NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

2001 NCAA Championships

285 lb

Champion John Lockhart, Illinois.Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1John LockhartILL
  2. 2Tommy RowlandsOHST
  3. 3Steven 'Garrett' LowneyMINN
  4. 4Leonce CrumpOU
  5. 5Clyde 'Billy' BluntFS
  6. 6Paul HynekUNI
  7. 7Matt BrinkMICH
  8. 8Jake VercelliPUR

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Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

29 byes into the round of 32

    Round of 32 · 13 bouts

    3 byes into the round of 16

    1. Antonio Garay (3), Boston College (MA) over Matt Kenny, North Carolina — Fall 1:48 · View bout
    2. Bobby Jones, Penn State over David Kimble, North Carolina-Greensboro — MD 12–4 · View bout
    3. Clyde 'Billy' Blunt (7), Fresno State (CA) over Justin Staebler, Wisconsin — Dec 5–3 · View bout
    4. Dawid Rechul, Harvard (MA) over Mike Maben, California-Davis — Dec 7–1 · View bout
    5. Jake Vercelli, Purdue (IN) over Brent Lancaster, George Mason (VA) — Dec 2–0 · View bout
    6. John Eschenfelder, Buffalo (NY) over Ryan Kehler (12), West Virginia — Dec 4–1 · View bout
    7. John Lockhart (4), Illinois over James Huml, Oklahoma State — Dec 5–4 · View bout
    8. John Testa (8), Clarion (PA) over Adrian Thompson, Howard (DC) — MD 12–3 · View bout
    9. Leonce Crump (9), Oklahoma over John Devine, California-Bakersfield — Dec 10–3 · View bout
    10. Mark Knauer, Iowa State over Jason Cooley (11), Oregon State — Fall 3:14 · View bout
    11. Shawn Laughlin, Lehigh (PA) over Kevin Hoy, Air Force (CO) — Dec 2–1 · View bout
    12. Steven 'Garrett' Lowney (1), Minnesota over Bronson Lingamfelter, Brown (RI) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
    13. Tommy Rowlands (2), Ohio State over Josh Pearce, Edinboro (PA) — Dec 9–5 · View bout

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Antonio Garay (3), Boston College (MA) over Shawn Laughlin, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 5–4 · View bout
    2. Clyde 'Billy' Blunt (7), Fresno State (CA) over Kellan Fluckinger (10), Arizona State — Dec 4–3 · View bout
    3. John Lockhart (4), Illinois over Jake Vercelli, Purdue (IN) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
    4. Leonce Crump (9), Oklahoma over John Testa (8), Clarion (PA) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
    5. Matt Brink (5), Michigan over John Eschenfelder, Buffalo (NY) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
    6. Paul Hynek (6), Northern Iowa over Mark Knauer, Iowa State — Dec 7–3 · View bout
    7. Steven 'Garrett' Lowney (1), Minnesota over Dawid Rechul, Harvard (MA) — Fall 3:14 · View bout
    8. Tommy Rowlands (2), Ohio State over Bobby Jones, Penn State — Dec 7–3 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. John Lockhart (4), Illinois over Matt Brink (5), Michigan — Dec 3–2 · View bout
    2. Paul Hynek (6), Northern Iowa over Antonio Garay (3), Boston College (MA) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
    3. Steven 'Garrett' Lowney (1), Minnesota over Leonce Crump (9), Oklahoma — Dec 3–2 · View bout
    4. Tommy Rowlands (2), Ohio State over Clyde 'Billy' Blunt (7), Fresno State (CA) — Dec 7–4 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. John Lockhart (4), Illinois over Steven 'Garrett' Lowney (1), Minnesota — Dec 2–1 · View bout
    2. Tommy Rowlands (2), Ohio State over Paul Hynek (6), Northern Iowa — MD 15–6 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. John Lockhart (4), Illinois over Tommy Rowlands (2), Ohio State — Dec 2–1 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 1 · 5 bouts

    3 byes into the consolation round 2

    1. Bronson Lingamfelter, Brown (RI) over Mike Maben, California-Davis — Fall 5:38 · View bout
    2. James Huml, Oklahoma State over Brent Lancaster, George Mason (VA) — Dflt · View bout
    3. John Devine, California-Bakersfield over Adrian Thompson, Howard (DC) — Dec 6–1 · View bout
    4. Josh Pearce, Edinboro (PA) over David Kimble, North Carolina-Greensboro — Fall 5:39 · View bout
    5. Kevin Hoy, Air Force (CO) over Matt Kenny, North Carolina — Fall 1:37 · View bout

    Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

    1. Dawid Rechul, Harvard (MA) over Jason Cooley (11), Oregon State — Dec 2–0 · View bout
    2. Jake Vercelli, Purdue (IN) over Justin Staebler, Wisconsin — Dec 5–1 · View bout
    3. James Huml, Oklahoma State over Kellan Fluckinger (10), Arizona State — Dec 5–3 · View bout
    4. John Eschenfelder, Buffalo (NY) over Josh Pearce, Edinboro (PA) — Dec 7–3 · View bout
    5. Kevin Hoy, Air Force (CO) over John Testa (8), Clarion (PA) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
    6. Mark Knauer, Iowa State over Bronson Lingamfelter, Brown (RI) — Dec 8–7 · View bout
    7. Ryan Kehler (12), West Virginia over Bobby Jones, Penn State — Dec 3–2 · View bout
    8. Shawn Laughlin, Lehigh (PA) over John Devine, California-Bakersfield — Dec 5–2 · View bout

    Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

    1. Dawid Rechul, Harvard (MA) over Kevin Hoy, Air Force (CO) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
    2. Jake Vercelli, Purdue (IN) over John Eschenfelder, Buffalo (NY) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
    3. Ryan Kehler (12), West Virginia over James Huml, Oklahoma State — Fall 5:11 · View bout
    4. Shawn Laughlin, Lehigh (PA) over Mark Knauer, Iowa State — MD 15–4 · View bout

    Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

    1. Clyde 'Billy' Blunt (7), Fresno State (CA) over Dawid Rechul, Harvard (MA) — MD 16–7 · View bout
    2. Jake Vercelli, Purdue (IN) over Antonio Garay (3), Boston College (MA) — Dec 8–4 · View bout
    3. Leonce Crump (9), Oklahoma over Ryan Kehler (12), West Virginia — Fall 0:42 · View bout
    4. Matt Brink (5), Michigan over Shawn Laughlin, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 9–4 · View bout

    Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

    1. Clyde 'Billy' Blunt (7), Fresno State (CA) over Jake Vercelli, Purdue (IN) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
    2. Leonce Crump (9), Oklahoma over Matt Brink (5), Michigan — Dec 5–3 · View bout

    Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Leonce Crump (9), Oklahoma over Paul Hynek (6), Northern Iowa — MD 11–3 · View bout
    2. Steven 'Garrett' Lowney (1), Minnesota over Clyde 'Billy' Blunt (7), Fresno State (CA) — Dec 4–3 · View bout

    Placement bouts

    3rd-place bout · 1 bout

    1. Steven 'Garrett' Lowney (1), Minnesota over Leonce Crump (9), Oklahoma — Fall 0:42 · View bout

    5th-place bout · 1 bout

    1. Clyde 'Billy' Blunt (7), Fresno State (CA) over Paul Hynek (6), Northern Iowa — Dec 6–2 · View bout

    7th-place bout · 1 bout

    1. Matt Brink (5), Michigan over Jake Vercelli, Purdue (IN) — Dec 3–2 · View bout