94th Big 10 Tournament At Minnesota 3/8-3/9/2008 2008 Team Champion Outstanding Wrestler Iowa - 127 Points Brent Metcalf - Iowa Team Standings Number of Individual Champs in parentheses 1 Iowa 127 (1) 2 Minnesota 112.5 3 Michigan 97.5 (3) 4 Illinois 94 (1) 5 Ohio State 92.5 (1) 6 Wisconsin 85.5 7 Penn State 84.5 (1) 8 Northwestern 80 (1) 8 Indiana 80 (1) 10 Purdue 51.5 11 Michigan State 34 (1) Champions and Place Winners Wrestler's seed in brackets, [US] indicates unseeeded. 125 1st: Angel Escobedo [3] - Indiana (4-2) 2nd: Jayson Ness [1] - Minnesota 3rd: Gabe Flores [5] - Illinois (3-1) 4th: Charlie Falck [2] - Iowa 5th: Collin Cudd [8] - Wisconsin (10-4) 6th: Nikko Triggas [7] - Ohio State 7th: Brandon Precin [4] - Northwestern (7-1) 8th: Mark McKnight [6] - Penn State 133 1st: Frank Gomez [3] - Michigan State (3-1) 2nd: James Kennedy [1] - Illinois 3rd: Joey Slaton [2] - Iowa (3-0) 4th: Mack Reiter [5] - Minnesota 5th: Zach Tanelli [4] - Wisconsin (8-5) 6th: Andrae Hernandez [6] - Indiana 7th: Reece Humphrey [7] - Ohio State (14-4) 8th: Tim Haas [8] - Penn State 141 1st: Kellen Russell [1] - Michigan (3-2) 2nd: Manuel Rivera [6] - Minnesota 3rd: J Jaggers [3] - Ohio State (WBF 2:41) 4th: Keith Sulzer [7] - Northwestern 5th: Dan LeClere [4] - Iowa (Med FFT) 6th: Kyle Ruschell [2] - Wisconsin 7th: Garrett Scott [5] - Penn State (WBF 1:56) 8th: Jeff Wimberley [US] - Michigan State 149 1st: Brent Metcalf [1] - Iowa (5-3) 2nd: Dustin Schlatter [2] - Minnesota 3rd: Josh Churella [3] - Michigan (6-5) 4th: Jake Patacsil [6] - Purdue 5th: Bubba Jenkins [4] - Penn State (DFT) 6th: Lance Palmer [5] - Ohio State 7th: Ryan Lang [7] - Northwestern (9-3) 8th: Kurt Kinser [US] - Indiana 157 1st: Mike Poeta [1] - Illinois (8-2) 2nd: Dan Vallimont [2] - Penn State 3rd: Brandon Becker [3] - Indiana (9-0) 4th: Jason Johnstone [US] - Ohio State 5th: Jeff Marsh [6] - Michigan (Med FFT) 6th: C.P. Schlatter [4] - Minnesota 7th: Ryan Morningstar [7] - Iowa (6-1) 8th: Nick Bertucci [US] - Purdue 165 1st: Eric Tannenbaum [2] - Michigan (3-2) 2nd: Mark Perry [1] - Iowa 3rd: Luke Manuel [US] - Purdue (2-1) 4th: Dave Rella [7] - Penn State 5th: Roger Smith-Bergsrud [5] - Illinois (3-2) 6th: Matt Coughlin [6] - Indiana 7th: Jake Donar [US] - Wisconsin (WBF 6:14) 8th: Tyler Safratowich [3] - Minnesota 174 1st: Steve Luke [1] - Michigan (5-3) 2nd: Gabriel Dretsch [3] - Minnesota 3rd: Jay Borschel [2] - Iowa (10-2) 4th: Nick Hayes [4] - Northwestern 5th: John Dergo [5] - Illinois (3-2) 6th: Trevor Perry [US] - Indiana 7th: