Update: Oklahoma State, with six champions, wins Big 12 Championships, with Iowa State in second
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by Roger Moore, Special to TheMat.com
Oklahoma State Big 12 Conference champion graphic courtesy of @CowboyWrestling Twitter
TULSA, Okla. – Oklahoma State lapped the field at the 2019 Big 12 Conference Championships inside the BOK Center. The Cowboys, with six champions, totaled 158 points, outdistancing Iowa State by 43 ½ points.
Most would argue the conference is better from top to bottom than perhaps a few years ago. OSU won in 2018 by 40 points.
“This can’t get old,” said OSU coach John Smith, who will take nine to Pittsburgh for the 2019 NCAA Championships, March 21-23. “The Big 12 has historically been a strong conference in wrestling. The old Big Eight, Big 12 … we’re proud to continue that tradition.”
Smith was not always in the corner over the last two days with thoughts on his father Lee Roy Smith Sr. The patriarch of the Smith family had been ill lately and passed away Sunday night about 9 p.m. Smith was on the sidelines, but allowed assistants Zack Esposito and Chris Perry handle the bulk of the on-mat coaching.
“It’s been a tough few days,” John Smith said. “The last thing he talked about was his concern for the Big 12 Tournament. He’s been here the last couple of years. He had a good run. Eighty-five years old. I’m lucky to have a father like that. My family has been blessed. I don’t know if (the team) knew, but it might have been a tougher night without (the Big 12 win).”
The two days were dominated by OSU, who went 36-6 and claimed a seventh-straight league crown. It was the program’s 48th dating back to 1921 and the Edward C. Gallagher era.
Senior Preston Weigel was as dominant as anybody, outscoring four opponents, 42-0, on his way to the 197-pound title. Weigel, injured most of the season, beat Iowa State’s Willie Micklus, 10-0, in the finals and showed his prowess, yet again, from the top position. Micklus lost his father last week and was attempted to add a Big 12 title to a Mid-American trophy won at Missouri.
“It’s another stepping stone, one closer to nationals,” said Weigel, an All-American two seasons ago. “I’m taking it all in, absorbing it. It’s fun to be a part of this team right now.
“If they take bottom, they take bottom … it doesn’t matter because I have to find a way to win matches at this point. This one means a lot, but the big show is next; nationals is where it is at.”
Weigel was joined by Nick Piccininni (31-0) as a three-time league champ. The OSU 125-pounder used a big third period ride-out to beat North Dakota State’s Brent Fleetwood, 2-0. Daton Fix (31-1) edged fellow Oklahoman Montorie Bridges, wrestling for Wyoming, 4-2, for the 133-pound crown. A first period takedown was the difference in another quality bout at the deep 133-pound class.
Another freshman, 149-pounder Kaden Gfeller (27-5), won a funky 6-5 match with ISU’s Degen, while seniors Derek White (28-1) and Jacobe Smith (26-3) also earned top honors. Kaid Brock ran into Oklahoma’s Dom Demas in the 141-pound final, getting pinned in 56 seconds.
Demas won a tough 141-pound bracket, beating Wyoming’s Sam Turner and Iowa State’s Ian Parker on Friday. The Sooner rookie was named the tournament’s Outstanding Wrestler. In the finals, Brock made the mistake, twice, of locking up chest-to-chest with Demas, who, the second time, scored the fall at 56 seconds of the opening period.
Iowa State’s Chase Straw (21-10) scored a takedown with 30 seconds remaining to edge Oklahoma’s Justin Thomas, 3-2, for the 157-pound title. The finals bout at 157 was for the only NCAA allocation gave ISU nine qualifiers after a meager one in 2018. Head coach Kevin Dresser likes the progress.
“I think what we showed that what we did during the regular season was legit,” Dresser said, who was named Big 12 Coach of the Year. “Getting nine guys to Pittsburgh is a big accomplishment, especially those guys who are underclassmen. We got exposed in the finals a bit, but the whole body of work and the weekend, Iowa State made some progress.”
Northern Iowa senior Drew Foster (23-5) was better than ISU’s Sam Colbray at 184 pounds, building over two minutes of riding time in a 4-1 victory. UNI battled back from a tough start to finish a distant third in the final standings.
