Dominating the competition, Bradley entered the all-day tournament as the No. 1 seed in the heavyweight division. Opening with a fall in 2:58 over Matthew McClaughlin, Bradley went on to score back-to-back 8-3 decisions before finishing the tournament with a 6-2 decision of seventh-seeded Gordon Johnson.
Four Missouri competitors finished second in their weight class, including freshman Troy Dolan (Blairsville, Pa.) at 125 pounds, freshman K.C. Pescaglia (Columbia, Mo.) at 133 pounds, redshirt freshman Vince Hannon (Plainfield, Ill.) at 141 pounds and sophomore Ashtin Primus (South Connelsville, Pa.) at 149 pounds.
Missouri's competitors combined for 14 falls on the day, the fastest clocked by freshman Patrick Wright (Grand Ledge, Mich.) at 31 seconds. Wright went on to finish the tournament in third place at 165 pounds.
Primus collected the most Tiger falls on the day, with three of his four wins won by way of pin. Opening with a win by major decision (13-1), Primus pinned his next three opponents in 3:07, 1:32 and 2:01. Primus' only loss came to second-seeded Ryan Moyer in the championship match, 6-5.
Eight of Missouri's 12 top-six finishes were recorded by newcomers. Members of this year's second-ranked recruiting class Vito Krischke (House Springs, Mo.), Brandon Wiest (O'Fallon, Mo.) Dorian Henderson (Columbus, Ga.) and Trever Collins (Nixa, Mo.) in addition to Dolan, Pescaglia, Wright and Bradley finished among the top six of their respective weight class.
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