Dan Clum [8] - Wisconsin (5-3) 8th: John Murphy [US] - Michigan State 184 1st: Mike Pucillo [1] - Ohio State (4-3) 2nd: Tyler Todd [2] - Michigan 3rd: Phil Keddy [3] - Iowa (6-3) 4th: Trevor Brandvold [US] - Wisconsin 5th: Phil Bomberger [5] - Penn State (Med FFT) 6th: Roger Kish [4] - Minnesota 7th: A.J. Kissel [8] - Purdue (WBF 3:42) 8th: Nick Palmieri [US] - Michigan State 197 1st: Phil Davis [2] - Penn State (3-2) 2nd: Mike Tamillow [1] - Northwestern 3rd: Dallas Herbst [4] - Wisconsin (5-1) 4th: Patrick Bond [3] - Illinois 5th: Logan Brown [US] - Purdue (3-2) 6th: Joe Fagiano [US] - Indiana 7th: Justin Bronson [6] - Minnesota (WBF 2:26) 8th: John Weakley [US] - Ohio State 285 1st: Dustin Fox [2] - Northwestern (2-0) 2nd: J.D. Bergman [1] - Ohio State 3rd: Matt Fields [4] - Iowa (3-1 TB) 4th: Kyle Massey [3] - Wisconsin 5th: John Wise [5] - Illinois (4-1) 6th: Ben Berhow [8] - Minnesota 7th: Nate Everhart [US] - Indiana (6-3) 8th: Chris Kasten [6] - Purdue
2008 Big Ten Championship Page 1 of 10 125 Weight Class Jayson Ness, Minnesota [1] Jayson Ness Akif Eren, Purdue Collin Cudd, Wisconsin [8] Gabe Flores, Illinois [5] Collin Cudd Fall 6:47 Gabe Flores Jayson Ness 10-2 Jayson Ness 7-5 Michael Watts, Michigan Brandon Precin, Northwestern [4] Angel Escobedo, Indiana [3] Joel Trombly, Michigan State Brandon Precin 4-2 Angel Escobedo 12-3 Gabe Flores 6-0 Angel Escobedo 4-0 Angel Escobedo 4-2 Mark McKnight, Penn State [6] Mark McKnight Nikko Triggas, Ohio State [7] Nikko Triggas Angel Escobedo 6-3 Charlie Falck 8-4 Charlie Falck, Iowa [2] Charlie Falck Akif Eren Nikko Triggas Fall 1:10 Nikko Triggas Nikko Triggas 9-6 Gabe Flores 13-5 Michael Watts Gabe Flores Mark McKnight 6-2 Mark McKnight Gabe Flores 3-1 Collin Cudd 10-4 Joel Trombly Brandon Precin 9-0 Brandon Precin 7-1 Brandon Precin Collin Cudd 4-3 Charlie Falck 7-2 Charlie Falck Collin Cudd Collin Cudd
2008 Big Ten Championship Page 2 of 10 133 Weight Class James Kennedy, Illinois [1] Eric Metzler, Northwestern James Kennedy 10-2 James Kennedy 10-2 Tim Haas, Penn State [8] Mack Reiter, Minnesota [5] Tim Haas Mack Reiter James Kennedy 5-1 Sean Schmaltz, Purdue Zach Tanelli, Wisconsin [4] Frank Gomez, Michigan State [3] Zach Tanelli Fall 2:42 Frank Gomez Mack Reiter Fall 5:35 Frank Gomez 3-1 Frank Gomez 7-4 Andrae Hernandez, Indiana [6] Andrae Hernandez Reece Humphrey, Ohio State [7] Reece Humphrey Frank Gomez 10-8 Chris Diehl, Michigan Joey Slaton, Iowa [2] Joey Slaton 9-1 Joey Slaton 12-6 Eric Metzler Reece Humphrey 11-2 Reece Humphrey Andrae Hernandez 9-7 Mack Reiter 6-2 Sean Schmaltz Mack Reiter Andrae Hernandez 5-2 Andrae Hernandez Joey Slaton 3-0 Zach Tanelli 8-5 Zach Tanelli Reece Humphrey 14-4 Zach Tanelli Zach Tanelli Fall 2:48 Joey Slaton 7-3 Chris Diehl Joey Slaton Tim Haas 5-2 Tim Haas
