Compared to his predecessors, Joe Seay's tenure with the Cowboys was short, but his list of accomplishments sure is lengthy. The win over Arizona State was particularly satisfying for Oklahoma State given that the team suffered a loss to the same schooljust before the Big 8 Championships. Mark McCracken (2nd, 115 pounds) James Gregson (2nd, 191 pounds)1958 (see full bracket), Myron Roderick was 23 years old when he led @CowboyWrestling to 1958 NCAA wrestling title, becoming youngest coach, in any sport, to win NCAA title. The Cowboys are tied for sixth in consecutive national titles won across all sports. While the second year proved rockier for Smith, 1994 served as the season where the pieces fell into place. This year a year where Myron Roderick won a title and five additional athletes placed would be thethe end of an era for the team known asOklahoma A&M.National champions: A lot of teamwork. Iowa State coach Kevin Dresser had his concerns about the NCAA Championships being held at BOK Center. Oklahoma A&M had become a powerhouse program where winning was the norm. Chuck Barbee (3rd, 142 pounds) Ralph Rasor (2nd, 135 pounds) National champions: Joe McDaniel (118 pounds) The Oklahoma State redshirt senior, wrestling 10 minutes from his hometown of Sand Springs, was upset in the 133-pound semifinals at the BOK Center on You gotta get in that game if youre gonna stay in this game. Another key wrestler in the Cowboys' success is Alex Dieringer. It signaled the return of a programon a championship path. Alex Dieringer:133 (2013-16) Home meets are held in the 13,611 seat Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater. Tyrone Lewis (2nd, 165 pounds) 2. Kirk Mammen (6th, Heavyweight)1994 (see full brackets). Woodrow Rorex (2nd,128 pounds) Like 2004, the Cowboys sufferedtwo seasonlosses, this time to Minnesota in both the beginning and end of the year. The margin of victory between the Cowboys and second-place Michigan was an astounding 70 points, and much of that had to do with the dominance of the Oklahoma State champs. In 15 years, Griffith he won 94 of 100 matches, including 50 in a row at one point. He set the Oklahoma State wrestling record for consecutive matches without a loss with 98 straight. Jerrod Sanders (4th, 149 pounds) (); : While normally this sort of one-sided advantage can be attributed to one school being rather weak, the Bedlam domination by Oklahoma State is very different in that Oklahoma is a national wrestling power in its own right. Chris Barnes (177 pounds) Stanley Henson (145 pounds Jim Rogers (4th, 145 pounds) Ronnie Clinton (167 pounds) Rex Peery (118 pounds) Myron Roderick (130 pounds) Bill Harlow (191 pounds)All-Americans: Both champs, Johny Hendricks and Jake Rosholt, defended titles, with Hendricks winning his second crown and Rosholt taking home gold for the third time. This was a "transitional" year from a coaching standpoint, but the standards remained the same. 17 Jordan Oliver: 17(2013) NCAA finals during the 2004 tournament. Loyd Arms (3rd, Heavyweight)1942(see full brackets). 4. Only a strong 193 Jim Rogers (5th, 137 pounds) Otis Wile, "Oklahoma State Sports Memoirs: The Chronological Story of Sports at Oklahoma State University From the Beginning in the 1890s through the 1960s [Manuscript]," Special Collections and University Archives, Edmon Low Library, Oklahoma State University, Back in February 2017, as teammates at Heritage Hall, Kaden Gfeller and Rodrick Mosley won individual state wrestling championships at State Fair Arena in Oklahoma City on the same day. Dwayne Keller (2nd, 134 pounds) Ted Ellis (2nd, Heavyweight), Two more Cowboys added their name to the list of program national champs in 1962 as Oklahoma State took down rival Oklahoma in the NCAA championships for first place by 37 points. Alan Kelley (145 pounds)All-Americans: His first team was one of his least successful, finishing fourth at nationals with only one champion and three All-Americans to his credit. David Arndt (145 pounds) 7. Winners find ways to win again.. National champions: Bob Drebenstedt (6th, 167 pounds) Rex Peery and Ross Flood won their third titles, while Frank Lewis earned his first following his pin in the finals of the previous year's tournament. He beat current Michigan head coach Sean Bormet in his final NCAA appearance in 1994. Gene Davis (137 pounds) T10. T-7. The title also marked the 15th championship for the program, but the team would go on to more than double that total. Doug Blubaugh (2nd, 157 pounds) Nino Bonaccorsi of Pitt won the 197-pound title. Freshman were