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2016 NCAA Championships

125 lb

Champion Nicholas 'Nico' Megaludis, Penn State.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

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

  1. 1Nicholas 'Nico' MegaludisPSU
  2. 2Thomas GilmanIOWA
  3. 3Nathan TomaselloOHST
  4. 4David TeraoAMER
  5. 5Conor YoutseyMICH
  6. 6Dylan PetersUNI
  7. 7Ryan MillhofOU
  8. 8Connor SchramSTAN

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Championship

Opening round · 1 bout

31 byes into the round of 32

  1. Chasen Tolbert, Utah Valley over Brandon Jeske, Old Dominion (VA) — Dec 6–1 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Barlow 'BJ' McGhee (8), Missouri over Drew Templeman, Wyoming — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. Connor Schram (10), Stanford (CA) over Lorenzo 'LJ' Bentley, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  3. Conor Youtsey, Michigan over Eddie Klimara (6), Oklahoma State — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  4. Dalton Macri, Cornell (NY) over Ronnie Bresser (11), Oregon State — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  5. Darian Cruz (7), Lehigh (PA) over Johnny Jimenez, Wisconsin — MD 11–3 · View bout
  6. David Terao (15), American (DC) over Nick Herrmann, Virginia — Dec 8–6 · View bout
  7. Dylan Peters (9), Northern Iowa over Shakur Laney, Ohio — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  8. Elijah Oliver (16), Indiana (IN) over Sean McCabe, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  9. Joey Dance (2), Virginia Tech over Freddie Rodriguez, Southern Illinois Edwardsville — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  10. Josh Rodriguez (14), North Dakota State over Sean Fausz, North Carolina State — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  11. Nathan Tomasello (1), Ohio State over Kyle Larson, Iowa State — TF 18–0 · View bout
  12. Nicholas 'Nico' Megaludis (3), Penn State over Chasen Tolbert, Utah Valley — MD 18–5 · View bout
  13. Ryan Millhof (5), Oklahoma over Drew Romero, Air Force (CO) — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  14. Sean Russell, Edinboro (PA) over Paul Petrov (12), Bucknell (PA) — Dec 9–8 · View bout
  15. Thomas Gilman (4), Iowa over Brent Fleetwood, Central Michigan — TF 24–8 · View bout
  16. Tim Lambert (13), Nebraska over Zachary Fuentes, Drexel (PA) — MD 14–3 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Connor Schram (10), Stanford (CA) over Darian Cruz (7), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  2. Conor Youtsey, Michigan over Dalton Macri, Cornell (NY) — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  3. David Terao (15), American (DC) over Joey Dance (2), Virginia Tech — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  4. Dylan Peters (9), Northern Iowa over Barlow 'BJ' McGhee (8), Missouri — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  5. Nathan Tomasello (1), Ohio State over Elijah Oliver (16), Indiana (IN) — MD 11–2 · View bout
  6. Nicholas 'Nico' Megaludis (3), Penn State over Josh Rodriguez (14), North Dakota State — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  7. Ryan Millhof (5), Oklahoma over Sean Russell, Edinboro (PA) — Dec 1–0 · View bout
  8. Thomas Gilman (4), Iowa over Tim Lambert (13), Nebraska — MD 12–4 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. David Terao (15), American (DC) over Connor Schram (10), Stanford (CA) — Fall 5:41 · View bout
  2. Nathan Tomasello (1), Ohio State over Dylan Peters (9), Northern Iowa — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  3. Nicholas 'Nico' Megaludis (3), Penn State over Conor Youtsey, Michigan — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  4. Thomas Gilman (4), Iowa over Ryan Millhof (5), Oklahoma — MD 16–5 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Nicholas 'Nico' Megaludis (3), Penn State over David Terao (15), American (DC) — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  2. Thomas Gilman (4), Iowa over Nathan Tomasello (1), Ohio State — Fall 7:37 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Nicholas 'Nico' Megaludis (3), Penn State over Thomas Gilman (4), Iowa — Dec 6–3 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation opening round · 1 bout

  1. Brandon Jeske, Old Dominion (VA) over Kyle Larson, Iowa State — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Consolation round 1 · 8 bouts

  1. Brandon Jeske, Old Dominion (VA) over Sean McCabe, Rutgers (NJ) — Fall 3:20 · View bout
  2. Brent Fleetwood, Central Michigan over Zachary Fuentes, Drexel (PA) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  3. Drew Romero, Air Force (CO) over Paul Petrov (12), Bucknell (PA) — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  4. Drew Templeman, Wyoming over Shakur Laney, Ohio — Dec 9–7 · View bout
  5. Freddie Rodriguez, Southern Illinois Edwardsville over Nick Herrmann, Virginia — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  6. Lorenzo 'LJ' Bentley, Pittsburgh (PA) over Johnny Jimenez, Wisconsin — MD 12–4 · View bout
  7. Ronnie Bresser (11), Oregon State over Eddie Klimara (6), Oklahoma State — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  8. Sean Fausz, North Carolina State over Chasen Tolbert, Utah Valley — Dec 7–4 · View bout

Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

  1. Barlow 'BJ' McGhee (8), Missouri over Lorenzo 'LJ' Bentley, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 10–6 · View bout
  2. Brandon Jeske, Old Dominion (VA) over Joey Dance (2), Virginia Tech — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  3. Dalton Macri, Cornell (NY) over Drew Romero, Air Force (CO) — Fall 4:49 · View bout
  4. Darian Cruz (7), Lehigh (PA) over Drew Templeman, Wyoming — MD 13–5 · View bout
  5. Freddie Rodriguez, Southern Illinois Edwardsville over Elijah Oliver (16), Indiana (IN) — MD 18–9 · View bout
  6. Josh Rodriguez (14), North Dakota State over Brent Fleetwood, Central Michigan — Dec 7–0 · View bout
  7. Ronnie Bresser (11), Oregon State over Sean Russell, Edinboro (PA) — Fall 4:41 · View bout
  8. Tim Lambert (13), Nebraska over Sean Fausz, North Carolina State — Dec 7–2 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Barlow 'BJ' McGhee (8), Missouri over Freddie Rodriguez, Southern Illinois Edwardsville — Dec 9–5 · View bout
  2. Darian Cruz (7), Lehigh (PA) over Brandon Jeske, Old Dominion (VA) — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  3. Josh Rodriguez (14), North Dakota State over Dalton Macri, Cornell (NY) — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  4. Ronnie Bresser (11), Oregon State over Tim Lambert (13), Nebraska — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Connor Schram (10), Stanford (CA) over Ronnie Bresser (11), Oregon State — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  2. Conor Youtsey, Michigan over Barlow 'BJ' McGhee (8), Missouri — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  3. Dylan Peters (9), Northern Iowa over Josh Rodriguez (14), North Dakota State — Fall 2:26 · View bout
  4. Ryan Millhof (5), Oklahoma over Darian Cruz (7), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Conor Youtsey, Michigan over Connor Schram (10), Stanford (CA) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  2. Dylan Peters (9), Northern Iowa over Ryan Millhof (5), Oklahoma — Fall 1:03 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. David Terao (15), American (DC) over Dylan Peters (9), Northern Iowa — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  2. Nathan Tomasello (1), Ohio State over Conor Youtsey, Michigan — MD 10–1 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Nathan Tomasello (1), Ohio State over David Terao (15), American (DC) — Dec 5–3 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Conor Youtsey, Michigan over Dylan Peters (9), Northern Iowa — MFF · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Ryan Millhof (5), Oklahoma over Connor Schram (10), Stanford (CA) — Dec 1–0 · View bout