Live Friday NCAA Notes: Big Ten dominance, Junior World champions battle, Rogers on a roll
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Morgan McIntosh, the No. 1 seed at 197, after his quarterfinals win at the NCAA Championships. Photo by John Sachs, Tech-Fall.com
Posted at 7:25 p.m.
Some Ohio State Notes from Garth Gartrell…
Although Iowa actually leads Ohio State in placement points, the Buckeyes’ second place lead over third-place Iowa is attributable to a seven-point differential in bonus points.
Bo and Isaac Jordan have for the most part won on the basis of strong rides. Both are capable of breaking an opponent through their rides, and each has done just that to the other, Isaac, obviously with more success. Bo likes to go for the tight waist half to control people but he has a tough time pulling that off with Isaac.
Myles Martin is obviously gathering steam, notwithstanding the standing cradle he got caught in against Nickal in the Big Tens. He has wrestled Nickal tough otherwise.Martin has also made his tournament off an aggressive ride, fighting his opponent to the mat, and then running him off the mat if he is able to stand. Of course, Weatherspoon is the wild card, and has come from almost nowhere. As Jordan Burroughs might say, you beat the 2 seed, you are the 2 seed.
Posted at 4:50 p.m.
Semifinalists by Team
5 - Penn State
4 - Ohio State, Iowa
3 - Oklahoma State, Missouri
2 - Cornell, Illinois, Michigan, NC State
1 - American, Oklahoma, Stanford, Rutgers, Wyoming, Kent State, Rider, Wisconsin, Indiana, Iowa State, Nebraska, Minnesota, Virginia Tech
Semifinalists by Conference
Big 10 - 22
Big 12 - 5
MAC - 4
EIWA - 3
ACC - 3
Pac 12 - 2
EWL - 1
Attendance so far
Session 3 - 17,899
Total Attendance - 53,468
Posted at 1:06 p.m.
With the 13-4 win over Jadaen Bernstein of Navy in the 174-pound quarterfinals Nathan Jackson becomes an All-American for Indiana. The Hoosiers have now had a wrestler claim All-American honors each of the last three years.
Lelund Weatherspoon of Iowa State becomes the first unseeded wrestler to make the semi-final round after defeating No. 7 seed Cody Walters of Ohio, 5-3.
Posted at 12:39 p.m.
Alex Dieringer becomes Oklahoma State’s 14th four-time NCAA All-American after defeating Tanner Weatherman of Iowa State, 11-5, in the 165-pound quarterfinals. Should he win his next two bouts, Dieringer would become the 16th Cowboy to win at least three NCAA Championships and the first to do so since Jake Rosholt accomplished the feat in 2006.
Posted at 12:21 p.m.
Chad Walsh becomes the 14th All-American in Rider history after defeating Cody Pack of South Dakota State, 11-10, courtesy of a riding time point.
Posted at 11:52 a.m.
Bryce Meredith (Wyoming) locks up a near-side cradle with under 10 seconds to go to upset No. 6 seed Micah Jordan (Ohio State) in the 141-pound quarterfinals. Meredith earns the ninth All-American honor for the Cowboys under coach Mark Branch.
Posted at 11:45 a.m.
No. 1 seed at 141 pounds, Dean Heil (Oklahoma State) avenges only loss of the season to Joey Ward (North Carolina), 8-3, to make semifinals.
Posted at 11:15 a.m.
David Terao becomes the ninth All-American in American University history after picking up a fall over Connor Schram of Stanford in the 125-pound quarterfinals. Terao is the third All-American under head coach Teague Moore American.
With quarterfinal win at 125 pounds, Nico Megaludis becomes the ninth four-time NCAA All-American in Penn State history.
As expected, the Big Ten proved to be the most successful conference based upon how many athletes have advanced to the quarterfinals. The Big Ten has 33 quarterfinalists, with at least two in every weight class. In five of the weight classes, the Big Ten has four quarterfinalists, half of those left on the championship side.
The Big Ten also has five of the top 10 teams in the standings: 1. Penn State, 2. (tie) Ohio State, 4. Nebraska, 5.(tie) Iowa, 8. Michigan.
The new Big 12 is proving to be the second most successful, with 16 quarterfinalists and two teams in the top 10, No. 2 (tie) Oklahoma State and No. 9 (tie) Oklahoma.