unable to compete during this time, butYojiro Uetake won as many titles as possible during his time with the Cowboys. Yojiro Uetake (130 pounds) Still, Chesbro managed to pass Gallagher as the winningest coach in school history. No official team scores were kept in this tournament either, but with three champions, Oklahoma State had justification as one of the two best teams in the country. The wild momentum of 2005 carried into 2006, but the season wasn't quite as seamless. Mark Buckner/NCAA Photos, The Cowboys celebrate the five-year anniversary of John Smith's 1000th win, The best moments from the Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State rivalry, Cowboys honor John Smith for his 400th win, Relive the 2015 Bedlam dual highlighted by Kaid Brock's win over Cody Brewer, The naming history of Oklahoma State's home gym, Here's how John, Pat, Markand LeeRoy have becomethe bedrock of the Cowboy program for decades, The Cowboy coach was honored as part of Oklahoma State's 100 year celebration, The Cowboys wrestled in front of record-breaking crowd in Iowa City, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Ninehave won a gold medal. As a wrestler for Griffith, Roderick went 422 and became a three-time national champion from 19541956. Art Griffith stepped up to the role and proved that even under a new coach, the team could be just as successful. Coleman Scott (8th, 125 pounds) @NWHOF Distinguished Member Conrad Caldwell born on this date in 1909. National champions: Bill Jernigan (3rd, 121 pounds) Mike Farrell: 39(1989) Jay Arneson (2nd, 150 pounds) The second Cowboy to win a title in 1964 also made history, as Joe James became the first Black wrestler to compete for Oklahoma State and the first Black Big 8 champion. Frank Lewis (155 pounds)All-Americans: He appreciated how his wrestlers rose to the occasion, and they will now shift their focus to claiming their 15th straight state tournament title. Ronnie Clinton (3rd, 191 pounds) Wearing his customary red tie, Trump was recognized before the event began. Oklahoma Individual session numbers increased with each session, and the total number was the 11th highest attendance for an NCAA wrestling championship. George Chiga (Heavyweight), All-Americans: Tyrone Lewis:38 (2001-04). It's the Cowboy way, and it's been working since 1915. The Cowboys success though started long before Smith, with then head coach Ed Gallagher leading the team to its first NCAA title, and the first NCAA title in college wrestling history, in 1928. Tuttle, which owns the state record for most consecutive dual state titles, dominated the tournament. [3] Also during his time as a 130-pound wrestler for OSU, Uetake won a total of three individual Big 8 and national championships. Joe McDaniel (118 pounds) [4] Between 2013 and 2016, he was not only a three-time NCAA champion, but also a four-time NCAA All-American and a four-time Big 12 champion. That left the match tied at 1, with McGee winning via riding time. Darrell Keller (142 pounds) Heres a look at some of those who won championships on Saturday night: Penn State won its 11th of the last 13 team titles, scoring 137.5 points, with Iowa in second at 82.5. A Stillwater native, Hughes captured his fourth individual state title in February, becoming the 45 th wrestler in Fred Fozzard (2nd, 177 pounds) More:Asked about retirement, Oklahoma State wrestling coach John Smith thinks he will return. Robert Wilson (3rd, 147 pounds) Ted Pierce (4th, 130 pounds) The 2004-2005 season marked a breakout moment for head coach John Smith and his squad. Bill Dykeman: 40 (1985) The program's performance in 1955 suggested that the years they missed out on a title were flukey. Fred Fozzard (3rd, 177 pounds), 2001 OK State Chapter honoree, Jay Arneson, who coached at @OHS_Rams & @YukonHighSchool, stopped by. He's also coached more All-Americans than any active coach in the NCAA with a total of 134 place-winners. National champions: 5. J.B. Moore (2nd, 135 pounds), After winning the first NCAA championship in 1929, the Aggiescontinued to add accolades to the program history books, winning the 1930 championship with four champs and two additional All-Americans. Duane Murty (167 pounds), All-Americans: Melvin Clodfelter (145 pounds) The 1966 championship marked the Cowboy's third titlein five years and the end ofYojiro Uetake's storied career with the Black and Orange. Calvin Mehlhorn (2nd, 121 pounds) He coached the first national championship team in 1928. John Harrell (Heavyweight)All-Americans: Cowboy wrestling extends back to 191415 when