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2000 NCAA Championships

125 lb

Champion Jeremy Hunter, Penn State.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

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

  1. 1Jeremy HunterPSU
  2. 2Steve GarlandUVA
  3. 3Jody StrittmatterIOWA
  4. 4Tim 'TJ' HillCSUF
  5. 5Leroy VegaMINN
  6. 6Jeff RaganOKST
  7. 7Ruben DeLeonCSUB
  8. 8Paul GomezNEB

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

32 byes into the round of 32

    Round of 32 · 16 bouts

    1. AJ Grant, Michigan over Trap McCormack, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
    2. Angelo Zegarelli, West Virginia over Jerold Limongelli, Rider (NJ) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
    3. Jeff Ragan (6), Oklahoma State over Jonathan Huesdash, James Madison (VA) — Fall 2:33 · View bout
    4. Jeremy Hunter (2), Penn State over Mike Akers, Virginia Tech — TF 17–2 · View bout
    5. Jeremy Sluyter, East Stroudsburg (PA) over Alexis Rivera, Northern Illinois — Dec 7–2 · View bout
    6. Jody Strittmatter (1), Iowa over Nathan Navarro, Oregon State — MD 10–1 · View bout
    7. Jose Leon, Boston (MA) over Bruce Kelly (11), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 11–8 · View bout
    8. Kore Sharpley, Ohio State over Matt Azevedo, Iowa State — Dec 4–4 · View bout
    9. Leroy Vega (3), Minnesota over Trent Rollins, Brigham Young (UT) — MD 13–4 · View bout
    10. Mike Kawamura (9), Arizona State over Omar Porratta, Millersville (PA) — MD 11–3 · View bout
    11. Paul Gomez, Nebraska over Jason Silverstein (10), Purdue (IN) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
    12. Ruben DeLeon, California-Bakersfield over Quantres Bates (4), Oklahoma — Dec 9–5 · View bout
    13. Ryan Escobar, Illinois over KC Rock (12), Boise State (ID) — Dec 5–4 · View bout
    14. Skyler Holman (7), North Carolina over Brent Thompson, Kent State (OH) — MD 14–5 · View bout
    15. Steve Garland (8), Virginia over Adrian Tramutola, Tennessee-Chattanooga — MD 8–0 · View bout
    16. Tim 'TJ' Hill, California-Fullerton over Pat Cassidy (5), Indiana (IN) — Dec 7–6 · View bout

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Jeff Ragan (6), Oklahoma State over Jose Leon, Boston (MA) — Fall 4:31 · View bout
    2. Jeremy Hunter (2), Penn State over Angelo Zegarelli, West Virginia — Dec 4–0 · View bout
    3. Jody Strittmatter (1), Iowa over Jeremy Sluyter, East Stroudsburg (PA) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
    4. Leroy Vega (3), Minnesota over AJ Grant, Michigan — TF 20–4 · View bout
    5. Paul Gomez, Nebraska over Skyler Holman (7), North Carolina — Dec 7–3 · View bout
    6. Ruben DeLeon, California-Bakersfield over Kore Sharpley, Ohio State — Dec 5–0 · View bout
    7. Steve Garland (8), Virginia over Mike Kawamura (9), Arizona State — Dec 7–3 · View bout
    8. Tim 'TJ' Hill, California-Fullerton over Ryan Escobar, Illinois — Dec 4–2 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Jeremy Hunter (2), Penn State over Paul Gomez, Nebraska — Dec 7–2 · View bout
    2. Leroy Vega (3), Minnesota over Jeff Ragan (6), Oklahoma State — Dec 8–6 · View bout
    3. Steve Garland (8), Virginia over Jody Strittmatter (1), Iowa — Dec 9–7 · View bout
    4. Tim 'TJ' Hill, California-Fullerton over Ruben DeLeon, California-Bakersfield — Dec 6–5 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Jeremy Hunter (2), Penn State over Leroy Vega (3), Minnesota — Dec 2–1 · View bout
    2. Steve Garland (8), Virginia over Tim 'TJ' Hill, California-Fullerton — Dec 6–5 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Jeremy Hunter (2), Penn State over Steve Garland (8), Virginia — Dec 7–3 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 1 · 8 bouts

