NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1985 NCAA Championships

118 lb

Champion Ricky Bonomo, Bloomsburg (PA).Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd, 5th, and 7th place bouts

  1. 1Ricky BonomoBLOO
  2. 2Matt EgelandIOWA
  3. 3Don HorningKENT
  4. 4Joe MelchioreOU
  5. 5Mark Perry Sr.OKST
  6. 6Paul KreimeyerUNI
  7. 7Alfred CastroUTST
  8. 8Dave CrisantiPRIN

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Championship

Opening round · 1 bout

31 byes into the round of 32

  1. Bill Kelly, Iowa State over Ken Chertow, Penn State — Dec 2–0 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Al Palacio (6), North Carolina over John Foley, Boston (MA) — TF 16–0 · View bout
  2. Bill Kelly, Iowa State over Steve Brown, Eastern Michigan — TF 20–4 · View bout
  3. Dave Crisanti, Princeton (NJ) over Hans Houser, Virginia — MD 9–0 · View bout
  4. Don Horning (3), Kent State (OH) over Alfred Castro, Utah State — TF 18–3 · View bout
  5. Jamie Wise, Oregon State over Bruce Garner, New Mexico — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  6. Joe Melchiore (9), Oklahoma over Dick Howell, Lock Haven (PA) — Fall 3:47 · View bout
  7. Kerry Norman, Weber State (UT) over Tim Jacoutot (11), New Jersey (TCNJ) — Dec 9–6 · View bout
  8. Mark Perry Sr. (1), Oklahoma State over Rob Calabrese, Temple (PA) — MD 13–4 · View bout
  9. Mark Weston (12), Nebraska Omaha over Jeff Bowyer, James Madison (VA) — Dec 19–17 · View bout
  10. Matt Egeland (8), Iowa over Jim Peters, Navy (MD) — Dec 8–7 · View bout
  11. Pablo Saenz (5), Fresno State (CA) over Ken Johnson, Indiana (IN) — Fall 8:24 · View bout
  12. Paul Kreimeyer (7), Northern Iowa over Steve Gliva, Augsburg (MN) — MD 18–10 · View bout
  13. Ricky Bonomo (2), Bloomsburg (PA) over Will Waters, Michigan — Sup 16–2 · View bout
  14. Steve Badura, Illinois State over Bob Zoeke, Virginia Military — TF 17–2 · View bout
  15. Tim Wright (4), Southern Illinois Edwardsville over Paul Zarbatany, Drexel (PA) — TF 26–8 · View bout
  16. Tony Cotroneo (10), Syracuse (NY) over David Jones, Montana State — Fall 5:56 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Dave Crisanti, Princeton (NJ) over Pablo Saenz (5), Fresno State (CA) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. Don Horning (3), Kent State (OH) over Tony Cotroneo (10), Syracuse (NY) — MD 10–2 · View bout
  3. Joe Melchiore (9), Oklahoma over Tim Wright (4), Southern Illinois Edwardsville — MD 13–2 · View bout
  4. Mark Perry Sr. (1), Oklahoma State over Mark Weston (12), Nebraska Omaha — TF 17–2 · View bout
  5. Matt Egeland (8), Iowa over Bill Kelly, Iowa State — MD 17–9 · View bout
  6. Paul Kreimeyer (7), Northern Iowa over Jamie Wise, Oregon State — Dec 9–5 · View bout
  7. Ricky Bonomo (2), Bloomsburg (PA) over Kerry Norman, Weber State (UT) — TF 19–3 · View bout
  8. Steve Badura, Illinois State over Al Palacio (6), North Carolina — Dec 4–3 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Don Horning (3), Kent State (OH) over Steve Badura, Illinois State — Fall 6:36 · View bout
  2. Joe Melchiore (9), Oklahoma over Dave Crisanti, Princeton (NJ) — Fall 4:05 · View bout
  3. Matt Egeland (8), Iowa over Mark Perry Sr. (1), Oklahoma State — Dec 9–8 · View bout
  4. Ricky Bonomo (2), Bloomsburg (PA) over Paul Kreimeyer (7), Northern Iowa — Fall 1:48 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Matt Egeland (8), Iowa over Joe Melchiore (9), Oklahoma — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  2. Ricky Bonomo (2), Bloomsburg (PA) over Don Horning (3), Kent State (OH) — Fall 6:47 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Ricky Bonomo (2), Bloomsburg (PA) over Matt Egeland (8), Iowa — Sup 17–3 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Alfred Castro, Utah State over Tony Cotroneo (10), Syracuse (NY) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  2. Bill Kelly, Iowa State over Jim Peters, Navy (MD) — Dec 2–2 · View bout
  3. Dick Howell, Lock Haven (PA) over Tim Wright (4), Southern Illinois Edwardsville — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  4. Kerry Norman, Weber State (UT) over Will Waters, Michigan — Dec 10–6 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Alfred Castro, Utah State over Steve Badura, Illinois State — Fall 4:44 · View bout
  2. Dave Crisanti, Princeton (NJ) over Dick Howell, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  3. Mark Perry Sr. (1), Oklahoma State over Bill Kelly, Iowa State — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  4. Paul Kreimeyer (7), Northern Iowa over Kerry Norman, Weber State (UT) — Dec 5–2 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Mark Perry Sr. (1), Oklahoma State over Dave Crisanti, Princeton (NJ) — Fall 0:44 · View bout
  2. Paul Kreimeyer (7), Northern Iowa over Alfred Castro, Utah State — Dec 7–5 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Don Horning (3), Kent State (OH) over Mark Perry Sr. (1), Oklahoma State — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  2. Joe Melchiore (9), Oklahoma over Paul Kreimeyer (7), Northern Iowa — Dec 7–3 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Don Horning (3), Kent State (OH) over Joe Melchiore (9), Oklahoma — Sup 17–3 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Mark Perry Sr. (1), Oklahoma State over Paul Kreimeyer (7), Northern Iowa — Dec 7–2 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Alfred Castro, Utah State over Dave Crisanti, Princeton (NJ) — Dec 13–9 · View bout