A.M. Colville led the first team at what was then Oklahoma A&M. WebHe ended his college wrestling career with a 121-5-2 record. [3] In 2015, Uetake was inducted into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame. Notre Dame 70. Pat Smith:122 (1990-94) For Hughes, an Oklahoma State signee and three-time state champion who has yet to lose in high school, Stillwaters victory was the perfect way to get some momentum ahead of regionals next week and the state tournament the week after that. In previous years, teams had to find space for themselves in a landrun style to claim property. Bob Johnson (177 pounds)All-Americans: The next season, athletic director Edward C. Gallagher would take over the team. Rex Peery, Ross Flood and Alan Kelley all repeated as champs in their respective weight classes while Gordon Dupree added another All-American honor, this time joined by his teammate Frank Lewis. Jack Brisco (2nd, 191 pounds) Hes a winner. T-4. To this day, Uetake holds the title of the only Cowboy wrestler to remain undefeated throughout his entire college career, ending with a record of 58 wins and no losses. Tom Erikson: 41 (1987) Dieringer graduated from OSU in 2016, but earned many significant wins during his time in Stillwater. Griffith's wrestlers won 27 individual championships and were All-Americans 64 times from 19411956. J. Boyd Nelson (2nd, 169 pounds) One of 11 Cowboys to take Olympic gold #tbt pic.twitter.com/Yhsy6uDJGq, Myron Roderick won his first back-to-back national titles as a coach in 1959 when he guided the Cowboys to a 22-point win over Iowa State at the national championships for gold. Baseball OSUs latest home winning streak of 50 consecutive duals was the second-longest such streak without a loss or tie, as it began near the end of the 1986 season and lasted until Jan. 30, 1993. 2023 www.oklahoman.com. Edmond Memorial 75.5; 5. Earl McCready (Heavyweight), All-Americans: The NCAA chose to start the championship matches at 157 pounds, leaving the most dramatic moment for last. Growing up in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, he did not win a high school state championship. His NCAA title win in 1962 made him the second Black NCAA champion as well. Mustang 65; 6. Read about Jay: https://t.co/khXRtBNAdv pic.twitter.com/MklIGz5Xxz. Edmond North 123.5; 3. Pat Smith (158 pounds) The Cyclones were only topped by Ohio State, who finished with three wrestlers ranked in the top five on MatScouts final 2022 Big Board. Alabama 75. The guys did their part. : N.p., March 2002). National champions: National champions: Griffith's retirement wasn't the only change for the team though. As of 2022, his overall dual meet Grady Peninger (2nd, 121 pounds) Roderick won his second title in 1955 while Davis won his lonetitle and wrapped up his career as a three-time All-American. I know that weve had two poor tournaments in a row. In a battle of an elite program vs. an upstart, the underdog pulled it out. McDaniel picked up Outstanding Wrestler honors for his second title and set himself up to make a run at the 1942 Olympics before the Games were ultimately cancelled. Following their 19thnational championship as a program, head coach Art Griffith retired after coaching the team to eight NCAA titles and coaching individualCowboys to 27 individual titles, 64 All-American honors and a total dual record of 78-7-4. Johny Hendricks (165 pounds) 7. For Fix, the event was a letdown, coming in with national title hopes but ending with the fifth and sixth losses in 107 college matches. Maybe, right? WebThe official 2021-22 Cowboy Wrestling schedule for the Oklahoma State University Cowboys and Cowgirls Oklahoma State University Athletics Main Navigation Menu. WebBeaver wrestlers posted a combined overall record of 88-80 (.524) and 44-46 (.489) in duals. Win the win, OSU moved to 41-9 and 10-5 in Big 12 play, while Texas Tech moved to 31-21 and 5-13 against conference opposition. Out of the 23 trophies won throughout the tournament's history, OSU has earned 17 of them. WebThe official 2022-23 Cowboy Wrestling Roster for the Oklahoma State University Cowboys and Cowgirls 3. WebDuring his tenure, Oklahoma State University won five NCAA Division I national team titles, with titles coming in 1994, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006. Im not gonna spend a lot of time thinking about it other than what the program can do to improve itself, Smith said. OKLAHOMA VS. IOWA: The Cowboys wrestled in front of record-breaking crowd in Iowa City, National champions: The Aggies' streak of titles