Utah Valley’s Demetrius Romero (25-3), under the radar to most, won a good 165-pound bracket. The former Boise State man beat OSU’s Joe Smith in the quarterfinals, UNI’s tough Bryce Steiert in the semifinals, then went to overtime to beat North Dakota State’s Andrew Fogarty, 8-6, in the title.
“Boise State dropping the program has kind of worked out for me,” Romero said. “Things have really gone well for me (at Utah Valley). We are out there, under the radar I guess, but we’ve got a bunch of guys who aren’t just ranked, but ranked pretty high. Our room is great right now and that is why I am where I am at.
“It’s pretty nice to be a Big 12 champ. We’ve got guys going to Pittsburgh who can win matches. My bracket was good (at Big 12s). We just talked about taking it one at a time not matter who was where in the bracket.”
Fresno State also qualified five for the NCAAs in just its second year in the Big 12. The league earned 52 NCAA allocations. The qualifiers after two days in Tulsa show:
Oklahoma State and Iowa State (9), Northern Iowa (6), Fresno State and Utah Valley (5), Wyoming, Oklahoma, and West Virginia (4), North Dakota State (3), Northern Colorado, South Dakota State, and Air Force (1).
The weekend’s results, not just in the Big 12 Conference but nationwide, shows that the NCAA seeding committee has plenty of work to do. Getting it “right” might be impossible. Getting close will be difficult. Making everybody happy? Impossible.
The 2019 NCAA Championships are set for Pittsburgh, Pa., March 21-23.
Questions for Big 12, NCAA
What happens when Wyoming’s Sam Turner pins West Virginia’s Caleb Rea in the first round, then Rea finishes sixth and Turner seventh in a weight class with six NCAA qualifiers? Since Turner won a head-to-head meeting earlier in the tournament does he automatically take that sixth spot by virtue of that victory?
Enquiring minds needed to know on Sunday morning as head coach Mark Branch needed to make sure Turner was ready to go in case of that scenario.
Rea lost to UNI’s Alber, then to Northern Colorado’s Chris Sandoval, taking sixth. After the medal rounds’ completion, the Big 12 wrestled for a true sixth and Turner pinned Rea again to move into the weight class’s final spot.
Getting to nine
With seven in the finals, the Cowboys entered Day 2 already with seven NCAA qualifiers. Joe Smith (165) and Dakota Geer (184) each needed to win at least one match, while Wyatt Sheets was part of a bracket with just one allocation. Geer (25-5) came back with two major decisions to take third.
Sunday got going with a Joe Smith-Branson Ashworth consolation semifinal. Ashworth entered as the top seed and with a 31-3 mark, but lost in Saturday night’s semifinals to North Dakota State’s Andrew Fogarty. Smith, first time down at 165 pounds this season, fell in the quarterfinals to Utah Valley’s Demetrius Romero and came back to win two matches in Saturday night’s second session. A third period takedown gave Ashworth a 4-2 win over Smith, who then picked up a major decision of Logan Schumacher in the fifth place bout to sneak into the field at Pittsburgh. Sheets went 1-1 and took fourth.
“There were some high-pressure moments today,” said John Smith after Sunday’s first session. “It was much pressure I’ve felt, a couple of these guys felt. What are you going to do? Not qualify?
“There was a little bit of pressure on (Joe Smith), wrestling his first tournament at this weight class. Dakota Geer coming back was big; Wyatt Sheets did not wrestle a bad tournament.”
Prior to the finals, OSU won 30 of 35 matches, scoring bonus points 18 times.
Bouncing back
Northern Iowa’s Josh Alber entered as the No. 1 seed at 141 pounds. The senior, a three-time NCAA qualifier, lost in the first round to Northern Colorado sophomore Chris Sandoval. Alber came back to win four matches and take third, beating Iowa State’s Ian Parker in the third place bout. Alber takes a 31-5 mark to Pittsburgh and is a four-time NCAA qualifier. The other No. 1 seed to fall on Day 1, Wyoming’s Branson Ashworth, came back to beat OSU’s Smith, but fell to Northern Iowa’s Bryce Steiert in the third place bout.
