2016 NCAA Wrestling Championships Recap & Final Results/Brackets

Another year is in the books and Iowa State peaked when it mattered.  Despite entering the tournament ranked outside the top 25 in tournament strength and having only one wrestler seeded in the top eight, the Cyclones left New York with three All Americans and a 12th place finish.  Not where the program would like to be, but much better than things were looking a month ago.

Final Brackets

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Iowa State Results

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The weekend didn't go very well for Kyle Larson.  He opened up the tournament with a 0-18 tech fall loss to the #1 seed Nathan Tomasello of Ohio State and then fell 1-3 to Brandon Jeske of Old Dominion in the consolation pigtails.  However, just getting to NCAAs was an accomplishment for Larson, so the sting of going 0-2 is unlikely to last.

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Hall started strong on Day 1 of the tournament, knocking off Josh Martinez of Air Force 6-3 and then taking out the #9 seed, Mark McGuire of Kent State, in an 8-3 decision that was never much in doubt.  But Day 2 didn't go quite as well for Hall.  He started off Friday morning with an 0-5 loss to #1 seed Nashson Garrett of Cornell in a match where Hall didn't look like he even wanted to be there.  He then took out #11 seed Dom Forys of Pitt 7-3 in the round of twelve to reach All American status but dropped a 2-7 decision in his next match to #5 seed Jordan Conaway of Penn State to fall to the 7th place match.  However, on Saturday morning Hall closed out his Iowa State career on a high note, tech falling unseeded Jade Rauser of Utah Valley 17-1 in the first period.  Hall ends his Iowa State career as a two time All American.

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Tanner Weatherman had a good Thursday, but it went downhill from there.  He kicked off the morning session on Thursday with a fall over unseeded Dakota Juarez of Eastern Michigan and then scored an upset in the evening session with a 7-4 win over #8 seed Chad Welch of Purdue on the strength of a second period tilt.  Friday morning he had an expected 11-5 loss to #1 seed Alex Dieringer.  But then his tournament ended in the round of twelve once again after he got upset, 6-2, by #14 seed David McFadden of Virginia Tech.  Weatherman ends his career with multiple trips to the round of twelve but no All American honors.

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Weatherspoon opened up his tournament with a stunning 7-4 upset over #2 seed Brian Realbuto of Cornell and then followed that up with a tight 3-2 win over #15 seed Brian Harvey of Army to punch his way in to the quarterfinals.  He was the only one of the four Iowa State wrestlers in the quarterfinals to pick up a win, beating #7 seed Cody Walters of Ohio 5-3 and securing himself All American honors.  However, Lelunds run ended there.  He lost 2-8 to the eventual champion, #11 seed Myles Martin from Ohio State in the semifinals, then dropped a 5-13 major decision to #8 seed Zach Epperly of Virginia Tech in the consolation semifinals before ending his tournament with a 2-5 loss to #12 seed Nathan Jackson of Indiana.  Despite the disappointing end to the tournament for Weatherspoon, he finished 6th and picked up his first All American honor.

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Like Larson, the weekend didn't go very well for Dane Pestano.  He opened up his tournament with a 5-10 loss to #12 seed Hayden Zillmer of NDSU and then dropped a disappointing 2-3 match on the backside to unseeded Andrew Romanchik of Ohio.

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Patrick Downey lived up to expectations and then some with a great performance in New York.  He opened up Thursday morning with a 3-1 overtime win over #11 seed Phil Wellington of Ohio and then followed that up on Thursday night with a pin during rideouts over #6 seed Jared Haught of Virginia Tech.  However, Friday morning saw him lose 3-12 to #3 Jared Haught of Virginia Tech in the quarterfinals.  Downey kept it rolling on the backside though, knocking off unseeded Shawn Scott of Northern Illinois in the round of twelve 5-3 and then #7 seed Brett Harner of Princeton 3-2 in the first of the medal rounds.  He ended up getting taken down in overtime by #4 seed Nathan Burak of Iowa in the consolation semifinals to fall to the 5th place match.  There he once again took on #6 seed Jared Haught of Virginia Tech and once again he got the pin, though this time it was during regulation.  Downey finished the tournament in 5th place and earned his first All American honor.  Due to his multiple bonus point victories Downey was the leading scorer for Iowa State in the tournament.

