NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1999 NCAA Championships

285 lb

Champion Stephen Neal, California-Bakersfield.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

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

  1. 1Stephen NealCSUB
  2. 2Brock LesnarMINN
  3. 3Karl RoeslerILL
  4. 4Mat OrndorffORST
  5. 5John Henry WardOU
  6. 6Leslie ApedoeVMI
  7. 7Bandele Adeniyi-BadaPENN
  8. 8Derek DelPortoSRU

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Championship

Opening round · 1 bout

31 byes into the round of 32

  1. Karl Roesler (5), Illinois over Matt Mueller, Pittsburgh (PA) — Fall 4:49 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Bandele Adeniyi-Bada (10), Pennsylvania over Gan McGee, California-Poly — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. Brock Lesnar (2), Minnesota over Sean Hage, West Virginia — MD 12–2 · View bout
  3. Bronson Lingamfelter, Brown (RI) over Abe Boomer, Wyoming — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  4. Dave Anderton, Oklahoma State over Jason Pernat, Wisconsin — Fall 4:27 · View bout
  5. David Pierce, Purdue (IN) over Brent Lancaster, George Mason (VA) — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  6. Derek DelPorto (7), Slippery Rock (PA) over Chris Miller, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  7. John Henry Ward (6), Oklahoma over Matt Brink, Michigan — MD 11–0 · View bout
  8. Karl Roesler (5), Illinois over Seth Charles, Cornell (NY) — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  9. Leslie Apedoe (3), Virginia Military over John Eschenfelder, Buffalo (NY) — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  10. Mark Janus, Penn State over Antonio Garay, Boston College (MA) — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  11. Mat Orndorff (4), Oregon State over Mark Knauer, Iowa State — Fall 6:53 · View bout
  12. Matt Kenny, North Carolina over Ronald 'JR' Plienis (8), Nebraska — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  13. Mike Russow (12), Eastern Illinois over Leo Sandoval, Portland State (OR) — Fall 7:26 · View bout
  14. Rusty Cook (11), Boise State (ID) over AJ Johnson, Edinboro (PA) — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  15. Stephen Neal (1), California-Bakersfield over Matt Lamb, Michigan State — Fall 1:38 · View bout
  16. Wes Hand (9), Iowa over Bill Bell, Lock Haven (PA) — TF 23–8 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Brock Lesnar (2), Minnesota over Bronson Lingamfelter, Brown (RI) — Fall 0:22 · View bout
  2. Derek DelPorto (7), Slippery Rock (PA) over Bandele Adeniyi-Bada (10), Pennsylvania — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  3. John Henry Ward (6), Oklahoma over Rusty Cook (11), Boise State (ID) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  4. Karl Roesler (5), Illinois over Mike Russow (12), Eastern Illinois — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  5. Leslie Apedoe (3), Virginia Military over David Pierce, Purdue (IN) — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  6. Mat Orndorff (4), Oregon State over Mark Janus, Penn State — MD 10–1 · View bout
  7. Matt Kenny, North Carolina over Wes Hand (9), Iowa — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  8. Stephen Neal (1), California-Bakersfield over Dave Anderton, Oklahoma State — Fall 0:37 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Brock Lesnar (2), Minnesota over Derek DelPorto (7), Slippery Rock (PA) — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  2. Karl Roesler (5), Illinois over Mat Orndorff (4), Oregon State — Dec 10–8 · View bout
  3. Leslie Apedoe (3), Virginia Military over John Henry Ward (6), Oklahoma — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  4. Stephen Neal (1), California-Bakersfield over Matt Kenny, North Carolina — Dflt · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Brock Lesnar (2), Minnesota over Leslie Apedoe (3), Virginia Military — MD 10–2 · View bout
  2. Stephen Neal (1), California-Bakersfield over Karl Roesler (5), Illinois — TF 17–2 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Stephen Neal (1), California-Bakersfield over Brock Lesnar (2), Minnesota — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation opening round · 1 bout

  1. Matt Mueller, Pittsburgh (PA) over Matt Brink, Michigan — Dec 7–0 · View bout

Consolation round 1 · 8 bouts

  1. AJ Johnson, Edinboro (PA) over Matt Mueller, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  2. Antonio Garay, Boston College (MA) over Mark Knauer, Iowa State — Dec 13–6 · View bout
  3. Gan McGee, California-Poly over Chris Miller, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  4. John Eschenfelder, Buffalo (NY) over Brent Lancaster, George Mason (VA) — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  5. Leo Sandoval, Portland State (OR) over Seth Charles, Cornell (NY) — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  6. Matt Lamb, Michigan State over Jason Pernat, Wisconsin — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  7. Ronald 'JR' Plienis (8), Nebraska over Bill Bell, Lock Haven (PA) — Fall 5:18 · View bout
  8. Sean Hage, West Virginia over Abe Boomer, Wyoming — Fall 2:11 · View bout

Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

  1. Bandele Adeniyi-Bada (10), Pennsylvania over Antonio Garay, Boston College (MA) — Dec 13–6 · View bout
  2. Bronson Lingamfelter, Brown (RI) over Leo Sandoval, Portland State (OR) — Fall 4:52 · View bout
  3. Dave Anderton, Oklahoma State over AJ Johnson, Edinboro (PA) — Dec 12–5 · View bout
  4. Mark Janus, Penn State over Gan McGee, California-Poly — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  5. Ronald 'JR' Plienis (8), Nebraska over David Pierce, Purdue (IN) — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  6. Rusty Cook (11), Boise State (ID) over Matt Lamb, Michigan State — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  7. Sean Hage, West Virginia over Mike Russow (12), Eastern Illinois — Fall 3:36 · View bout
  8. Wes Hand (9), Iowa over John Eschenfelder, Buffalo (NY) — Dec 8–5 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Bandele Adeniyi-Bada (10), Pennsylvania over Bronson Lingamfelter, Brown (RI) — MD 14–6 · View bout
  2. Dave Anderton, Oklahoma State over Wes Hand (9), Iowa — Fall 0:59 · View bout
  3. Ronald 'JR' Plienis (8), Nebraska over Rusty Cook (11), Boise State (ID) — Fall 4:12 · View bout
  4. Sean Hage, West Virginia over Mark Janus, Penn State — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Bandele Adeniyi-Bada (10), Pennsylvania over Matt Kenny, North Carolina — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  2. Derek DelPorto (7), Slippery Rock (PA) over Dave Anderton, Oklahoma State — Dec 13–7 · View bout
  3. John Henry Ward (6), Oklahoma over Sean Hage, West Virginia — Dec 7–0 · View bout
  4. Mat Orndorff (4), Oregon State over Ronald 'JR' Plienis (8), Nebraska — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. John Henry Ward (6), Oklahoma over Derek DelPorto (7), Slippery Rock (PA) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  2. Mat Orndorff (4), Oregon State over Bandele Adeniyi-Bada (10), Pennsylvania — Dec 6–2 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Karl Roesler (5), Illinois over John Henry Ward (6), Oklahoma — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  2. Mat Orndorff (4), Oregon State over Leslie Apedoe (3), Virginia Military — Dec 5–1 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Karl Roesler (5), Illinois over Mat Orndorff (4), Oregon State — Dec 7–2 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. John Henry Ward (6), Oklahoma over Leslie Apedoe (3), Virginia Military — Dec 4–2 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Bandele Adeniyi-Bada (10), Pennsylvania over Derek DelPorto (7), Slippery Rock (PA) — Dec 3–2 · View bout