Speaking of Sandoval
A second-year man from Greeley, Colo., Sandoval was a four-year letterman for Windsor High School who went 6-4 in 2017-18. He entered the Big 12s with a 5-8 record and went 3-2 to finish fifth at 141 pounds.
“I went into it knowing that it doesn’t really matter how the season went,” Sandoval said. “I’m pretty excited to go and I’m just hoping I can get some of my boys to come with me so I’m not alone in (Pittsburgh).”
Thinking at large
Each weight class has a specified number of qualifiers. Those who do not finish inside one of those spots go into the at-large pod, group, pool … and has to sit and wait on the NCAA Selection Committee to decide their fate. Who among the Big 12ers should be considered?
Rico Montoya of UNC finished sixth at 125 pounds. The senior is 16-9 with three losses to Piccininni … Iowa State’s Chase Straw, part of that goofy 157-pound bracket, entered the finals with a 20-10 mark … Utah Valley’s Matt Findlay entered with just two losses but defaulted out of the tournament at 141 pounds …
Wyoming’s Hayden Hastings qualified for the semifinals at 174 pounds, but dropped three straight bouts to takes sixth in a bracket with five qualifiers. Hastings is 25-12 as a rookie. Teammate Tate Samuelson, also a first-year starter, lost a fifth place match to fellow freshman Jackson Hemauer of Fresno State. Samuelson (23-7) won just one of four bouts this weekend, but has a good argument for a trip to Pittsburgh … Northern Colorado 197-pounder Jacob Seely was ranked as high as 12 in December. He went 1-3 in Tulsa and finished eighth in a weight with seven spots. Seely is 13-10, however … West Virginia 165-pounder Nick Kiussis went 0-2 in Tulsa as a No. 4 seed; he is 18-10.
BIG 12 CONFERENCE
At Tulsa, Okla.
Note: The Big 12 has 53 NCAA automatic qualifiers
125 pounds (5 NCAA qualifiers)
1st - Nick Piccininni (Oklahoma State) DEC Brent Fleetwood (North Dakota State), 2-0
3rd - Alex Mackall (Iowa State) TF Christian Moody (Oklahoma), 18-3 6:41
5th - Jay Schwarm (Northern Iowa) F Rico Montoya (Northern Colorado), 1:13
133 pounds (5 NCAA qualifiers)
1st - Daton Fix (Oklahoma State) DEC Montorie Bridges (Wyoming), 4-2
3rd - Austin Gomez (Iowa State) DEC Matt Schmitt (West Virginia), 5-3 SV
5th - Gary Joint (Fresno State) MD Jack Skudlarczyk (Northern Iowa), 8-0
141 pounds (6 NCAA qualifiers)
1st - Dominick Demas (Oklahoma) F Kaid Brock (Oklahoma State), 0:54
3rd - Josh Alber (Northern Iowa) DEC Ian Parker (Iowa State), 2-0
5th - Chris Sandoval (Northern Colorado) DEC Caleb Rea (West Virginia), 10-3
7th - Sam Turner (Wyoming) DEC Garrett O'shea (Air Force), 2-1
Challenge Bout for True 6th - Sam Turner (Wyoming) F Caleb Rea (West Virginia), 1:56
149 pounds (7 NCAA qualifiers)
1st - Kaden Gfeller (Oklahoma State) DEC Jarrett Degen (Iowa State), 6-5
3rd - Davion Jeffries (Oklahoma) DEC Christian Monserrat (West Virginia), 4-2
5th - Henry Pohlmeyer (South Dakota State) M FOR Khristian Olivas (Fresno State)
7th - Max Thomsen (Northern Iowa) MD Jaron Jensen (Wyoming), 11-3
157 pounds (1 NCAA qualifier)
1st - Chase Straw (Iowa State) DEC Justin Thomas (Oklahoma), 3-2
3rd - Alex Mossing (Air Force) DEC Wyatt Sheets (Oklahoma State), 7-4
5th - Jacob Wright (Fresno State) DEC Luke Weber (North Dakota State), 7-5
165 pounds (6 NCAA qualifiers)
1st - Demetrirus Romero (Utah Valley) DEC Andrew Fogarty (North Dakota State), 8-6 SV
3rd - Bryce Steiert (Northern Iowa) DEC Branson Ashworth (Wyoming), 2-1