would end again after the 1935 championship, but Gallagher's team finished this particular year with another series of champions and All-Americans to add to the mystique and success of the program. T4. Mark Branch (167 pounds), All-Americans: Brice Martin (106), Hunter Jackson (113), Gabe Dittmeyer (157) and Colyn Donnelly (215) recorded falls as they helped Elgin get the win. In 1949, the Aggies earned another NCAA title with a five-point team margin over Northern Iowa, crowing twochampions and fiveadditional All-Americans. At 184 pounds, Penn States Aaron Brooks became a three-time champion with a 7-2 win on Saturday. The Cowboys defeated the Hoosiers, 28-6, in the 1989 dual. We were trying to figure out what our team was going to be in December because we had some question marks with weight classes., Kyle added, We learned who our team is in December by the loss, and we just came out and we did our own thing and that was plenty for today. The Cowboys have more individual NCAA champions than any program in history. George Dorsch also won a title for the Aggiesat 175 pounds, and those two champs plus the four All-Americans gave Oklahoma A&M the one-point advantage that the team needed to top Northern Iowa. Yojiro Uetake (130 pounds) Chris Barnes (177 pounds)All-Americans: Stillwater 158; 2. They had a lot of energy. #repost @nationalwrestlinghof pic.twitter.com/SKRRobNOkL. Listed below is a brief history of the Oklahoma High School State Wrestling Tournament along with a few of the State Tournament records. Success seemed almost routine for the Aggiesat this point in program history, as head coach Ed Gallagher put six more athletes on the podium with three of those All-Americans being champions. 8. Bob Taylor (3rd, 115 pounds) T7 Thomas Landrum: 17 (1980) ENID The feeling never gets old for Bobby Williams III. Having been to the arena the past several years for the Big 12 Championships, Dresser wondered if the floor area would be big enough to accommodate the eight-mat setup used in the first three sessions. : Carlson: OSU didn't need more magic. After he returned from the 1956 Olympics, he took over as head coach. Mike Reding (4th, 157 pounds) In 13 years, his @OSUAthletics teams won 7 team & 20 individual championships.READ more about Myron https://t.co/eHoLjoeg7o pic.twitter.com/mDv9voUVvH, Mryon Roderick needed just one year to find his footing as the head coach of his alma mater, but by 1958, he had put the team pack on top. We got a really good team here, Potts said. Oklahoma State had the second-most, with 57. For the third time in a row, Griffith led his team to a championship, and he did soafter three years of no wrestling given the war. WebThe official 2020-21 Cowboy Wrestling Roster for the Oklahoma State University Cowboys and Cowgirls. The 1934 championship progressed like many of the previous onesfor the Aggies with Gallagher's team winning by ten points over second-place Indiana and four individual wrestlers winning gold. The team was wrestling like champions and winning like champions, as they added their first back-to-back title of the decade. Not the graduation of star athletes, not World War II and not the dozens of teams trying to take down the Aggies. Robert Wilson (3rd, 147 pounds) Alan Fried:128 (1991-94) Ross Flood (126 pounds) Williams is in his third season as the head coach. MORE about Conrad, who passed away in 1990: https://t.co/4fJqIyZ7ok pic.twitter.com/ab3jOEBh5L, Another tournament, another title. Oklahoma State has held their home wrestling meets in the arena since its completion in 1938. More: Asked about retirement, Oklahoma State wrestling coach John Smith thinks he will return Checking in on the champs Heres a look at some of those who won Hell judge himself hard enough though. On the west coast, Yazmine Wright competed at the Oregon State High Performance Meet and clocked a 4:15.61 in the 1,500-meter run to win first place and After a 17-year drought, Oklahoma State found its way to the top again with a 20.75 win over second-place Arizona. 165. 1. However, attendance usually spikes when rivals come to Stillwater, most notably the Iowa Hawkeyes, Minnesota Golden Gophers, and Bedlam foe Oklahoma. Dave Bowlin (4th, 115 pounds) Jake Rosholt (3rd, 184 pounds) 3. With eight place-winners, Oklahoma A&M topped Michigan State by 11 points while Whitehurst brought home Oustanding Wrestler honors. In 2021, OSU went 51-45 in matches decided by decision and 23-16 in major decision matches. Ohio State 87. 