    1. Adrian Tramutola, Tennessee-Chattanooga over Omar Porratta, Millersville (PA) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
    2. Bruce Kelly (11), Lehigh (PA) over Jonathan Huesdash, James Madison (VA) — Fall 5:59 · View bout
    3. Jason Silverstein (10), Purdue (IN) over Brent Thompson, Kent State (OH) — MD 12–4 · View bout
    4. Jerold Limongelli, Rider (NJ) over Mike Akers, Virginia Tech — Dec 7–6 · View bout
    5. KC Rock (12), Boise State (ID) over Pat Cassidy (5), Indiana (IN) — Dec 5–4 · View bout
    6. Nathan Navarro, Oregon State over Alexis Rivera, Northern Illinois — MD 12–3 · View bout
    7. Quantres Bates (4), Oklahoma over Matt Azevedo, Iowa State — Fall 3:58 · View bout
    8. Trent Rollins, Brigham Young (UT) over Trap McCormack, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 13–8 · View bout

    Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

    1. AJ Grant, Michigan over Adrian Tramutola, Tennessee-Chattanooga — Dec 10–3 · View bout
    2. Jason Silverstein (10), Purdue (IN) over Kore Sharpley, Ohio State — Dec 6–2 · View bout
    3. Jeremy Sluyter, East Stroudsburg (PA) over Bruce Kelly (11), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 10–9 · View bout
    4. KC Rock (12), Boise State (ID) over Angelo Zegarelli, West Virginia — Dec 6–0 · View bout
    5. Mike Kawamura (9), Arizona State over Trent Rollins, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 11–6 · View bout
    6. Nathan Navarro, Oregon State over Jose Leon, Boston (MA) — Dec 9–6 · View bout
    7. Quantres Bates (4), Oklahoma over Skyler Holman (7), North Carolina — TF 23–7 · View bout
    8. Ryan Escobar, Illinois over Jerold Limongelli, Rider (NJ) — Dec 14–9 · View bout

    Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

    1. Jason Silverstein (10), Purdue (IN) over Ryan Escobar, Illinois — Dec 5–4 · View bout
    2. Mike Kawamura (9), Arizona State over Jeremy Sluyter, East Stroudsburg (PA) — Fall 0:35 · View bout
    3. Nathan Navarro, Oregon State over AJ Grant, Michigan — Dec 8–5 · View bout
    4. Quantres Bates (4), Oklahoma over KC Rock (12), Boise State (ID) — Dec 11–6 · View bout

    Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

    1. Jeff Ragan (6), Oklahoma State over Jason Silverstein (10), Purdue (IN) — MD 12–2 · View bout
    2. Jody Strittmatter (1), Iowa over Quantres Bates (4), Oklahoma — Fall 4:11 · View bout
    3. Paul Gomez, Nebraska over Mike Kawamura (9), Arizona State — Dec 7–3 · View bout
    4. Ruben DeLeon, California-Bakersfield over Nathan Navarro, Oregon State — MD 11–2 · View bout

    Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

    1. Jeff Ragan (6), Oklahoma State over Paul Gomez, Nebraska — Fall 4:23 · View bout
    2. Jody Strittmatter (1), Iowa over Ruben DeLeon, California-Bakersfield — MD 10–2 · View bout

    Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Jody Strittmatter (1), Iowa over Leroy Vega (3), Minnesota — Dec 6–2 · View bout
    2. Tim 'TJ' Hill, California-Fullerton over Jeff Ragan (6), Oklahoma State — MD 19–11 · View bout

    Placement bouts

    3rd-place bout · 1 bout

    1. Jody Strittmatter (1), Iowa over Tim 'TJ' Hill, California-Fullerton — MD 11–2 · View bout

    5th-place bout · 1 bout

    1. Leroy Vega (3), Minnesota over Jeff Ragan (6), Oklahoma State — Dec 13–7 · View bout

    7th-place bout · 1 bout

    1. Ruben DeLeon, California-Bakersfield over Paul Gomez, Nebraska — Fall 2:19 · View bout