Bernie Truax
NCAA championship record, 2021–2024. Regular-season results are not included.
Bernie Truax wrestled for California-Poly and Penn State at four NCAA championships, 2021–2024, and went 18–8. Truax placed fourth at 174 lb in 2021, fourth at 184 lb in 2022, fourth at 197 lb in 2023 and fifth at 184 lb in 2024.
NCAA career
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Penn State | 184 | 6 | 5th | 5–2 | 7 bouts |
| 2023 | California-Poly | 197 | 2 | 4th | 5–2 | 7 bouts |
| 2022 | California-Poly | 184 | 5 | 4th | 4–2 | 6 bouts |
| 2021 | California-Poly | 174 | 12 | 4th | 4–2 | 6 bouts |
Every NCAA bout · 26
| Round | W/L | Opponent | Seed | Opp. seed | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 · 184 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Cam Pine · Clarion (PA) | 6 | 27 | TF 18–3 |
| Round of 16 | W | Colton Hawks · Missouri | 6 | 11 | Dec 4–2 |
| Quarterfinal | L | Dustin Plott · Oklahoma State | 6 | 3 | MD 6–16 |
| Consolation round 4 | W | Dylan Fishback · North Carolina State | 6 | 10 | Dec 5–0 |
| Consolation round 5 | W | Thomas 'TJ' Stewart Jr. · Virginia Tech | 6 | 7 | Dec 5–1 |
| Consolation semifinal | L | Trenton 'Trey' Munoz · Oregon State | 6 | 4 | Fall 2:30 |
| 5th-place bout | W | Isaiah Salazar · Minnesota | 6 | 2 | MD 12–0 |
| 2023 · 197 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Austin Cooley · West Virginia | 2 | 31 | MD 8–0 |
| Round of 16 | W | Luke Surber · Oklahoma State | 2 | 15 | Dec 8–2 |
| Quarterfinal | L | Tanner Sloan · South Dakota State | 2 | 7 | Dec 4–6 |
| Consolation round 4 | W | Michael Beard · Lehigh (PA) | 2 | 5 | Dec 4–2 |
| Consolation round 5 | W | Max Dean · Penn State | 2 | 9 | Dec 8–6 |
| Consolation semifinal | W | Ethan Laird · Rider (NJ) | 2 | 4 | Dec 5–2 |
| 3rd-place bout | L | Rocky Elam · Missouri | 2 | 3 | Dec 2–5 |
| 2022 · 184 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Gregg Harvey · Pittsburgh (PA) | 5 | 28 | Dec 1–0 |
| Round of 16 | W | Tate Samuelson · Wyoming | 5 | 21 | Dec 6–2 |
| Quarterfinal | W | Parker Keckeisen · Northern Iowa | 5 | 4 | Dec 6–5 |
| Semifinal | L | Myles Amine · Michigan | 5 | 1 | Dec 1–3 |
| Consolation semifinal | W | Kaleb Romero · Ohio State | 5 | 7 | Dec 3–1 |
| 3rd-place bout | L | Parker Keckeisen · Northern Iowa | 5 | 4 | Dec 4–6 |
| 2021 · 174 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Jacob Oliver · Edinboro (PA) | 12 | 21 | TF 18–3 |
| Round of 16 | W | Logan Massa · Michigan | 12 | 5 | Dec 3–1 |
| Quarterfinal | W | Mikey Labriola · Nebraska | 12 | 4 | Dec 4–2 |
| Semifinal | L | Michael Kemerer · Iowa | 12 | 1 | Dec 1–8 |
| Consolation semifinal | W | Logan Massa · Michigan | 12 | 5 | Dec 7–6 |
| 3rd-place bout | L | Mikey Labriola · Nebraska | 12 | 4 | Dec 3–8 |
Scoring · 2021 to 2024
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 | ||||||
| 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Cam Pine · Clarion (PA) | Round of 32 | W Technical fall | 18–3 | 5:10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | Sheet |
| Colton Hawks · Missouri | Round of 16 | W Decision | 4–2 | 7:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | Sheet |
| Dustin Plott · Oklahoma State | Quarterfinal | L Major decision | 6–16 | 7:00 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 16 | Sheet |
| Dylan Fishback · North Carolina State | Consolation round 4 | W Decision | 5–0 | 7:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | Sheet |
| Thomas 'TJ' Stewart Jr. · Virginia Tech | Consolation round 5 | W Decision | 5–1 | 7:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | Sheet |
| Trenton 'Trey' Munoz · Oregon State | Consolation semifinal | L Fall | – | 2:30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Sheet |
| Isaiah Salazar · Minnesota | 5th-place bout | W Major decision | 12–0 | 7:00 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | Sheet |
| 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Austin Cooley · West Virginia | Round of 32 | W Major decision | 8–0 | 7:00 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | Sheet |
| Luke Surber · Oklahoma State | Round of 16 | W Decision | 8–2 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | Sheet |
| Tanner Sloan · South Dakota State | Quarterfinal | L Decision | 4–6 | 7:49 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | Sheet |
| Michael Beard · Lehigh (PA) | Consolation round 4 | W Decision | 4–2 | 7:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | Sheet |
| Max Dean · Penn State | Consolation round 5 | W Decision | 8–6 | 7:16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | Sheet |
| Ethan Laird · Rider (NJ) | Consolation semifinal | W Decision | 5–2 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | Sheet |
| Rocky Elam · Missouri | 3rd-place bout | L Decision | 2–5 | 7:00 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | Sheet |
| 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Gregg Harvey · Pittsburgh (PA) | Round of 32 | W Decision | 1–0 | 7:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Sheet |
| Tate Samuelson · Wyoming | Round of 16 | W Decision | 6–2 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | Sheet |
| Parker Keckeisen · Northern Iowa | Quarterfinal | W Decision | 6–5 | 7:00 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | Sheet |
| Myles Amine · Michigan | Semifinal | L Decision | 1–3 | 7:55 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Sheet |
| Kaleb Romero · Ohio State | Consolation semifinal | W Decision | 3–1 | 7:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | Sheet |
| Parker Keckeisen · Northern Iowa | 3rd-place bout | L Decision | 4–6 | 7:00 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | Sheet |
| 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Jacob Oliver · Edinboro (PA) | Round of 32 | W Technical fall | 18–3 | 3:16 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | Sheet |
| Logan Massa · Michigan | Round of 16 | W Decision | 3–1 | 7:19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | Sheet |
| Mikey Labriola · Nebraska | Quarterfinal | W Decision | 4–2 | 7:00 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | Sheet |
| Michael Kemerer · Iowa | Semifinal | L Decision | 1–8 | 7:00 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | Sheet |
| Logan Massa · Michigan | Consolation semifinal | W Decision | 7–6 | 7:00 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | Sheet |
| Mikey Labriola · Nebraska | 3rd-place bout | L Decision | 3–8 | 7:00 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 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: “Bernie Truax”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/wrestlers/wr_phrkoeozi44egaoy/bernie-truax