5th - Joe Smith (Oklahoma State) MD Logan Schumacher (Iowa State), 10-2
174 pounds (5 NCAA qualifiers)
1st - Jacobe Smith (Oklahoma State) DEC Taylor Lujan (Northern Iowa), 6-4
3rd - Lorenzo De la Riva (North Dakota State) DEC Kimball Bastian (Utah Valley), 10-5
5th - Marcus Coleman (Iowa State) DEC Hayden Hastings (Wyoming), 11-10
184 pounds (5 NCAA qualifiers)
1st - Drew Foster (Northern Iowa) DEC Sam Colbray (Iowa State), 4-1
3rd - Dakota Geer (Oklahoma State) MD Will Sumner (Utah Valley), 16-3
5th - Jackson Hemauer (Fresno State) DEC Tate Samuelson (Wyoming), 4-2
197 pounds (7 NCAA qualifiers)
1st - Preston Weigel (Oklahoma State) MD Willie Miklus (Iowa State), 10-0
3rd - Jake Woodley (Oklahoma) DEC Josh Hokit (Fresno State), 3-2
5th - Noah Adams (West Virginia) DEC Tanner Orndorff (Utah Valley), 10-7
7th - Anthony McLaughlin (Air Force) DEC Jacob Seely (Northern Colorado), 6-2
285 pounds (6 NCAA qualifiers)
1st - Derek White (Oklahoma State) TF AJ Nevills (Fresno State), 20-5 7:00
3rd - Tate Orndorff (Utah Valley) DEC Brian Andrews (Wyoming), 5-4
5th - Gannon Gremmel (Iowa State) DEC Brandon Ngati (West Virginia), 2-0
7th - Robert Winters (Northern Colorado) DEC Blake Wolters (South Dakota State), 2-1
Team Standings
1 Oklahoma State 158
2 Iowa State 114.5
3 Northern Iowa 82
4 Oklahoma 78
5 Fresno State 59.5
6 Utah Valley 59
7 Wyoming 58
8 North Dakota State 53.5
9 West Virginia 46
10 South Dakota State 18.5
11 Air Force 18
12 Northern Colorado 17
TULSA, Okla. – Oklahoma State lapped the field at the 2019 Big 12 Conference Championships inside the BOK Center. The Cowboys, with six champions, totaled 158 points, outdistancing Iowa State by 43 ½ points.
Most would argue the conference is better from top to bottom than perhaps a few years ago. OSU won in 2018 by 40 points.
“This can’t get old,” said OSU coach John Smith, who will take nine to Pittsburgh for the 2019 NCAA Championships, March 21-23. “The Big 12 has historically been a strong conference in wrestling. The old Big Eight, Big 12 … we’re proud to continue that tradition.”
Smith was not always in the corner over the last two days with thoughts on his father Lee Roy Smith Sr. The patriarch of the Smith family had been ill lately and passed away Sunday night about 9 p.m. Smith was on the sidelines, but allowed assistants Zack Esposito and Chris Perry handle the bulk of the on-mat coaching.
“It’s been a tough few days,” John Smith said. “The last thing he talked about was his concern for the Big 12 Tournament. He’s been here the last couple of years. He had a good run. Eighty-five years old. I’m lucky to have a father like that. My family has been blessed. I don’t know if (the team) knew, but it might have been a tougher night without (the Big 12 win).”
The two days were dominated by OSU, who went 36-6 and claimed a seventh-straight league crown. It was the program’s 48th dating back to 1921 and the Edward C. Gallagher era.
Senior Preston Weigel was as dominant as anybody, outscoring four opponents, 42-0, on his way to the 197-pound title. Weigel, injured most of the season, beat Iowa State’s Willie Micklus, 10-0, in the finals and showed his prowess, yet again, from the top position. Micklus lost his father last week and was attempted to add a Big 12 title to a Mid-American trophy won at Missouri.
“It’s another stepping stone, one closer to nationals,” said Weigel, an All-American two seasons ago. “I’m taking it all in, absorbing it. It’s fun to be a part of this team right now.