The quarterfinals feature seven matchups that are between Big Ten rivals, again the most of any of the conferences.
Quarterfinalists by Conference
Big Ten,33 in quarters
Big 12, 16 in quarters
ACC and MAC, 9 in quarters
EIWA, 8 in quarters
Pac-12, 3 in quarters
EWC. 2 in quarters
Junior World medalists Snyder, Dhesi to meet in quarterfinals – It is a battle of USA vs. Canada Junior World champions in bout 380, as No. 2 seed Kyle Snyder of Ohio State battles No. 7 seed Amir Dhesi of Oregon State.
Snyder won his Junior World title in 2013 at 96 kg in Sofia, Bulgaria, when he was a 17-year old high school student competing against athlete often three years older than he was. Snyder returned to the Junior Worlds the next year at the same weight in Zagreb, Croatia, and won a bronze medal at age 18. The next summer, at age 19, Snyder won the Senior World Championships at 97 kg.
Dhesi was not initially a Junior World champion, when he competed in Zagreb, Croatia in 2014 at heavyweight. He defeated American Adam Coon in the semifinals, 7-6 in a wild bout. In the finals, he was beaten by Georgia’s Geno Petriashvili. However, afterwards, Petriashvili was disqualified for doping, making Dhesi the first Junior World champion for Canada in 25 years. You have to go back to 1989, when Alfred Wurr of Canada won the “Espoir” Worlds, which is what the 17-20 year old division was called at the time.
Chandler Rogers on a roll after a new opportunity – For most of the 2015-16 year, Chandler Rogers of Oklahoma State was a backup at 174 pounds behind returning All-American Kyle Crutchmer, who started the season as the highest returning All-American at the weight class. Crutchmer injured his foot, and tried to continue training, but it was decided for him to have surgery and miss the rest of the decision.
Rogers, a redshirt freshman from nearby Stillwater High School, came to town after he and his older brother Jordan became national stars out of Washington state and Jordan joined the Cowboys for college. He was pressed into action right in time for the conference tournaments on a team which has had a huge number of lineup changes for a variety of reasons this season.
“It’s great. Coach told me to be ready all year long. I didn’t think it would happen. I had a lot of respect for Crutchmer. I loved him at the job. He was great at the spot. It is great to be in here. I wish it didn’t have to go this way. I wish there were another way I could get the spot besides him getting hurt. It has been a great experience being able to step in,” said Rogers.
Rogers competed at the Big 12 and placed second, falling to Lelund Weatherspoon of Iowa State in the finals, 8-5. The family and the entire Cowboy nation also dealt with a tremendous tragedy with the death of their father Bill Rogers during the weekend of the National Duals finals just a short time earlier.
“Not to be cocky, but you have to tell yourself you are the best out there. If you say otherwise, you are filling yourself with doubt. With everything that happened with my family, I couldn’t doubt myself. I needed to be strong. It was a great experience at the Big 12. Losing at the Big 12 was a great experience, having to learn to lose with all those things going on. It was an awesome opportunity,” said Rogers.
Rogers, the No. 9 seed, has qualified for the quarterfinals, beating Rustin Barrick of Bucknell, 10-2, then pinning No. 8 Zach Epperly of Virginia Tech in 7:00. He will face No. 1 Bo Nickal of Penn State, another freshman star, in the quarterfinals. His performance has helped Oklahoma State come into the second day at the NCAAs tied for second with Ohio State behind leader Penn State.
“I have only been here for two years and I already know that is one of the strongest programs we have had here as a group in awhile,” said Rogers.
Coon vs. Marsden a rematch from 2013 Junior World Team Trials – Bout No. 378 is a heavyweight battle between No. 5 Adam Coon of Michigan, a 2015 NCAA runner-up, and No. 4 Austin Marsden of Oklahoma State, an All-American. These guys have a bit of history in freestyle wrestling as well.
In 2013, when Coon was a high school senior, he met Marsden in the finals of the Junior World Team Trials in freestyle. Marsden won the best-of-three series in two straight, with a pin in 1:29 and with a 10-3 decision. Coon was also second that year in the Greco division, losing to Iowa’s Sam Stoll, who was the No. 11 seed here but could not complete his first match due to injury default with a bad leg.