2008 Big Ten Championship Page 3 of 10 141 Weight Class Kellen Russell, Michigan [1] Scott Kelly, Indiana Kellen Russell 4-1 Kellen Russell 8-7 Ryan Prater, Illinois [8] Garrett Scott, Penn State [5] Matt Redmond, Purdue Ryan Prater Garrett Scott Fall 2:24 Dan LeClere 2-1 Kellen Russell 6-4 OT Dan LeClere, Iowa [4] J Jaggers, Ohio State [3] Dan LeClere J Jaggers Kellen Russell 3-2 Manuel Rivera 6-2 Manuel Rivera, Minnesota [6] Manuel Rivera Keith Sulzer, Northwestern [7] Keith Sulzer Manuel Rivera 3-2 Jeff Wimberley, Michigan State Kyle Ruschell, Wisconsin [2] Jeff Wimberley Fall 5:11 Keith Sulzer 8-0 Scott Kelly Jeff Wimberley 9-6 Jeff Wimberley J Jaggers 15-0 J Jaggers 6-3 Matt Redmond Dan LeClere J Jaggers 14-1 J Jaggers J Jaggers Fall 2:41 Dan LeClere Med FFT Garrett Scott Garrett Scott Fall 1:56 Garrett Scott Kyle Ruschell DFT Keith Sulzer Med FFT Kyle Ruschell Keith Sulzer Kyle Ruschell Fall 4:10 Ryan Prater
2008 Big Ten Championship Page 4 of 10 149 Weight Class Brent Metcalf, Iowa [1] Eddie Skowneski, Michigan State Brent Metcalf Fall 4:10 Brent Metcalf Fall 3:30 Grant Paswall, Illinois [8] Lance Palmer, Ohio State [5] Grant Paswall Lance Palmer Brent Metcalf 15-3 Bubba Jenkins 6-5 Bubba Jenkins, Penn State [4] Josh Churella, Michigan [3] Bubba Jenkins Josh Churella Brent Metcalf 5-3 Kendall Vogel, Wisconsin Jake Patacsil, Purdue [6] Jake Patacsil 19-4 Jake Patacsil 7-6 Ryan Lang, Northwestern [7] Kurt Kinser, Indiana Kurt Kinser 6-4 Dustin Schlatter 8-1 Dustin Schlatter 8-0 Dustin Schlatter, Minnesota [2] Dustin Schlatter Eddie Skowneski Kurt Kinser DFT Kurt Kinser Josh Churella 1-0 Josh Churella 16-5 Bubba Jenkins Josh Churella Josh Churella Josh Churella 6-5 Bubba Jenkins DFT Kendall Vogel Lance Palmer 8-2 Ryan Lang 9-3 Lance Palmer Lance Palmer 5-3 OT Lance Palmer 8-6 Ryan Lang Jake Patacsil Ryan Lang Fall 2:07 Grant Paswall
2008 Big Ten Championship Page 5 of 10 157 Weight Class Mike Poeta, Illinois [1] Andrew Nadhir, Northwestern Mike Poeta 10-4 Mike Poeta 15-3 John Fulger, Michigan State [8] Craig Henning, Wisconsin [5] John Fulger Craig Henning Mike Poeta DFT C.P. Schlatter 4-2 C.P. Schlatter, Minnesota [4] Brandon Becker, Indiana [3] C.P. Schlatter Brandon Becker Mike Poeta 8-2 Nick Bertucci, Purdue Jeff Marsh, Michigan [6] Jeff Marsh 12-2 Jeff Marsh 4-2 Ryan Morningstar, Iowa [7] Ryan Morningstar Dan Vallimont 8-5 Jason Johnstone, Ohio State Dan Vallimont, Penn State [2] Dan Vallimont 4-2 Dan Vallimont 3-2 Andrew Nadhir Ryan Morningstar 11-0 Ryan Morningstar Brandon Becker 3-1 Brandon Becker Med FFT C.P. Schlatter Brandon Becker Brandon Becker Brandon Becker 9-0 Jeff Marsh Med FFT Nick Bertucci Nick Bertucci 6-3 TB Ryan Morningstar 6-1 Craig Henning Jason Johnstone 3-1 Jason Johnstone 7-5 TB Jason Johnstone Jeff Marsh Jason Johnstone 13-6 John Fulger
2008 Big Ten Championship Page 6 of 10 165 Weight Class Mark Perry, Iowa [1] Mark Perry Mark Perry Fall 2:30 Rex Kendle, Michigan State [8] Roger Smith-Bergsrud, Illinois [5] Dominic Marella, Northwestern Rex Kendle Roger Smith-Bergsrud `6-2 Roger Smith-Bergsrud 5-3 OT Mark Perry 3-1 OT Colt Sponseller, Ohio State [4] Tyler Safratowich, Minnesota [3] Luke Manuel, Purdue Colt Sponseller Tyler Safratowich 14-6 Matt Coughlin 6-4 Eric Tannenbaum 3-2 Matt Coughlin, Indiana [6] Matt Coughlin Dave Rella, Penn State [7] Dave Rella Eric Tannenbaum 4-3 Jake Donar, Wisconsin Eric Tannenbaum, Michigan [2] Eric Tannenbaum 5-1 Eric Tannenbaum 3-2 Dave Rella Dave Rella Dave Rella 5-4 Dave Rella 3-2 TB Dominic Marella Roger Smith-Bergsrud Tyler Safratowich Fall 5:48 Tyler Safratowich Luke Manuel 2-1 Matt Coughlin 3-2 Luke Manuel Luke Manuel 6-2 Jake Donar Fall 6:14 Colt Sponseller Luke Manuel 5-3 Luke Manuel 2-1 Jake Donar Matt Coughlin Jake Donar 4-0 Rex Kendle
2008 Big Ten Championship Page 7 of 10 174 Weight Class Steve Luke, Michigan [1] Steve Luke John Murphy, Michigan State Dan Clum, Wisconsin [8] John Dergo, Illinois [5] John Murphy 4-2 John Dergo Steve Luke 11-3 Steve Luke 3-2 TB Nick Hayes 5-3 Nick Hayes, Northwestern [4] Gabriel Dretsch, Minnesota [3] Nick Hayes Gabriel Dretsch Steve Luke 5-3 Trevor Perry, Indiana David Erwin, Penn State [6] Trevor Perry Fall 1:20 Gabriel Dretsch 4-1 Nick Corpe, Purdue [7] Alex Picazo, Ohio State Nick Corpe 12-4 Jay Borschel 9-0 Gabriel Dretsch 6-4 Jay Borschel, Iowa [2] Jay Borschel Dan Clum Dan Clum 6-3 Nick Corpe Trevor Perry 2-0 Nick Hayes 6-1 Nick Hayes Trevor Perry Trevor Perry Jay Borschel 10-2 John Dergo 3-2 David Erwin John Dergo 6-3 Dan Clum 5-3 John Dergo John Dergo 10-2 Jay Borschel 10-2 Alex Picazo Jay Borschel John Murphy 4-3 John Murphy
