The field of wrestlers is suited in their singlets, ready to start a bracket of their own as March Madness takes over the country tomorrow.
The 2010 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships get underway in Omaha, Nebraska tomorrow morning and the Big 12 Conference will be well represented in each weight class. The first day of competition will include the first round bouts in the morning, with the second round of the championship bracket and first round of wrestlebacks taking place in the evening. The quarterfinals and semifinals, as well as two more rounds of the wrestleback bracket will happen on Friday. The remainder of the wrestlebacks and the championship matches will occur on Saturday.
The first round bracket matchups for Big 12 wrestlers are as follows (state school representatives in bold):
125 pounds -
#9 Jarrod Patterson (OU) [28-9] vs. Brad Pataky (Penn State) [26-8]
#5 Andrew Long (Iowa State) [23-6] vs. Ryan Mango (Stanford) [24-13]
#10 Chris Notte (OSU) [23-8] vs. Joseph Langel (Rutgers) [30-8]
133 pounds -
#5 Borislav Navachkov (Cal Poly) [31-10] vs. Kendric Maple (OU) [31-10]
#4 Jordan Oliver (OSU) [28-2] vs. Zac Stevens (Michigan) [25-26]
#10 Nicholas Fanthorpe (Iowa St) vs. Cortlandt Choate (Brown) [12-11]
141 pounds -
#1 Kyle Dake (Cornell) [29-2] vs. Todd Schavrien (Missouri) [26-10]
#5 Zack Bailey (OU) [24-6] vs. Kenneth Hashimoto (N Colorado) [18-8]
*winner will then face Set Ciasulli (Lehigh) [22-12] in 1st round
Michael Mangrum (Oregon St) [13-14] vs. Mike Koehnlein (Nebraska) [18-15]
#4 Reece Humphrey (Ohio St) [29-3] vs. Dalton Jensen (Iowa St) [13-14]
#2 Jamal Parks (OSU) [28-5] vs. Juan Archuleta (Purdue) [26-12]
149 pounds -
#3 Kyle Terry (OU) [26-2] vs. Cesar Grajales (Penn) [11-4]
#7 Mitch Mueller (Iowa St) [25-8] vs. Frank Gayeski (Liberty) [26-6]
157 pounds -
Andrew Sorenson (Iowa St) [26-7] vs. Anthony Jones (Michigan St) [12-17]
#11 Neil Erisman (OSU) [27-8] vs. Justin Lister (Binghamton) [28-8]
#10 Shane Vernon (OU) [20-5] vs. Daryl Cocozzo (Rutgers) [26-9]
165 pounds -
#12 Paul Young (Indiana) [33-8] vs. Tyler Caldwell (OU) [28-12]
#4 Jonathan Reader (Iowa St) [22-4] vs. Chris Brown (Old Dominion) [29-3]
#10 Alex Meade (OSU) [28-8] vs. Rob Morrison (Rider) [26-13]
174 pounds -
Jeff James (OU) [22-10] vs. Jarion Beets (N Iowa) [19-9]
*winner will then face #5 Scott Glasser (Minnesota) [30-6] in 1st round
Shane Riccio (Bucknell) [33-9] vs. Dorian Henderson (Missouri) [19-15]
#4 Stephen Dwyer (Nebraska) [24-3] vs. Brad Darrington (Utah Val U) [23-9]
#6 Mike Benefiel (OSU) [31-4] vs. Keith Witt (Kent St) [31-4]
#10 Jordan Blanton (Illinios) [14-7] vs. Duke Burk (Iowa St) [17-13]
184 pounds -
#1 Kirk Smith (Boise St) [25-0] vs. Jerome Ward (Iowa St) [18-9]
#5 Clayton Foster (OSU) [19-3] vs. Patrick Bradshaw (Edin) [29-11]
#11 Dave Erwin (Penn St) [29-8] vs. Erich Schmidtke (OU) [16-17]
#6 Max Askren (Missouri) [15-2] vs. Zack Giesen (Stanford) [30-5]
#7 Joe LeBlanc (Wyoming) [35-4] vs. Josh Ihnen (Nebraska) [16-13]
197 pounds -
#1 Jake Varner (Iowa St) [26-0] vs. Matt Casperson (Boise St) [18-15]
#9 Chad Beatty (Iowa) [14-3] vs. Alan Gelogaev (OSU) [25-7]
#12 Brent Haynes (Missouri) [25-13] vs. Erik Schuth (Ohio) [24-5]
#6 Eric Lapotsky (OU) [24-6] vs. Matt Powless (Indiana) [30-13]
#2 Craig Brester (Nebraska) [26-2] vs. Dylan Temple (App St)/Tyler Smith (Rider)
Heavyweight -
#1 David Zabriskie (Iowa St) [21-2] vs. Eric Bugenhagen (Wisconsin) [16-18]
#9 Mark Ellis (Missouri) [18-10] vs. Brendan Barlow (Kent St)/Joshua Arnone (Cornell)
Tucker Lane (Nebraska) [22-10] vs. John Danilkowicz (Virginia) [16-12]
#10 Dominick Russo (Rutgers) [29-6] vs. Nathan Fernandez (OU) [25-12]
#2 Jared Rosholt (OSU) [30-2] vs. Dustin Proter (Gardner-Webber) [32-5]