“If they take bottom, they take bottom … it doesn’t matter because I have to find a way to win matches at this point. This one means a lot, but the big show is next; nationals is where it is at.”
Weigel was joined by Nick Piccininni (31-0) as a three-time league champ. The OSU 125-pounder used a big third period ride-out to beat North Dakota State’s Brent Fleetwood, 2-0. Daton Fix (31-1) edged fellow Oklahoman Montorie Bridges, wrestling for Wyoming, 4-2, for the 133-pound crown. A first period takedown was the difference in another quality bout at the deep 133-pound class.
Another freshman, 149-pounder Kaden Gfeller (27-5), won a funky 6-5 match with ISU’s Degen, while seniors Derek White (28-1) and Jacobe Smith (26-3) also earned top honors. Kaid Brock ran into Oklahoma’s Dom Demas in the 141-pound final, getting pinned in 56 seconds.
Demas won a tough 141-pound bracket, beating Wyoming’s Sam Turner and Iowa State’s Ian Parker on Friday. The Sooner rookie was named the tournament’s Outstanding Wrestler. In the finals, Brock made the mistake, twice, of locking up chest-to-chest with Demas, who, the second time, scored the fall at 56 seconds of the opening period.
Iowa State’s Chase Straw (21-10) scored a takedown with 30 seconds remaining to edge Oklahoma’s Justin Thomas, 3-2, for the 157-pound title. The finals bout at 157 was for the only NCAA allocation gave ISU nine qualifiers after a meager one in 2018. Head coach Kevin Dresser likes the progress.
“I think what we showed that what we did during the regular season was legit,” Dresser said, who was named Big 12 Coach of the Year. “Getting nine guys to Pittsburgh is a big accomplishment, especially those guys who are underclassmen. We got exposed in the finals a bit, but the whole body of work and the weekend, Iowa State made some progress.”
Northern Iowa senior Drew Foster (23-5) was better than ISU’s Sam Colbray at 184 pounds, building over two minutes of riding time in a 4-1 victory. UNI battled back from a tough start to finish a distant third in the final standings.
Utah Valley’s Demetrius Romero (25-3), under the radar to most, won a good 165-pound bracket. The former Boise State man beat OSU’s Joe Smith in the quarterfinals, UNI’s tough Bryce Steiert in the semifinals, then went to overtime to beat North Dakota State’s Andrew Fogarty, 8-6, in the title.
“Boise State dropping the program has kind of worked out for me,” Romero said. “Things have really gone well for me (at Utah Valley). We are out there, under the radar I guess, but we’ve got a bunch of guys who aren’t just ranked, but ranked pretty high. Our room is great right now and that is why I am where I am at.
“It’s pretty nice to be a Big 12 champ. We’ve got guys going to Pittsburgh who can win matches. My bracket was good (at Big 12s). We just talked about taking it one at a time not matter who was where in the bracket.”
Fresno State also qualified five for the NCAAs in just its second year in the Big 12. The league earned 52 NCAA allocations. The qualifiers after two days in Tulsa show:
Oklahoma State and Iowa State (9), Northern Iowa (6), Fresno State and Utah Valley (5), Wyoming, Oklahoma, and West Virginia (4), North Dakota State (3), Northern Colorado, South Dakota State, and Air Force (1).
The weekend’s results, not just in the Big 12 Conference but nationwide, shows that the NCAA seeding committee has plenty of work to do. Getting it “right” might be impossible. Getting close will be difficult. Making everybody happy? Impossible.
The 2019 NCAA Championships are set for Pittsburgh, Pa., March 21-23.
Questions for Big 12, NCAA
What happens when Wyoming’s Sam Turner pins West Virginia’s Caleb Rea in the first round, then Rea finishes sixth and Turner seventh in a weight class with six NCAA qualifiers? Since Turner won a head-to-head meeting earlier in the tournament does he automatically take that sixth spot by virtue of that victory?
Enquiring minds needed to know on Sunday morning as head coach Mark Branch needed to make sure Turner was ready to go in case of that scenario.
Rea lost to UNI’s Alber, then to Northern Colorado’s Chris Sandoval, taking sixth. After the medal rounds’ completion, the Big 12 wrestled for a true sixth and Turner pinned Rea again to move into the weight class’s final spot.
