also continues the streak of a Wyoming 8. Shane Onufer 34 2008-12 native qualifying for the NCAA Championship making it four-straight seasons. Tyler Cox made Paul Reed 34 1974-77 three-straight trips to the NCAA Championship the last three season. He was joined by another Andy McCulley 34 2011-15 Wyoming native last season in Andy McCulley. Meredith is the first 141 pound wrestler to 10. Wes Gasner 33 1982-84 wrestle for the Pokes at the NCAA Championship since assistant director of player development McCade Ford qualified in 2014.