National Collegiate Open Wrestling Championship

The National Collegiate Open Wrestling Championship is a collegiate wrestling event that serves as a post season championship for NCAA Division-I athletes that are not wrestling in their conference championship. The event is traditionally known for the redshirting wrestlers entered[1] but often includes accomplished and seasoned wrestlers that were unable to make their program's starting line-up.[2]

National Collegiate Open Wrestling Championship
GenreNCAA Collegiate Folkstyle Wrestling
CountryUSA
Years active2009–present
Established2008
Most recent2013 Richmond, Virginia (hosted by Virginia Wrestling Association)
ManagementWexvar LLC
WebsiteNationalCollegiateOpen.com

Expansion into Divisions

Starting with the 2013 Championship in Richmond, Virginia, the National Collegiate Open will split NCAA Division-I athletes from the rest of the field. The Division-I division is called the University Division while the College Division will serve the athletes from the other NCAA divisions, as well as NAIA, USCAA, and NJCAA.

Criticisms

Though the National Collegiate Open is attended by the majority of the NCAA Division-I wrestling programs, the event has been criticised for having a field that has too many athletes from the east coast, absent of some of the strongest college wrestling programs. The 2011 season brought more legitimacy when the University of Missouri and the University of Oklahoma attended for the first time but the claim has been made, by some in the wrestling community, that the event will not be a true national event until the three most storied programs (University of Iowa, Oklahoma State University, and University of Minnesota) decide to attend. Note: University of Minnesota attended the 2012 event.

Most NCO Champions at single Championship
TeamYearChampions
Rutgers University20113
University of Minnesota20123
Cornell University20122
Kent State University20092
University of Minnesota20122
Pennsylvania State University20102
Virginia Tech20122

[3]

Most NCO All-Americans at single Championship
TeamYearAll-Americans
Kent State University20098
Lehigh University20107
Rutgers University20117
Old Dominion University20127
Central Michigan University20106
Indiana University20096
Purdue University20126
University of Maryland20106

[3]

All-Time NCO Individual Championships by School
TeamChampions
University of Minnesota3
Kent State University2
Rutgers University3
Cornell University3
Indiana University1
University of Maryland1
Cal Poly1
American University1
Hofstra University1
United States Naval Academy1
West Virginia University2
Pennsylvania State University4
Lehigh University2
Virginia Tech2
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania1
University of Virginia1
The Ohio State University1
Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania1
Eastern Michigan University1
University of Pittsburgh1
University of Michigan1
Michigan State University1

[4]

References
  1. Krumrie, Matt (February 16, 2011). "National Collegiate Open Becoming Top Postseason Event For Non-Starters, Backups". WIN Magazine. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
  2. Liebman, Josh (February 22, 2011). "What I Learned in College Wrestling this Week". theopenmat.com. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
  3. "National Collegiate Open Records". nationalcollegiateopen.com. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
  4. "National Collegiate Open All-Americans". nationalcollegiateopen.com. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
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