The next year after competing for Michigan, Coon made the Junior World Team in both styles and competed in both styles at the Junior World championships, getting a bronze medal in both freestyle and Greco-Roman.
Posted at 7:25 p.m.
Some Ohio State Notes from Garth Gartrell…
Although Iowa actually leads Ohio State in placement points, the Buckeyes’ second place lead over third-place Iowa is attributable to a seven-point differential in bonus points.
Bo and Isaac Jordan have for the most part won on the basis of strong rides. Both are capable of breaking an opponent through their rides, and each has done just that to the other, Isaac, obviously with more success. Bo likes to go for the tight waist half to control people but he has a tough time pulling that off with Isaac.
Myles Martin is obviously gathering steam, notwithstanding the standing cradle he got caught in against Nickal in the Big Tens. He has wrestled Nickal tough otherwise.Martin has also made his tournament off an aggressive ride, fighting his opponent to the mat, and then running him off the mat if he is able to stand. Of course, Weatherspoon is the wild card, and has come from almost nowhere. As Jordan Burroughs might say, you beat the 2 seed, you are the 2 seed.
Posted at 4:50 p.m.
Semifinalists by Team
5 - Penn State
4 - Ohio State, Iowa
3 - Oklahoma State, Missouri
2 - Cornell, Illinois, Michigan, NC State
1 - American, Oklahoma, Stanford, Rutgers, Wyoming, Kent State, Rider, Wisconsin, Indiana, Iowa State, Nebraska, Minnesota, Virginia Tech
Semifinalists by Conference
Big 10 - 22
Big 12 - 5
MAC - 4
EIWA - 3
ACC - 3
Pac 12 - 2
EWL - 1
Attendance so far
Session 3 - 17,899
Total Attendance - 53,468
Posted at 1:06 p.m.
With the 13-4 win over Jadaen Bernstein of Navy in the 174-pound quarterfinals Nathan Jackson becomes an All-American for Indiana. The Hoosiers have now had a wrestler claim All-American honors each of the last three years.
Lelund Weatherspoon of Iowa State becomes the first unseeded wrestler to make the semi-final round after defeating No. 7 seed Cody Walters of Ohio, 5-3.
Posted at 12:39 p.m.
Alex Dieringer becomes Oklahoma State’s 14th four-time NCAA All-American after defeating Tanner Weatherman of Iowa State, 11-5, in the 165-pound quarterfinals. Should he win his next two bouts, Dieringer would become the 16th Cowboy to win at least three NCAA Championships and the first to do so since Jake Rosholt accomplished the feat in 2006.
Posted at 12:21 p.m.
Chad Walsh becomes the 14th All-American in Rider history after defeating Cody Pack of South Dakota State, 11-10, courtesy of a riding time point.
Posted at 11:52 a.m.
Bryce Meredith (Wyoming) locks up a near-side cradle with under 10 seconds to go to upset No. 6 seed Micah Jordan (Ohio State) in the 141-pound quarterfinals. Meredith earns the ninth All-American honor for the Cowboys under coach Mark Branch.
Posted at 11:45 a.m.
No. 1 seed at 141 pounds, Dean Heil (Oklahoma State) avenges only loss of the season to Joey Ward (North Carolina), 8-3, to make semifinals.
Posted at 11:15 a.m.
David Terao becomes the ninth All-American in American University history after picking up a fall over Connor Schram of Stanford in the 125-pound quarterfinals. Terao is the third All-American under head coach Teague Moore American.
With quarterfinal win at 125 pounds, Nico Megaludis becomes the ninth four-time NCAA All-American in Penn State history.
As expected, the Big Ten proved to be the most successful conference based upon how many athletes have advanced to the quarterfinals. The Big Ten has 33 quarterfinalists, with at least two in every weight class. In five of the weight classes, the Big Ten has four quarterfinalists, half of those left on the championship side.
The Big Ten also has five of the top 10 teams in the standings: 1. Penn State, 2. (tie) Ohio State, 4. Nebraska, 5.(tie) Iowa, 8. Michigan.
The new Big 12 is proving to be the second most successful, with 16 quarterfinalists and two teams in the top 10, No. 2 (tie) Oklahoma State and No. 9 (tie) Oklahoma.
The quarterfinals feature seven matchups that are between Big Ten rivals, again the most of any of the conferences.