Getting to nine
With seven in the finals, the Cowboys entered Day 2 already with seven NCAA qualifiers. Joe Smith (165) and Dakota Geer (184) each needed to win at least one match, while Wyatt Sheets was part of a bracket with just one allocation. Geer (25-5) came back with two major decisions to take third.
Sunday got going with a Joe Smith-Branson Ashworth consolation semifinal. Ashworth entered as the top seed and with a 31-3 mark, but lost in Saturday night’s semifinals to North Dakota State’s Andrew Fogarty. Smith, first time down at 165 pounds this season, fell in the quarterfinals to Utah Valley’s Demetrius Romero and came back to win two matches in Saturday night’s second session. A third period takedown gave Ashworth a 4-2 win over Smith, who then picked up a major decision of Logan Schumacher in the fifth place bout to sneak into the field at Pittsburgh. Sheets went 1-1 and took fourth.
“There were some high-pressure moments today,” said John Smith after Sunday’s first session. “It was much pressure I’ve felt, a couple of these guys felt. What are you going to do? Not qualify?
“There was a little bit of pressure on (Joe Smith), wrestling his first tournament at this weight class. Dakota Geer coming back was big; Wyatt Sheets did not wrestle a bad tournament.”
Prior to the finals, OSU won 30 of 35 matches, scoring bonus points 18 times.
Bouncing back
Northern Iowa’s Josh Alber entered as the No. 1 seed at 141 pounds. The senior, a three-time NCAA qualifier, lost in the first round to Northern Colorado sophomore Chris Sandoval. Alber came back to win four matches and take third, beating Iowa State’s Ian Parker in the third place bout. Alber takes a 31-5 mark to Pittsburgh and is a four-time NCAA qualifier. The other No. 1 seed to fall on Day 1, Wyoming’s Branson Ashworth, came back to beat OSU’s Smith, but fell to Northern Iowa’s Bryce Steiert in the third place bout.
Speaking of Sandoval
A second-year man from Greeley, Colo., Sandoval was a four-year letterman for Windsor High School who went 6-4 in 2017-18. He entered the Big 12s with a 5-8 record and went 3-2 to finish fifth at 141 pounds.
“I went into it knowing that it doesn’t really matter how the season went,” Sandoval said. “I’m pretty excited to go and I’m just hoping I can get some of my boys to come with me so I’m not alone in (Pittsburgh).”
Thinking at large
Each weight class has a specified number of qualifiers. Those who do not finish inside one of those spots go into the at-large pod, group, pool … and has to sit and wait on the NCAA Selection Committee to decide their fate. Who among the Big 12ers should be considered?
Rico Montoya of UNC finished sixth at 125 pounds. The senior is 16-9 with three losses to Piccininni … Iowa State’s Chase Straw, part of that goofy 157-pound bracket, entered the finals with a 20-10 mark … Utah Valley’s Matt Findlay entered with just two losses but defaulted out of the tournament at 141 pounds …
Wyoming’s Hayden Hastings qualified for the semifinals at 174 pounds, but dropped three straight bouts to takes sixth in a bracket with five qualifiers. Hastings is 25-12 as a rookie. Teammate Tate Samuelson, also a first-year starter, lost a fifth place match to fellow freshman Jackson Hemauer of Fresno State. Samuelson (23-7) won just one of four bouts this weekend, but has a good argument for a trip to Pittsburgh … Northern Colorado 197-pounder Jacob Seely was ranked as high as 12 in December. He went 1-3 in Tulsa and finished eighth in a weight with seven spots. Seely is 13-10, however … West Virginia 165-pounder Nick Kiussis went 0-2 in Tulsa as a No. 4 seed; he is 18-10.
BIG 12 CONFERENCE
At Tulsa, Okla.
