Chris Foca
NCAA championship record, 2022–2025. Regular-season results are not included.
Chris Foca wrestled for Cornell (NY) at four NCAA championships, 2022–2025, and went 14–7. Foca placed third at 174 lb in 2023 and fifth at 184 lb in 2025.
NCAA career
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Cornell (NY) | 184 | 6 | 5th | 5–2 | 7 bouts |
| 2024 | Cornell (NY) | 184 | 14 | Lost consolation round 4 | 3–2 | 5 bouts |
| 2023 | Cornell (NY) | 174 | 4 | 3rd | 5–1 | 6 bouts |
| 2022 | Cornell (NY) | 174 | 14 | Lost consolation round 2 | 1–2 | 3 bouts |
Every NCAA bout · 21
| Round | W/L | Opponent | Seed | Opp. seed | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 184 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Ross McFarland · Hofstra (NY) | 6 | 27 | Dec 5–3 |
| Round of 16 | W | Gabe Arnold · Iowa | 6 | 11 | MD 12–1 |
| Quarterfinal | L | Max McEnelly · Minnesota | 6 | 3 | Dec 7–10 |
| Consolation round 4 | W | Aidan Brenot · North Dakota State | 6 | 23 | Dec 2–0 |
| Consolation round 5 | W | Donnell Washington · Indiana (IN) | 6 | 22 | TF 20–4 |
| Consolation semifinal | L | Dustin Plott · Oklahoma State | 6 | 4 | Dec 1–2 |
| 5th-place bout | W | Jaxon Smith · Maryland | 6 | 8 | Dec 7–4 |
| 2024 · 184 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | L | James Conway · Franklin & Marshall (PA) | 14 | 19 | Dec 4–5 |
| Consolation round 1 | W | Malachi DuVall · George Mason (VA) | 14 | 30 | TF 15–0 |
| Consolation round 2 | W | Aaron Ayzerov · Columbia (NY) | 14 | 13 | TF 16–1 |
| Consolation round 3 | W | Jaden Bullock · Michigan | 14 | 12 | MD 11–3 |
| Consolation round 4 | L | Thomas 'TJ' Stewart Jr. · Virginia Tech | 14 | 7 | Dec 2–3 |
| 2023 · 174 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Cael Valencia · Arizona State | 4 | 29 | Fall 2:22 |
| Round of 16 | W | Cade DeVos · South Dakota State | 4 | 13 | Dec 8–2 |
| Quarterfinal | W | Dustin Plott · Oklahoma State | 4 | 5 | Fall 1:54 |
| Semifinal | L | Carter Starocci · Penn State | 4 | 1 | Dec 0–6 |
| Consolation semifinal | W | Nelson Brands · Iowa | 4 | 11 | Dec 7–2 |
| 3rd-place bout | W | Mekhi Lewis · Virginia Tech | 4 | 3 | Dec 3–2 |
| 2022 · 174 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | L | Thomas Flitz · Appalachian State (NC) | 14 | 19 | Dec 6–9 |
| Consolation round 1 | W | Jacob Nolan · Binghamton (NY) | 14 | 30 | Fall 5:17 |
| Consolation round 2 | L | Matt Finesilver · Duke (NC) | 14 | 13 | Dec 2–8 |
Scoring · 2022 to 2025
The sums over the bouts in scope.