Quarterfinalists by Conference
Big Ten,33 in quarters
Big 12, 16 in quarters
ACC and MAC, 9 in quarters
EIWA, 8 in quarters
Pac-12, 3 in quarters
EWC. 2 in quarters
Junior World medalists Snyder, Dhesi to meet in quarterfinals – It is a battle of USA vs. Canada Junior World champions in bout 380, as No. 2 seed Kyle Snyder of Ohio State battles No. 7 seed Amir Dhesi of Oregon State.
Snyder won his Junior World title in 2013 at 96 kg in Sofia, Bulgaria, when he was a 17-year old high school student competing against athlete often three years older than he was. Snyder returned to the Junior Worlds the next year at the same weight in Zagreb, Croatia, and won a bronze medal at age 18. The next summer, at age 19, Snyder won the Senior World Championships at 97 kg.
Dhesi was not initially a Junior World champion, when he competed in Zagreb, Croatia in 2014 at heavyweight. He defeated American Adam Coon in the semifinals, 7-6 in a wild bout. In the finals, he was beaten by Georgia’s Geno Petriashvili. However, afterwards, Petriashvili was disqualified for doping, making Dhesi the first Junior World champion for Canada in 25 years. You have to go back to 1989, when Alfred Wurr of Canada won the “Espoir” Worlds, which is what the 17-20 year old division was called at the time.
Chandler Rogers on a roll after a new opportunity – For most of the 2015-16 year, Chandler Rogers of Oklahoma State was a backup at 174 pounds behind returning All-American Kyle Crutchmer, who started the season as the highest returning All-American at the weight class. Crutchmer injured his foot, and tried to continue training, but it was decided for him to have surgery and miss the rest of the decision.
Rogers, a redshirt freshman from nearby Stillwater High School, came to town after he and his older brother Jordan became national stars out of Washington state and Jordan joined the Cowboys for college. He was pressed into action right in time for the conference tournaments on a team which has had a huge number of lineup changes for a variety of reasons this season.
“It’s great. Coach told me to be ready all year long. I didn’t think it would happen. I had a lot of respect for Crutchmer. I loved him at the job. He was great at the spot. It is great to be in here. I wish it didn’t have to go this way. I wish there were another way I could get the spot besides him getting hurt. It has been a great experience being able to step in,” said Rogers.
Rogers competed at the Big 12 and placed second, falling to Lelund Weatherspoon of Iowa State in the finals, 8-5. The family and the entire Cowboy nation also dealt with a tremendous tragedy with the death of their father Bill Rogers during the weekend of the National Duals finals just a short time earlier.
“Not to be cocky, but you have to tell yourself you are the best out there. If you say otherwise, you are filling yourself with doubt. With everything that happened with my family, I couldn’t doubt myself. I needed to be strong. It was a great experience at the Big 12. Losing at the Big 12 was a great experience, having to learn to lose with all those things going on. It was an awesome opportunity,” said Rogers.
Rogers, the No. 9 seed, has qualified for the quarterfinals, beating Rustin Barrick of Bucknell, 10-2, then pinning No. 8 Zach Epperly of Virginia Tech in 7:00. He will face No. 1 Bo Nickal of Penn State, another freshman star, in the quarterfinals. His performance has helped Oklahoma State come into the second day at the NCAAs tied for second with Ohio State behind leader Penn State.
“I have only been here for two years and I already know that is one of the strongest programs we have had here as a group in awhile,” said Rogers.
Coon vs. Marsden a rematch from 2013 Junior World Team Trials – Bout No. 378 is a heavyweight battle between No. 5 Adam Coon of Michigan, a 2015 NCAA runner-up, and No. 4 Austin Marsden of Oklahoma State, an All-American. These guys have a bit of history in freestyle wrestling as well.
In 2013, when Coon was a high school senior, he met Marsden in the finals of the Junior World Team Trials in freestyle. Marsden won the best-of-three series in two straight, with a pin in 1:29 and with a 10-3 decision. Coon was also second that year in the Greco division, losing to Iowa’s Sam Stoll, who was the No. 11 seed here but could not complete his first match due to injury default with a bad leg.
The next year after competing for Michigan, Coon made the Junior World Team in both styles and competed in both styles at the Junior World championships, getting a bronze medal in both freestyle and Greco-Roman.
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