Note: The Big 12 has 53 NCAA automatic qualifiers
125 pounds (5 NCAA qualifiers)
1st - Nick Piccininni (Oklahoma State) DEC Brent Fleetwood (North Dakota State), 2-0
3rd - Alex Mackall (Iowa State) TF Christian Moody (Oklahoma), 18-3 6:41
5th - Jay Schwarm (Northern Iowa) F Rico Montoya (Northern Colorado), 1:13
133 pounds (5 NCAA qualifiers)
1st - Daton Fix (Oklahoma State) DEC Montorie Bridges (Wyoming), 4-2
3rd - Austin Gomez (Iowa State) DEC Matt Schmitt (West Virginia), 5-3 SV
5th - Gary Joint (Fresno State) MD Jack Skudlarczyk (Northern Iowa), 8-0
141 pounds (6 NCAA qualifiers)
1st - Dominick Demas (Oklahoma) F Kaid Brock (Oklahoma State), 0:54
3rd - Josh Alber (Northern Iowa) DEC Ian Parker (Iowa State), 2-0
5th - Chris Sandoval (Northern Colorado) DEC Caleb Rea (West Virginia), 10-3
7th - Sam Turner (Wyoming) DEC Garrett O'shea (Air Force), 2-1
Challenge Bout for True 6th - Sam Turner (Wyoming) F Caleb Rea (West Virginia), 1:56
149 pounds (7 NCAA qualifiers)
1st - Kaden Gfeller (Oklahoma State) DEC Jarrett Degen (Iowa State), 6-5
3rd - Davion Jeffries (Oklahoma) DEC Christian Monserrat (West Virginia), 4-2
5th - Henry Pohlmeyer (South Dakota State) M FOR Khristian Olivas (Fresno State)
7th - Max Thomsen (Northern Iowa) MD Jaron Jensen (Wyoming), 11-3
157 pounds (1 NCAA qualifier)
1st - Chase Straw (Iowa State) DEC Justin Thomas (Oklahoma), 3-2
3rd - Alex Mossing (Air Force) DEC Wyatt Sheets (Oklahoma State), 7-4
5th - Jacob Wright (Fresno State) DEC Luke Weber (North Dakota State), 7-5
165 pounds (6 NCAA qualifiers)
1st - Demetrirus Romero (Utah Valley) DEC Andrew Fogarty (North Dakota State), 8-6 SV
3rd - Bryce Steiert (Northern Iowa) DEC Branson Ashworth (Wyoming), 2-1
5th - Joe Smith (Oklahoma State) MD Logan Schumacher (Iowa State), 10-2
174 pounds (5 NCAA qualifiers)
1st - Jacobe Smith (Oklahoma State) DEC Taylor Lujan (Northern Iowa), 6-4
3rd - Lorenzo De la Riva (North Dakota State) DEC Kimball Bastian (Utah Valley), 10-5
5th - Marcus Coleman (Iowa State) DEC Hayden Hastings (Wyoming), 11-10
184 pounds (5 NCAA qualifiers)
1st - Drew Foster (Northern Iowa) DEC Sam Colbray (Iowa State), 4-1
3rd - Dakota Geer (Oklahoma State) MD Will Sumner (Utah Valley), 16-3
5th - Jackson Hemauer (Fresno State) DEC Tate Samuelson (Wyoming), 4-2
197 pounds (7 NCAA qualifiers)
1st - Preston Weigel (Oklahoma State) MD Willie Miklus (Iowa State), 10-0
3rd - Jake Woodley (Oklahoma) DEC Josh Hokit (Fresno State), 3-2
5th - Noah Adams (West Virginia) DEC Tanner Orndorff (Utah Valley), 10-7
7th - Anthony McLaughlin (Air Force) DEC Jacob Seely (Northern Colorado), 6-2
285 pounds (6 NCAA qualifiers)
1st - Derek White (Oklahoma State) TF AJ Nevills (Fresno State), 20-5 7:00
3rd - Tate Orndorff (Utah Valley) DEC Brian Andrews (Wyoming), 5-4
5th - Gannon Gremmel (Iowa State) DEC Brandon Ngati (West Virginia), 2-0
7th - Robert Winters (Northern Colorado) DEC Blake Wolters (South Dakota State), 2-1
Team Standings
1 Oklahoma State 158
2 Iowa State 114.5
3 Northern Iowa 82
4 Oklahoma 78
5 Fresno State 59.5
6 Utah Valley 59
7 Wyoming 58
8 North Dakota State 53.5
9 West Virginia 46
10 South Dakota State 18.5
11 Air Force 18
12 Northern Colorado 17
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