Final team scores

Place	Team	Score
1.	Penn State	123
2.	Oklahoma St.	97.5
3.	Ohio St.	86
4.	Virginia Tech	82
5.	Iowa	81
6.	Missouri	74.5
7.	Cornell	67
8.	Nebraska	58
9.	Illinois	50.5
9.	Michigan	50.5
11.	NC State	49
12.	Iowa St.	35
13.	Oklahoma	33.5
14.	Lehigh	31
15.	Rutgers	30
16.	Kent St.	28.5
17.	Minnesota	26
18.	Wyoming	24.5
19.	Stanford	24
20.	Pennsylvania	23.5
21.	Oregon St.	22
22.	Navy	21
23.	Wisconsin	20
24.	Rider	19
25.	Northern Iowa	17.5
25.	Old Dominion	17.5
27.	American	16
28.	Indiana	13
29.	Ohio	12.5
29.	Princeton	12.5
31.	Duke	11
32.	Bucknell	10
32.	Central Michigan	10
32.	Edinboro	10
32.	North Carolina	10
36.	Arizona St.	9.5
36.	Bakersfield	9.5
38.	Utah Valley	8
39.	Pittsburgh	7.5
39.	South Dakota St.	7.5
41.	Appalachian St.	6.5
41.	Purdue	6.5
43.	Boise State	6
44.	North Dakota St.	5.5
45.	Drexel	5
45.	Harvard	5
47.	West Virginia	4
48.	Buffalo	3.5
48.	Virginia	3.5
50.	Campbell	3
50.	Cleveland St.	3
50.	Columbia	3
50.	Frank. & Marsh.	3
50.	Gardner-Webb	3
50.	Lock Haven	3
50.	Northern Ill.	3
50.	Northwestern	3
58.	Army	2.5
58.	Hofstra	2.5
60.	Chattanooga	2
60.	SIU Edwardsville	2
62.	Air Force	1.5
62.	Clarion	1.5
64.	Maryland	1
65.	Binghamton	0.5
65.	Brown	0.5
65.	Eastern Mich.	0.5
65.	George Mason	0.5
69.	Citadel	0
69.	Michigan St.	0
69.	VMI	0
72.	Northern Colo.	-1

Weight-by-weight results

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Place	Wrestler	School
1	Nico Megaludis	Penn State
2	Thomas Gilman	Iowa
3	Nathan Tomasello	Ohio State
4	David Terao	American
5	Conor Youtsey	Michigan
6	Dylan Peters	Northern Iowa
7	Ryan Milhoff	Oklahoma
8	Connor Schram	Stanford
R12	Darian Cruz	Lehigh
R12	Josh Rodriguez	NDSU
R12	Ronnie Bresser	Oregon State
R12	Barlow McGhee	Missouri

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Place	Wrestler	School
1	Nahshon Garrett	Cornell
2	Cory Clark	Iowa
3	Cody Brewer	Oklahoma
4	Zane Richards	Illinois
5	Eric Montoya	Nebraska
6	Jordan Conaway	Penn State
7	Earl Hall	Iowa State
8	Jade Rauser	Utah Valley
R12	Mason Beckman	Lehigh
R12	Dom Forys	Pitt
R12	Ryan Taylor	Wisconsin
R12	George DiCamillo	Virginia

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Place	Wrestler	School
1	Dean Heil	Oklahoma State
2	Bryce Meredith	Wyoming
3	Joey McKenna	Stanford
4	Anthony Ashnault	Rutgers
5	Chris Mecate	Old Dominion
6	Solomon Chisko	Virginia Tech
7	Joey Ward	North Carolina
8	Randy Cruz	Lehigh
R12	Anthony Adabin	Nebraska
R12	Kevin Jack	NC State
R12	Seth Gross	SDSU
R12	Micah Jordan	Ohio State

