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2008 NCAA Championships

149 lb

Champion Brent Metcalf, Iowa.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

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

  1. 1Brent MetcalfIOWA
  2. 2Bubba JenkinsPSU
  3. 3Jordan BurroughsNEB
  4. 4Josh ChurellaMICH
  5. 5Darrion CaldwellNCST
  6. 6JP O'ConnorHARV
  7. 7Dustin SchlatterMINN
  8. 8Lance PalmerOHST

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Championship

Opening round · 5 bouts

27 byes into the round of 32

  1. Josh Churella (5), Michigan over Trevor Chinn, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  2. Kurt Kinser, Indiana (IN) over Matt Cathell, Delaware State — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  3. Kyle Larson, Oregon State over Hadley Harrison, Clarion (PA) — Dec 13–11 · View bout
  4. Matt Fittery, Lock Haven (PA) over Josh Wagner, Missouri — Dec 11–6 · View bout
  5. Mitch Mueller, Iowa State over Kyle Fried, Binghamton (NY) — Dec 7–3 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Andrew 'Jake' Patacsil (8), Purdue (IN) over David Jauregui, West Virginia — TF 16–0 · View bout
  2. Brandon Carter, Central Michigan over Scott Ervin (10), Appalachian State (NC) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  3. Brent Metcalf (1), Iowa over Will Rowe, Oklahoma — Fall 1:49 · View bout
  4. Bubba Jenkins (6), Penn State over Bryce Saddoris, Navy (MD) — MD 15–5 · View bout
  5. Darrion Caldwell (7), North Carolina State over Michael Roberts, Boston (MA) — Fall 2:28 · View bout
  6. Daryl Cocozzo, Edinboro (PA) over Eric Medina, Maryland — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  7. Dustin Schlatter (2), Minnesota over Adam Hall, Boise State (ID) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  8. Eddie McCray, Gardner-Webb (NC) over Lucas Espericueta, Stanford (CA) — Fall 1:19 · View bout
  9. Jordan Burroughs (4), Nebraska over Cesar Grajales, Pennsylvania — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  10. Josh Churella (5), Michigan over Ryan Adams, North Dakota State — MD 11–2 · View bout
  11. JP O'Connor (3), Harvard (MA) over Joey Knox, Tennessee-Chattanooga — MD 14–4 · View bout
  12. Kurt Kinser, Indiana (IN) over Don Fisch, Rider (NJ) — Fall 1:32 · View bout
  13. Lance Palmer (9), Ohio State over Kyle Larson, Oregon State — MD 14–3 · View bout
  14. Mitch Mueller, Iowa State over Anthony Constantino, Columbia (NY) — MD 12–3 · View bout
  15. Morgan Atkinson (12), California-Fullerton over Nick Pickerell, Northern Iowa — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  16. Ryan Lang (11), Northwestern (IL) over Matt Fittery, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 11–4 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Brent Metcalf (1), Iowa over Kurt Kinser, Indiana (IN) — Dec 10–5 · View bout
  2. Bubba Jenkins (6), Penn State over Ryan Lang (11), Northwestern (IL) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  3. Darrion Caldwell (7), North Carolina State over Brandon Carter, Central Michigan — Fall 0:42 · View bout
  4. Dustin Schlatter (2), Minnesota over Mitch Mueller, Iowa State — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  5. Jordan Burroughs (4), Nebraska over Eddie McCray, Gardner-Webb (NC) — TF 21–5 · View bout
  6. Josh Churella (5), Michigan over Morgan Atkinson (12), California-Fullerton — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  7. JP O'Connor (3), Harvard (MA) over Daryl Cocozzo, Edinboro (PA) — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  8. Lance Palmer (9), Ohio State over Andrew 'Jake' Patacsil (8), Purdue (IN) — MD 14–6 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Brent Metcalf (1), Iowa over Lance Palmer (9), Ohio State — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. Bubba Jenkins (6), Penn State over JP O'Connor (3), Harvard (MA) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  3. Darrion Caldwell (7), North Carolina State over Dustin Schlatter (2), Minnesota — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  4. Jordan Burroughs (4), Nebraska over Josh Churella (5), Michigan — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Brent Metcalf (1), Iowa over Jordan Burroughs (4), Nebraska — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  2. Bubba Jenkins (6), Penn State over Darrion Caldwell (7), North Carolina State — Dec 12–8 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Brent Metcalf (1), Iowa over Bubba Jenkins (6), Penn State — Dec 14–8 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation opening round · 5 bouts