2008 Big Ten Championship Page 8 of 10 184 Weight Class Mike Pucillo, Ohio State [1] Nick Palmieri, Michigan State Mike Pucillo 10-3 Mike Pucillo 12-3 A.J. Kissel, Purdue [8] Phil Bomberger, Penn State [5] A.J. Kissel Phil Bomberger Mike Pucillo DFT Trevor Brandvold, Wisconsin Roger Kish, Minnesota [4] Phil Keddy, Iowa [3] Roger Kish 4-2 OT Phil Keddy Roger Kish 5-4 Mike Pucillo 4-3 Phil Keddy 9-3 Marc Bennett, Indiana [6] Marc Bennett Ben Friedl, Illinois [7] Adil Kolovic, Northwestern Ben Friedl 11-2 Tyler Todd 15-5 Tyler Todd 6-3 Tyler Todd, Michigan [2] Tyler Todd Nick Palmieri Nick Palmieri 3-1 Ben Friedl Trevor Brandvold 5-2 Trevor Brandvold Med FFT Trevor Brandvold Roger Kish Trevor Brandvold 7-2 Marc Bennett Phil Keddy 6-3 Phil Bomberger Med FFT Phil Bomberger A.J. Kissel Fall 3:42 Phil Bomberger Phil Bomberger 4-3 Phil Keddy Fall 2:09 Adil Kolovic Phil Keddy A.J. Kissel Fall 4:35 A.J. Kissel
2008 Big Ten Championship Page 9 of 10 197 Weight Class Mike Tamillow, Northwestern [1] Joe Fagiano, Indiana Mike Tamillow 10-2 Mike Tamillow 11-2 Anthony Biondo, Michigan [8] Joe Williams, Michigan State [5] Anthony Biondo Joe Williams Mike Tamillow 4-1 Dallas Herbst 10-1 Dallas Herbst, Wisconsin [4] Patrick Bond, Illinois [3] Logan Brown, Purdue Dallas Herbst Patrick Bond 14-6 Patrick Bond 11-3 Phil Davis 3-2 Justin Bronson, Minnesota [6] Justin Bronson Chad Beatty, Iowa [7] Chad Beatty Phil Davis 6-0 John Weakley, Ohio State Phil Davis, Penn State [2] Phil Davis Fall 4:59 Phil Davis 15-6 Joe Fagiano Joe Fagiano 5-3 Chad Beatty Joe Fagiano 7-0 Dallas Herbst 8-2 Dallas Herbst Justin Bronson Justin Bronson Dallas Herbst 5-1 Logan Brown 3-2 Logan Brown Justin Bronson 2-1 Justin Bronson Fall 2:26 Joe Williams Logan Brown 2-1 OT Patrick Bond 10-4 John Weakley Patrick Bond John Weakley Fall 6:11 Anthony Biondo
2008 Big Ten Championship Page 10 of 10 285 Weight Class J.D. Bergman, Ohio State [1] J.D. Bergman Nate Everhart, Indiana Ben Berhow, Minnesota [8] John Wise, Illinois [5] Nate Everhart 9-7 John Wise J.D. Bergman 5-4 J.D. Bergman 3-2 Alan O'Donnell, Michigan State Matt Fields, Iowa [4] Kyle Massey, Wisconsin [3] Matt Fields Fall 5:13 Kyle Massey Matt Fields 7-5 Dustin Fox 2-0 Kyle Massey 7-1 Chris Kasten, Purdue [6] Chris Kasten John Laboranti, Penn State [7] John Laboranti Dustin Fox 12-4 Edward Phillips, Michigan Dustin Fox, Northwestern [2] Dustin Fox Fall 2:03 Dustin Fox 15-0 Ben Berhow Ben Berhow 7-3 John Laboranti Ben Berhow 4-1 TB Matt Fields 3-1 TB Alan O'Donnell Matt Fields Chris Kasten 5-1 Chris Kasten Matt Fields 3-1 TB John Wise 4-1 John Wise Nate Everhart 6-3 John Wise Kyle Massey 3-0 Kyle Massey 3-0 Edward Phillips Kyle Massey Nate Everhart 7-4 Nate Everhart