NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1989 NCAA Championships

158 lb

Champion Dan St. John, Arizona State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Dan St. JohnASU
  2. 2Joe PantaleoMICH
  3. 3Scott SchleicherNAVY
  4. 4Mark ReilandIOWA
  5. 5Joel SmithEastern Michigan
  6. 6Wade ZimmermanFresno State (CA)
  7. 7Steve HamiltonISU
  8. 8Gordy MorganMINN

Championship

Opening round · 3 bouts

  1. Dave Williams, Boston (MA) over Jeff Howard, Buffalo (NY) — Dec 7–0 · View bout
  2. Joe Mannix, George Washington (DC) over Freddie Darris, Missouri — MD 13–3 · View bout
  3. Mike Schroat, Wilkes (PA) over Scott Buckiso, Maryland — Dec 10–6 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Chauncy Wynn, Morgan State (MD) over Jeff Turner (11), Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 10–6 · View bout
  2. Chris Lembeck (8), Northern Iowa over Joe Mannix, George Washington (DC) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  3. Craig Holiday, Wisconsin over Brian Chambers, Marquette (WI) — Dec 8–7 · View bout
  4. Dan St. John (1), Arizona State over Mark Reiland, Iowa — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  5. Edward 'EC' Muelhaupt, Brown (RI) over Wes White (7), Oklahoma State — MD 14–5 · View bout
  6. Gordy Morgan (4), Minnesota over Paul Olejnik, California-Bakersfield — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  7. Jay Landolfo, North Carolina over Mike Lehman, Rider (NJ) — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  8. Jeff Coltvet (12), Nebraska over Matt Peters, Cleveland State (OH) — Dec 10–6 · View bout
  9. Jeff Kwortnik, North Carolina State over Greg Satchell, Old Dominion (VA) — Dec 9–6 · View bout
  10. Jim Pearson (9), Indiana (IN) over KC Lane, Boise State (ID) — MD 10–2 · View bout
  11. Joe Pantaleo (2), Michigan over Mike Flynn, Edinboro (PA) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  12. Joel Smith (5), Eastern Michigan over EC Cotton, Illinois State — Fall 2:15 · View bout
  13. Mike Schroat, Wilkes (PA) over Wade Zimmerman, Fresno State (CA) — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  14. Scott Schleicher (6), Navy (MD) over Tim Briggs, North Dakota — TF 19–4 · View bout
  15. Sean Finkbeiner, Penn State over Howard Langford, Tennessee-Chattanooga — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  16. Steve Hamilton (2), Iowa State over Dave Williams, Boston (MA) — Dec 6–1 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Chris Lembeck (8), Northern Iowa over Jim Pearson (9), Indiana (IN) — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  2. Dan St. John (1), Arizona State over Jeff Kwortnik, North Carolina State — Dec 11–4 · View bout
  3. Gordy Morgan (4), Minnesota over Sean Finkbeiner, Penn State — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  4. Joe Pantaleo (2), Michigan over Jay Landolfo, North Carolina — TF 16–1 · View bout
  5. Joel Smith (5), Eastern Michigan over Jeff Coltvet (12), Nebraska — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  6. Mike Schroat, Wilkes (PA) over Edward 'EC' Muelhaupt, Brown (RI) — Dec 8–7 · View bout
  7. Scott Schleicher (6), Navy (MD) over Chauncy Wynn, Morgan State (MD) — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  8. Steve Hamilton (2), Iowa State over Craig Holiday, Wisconsin — MD 14–5 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Dan St. John (1), Arizona State over Chris Lembeck (8), Northern Iowa — MD 10–2 · View bout
  2. Joe Pantaleo (2), Michigan over Mike Schroat, Wilkes (PA) — MD 17–6 · View bout
  3. Joel Smith (5), Eastern Michigan over Gordy Morgan (4), Minnesota — Dec 14–8 · View bout
  4. Scott Schleicher (6), Navy (MD) over Steve Hamilton (2), Iowa State — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Dan St. John (1), Arizona State over Joel Smith (5), Eastern Michigan — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  2. Joe Pantaleo (2), Michigan over Scott Schleicher (6), Navy (MD) — Dec 6–1 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Dan St. John (1), Arizona State over Joe Pantaleo (2), Michigan — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 1 · 1 bout

  1. Wade Zimmerman, Fresno State (CA) over Scott Buckiso, Maryland — Fall 5:39 · View bout

Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

  1. Chauncy Wynn, Morgan State (MD) over Tim Briggs, North Dakota — Dec 9–7 · View bout
  2. Dave Williams, Boston (MA) over Craig Holiday, Wisconsin — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  3. Jeff Coltvet (12), Nebraska over EC Cotton, Illinois State — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  4. Jim Pearson (9), Indiana (IN) over Joe Mannix, George Washington (DC) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  5. Mark Reiland, Iowa over Jeff Kwortnik, North Carolina State — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  6. Mike Flynn, Edinboro (PA) over Jay Landolfo, North Carolina — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  7. Sean Finkbeiner, Penn State over Paul Olejnik, California-Bakersfield — Dec 9–6 · View bout
  8. Wade Zimmerman, Fresno State (CA) over Edward 'EC' Muelhaupt, Brown (RI) — Fall 0:21 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Chauncy Wynn, Morgan State (MD) over Dave Williams, Boston (MA) — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  2. Jeff Coltvet (12), Nebraska over Sean Finkbeiner, Penn State — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  3. Mark Reiland, Iowa over Jim Pearson (9), Indiana (IN) — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  4. Wade Zimmerman, Fresno State (CA) over Mike Flynn, Edinboro (PA) — Dec 2–0 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Gordy Morgan (4), Minnesota over Chauncy Wynn, Morgan State (MD) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. Mark Reiland, Iowa over Mike Schroat, Wilkes (PA) — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  3. Steve Hamilton (2), Iowa State over Jeff Coltvet (12), Nebraska — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  4. Wade Zimmerman, Fresno State (CA) over Chris Lembeck (8), Northern Iowa — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Mark Reiland, Iowa over Steve Hamilton (2), Iowa State — Fall 1:48 · View bout
  2. Wade Zimmerman, Fresno State (CA) over Gordy Morgan (4), Minnesota — Dec 6–4 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Mark Reiland, Iowa over Joel Smith (5), Eastern Michigan — Dec 9–8 · View bout
  2. Scott Schleicher (6), Navy (MD) over Wade Zimmerman, Fresno State (CA) — Dec 9–2 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Scott Schleicher (6), Navy (MD) over Mark Reiland, Iowa — Dec 3–2 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Joel Smith (5), Eastern Michigan over Wade Zimmerman, Fresno State (CA) — Dec 6–4 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Steve Hamilton (2), Iowa State over Gordy Morgan (4), Minnesota — Dec 4–3 · View bout

Bouts as the source workbook records them, in round order. No bracket positions or byes are inferred.