  1. Josh Wagner, Missouri over Nick Pickerell, Northern Iowa — Fall 2:04 · View bout
  2. Kyle Fried, Binghamton (NY) over Don Fisch, Rider (NJ) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  3. Matt Cathell, Delaware State over Anthony Constantino, Columbia (NY) — MD 14–2 · View bout
  4. Scott Ervin (10), Appalachian State (NC) over Hadley Harrison, Clarion (PA) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  5. Trevor Chinn, Lehigh (PA) over Bryce Saddoris, Navy (MD) — Dec 6–1 · View bout

Consolation round 1 · 8 bouts

  1. Adam Hall, Boise State (ID) over Matt Cathell, Delaware State — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  2. Cesar Grajales, Pennsylvania over Lucas Espericueta, Stanford (CA) — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  3. David Jauregui, West Virginia over Kyle Larson, Oregon State — Dec 13–12 · View bout
  4. Eric Medina, Maryland over Joey Knox, Tennessee-Chattanooga — Fall 2:34 · View bout
  5. Josh Wagner, Missouri over Ryan Adams, North Dakota State — Fall 1:00 · View bout
  6. Scott Ervin (10), Appalachian State (NC) over Michael Roberts, Boston (MA) — MD 14–0 · View bout
  7. Trevor Chinn, Lehigh (PA) over Matt Fittery, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 10–3 · View bout
  8. Will Rowe, Oklahoma over Kyle Fried, Binghamton (NY) — Dec 11–5 · View bout

Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

  1. Adam Hall, Boise State (ID) over Morgan Atkinson (12), California-Fullerton — MD 11–3 · View bout
  2. Andrew 'Jake' Patacsil (8), Purdue (IN) over Eric Medina, Maryland — TF 17–0 · View bout
  3. Brandon Carter, Central Michigan over Cesar Grajales, Pennsylvania — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  4. David Jauregui, West Virginia over Daryl Cocozzo, Edinboro (PA) — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  5. Josh Wagner, Missouri over Mitch Mueller, Iowa State — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  6. Kurt Kinser, Indiana (IN) over Trevor Chinn, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  7. Scott Ervin (10), Appalachian State (NC) over Eddie McCray, Gardner-Webb (NC) — TF 21–4 · View bout
  8. Will Rowe, Oklahoma over Ryan Lang (11), Northwestern (IL) — MD 18–10 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Adam Hall, Boise State (ID) over Scott Ervin (10), Appalachian State (NC) — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  2. Andrew 'Jake' Patacsil (8), Purdue (IN) over Kurt Kinser, Indiana (IN) — MD 15–2 · View bout
  3. Brandon Carter, Central Michigan over Josh Wagner, Missouri — Fall 3:41 · View bout
  4. Will Rowe, Oklahoma over David Jauregui, West Virginia — Dec 13–7 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Dustin Schlatter (2), Minnesota over Andrew 'Jake' Patacsil (8), Purdue (IN) — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  2. Josh Churella (5), Michigan over Will Rowe, Oklahoma — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  3. JP O'Connor (3), Harvard (MA) over Adam Hall, Boise State (ID) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  4. Lance Palmer (9), Ohio State over Brandon Carter, Central Michigan — MD 11–3 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Josh Churella (5), Michigan over Lance Palmer (9), Ohio State — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  2. JP O'Connor (3), Harvard (MA) over Dustin Schlatter (2), Minnesota — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Jordan Burroughs (4), Nebraska over JP O'Connor (3), Harvard (MA) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  2. Josh Churella (5), Michigan over Darrion Caldwell (7), North Carolina State — Dec 6–1 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Jordan Burroughs (4), Nebraska over Josh Churella (5), Michigan — Dec 4–2 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Darrion Caldwell (7), North Carolina State over JP O'Connor (3), Harvard (MA) — Dflt · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Dustin Schlatter (2), Minnesota over Lance Palmer (9), Ohio State — Dec 3–2 · View bout