7/7 Oklahoma State Softball team's run-rule victory over Texas Tech, 8-0, to clinch the series win, Sunday afternoon at Rocky Johnson Field. Fred Parkey (3rd, 135 pounds)1939(see full brackets), Joe McDaniel was a 3X NCAA Wrestling champion, winning titles in 1937, 1938 and 1939 while helping @CowboyWrestling win the team title all 3 years. Calvin Mehlhorn (2nd, 121 pounds) We need to gather up our troops and kick ass as were going forward. But they came roaring back in the postseason for a conference and national title win. [3] After graduating in Stillwater, Uetake was an assistant coach for the Cowboys for two years before moving back home to Japan, where he now coaches wrestling at the high school he attended. 2. Dell Shockley (3rd, 115 pounds) Gallagher coached 11 championship teams and gave meaning to Oklahoma State wrestling. WebW. NCAA Champions: He coached 50 official All-Americans and 26 official individual champions in the earliest days of the tournament. Earl Lynn (3rd, Heavyweight) Nobodys gonna sit around and accept it. ); : Robert Pearce (123 pounds) Dick Beattie (157 pounds) His performances and the quality of the team's wrestling during that period gave Oklahoma State itsmost recent titles, and Smith has yet to lead another team to the top. Adnan Kaisy (4th, 191 pounds) Learn more about Joe, a Distinguished Member inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1979, at https://t.co/fgqHORWWt6 pic.twitter.com/gCsILkLlVR, Oklahoma A&M's three champs in 1939 represented more than double the number of champs from any opposing team that season, a result that guidedthe Aggies to their tenth title by over twenty points. Coleman Scott (5th, 125 pounds) And he punched his ticket to what is known as the most exclusive club in college wrestling with a 4-2 win over Ohio States Sammy Sasso. T5. The 118,870 broke Iowas record of 95,325 total for 2015-16, which included 42,287 crowd for Grapple on the Gridiron against Oklahoma State at Kinnick Stadium. Virgil Smith (165 pounds) Ricky Stewart:43 (1978-82) The Aggie wrestling program produced NCAA champions year after year after year, but the team also pushed forward its fair share of Olympians, and 1948 marked a particularly memorable year for Oklahoma A&M. Sherm Stephenson 3rd, 135 pounds) National champions: Perhaps the biggest surprise of the 1949 tournament was the loss by Richard Hutton, the man considered in Oklahoma State history to be "the cornerstone upon which coach Art Griffith rebuilt the Oklahoma State program when wrestling resumed after World War II." An Oklahoma native, Henson came out of the gates firing his first varsityseason and wrapped up his sophomore year in the Black and Orange with an NCAA title, Outstanding Wrestler honors and a team title. Wittlake was hospitalized while the issue was tended to. Bob Johnson (177 pounds), All-Americans: Here's an overview of every Oklahoma Statewrestling season. Despite having just four athletes on the podium, Griffith's team was ahead by nine points over Penn State for another winning year. 1937 was the year ofStanley Henson. After having his true freshman season wiped out by COVID, the senior has another year of eligibility remaining. The team posted a 21-0 undefeated dual meet record, and crowned five NCAA champions at the national tournament to earn its third title in as many years. Six chosen for 2023 induction into OSU Athletics Hall of Honor. Myron Roderick (130 pounds)All-American: The arena is named in part after Oklahoma State's legendary wrestling coach Edward C. Gallagher. Fifty-three conference tournament trophies fill the awards cases with 287 athletes owning individual conference titles. Bixby 90.5; 4. Cormier was an NCAA runner up at Oklahoma State and a two-time Olympian. He sports a .500 or better winning percentage on all three courts, including a 5-1 record on court three. Records/Stats; Baseball. They are also tied with Iowa and Penn State for the highestnumber of champs in one year at five. The 1961 championship marked Myron Roderick's third national title in four years as a head coach of the Cowboys, and hisseason came on the heels of a successful Olympic performance from two Cowboys in 1960. Bill Harlow (2nd, 177 pounds) People were worried about Tulsa, and I think theyve definitely overcome those worries., More:That botched play in the WCWS hurt, but now, OSU coach Kenny Gajewski 'wouldn't change it'. #LegendsLiveOnMORE about Myron, a Distinguished Member inducted in 1976 -> https://t.co/eHoLjoeg7o pic.twitter.com/FAOX37eHDE, The 1956 season marked the end of an era for the Oklahoma A&M Aggies. The Pioneers started strong and went on to roll