Jan. 6, 2001

LARAMIE, Wyo. -

The University of Wyoming wrestling team competed in one of the nation's most prestigious meets on Saturday, Jan. 6 -- the 2001 Lone Star Duals in Grand Prairie, Texas. Grand Prairie is located near the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex, and hosted 16 of the nation's top collegiate wrestling programs, including five teams ranked in the Top 20 of the NCAA national rankings.

The 16 collegiate programs competing were: Brown University, the University of Central Oklahoma, Fresno State, ranked No. 16 in the nation, Harvard, Iowa State, ranked No. 2 in the nation, Missouri Baptist College, Nebraska, ranked No. 6 in the nation, Neosho Community College, Northern Illinois University, the University of Northern Iowa, Northwestern, Oklahoma, ranked No. 7 in the nation, Stanford, the United States Naval Academy, Wisconsin, ranked No. 20 in the nation, and Wyoming.

Wyoming competed against Oklahoma in Session One, Brown University in Session Three and Navy in Session Six.

In Session One, the Cowboys faced the No. 7 ranked Oklahoma Sooners. The Cowboys lost 7-37 against OU, but had two wrestlers win their respective matches. Wyoming's Chad Plummer at 157 pounds recorded a major decision over Tony Moore of Oklahoma by a score of 11-3. The other Cowboy to win was 197-pounder Craig Rumsey, who decisioned Waymon May of OU 8-4.

Session Three saw the Pokes record a 30-18 victory over Brown University. Wyoming recorded three falls against Brown. The three Cowboys recording falls were Rumsey at 197, pinning Christopher Chaft at the 4:56 mark of the match, Kelly McConville at 133 pounds, pinning Roy Cho at the 1:24 mark, and Thad Trujillo at 141 pounds, pinning Clinton Frease at 2:03 in the match.

Wyoming's match against Navy in Session Six was an extremely close one, with the Cowboys winning 18-12. There were no falls in the match by either team, and seven of the 10 individual matches were decided by three points or less. The most dominant win for the Cowboys came again from 197-pounder Craig Rumsey, who won an 8-3 decision to be the only Cowboy to go undefeated in the Lone Star Duals.

"This format really gave us a lot of opportunity to gain experience and compete against some of the top teams in the country," said UW head wrestling coach Steven Suder. "Overall, I was pleased with the effort our team put forth, and I believe this will make us a better team as we head into the heart of our schedule."

In addition to the 16 college teams competing in the 2001 Lone Star Duals, 20 of the elite high-school programs from Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas competed in the dual format. The college matches were held on Saturday, Jan. 6, while the high-school competition was held both Friday and Saturday, Jan. 5-6.

Complete match results from Wyoming's matches versus Oklahoma, Brown and Navy are listed below.

Oklahoma 37, Wyoming 7

125 Bo Maynes (Oklahoma) FALL
 John Faczak (Wyoming) 3:59
133 Witt Durden (Oklahoma) MD
 Kelly McConville (Wyoming) 13-4
141 Michael Lightner (Oklahoma) MD
 Thad Trujillo (Wyoming) 18-6
149 Jared Frayer (Oklahoma) FALL
 Mark Hamrick (Wyoming) 6:35
157 Chad Plummer (Wyoming) MD
 Tony Moore (Oklahoma) 11-3
165 Robbie Waller (Oklahoma) TF
 Justin Christenson (Wyoming) 15-0
174 Michael Barger (Oklahoma) DEC
 Steven Schenk (Wyoming) 7-2
184 Nick Curcio (Oklahoma) DEC
 Kevin Kessner (Wyoming) 7-4
197 Craig Rumsey (Wyoming) DEC
 Waymon May (Oklahoma) 8-4
285 Leonce Crump (Oklahoma) FALL
 Brad Steele (Wyoming) 2:54

Wyoming 30, Brown 18

125 John Faczak (Wyoming) DEC
 Jason Amato (Brown) 4-3
133 Kelly McConville (Wyoming) FALL
 Roy Cho (Brown) 1:24
141 Thad Trujillo (Wyoming) FALL
 Clinton Frease (Brown) 2:03
149 Mark Hamrick (Wyoming) MD
 David Dies (Brown) 11-3
157 Jesse Savage (Brown) FALL
 Chad Plummer (Wyoming) 3:13
165 Zach Schweda (Brown) DEC
 Justin Christenson (Wyoming) 7-4
174 Steven Schenk (Wyoming) TF
 Nick Ciarcia (Brown)
184 Karl Rittger (Brown) DEC
 Kevin Kessner (Wyoming) 2-1
197 Craig Rumsey (Wyoming) FALL
 Christopher Chaft (Brown) 4:56
285 Bronson Lingamfelter (Brown) FALL
 Brad Steele (Wyoming) 4:48

Wyoming 18, Navy 12

125 John Faczak (Wyoming)
 DEC Jonathan Padgett (Navy) 2-0
133 Kelly McConville (Wyoming)
 DEC Jason Homestead (Navy) 4-1
141 Mark Conley (Navy) DEC
 Thad Trujillo (Wyoming) 7-3
149 Mark Hamrick (Wyoming) DEC
 Tom Storer (Navy) 6-4
157 Michael Carbonaro (Navy) DEC
 Chad Plummer (Wyoming) 7-3
165 Justin Christenson (Wyoming) DEC
 Andrew Hemminger (Navy) 4-3
174 Mark Newman (Navy) DEC
 Steven Schenk (Wyoming) 3-2
184 Kevin Kessner (Wyoming) DEC
 Jim Letchford (Navy) 5-3 OT
197 Craig Rumsey (Wyoming) DEC
 Michael Bigrigg (Navy) 8-3
285 Steve Kovach (Navy) DEC
 Brad Steele (Wyoming) 5-2