The annual event, hosted by Case Western Reserve University in nearby Cleveland, was open to all post-high school wrestlers. Wrestlers from all parts of the country, from University at Buffalo to Cal State Bakersfield, participated in the one-day championship. Competition was held in all ten traditional collegiate weight classes, with the top six placers in each bracket earning All-American honors.
At this year's National Collegiate Open, North Carolina had the most wrestlers earn All-American honors, with six. The Tar Heels' performance put them in a four-way tie for the third-most-ever All-American honors earned by a program at the National Collegiate Open championships. Virginia's Old Dominion came in second in terms of the most All-Americans at the 2016 NCO, with five. Kent State University of Ohio holds the all-time record for most All-American placers at a National Collegiate Open championship, with eight in 2009.
As an indicator of the depth and diversity of the competitive field, no one school could claim more than one individual champion. Programs with a champ crowned at the 2016 National Collegiate Open included American, Army, Buffalo, Cleveland State, Edinboro, Grand Canyon, Kent State, Maryland, and Utah Valley University. (One champ - Danny Chaid - was not affiliated with a school.)
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Champion: Justin Patrick (Buffalo)
Second: Steven Simpson (Old Dominion)
Third: Trayton Libolt (Grand Canyon)
Fourth: Mitch Brown (Utah Valley)
Fifth: Ezekiel Beatty, (Pitt-Johnstown)
Sixth: Sean Nickell, (CSU Bakersfield)
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Champion: Josua Terao (American)
Second: Korbin Myers (Edinboro)
Third: Carter Ballinger (Central Michigan)
Fourth: Kyle Lukowish (Kent State)
Fifth: Alex Madrigal (Old Dominion)
Sixth: Sonny Simonetti (North Carolina)
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Champion: Uzo Owuama (Grand Canyon)
Second: Michael Hayes (Old Dominion)
Third: Peter Lipari (Rutgers)
Fourth: Chance Driscoll (Kent State)
Fifth: Joshua Parrett (Ohio)
Sixth: Michael Sprague (American)
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Champion: Shyheim Brown (Maryland)
Second: Troy Heilmann (North Carolina)
Third: Joey Moon (North Carolina)
Fourth: Maason Smith (Central Michigan)
Fifth: Grant LaMont (Utah Valley)
Sixth: William Povalac (Rutgers)
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Champion: Casey Sparkman (Kent State)
Second: Jack Clark (North Carolina)
Third: Jake Trujillo
Fourth: Nigel Ruiz (UMAPS)
Fifth: Taleb Rahmani (Pittsburgh)
Sixth: Danny Boychuck (Maryland)
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Champion: Ty Schoffstall (Edinboro)
Second: Lucas Wyoming (Wyoming)
Third: Kimball Bastian (Utah Valley)
Fourth: Bryant Halsch (North Carolina)
Fifth: Dakota Green (Drexel)
Sixth: Ebed Jarrell (Drexel)
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Champion: Jacob Armstrong (Utah Valley)
Second: Ben Harvey (USMAPS)
Third: Andrew Morgan (Cal Poly)
Fourth: Milik Dawkins
Fifth: Hank Swalla (Iowa State)
Sixth: Fritz Hoehn (Edinboro)
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Champion: Jack Wedholm (Army West Point)
Second: Carson Powell (Iowa State)
Third: Austin Gaun (Grand Canyon)
Fourth: Wesley Maskill (Michigan State)
Fifth: Gavin Berkley, (Army West Point)
Sixth: Jesse Palser, (Lake Erie)
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Champion: Nick Corba (Cleveland State)
Second: Jacob Seely (Northern Colorado)
Third: Brett Dempsey (American)
Fourth: Scott Marmoll (North Carolina)
Fifth: Tanner Orndorff (Utah Valley)
Sixth: Corey Hazel (Lock Haven)
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Champion: Danny Chaid
Second: Caleb Gossett (Northern Illinois)
Third: John Rizzo (Pittsburgh)
Fourth: Devin King (Ohio)
Fifth: Stephen Suglio (Kent State)
Sixth: Zack Parker (Ohio)
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