to a 38-22 victory as they claimed their second straight dual state crown. While the unruly atmosphere has been somewhat diminished, the renovation project has yielded positives for the Cowboy wrestling program. In a way, that loss opened Stillwaters eyes. The 1959 season also marked the first Big 8 conference championship for the program after finishing second in the newly-formed conference the year before.National champions: During that period, Oklahoma State won 37 straight home duals, including no ties. Gallagher-Iba was known as Gallagher Hall for nearly five decades until the name was amended to honor former Oklahoma State basketball coach Henry Iba upon the facility's first renovation during the 19871988 season. Who is the only wrestling team to have more championships than Oklahoma State? Doug Wilson (3rd, 137 pounds) National champions: After each championship match, winners were escorted to the corner where Trump was seated, posing for photos and shaking hands with the former president. 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Head coachTommy Chesbro was consistent in putting his team within the top six at the national tournament, but Oklahoma State needed Joe Seay to guide the program to the start of its first back-to-back title run in over thirty years. Jack St. Clair (2nd, 155 pounds) CHAMPIONS: The Cowboys celebrate the five-year anniversary of John Smith's 1000th win. Regardless of how future seasons play out, the Cowboys still have an 11-title lead on any team that wants to compete for the "most successful team of all time" identity. Northern Colorados Andrew Alirez defeated Iowas Real Woods for the 141-pound title, Northern Colorados first individual champion since 1962. The program also won another NCAA title in 1948 with Hutton and teammate Jack St. Clair winning individual titles. In the inauguralversion of the modern day NCAA tournament, Oklahoma A&M, now known as Oklahoma State,put fourwrestlers on top of the podium and added one additional All-American, a performance that would come to define the program. He'd go on to coach the Cowboys to four more NCAA titles and is still working on developing more champions. Teammates Gene Davis and Bill Harlow also won their weight classes, while five Cowboys finished in the top eight for a total of 79 team points, nine more than second place Iowa State. Ralph Rasor and Loyd Ricks became All-Americans for the first time, giving the Aggies an 18-point win over in-state foe Oklahoma. Guys wrestled a little tight when you have no room to wrestle tight. Fred Davis (2nd, 167 pounds) Harold DeMarsh (115 pounds) Bob Williams (3rd, 175 pounds)1940(see full brackets), Sunday will mark 80th Anniversary of Gallagher Hall, named in honor of fabled @CowboyWrestling coach Ed Gallagher, a Distinguished Member of the NWHOF. Chuck Barbee (5th, 134 pounds) National champions: Daton wrestled a little tight, not putting enough pressure on people. Robert Kitt (3rd, 128 pounds) More:Oklahoma State wrestler Wyatt Sheets having 'most fun I've ever had' in final season. Richard Hutton (Heavyweight)All-Americans: 4. Melbourne Flesner (2nd, 165 pounds) 2. But the next season, the Cowboys were back as top wrestlers who had taken a redshirt year during the probation (such as four-time champion, and current assistant coach Pat Smith and Alan Fried) were back on the mat. Joe McDaniel (121 pounds) Dick Beattie, a fellow Olympian with Roderick in 1956, won a title, as did Duane Murty, and six additional Cowboys finished on the podium. Alums and current athletes Richard Hutton, William Jernigan and Hal Moore all represented the United States of America while Aggie head coach Art Griffith served as the coach and Cliff Keen worked as the manager for the Olympic team. Esposito, Hendricks and Rosholt built on theirAll-American performance the previous year by taking gold at 149, 165 pounds and 197 pounds, respectively, while Chris Pendelton defended his title and heavyweight legend Steve Mocco made his first mark as a champ in the NCAA. Dick Beattie (157 pounds) Oklahoma Statewrestling has had 32Olympianssince 1924. Mark Perry: 39 (1985) Earl VanBebber (155 pounds) Jordan Oliver: 18 (2012) Six additional Cowboys earned All-American honors, which allowed the team to propel themselves past Arizona State by 13 points. Chris Barnes and Kendall Cross led the way for the Cowboys in 1989 withwins at 177 pounds and 126 pounds, respectively, while fourof theirteammates earned podium spots for their top-eight All-American finishes.
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