NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

2011 NCAA Championships

197 lb

Champion Dustin Kilgore, Kent State (OH).Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1Dustin KilgoreKENT
  2. 2Clayton FosterOKST
  3. 3Cam SimazCOR
  4. 4Trevor BrandvoldWIS
  5. 5Luke LofthouseIOWA
  6. 6Zack GiesenSTAN
  7. 7Sonny YohnMINN
  8. 8Matt PowlessIND

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 1 bout

31 byes into the round of 32

  1. Anthony Biondo, Michigan over Daniel Mitchell, American (DC) — Dec 10–4 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Andy Johnson, Nebraska over Zachary Bennett, North Carolina — MD 15–3 · View bout
  2. Cam Simaz (1), Cornell (NY) over Ryan Smith, California-Poly — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  3. Clayton Foster (2), Oklahoma State over Luke Macchiaroli, Arizona State — MD 11–1 · View bout
  4. Dustin Kilgore (4), Kent State (OH) over Brent Haynes, Missouri — MD 13–4 · View bout
  5. Jay Hahn, Bucknell (PA) over Niko Brown, Tennessee-Chattanooga — Dec 11–7 · View bout
  6. Jerome Ward (11), Iowa State over Erik Schuth, Ohio — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  7. Joe Kennedy, Lehigh (PA) over Tyler Dickerson, Michigan State — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  8. John Hall, Boston (MA) over Chad Hanke, Oregon State — Fall 6:50 · View bout
  9. Logan Brown (10), Purdue (IN) over Shawn Fendone, Edinboro (PA) — MD 13–4 · View bout
  10. Luke Lofthouse (5), Iowa over Riley Orozco, California-Bakersfield — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  11. Matt Powless (8), Indiana (IN) over Lee 'LJ' Helbig, Wyoming — MD 10–1 · View bout
  12. Micah Burak (6), Pennsylvania over Peter Capone, Ohio State — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  13. Sonny Yohn (9), Minnesota over Anthony Biondo, Michigan — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  14. Trevor Brandvold (3), Wisconsin over Caylor Williams, North Carolina-Greensboro — Fall 1:06 · View bout
  15. Zac Thomusseit (7), Pittsburgh (PA) over Matt Casperson, Boise State (ID) — MD 10–2 · View bout
  16. Zack Giesen (12), Stanford (CA) over Travis Porter, Gardner-Webb (NC) — Dec 7–1 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Cam Simaz (1), Cornell (NY) over Andy Johnson, Nebraska — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  2. Clayton Foster (2), Oklahoma State over Joe Kennedy, Lehigh (PA) — MD 10–1 · View bout
  3. Dustin Kilgore (4), Kent State (OH) over Jay Hahn, Bucknell (PA) — MD 13–4 · View bout
  4. Luke Lofthouse (5), Iowa over Zack Giesen (12), Stanford (CA) — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  5. Matt Powless (8), Indiana (IN) over Sonny Yohn (9), Minnesota — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  6. Micah Burak (6), Pennsylvania over Jerome Ward (11), Iowa State — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  7. Trevor Brandvold (3), Wisconsin over John Hall, Boston (MA) — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  8. Zac Thomusseit (7), Pittsburgh (PA) over Logan Brown (10), Purdue (IN) — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Cam Simaz (1), Cornell (NY) over Matt Powless (8), Indiana (IN) — Fall 2:20 · View bout
  2. Clayton Foster (2), Oklahoma State over Zac Thomusseit (7), Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  3. Dustin Kilgore (4), Kent State (OH) over Luke Lofthouse (5), Iowa — Dec 10–3 · View bout
  4. Trevor Brandvold (3), Wisconsin over Micah Burak (6), Pennsylvania — Dec 1–0 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Clayton Foster (2), Oklahoma State over Trevor Brandvold (3), Wisconsin — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  2. Dustin Kilgore (4), Kent State (OH) over Cam Simaz (1), Cornell (NY) — Dec 10–9 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Dustin Kilgore (4), Kent State (OH) over Clayton Foster (2), Oklahoma State — Fall 4:56 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation opening round · 1 bout

  1. Daniel Mitchell, American (DC) over Shawn Fendone, Edinboro (PA) — MD 11–2 · View bout

Consolation round 1 · 8 bouts

  1. Anthony Biondo, Michigan over Lee 'LJ' Helbig, Wyoming — MD 14–4 · View bout
  2. Brent Haynes, Missouri over Niko Brown, Tennessee-Chattanooga — TF 18–0 · View bout
  3. Chad Hanke, Oregon State over Caylor Williams, North Carolina-Greensboro — TF 21–4 · View bout
  4. Daniel Mitchell, American (DC) over Matt Casperson, Boise State (ID) — Dflt · View bout
  5. Peter Capone, Ohio State over Erik Schuth, Ohio — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  6. Riley Orozco, California-Bakersfield over Travis Porter, Gardner-Webb (NC) — Dec 10–3 · View bout
  7. Tyler Dickerson, Michigan State over Luke Macchiaroli, Arizona State — MD 8–0 · View bout
  8. Zachary Bennett, North Carolina over Ryan Smith, California-Poly — Fall 2:32 · View bout

Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

  1. Andy Johnson, Nebraska over Peter Capone, Ohio State — MD 12–2 · View bout
  2. Brent Haynes, Missouri over Logan Brown (10), Purdue (IN) — Dec 9–6 · View bout
  3. Daniel Mitchell, American (DC) over Jay Hahn, Bucknell (PA) — MD 10–1 · View bout
  4. Jerome Ward (11), Iowa State over Zachary Bennett, North Carolina — MD 14–5 · View bout
  5. Joe Kennedy, Lehigh (PA) over Riley Orozco, California-Bakersfield — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  6. John Hall, Boston (MA) over Anthony Biondo, Michigan — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  7. Sonny Yohn (9), Minnesota over Chad Hanke, Oregon State — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  8. Zack Giesen (12), Stanford (CA) over Tyler Dickerson, Michigan State — MD 9–1 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Jerome Ward (11), Iowa State over John Hall, Boston (MA) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. Joe Kennedy, Lehigh (PA) over Brent Haynes, Missouri — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  3. Sonny Yohn (9), Minnesota over Andy Johnson, Nebraska — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  4. Zack Giesen (12), Stanford (CA) over Daniel Mitchell, American (DC) — MD 12–4 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Luke Lofthouse (5), Iowa over Jerome Ward (11), Iowa State — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  2. Matt Powless (8), Indiana (IN) over Joe Kennedy, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  3. Sonny Yohn (9), Minnesota over Zac Thomusseit (7), Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  4. Zack Giesen (12), Stanford (CA) over Micah Burak (6), Pennsylvania — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Luke Lofthouse (5), Iowa over Matt Powless (8), Indiana (IN) — MD 10–2 · View bout
  2. Zack Giesen (12), Stanford (CA) over Sonny Yohn (9), Minnesota — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Cam Simaz (1), Cornell (NY) over Zack Giesen (12), Stanford (CA) — Fall 3:31 · View bout
  2. Trevor Brandvold (3), Wisconsin over Luke Lofthouse (5), Iowa — Dec 4–0 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Cam Simaz (1), Cornell (NY) over Trevor Brandvold (3), Wisconsin — Dec 5–2 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Luke Lofthouse (5), Iowa over Zack Giesen (12), Stanford (CA) — Dec 6–3 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Sonny Yohn (9), Minnesota over Matt Powless (8), Indiana (IN) — Dec 5–2 · View bout