NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

2009 NCAA Championships

157 lb

Champion Jordan Burroughs, Nebraska.Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1Jordan BurroughsNEB
  2. 2Michael PoetaILL
  3. 3Jordan LeenCOR
  4. 4Gregor GillespieEDIN
  5. 5Michael ChandlerMIZZ
  6. 6Matt MoleyBLOO
  7. 7Chase PamiCP
  8. 8Tyler SafratowichMINN

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 1 bout

31 byes into the round of 32

  1. Adam Hall (8), Boise State (ID) over Matt Dragon, Pennsylvania — Dec 8–5 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Adam Hall (8), Boise State (ID) over Anthony Jones Jr., Michigan State — Dec 9–7 · View bout
  2. Chase Pami (11), California-Poly over Jesse Dong, Virginia Tech — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  3. Colton Salazar, Purdue (IN) over Chad Terry, Oklahoma — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  4. Cyler Sanderson (9), Iowa State over Bryan Deutsch, Northern Illinois — Fall 4:46 · View bout
  5. Gregor Gillespie (4), Edinboro (PA) over Shaun Smith, Liberty (VA) — TF 16–0 · View bout
  6. Jason Welch, Northwestern (IL) over Jedd Moore, Virginia — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  7. Joey Knox, Tennessee-Chattanooga over Jonny Bonilla-Bowman, Hofstra (NY) — Dec 15–12 · View bout
  8. Jordan Burroughs (1), Nebraska over Hadley Harrison, Clarion (PA) — TF 23–7 · View bout
  9. Jordan Leen (3), Cornell (NY) over Kody Hamrah, North Carolina State — Dec 11–6 · View bout
  10. JP O'Connor (5), Harvard (MA) over Mike Kessler, Rider (NJ) — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  11. Matt Moley (7), Bloomsburg (PA) over Jason Johnstone, Ohio State — Fall 6:51 · View bout
  12. Michael Chandler (6), Missouri over Kurt Kinser, Indiana (IN) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  13. Michael Poeta (2), Illinois over Ryan Goodman, West Virginia — MD 14–5 · View bout
  14. Neil Erisman (12), Oklahoma State over Justin Gaethje, Northern Colorado — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  15. Thomas Scotton, North Carolina over Aaron Hynes, Michigan — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  16. Tyler Safratowich, Minnesota over Scott Winston (10), Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 5–2 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Cyler Sanderson (9), Iowa State over Adam Hall (8), Boise State (ID) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  2. Gregor Gillespie (4), Edinboro (PA) over Jason Welch, Northwestern (IL) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  3. Jordan Burroughs (1), Nebraska over Colton Salazar, Purdue (IN) — Fall 2:27 · View bout
  4. Jordan Leen (3), Cornell (NY) over Thomas Scotton, North Carolina — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  5. JP O'Connor (5), Harvard (MA) over Neil Erisman (12), Oklahoma State — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  6. Michael Chandler (6), Missouri over Chase Pami (11), California-Poly — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  7. Michael Poeta (2), Illinois over Joey Knox, Tennessee-Chattanooga — MD 16–6 · View bout
  8. Tyler Safratowich, Minnesota over Matt Moley (7), Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 7–4 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Gregor Gillespie (4), Edinboro (PA) over JP O'Connor (5), Harvard (MA) — Dec 1–0 · View bout
  2. Jordan Burroughs (1), Nebraska over Cyler Sanderson (9), Iowa State — MD 14–6 · View bout
  3. Jordan Leen (3), Cornell (NY) over Michael Chandler (6), Missouri — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  4. Michael Poeta (2), Illinois over Tyler Safratowich, Minnesota — Dec 10–5 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Jordan Burroughs (1), Nebraska over Gregor Gillespie (4), Edinboro (PA) — MD 13–4 · View bout
  2. Michael Poeta (2), Illinois over Jordan Leen (3), Cornell (NY) — Dec 6–4 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Jordan Burroughs (1), Nebraska over Michael Poeta (2), Illinois — Dec 5–1 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation opening round · 1 bout

  1. Jason Johnstone, Ohio State over Matt Dragon, Pennsylvania — Dec 11–8 · View bout

Consolation round 1 · 8 bouts

  1. Aaron Hynes, Michigan over Kody Hamrah, North Carolina State — Dec 14–12 · View bout
  2. Bryan Deutsch, Northern Illinois over Anthony Jones Jr., Michigan State — Fall 1:11 · View bout
  3. Chad Terry, Oklahoma over Hadley Harrison, Clarion (PA) — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  4. Jedd Moore, Virginia over Shaun Smith, Liberty (VA) — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  5. Jonny Bonilla-Bowman, Hofstra (NY) over Ryan Goodman, West Virginia — MD 18–10 · View bout
  6. Kurt Kinser, Indiana (IN) over Jesse Dong, Virginia Tech — MD 10–2 · View bout
  7. Mike Kessler, Rider (NJ) over Justin Gaethje, Northern Colorado — Dec 11–6 · View bout
  8. Scott Winston (10), Rutgers (NJ) over Jason Johnstone, Ohio State — Dec 10–3 · View bout

Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

  1. Adam Hall (8), Boise State (ID) over Aaron Hynes, Michigan — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  2. Chase Pami (11), California-Poly over Chad Terry, Oklahoma — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  3. Colton Salazar, Purdue (IN) over Kurt Kinser, Indiana (IN) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  4. Jason Welch, Northwestern (IL) over Scott Winston (10), Rutgers (NJ) — MD 9–1 · View bout
  5. Joey Knox, Tennessee-Chattanooga over Mike Kessler, Rider (NJ) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  6. Jonny Bonilla-Bowman, Hofstra (NY) over Neil Erisman (12), Oklahoma State — Dec 11–8 · View bout
  7. Matt Moley (7), Bloomsburg (PA) over Jedd Moore, Virginia — MD 11–1 · View bout
  8. Thomas Scotton, North Carolina over Bryan Deutsch, Northern Illinois — MD 15–5 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Adam Hall (8), Boise State (ID) over Colton Salazar, Purdue (IN) — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  2. Chase Pami (11), California-Poly over Thomas Scotton, North Carolina — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  3. Jonny Bonilla-Bowman, Hofstra (NY) over Jason Welch, Northwestern (IL) — MD 12–3 · View bout
  4. Matt Moley (7), Bloomsburg (PA) over Joey Knox, Tennessee-Chattanooga — Dec 6–1 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Chase Pami (11), California-Poly over JP O'Connor (5), Harvard (MA) — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  2. Matt Moley (7), Bloomsburg (PA) over Cyler Sanderson (9), Iowa State — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  3. Michael Chandler (6), Missouri over Jonny Bonilla-Bowman, Hofstra (NY) — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  4. Tyler Safratowich, Minnesota over Adam Hall (8), Boise State (ID) — Dec 6–4 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Matt Moley (7), Bloomsburg (PA) over Chase Pami (11), California-Poly — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  2. Michael Chandler (6), Missouri over Tyler Safratowich, Minnesota — MD 13–5 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Gregor Gillespie (4), Edinboro (PA) over Michael Chandler (6), Missouri — MD 10–2 · View bout
  2. Jordan Leen (3), Cornell (NY) over Matt Moley (7), Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Jordan Leen (3), Cornell (NY) over Gregor Gillespie (4), Edinboro (PA) — Dec 4–0 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Michael Chandler (6), Missouri over Matt Moley (7), Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 2–1 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Chase Pami (11), California-Poly over Tyler Safratowich, Minnesota — Dec 4–2 · View bout