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Place	Wrestler	School
1	Zain Retherford	Penn State
2	Brandon Sorenon	Iowa
3	Lavion Mayes	Missouri
4	Anthony Collica	Oklahoma State
5	Mike DePalma	Kent State
6	Alec Pantaleo	Michigan
7	Justin Oliver	Central Michigan
8	Geo Martinez	Boise State
R12	Matthew Cimato	Drexel
R12	Mitch Finesilver	Duke
R12	Jake Sueflohn	Nebraska
R12	Patricio Lugo	Edinburo

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Place	Wrestler	School
1	Isaiah Martinez	Illinois
2	Jason Nolf	Penn State
3	Nick Brascetta	Virginia Tech
4	Dylan Palacio	Cornell
5	Chad Walsh	Rider
6	Ian Miller	Kent State
7	Joseph Smith	Oklahoma State
8	Thomas Gannt	NC State
R12	Brian Murphy	Michigan
R12	Tyler Berger	Nebraska
R12	Cody Pack	SDSU
R12	Dylan Cottrell	WVU

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Place	Wrestler	School
1	Alex Dieringer	Oklahoma State
2	Isaac Jordan	Wisconsin
3	Bo Jordan	Ohio State
4	Daniel Lewis	Missouri
5	Steven Rodrigues	Illinois
6	David McFadden	Virginia Tech
7	Austin Wilson	Nebraska
8	Anthony Perrotti	Rutgers
R12	Connor Brennen	Rider
R12	Tanner Weatherman	Iowa State
R12	Jim Wilson	Stanford
R12	Chad Welch	Purdue

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Place	Wrestler	School
1	Myles Martin	Ohio State
2	Bo Nickal	Penn State
3	Zach Epperly	Virginia Tech
4	Casey Kent	Pennsylvania
5	Nathan Jackson	Indiana
6	Lelund Weatherspoon	Iowa State
7	Cody Walters	Ohio
8	Alex Meyer	Iowa
R12	Jadaen Bernstein	Navy
R12	Chandler Rogers	Oklahoma State
R12	Blaise Butler	Missouri
R12	Casey Kent	Penn

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Place	Wrestler	School
1	Gabe Dean	Cornell
2	Timothy Dudley	Nebraska
3	Pete Renda	NC State
4	Nolan Boyd	Oklahoma State
5	Matt Miller	Navy
6	Willie Milkus	Missouri
7	Nate Brown	Lehigh
8	Sammy Brooks	Iowa
R12	Zach Zavatsky	Virginia Tech
R12	Blake Stauffer	Arizona State
R12	Domenic Abounader	Michigan
R12	Lorenzo Thomas	Penn

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Place	Wrestler	School
1	J'Den Cox	Missouri
2	Morgan McIntosh	Penn State
3	Brett Pfarr	Minnesota
4	Nathan Burak	Iowa
5	Patrick Downey	Iowa State
6	Jared Haught	Virginia Tech
7	Conner Hartmann	Duke
8	Brett Harner	Princeton
R12	Ryan Wolfe	Rider
R12	Aaron Studenbaker	Nebraska
R12	Preston Weigel	Oklahoma State
R12	Shawn Scott	Northern Illinois

HWT

Place	Wrestler	School
1	Kyle Snyder	Ohio State
2	Nick Gwaizdowski	NC State
3	Adam Coon	Michigan
4	Ty Walz	Virginia Tech
5	Amarveer Dhesi	Oregon State
6	Austin Marsden	Oklahoma State
7	Micheal Kroells	Minnesota
8	Max Wessell	Lehigh
R12	Tanner Harms	Wyoming
R12	Billy Smith	Rutgers
R12	Tanner Hall	Arizona State
R12	Brooks Black	Illinois