NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

2016 NCAA Championships

125 lb

Champion Nicholas 'Nico' Megaludis, Penn State.Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  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

Consolation

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