| Opponent | Round | Result | Score | Mat time | TD | E | R | NF | Stall | RT | Pts | Sheet | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | A | F | A | F | A | F | A | D | C | F | A | F | A | ||||||
| 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ross McFarland · Hofstra (NY) | Round of 32 | W Decision | 5–3 | 7:00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | Sheet |
| Gabe Arnold · Iowa | Round of 16 | W Major decision | 12–1 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | Sheet |
| Max McEnelly · Minnesota | Quarterfinal | L Decision | 7–10 | 7:00 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | Sheet |
| Aidan Brenot · North Dakota State | Consolation round 4 | W Decision | 2–0 | 7:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Sheet |
| Donnell Washington · Indiana (IN) | Consolation round 5 | W Technical fall | 20–4 | 4:32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | Sheet |
| Dustin Plott · Oklahoma State | Consolation semifinal | L Decision | 1–2 | 7:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Sheet |
| Jaxon Smith · Maryland | 5th-place bout | W Decision | 7–4 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | Sheet |
| 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||
| James Conway · Franklin & Marshall (PA) | Round of 32 | L Decision | 4–5 | 7:00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | Sheet |
| Malachi DuVall · George Mason (VA) | Consolation round 1 | W Technical fall | 15–0 | 3:36 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | Sheet |
| Aaron Ayzerov · Columbia (NY) | Consolation round 2 | W Technical fall | 16–1 | 1:42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | Sheet |
| Jaden Bullock · Michigan | Consolation round 3 | W Major decision | 11–3 | 7:00 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | Sheet |
| Thomas 'TJ' Stewart Jr. · Virginia Tech | Consolation round 4 | L Decision | 2–3 | 7:00 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | Sheet |
| 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Cael Valencia · Arizona State | Round of 32 | W Fall | – | 2:22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | Sheet |
| Cade DeVos · South Dakota State | Round of 16 | W Decision | 8–2 | 7:00 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | Sheet |
| Dustin Plott · Oklahoma State | Quarterfinal | W Fall | – | 1:54 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Sheet |
| Carter Starocci · Penn State | Semifinal | L Decision | 0–6 | 7:00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | Sheet |
| Nelson Brands · Iowa | Consolation semifinal | W Decision | 7–2 | 7:00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | Sheet |
| Mekhi Lewis · Virginia Tech | 3rd-place bout | W Decision | 3–2 | 10:00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | Sheet |
| 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Flitz · Appalachian State (NC) | Round of 32 | L Decision | 6–9 | 7:00 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | Sheet |
| Jacob Nolan · Binghamton (NY) | Consolation round 1 | W Fall | – | 5:17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | Sheet |
| Matt Finesilver · Duke (NC) | Consolation round 2 | L Decision | 2–8 | 7:00 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | Sheet |
TD takedowns · E escapes · R reversals · NF near-fall points · Stall stalling drawn / called · RT riding-time points · Pts points; F for, A against.
How these are counted
Every figure here is counted from the scoring record, bout by bout, from the counts on each scoring sheet.
A bout counts once for each side: a wrestler's for columns are their own counts and the against columns are the opponent's; a team's are the sums over its qualifiers' bouts that year.
- Takedowns
- For: takedowns scored. Against: takedowns allowed.
- Escapes
- For: escapes. Against: escapes allowed.
- Reversals
- For: reversals. Against: reversals allowed.
- Near-fall points
- For: near-fall points. Against: near-fall points allowed.
- Stalling calls
- For: drawn, the stalling calls against the opponent. Against: called, the stalling calls against this side.
- Riding-time points
- For: riding-time points. Against: riding-time points allowed.
- Points
- For: points scored. Against: points allowed.
Points is the sum of every scoring row credited to that side, penalties and riding time included; points allowed is the opponent's sum. Cautions, penalty points and the tiebreak riding-time rows are carried in the data and shown on the bout page, not in these tables.
Statistics include only bouts whose scoring sheet is reconciled: the sheet's rows add up to every printed period total and to the scoreboard. A sheet that does not reconcile, and a bout with no wrestling, are left out, and the scoring record's hub says how many and why.
The scoring record begins in 2012, the first championship with full bout-level data: every bout's scoring sheet, not only its result. Earlier championships have their brackets and results in the record, but not their scoring sheets.
Totals are the sums over the bouts in scope. Per qualifier divides the totals by the record's qualifier count for that program and year, the same count the program page prints (team rows only). Per bout divides the totals by the bouts in scope. Per 7 min is the totals times 420 divided by the sum of the mat time, in seconds, over the bouts in scope: one pooled rate, never a mean of per-bout rates. A bout with no mat time is left out of both the numerator and the denominator of that unit, and the page says how many are left out.
Rates list wrestlers with three or more bouts; a wrestler with fewer is left out of the per-bout and per-7-minute lists.
Cite this page: “Chris Foca”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/wrestlers/wr_5hrqlhnvtkz52qrs/chris-foca